Between the entire league coming together to push back against Donald Trump’s divisive comments last week and the amazing slate of games that took place, the NFL had one helluva showing last weekend. The Dolphins? Not so much. They had a very bad weekend. One of their worst ever perhaps. So, so bad.
Dwyane Wade’s triumphant return to his hometown is already over. Wade and the Bulls agreed to a buyout last night, meaning he is now free to sign with any NBA team. Even though D-Wade is now 35 years old, he’s still moving the needle around the NBA. Teams such as Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Milwaukee, and Miami are all reportedly interested in signing him on the eve of training camp, but the consensus seems to be that Wade is leaning toward a reunion with LeBron James in Cleveland.
This season hasn’t exactly had a fairy-tale beginning for the Miami Dolphins. After losing starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill to a knee injury before the preseason, the team had to skip its first game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while Hurricane Irma lashed their hometowns.
It’s been a little more than a week since Hurricane Irma rolled through South Florida, but just now are communities beginning to make a dent in the cleanup. Recovering from the strongest storm to hit South Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992 won’t be easy, but with everyone pitching in, things seem to be coming together day by day.
While the rest of the NFL was engulfed in the hope and excitement that comes with the first week of a new season, the Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers sat at home, watching Hurricane Irma plow through their hometowns. The NFL did the right thing by canceling their game and deciding to make it up November 19, a week when both teams were supposed to have a bye.
Miami Hurricanes fans didn’t learn much about the most recent incarnation of their football team in Saturday afternoon’s sleepy, business-like 41-13 win over Bethune-Cookman. To be honest, the biggest news to come out of the game was the fact that Hurricanes defensive players get to rock a gold “Turnover Chain” after each…
Giancarlo Stanton has always been known for murdering baseballs at an alarming rate, but this season his dong-shooting bazooka-bat has been working overtime at launching dingers straight into the sun. Stanton’s historic pace has transformed the Marlins’ 2017 from just another forgettable season of mediocrity into a year in which the Fish are just a couple of matchups out of the NL wildcard chase and playing games that matter well into September.
Dwyane Wade has a big decision to make. The Miami Heat legend clearly wants to leave the Chicago Bulls, who blew up their roster in the off-season after a disappointing year. But where to go? Heat fans have dreamed of him coming back to Dade County, but there’s another equally strong possibility: rejoining LeBron James, this time on the hated Cleveland Cavaliers.
The wait is almost over. Only two football-free Sundays stand between Miami Dolphins fans and the regular-season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers September 10 at Hard Rock Stadium. After a strong close to last season that saw the Dolphins finish 10-6 and make their first playoff appearance since 2008, Fins fans are more excited than they’ve been in a long time to see football return.
If there’s one thing Miami fans have learned over the past few years, it’s that no NBA offseason would be complete without a conspiracy theory involving a prominent player linked to the Heat. The latest rumor, though, isn’t about just any big-name player No, this delicious trail of NBA offseason breadcrumbs hints at the potential return of Dwyane Wade, the greatest player in Heat history. Remember him? Yup. Same guy.
The Marlins slugger needs to stay put.
Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor, the biggest fight you didn’t know you wanted until someone told you it could be a thing, is only days away. The once-retired Mayweather will take on the UFC’s biggest star, McGregor, in Las Vegas next Saturday, August 26, in a boxing match that is all but guaranteed to break the all-time record for pay-per-view buys. It’s definitely time to figure out where you’ll watch the bout.
If you’re a Miami Dolphins fan, give yourself a round of applause: For all you’ve been through over the past four decades, you’ve earned it. Dolphins fans have been through the ringer. It would be one thing if Miami’s NFL team were a perennial dumpster fire, but that is not the case.
How did you become a Miami Dolphins fan? That simple question has a seemingly endless number of answers. No matter how each of us got here, here we are, rooting for the Dolphins year in and year out, enduring the inevitable early-season disappointments, the crushing midseason defeats, and the late-season collapses. If you’re still with us at this point, you are a real one.
A week ago, the Miami Dolphins had the NFL world by the nipples. Ryan Tannehill was healthy and the Dolphins were a trendy dark-horse Super Bowl pick. Now, before they’ve even played their first preseason game, Tannehill is likely out for the season, and Jay Cutler…
For Miami Dolphins fans, Ryan Tannehill’s knee injury on one of the first days of training camp set an all-time record for quickest disappointment. Normally, the Dolphins wait until the actual regular season begins to rip out fans’ hearts, so seeing the star quarterback succumb to a serious knee injury…
You read the headline, so you’re either here to scoff at the notion that the Miami Dolphins could be the last team standing on Sunday, February 4, after Super Bowl LII in Minnesota concludes, or you’ve happily arrived at the official Fins hype party, six-pack in hand. Either way, welcome to a place where positive words are about to be written about the Dolphins football team. Yes, it must be August.
The Miami Heat is reportedly one of more than 20 teams that have inquired about acquiring disgruntled Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving. ESPN reports Pat Riley and the Heat are willing to send Goran Dragic and Justise Winslow to Cleveland in exchange for Irving. Not all Heat fans are thrilled by the thought of breaking up an overachieving Miami Heat team poised to run it back in 2017, though.
For the second year in a row, the Miami Hurricanes hosted their Paradise Camp last week in Coral Gables to bring in top high school football talent from all around the country. The football portion of the camp made plenty of news in college football circles but until today, the world…
Well, well, well. Rumor has it the milk has begun to sour in good old Believeland. LeBron James was already bothered by the Cavaliers’ lack of free-agent signings and the inexplicable decision by owner Dan Gilbert to let go of the team’s universally respected general manager, David Griffin. But then came Kyrie Irving’s shocking demand for a trade.
Prepare your vuvuzelas, singing voices, and livers, South Florida. El Clásico week has arrived. Beginning Wednesday, a Super Bowl-like tsunami of soccer events is scheduled in anticipation of the superstar-studded matchup between Real Madrid and Barcelona taking place Saturday, July 29, at Hard Rock Stadium.
Sometimes, bros will be bros. Pranks will be played, and shenanigans will take place. Sometimes, though, bros being bros can go horribly wrong, especially when alcohol is involved and those bros joke about ISIS on social media.
