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All-Star Game, El Clasico provide fireworks for biggest July in Miami sports history

The United States of America turns 241 Tuesday and marks its latest Fourth of July birthday with the usual fireworks. Now, get ready for a month of those in South Florida sports as we welcome an historic July not usual in the least.

LeBron James saying yes to the Heat in 2010 has been Miami’s biggest, most far-reaching single July moment in sports, but this summer delivers the most diverse and riveting full month led by two heavyweight, Super Bowl-scale events.

The crazy thing is, neither of them really matters. Both are ceremonial spectacles. But each will dominate the local landscape for days, steer national conversation and be watched globally.