Most bracketologists had been expecting the Miami Hurricane’s men’s basketball team to sneak into the NCAA tournament as a lower seed, perhaps even tasked with the fate of having to win a play-in game. Still, it would have been the ‘Canes first appearance in the NCAA tourney since 2008, and…
The Miami Heat just won their seventh-straight game. Dwyane Wade has been a one-man wrecking ball during that time.And last night, in the Heat’s 120-108 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings, D-Wade brought his game to new ball-mashing mayhem heights, scoring 30 points on 11-of-16 shooting, getting three steals, and…
Tomorrow night, the New York Knicks– led by Asian American Harvard Grad™ Jeremy Lin– come to Miami to take on the Heat. Lin’s quick rise to prominence hasn’t exactly brought out the best in America. Fox’s Jason Whitlock made that penis size joke. ESPN had the “Chink in the Armor” headline…
Smell that sizzling animal fat? That freshly greased leather and those brand new jock straps? Baseball is back, baby. And it’s going to be a hell of year for America’s favorite pastime here in Miami.Your hated enraging taxpayer-duping newly rechristened Miami Marlins begin spring training today. What better time for…
The Miami Dolphins will have no more Chads hanging around next season. According to the Sun-Sentinel, the Dolphins are expected to part ways with quarterback Chad Henne officially next month. He now joins the long list of Dolphins QBs who’ve failed to live up to the legend of Dan Marino…
The world already knows that LeBron James is a shitty tipper, thanks to the investigative sleuths of the Cleveland Scene. A few years ago, that alt-weekly newspaper exposed that The King left a ten dollar gratuity on an $800 steakhouse bill for himself and teammates. Now the Scene has published…
Dwyane Wade blew the ass off of the Orlando Magic’s defense yesterday, dropping 27 points on them and leading the Miami Heat to the 98-71 victory while former President Bill Clinton watched courtside doing that white-man’s overbite thing he does when he sees something impressive. When these teams met two weeks…
Yesterday, LeBron James said he could one day see himself playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers again. Predictably, that didn’t go over too well with his current fans here in Miami, so James is on damage control today and promises he loves us and won’t leave us. Yet, anyway…
Oh, sure, the Miami Marlins have got a loaded new roster, an expensive new home, and new logos and uniforms of divisive aesthetic quality. Hell they’ve even got a new name. None of that matters now. It’s boring in comparison. Yawn. Do you hear us yawning?Clearly the most exciting MLB…
Well, this certainly doesn’t disprove that weird rumor that popped up last month that LeBron James wasn’t always on the same page with Heat Prez Pat Riley and was planning an eventual return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. James has now said he could see himself one day playing in Cleveland…
Remember when the Miami Heat sucked? Good golly, did they suck. This was a team so horrible they didn’t get a single win until the 18th game of their inaugural 1988-89 season. In fact, the team’s all-time record had never been above .500. Yep, when taking into consideration every single…
The University of Miami football team has long tried to harness the ancient ways of “Swag” to lead them to success, but now the school’s men’s basketball team is trying to master the antithetical powers of Zen. Yes, first year coach Jim Larranaga has decided to go all Deepak Chopra, and is motivating his…
For a time there, it seemed as if the Miami Heat would never find a way to beat the Milwaukee Bucks as long as we all lived. But last night, the Heat finally won against that pain in the ass team, taking them out with extreme prejudice 114-96, and avoiding…
Despite the fact that some NFL brass have indicated there would have to be major upgrades to Sun Life Stadium if Miami-Dade ever wants to host another Super Bowl, the Dolphins are planing to spearhead a Miami bid for the next available championship game anyway. Super Bowl L, the 50th…
The Marlins reportedly offered Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes a six-year deal somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million-plus last week, and appeared to be in the lead of the race to sign the outfielder. ESPN’s Buster Olney however just tweeted that Cespedes has agreed to a four-year deal worth $36…
Apparently all that time behind bars is getting to convicted Ponzi schemer and allegation-throwing former booster Nevin Shapiro, because the Miami Herald got a hold of several bonkers emails the would-be-destroyer of Hurricanes football is typing up in prison. They do little to detract from Shapiro’s portrayal as a bitter,…
Don’t be talking about LeBron James’ mama unless you want to find yourself on the end of a physical threat from the 6’8″ superstar. According to an NBC Sports journalist’s Twitter, James apparently got into a bit of verbal smack down with a fan heckling him at Friday’s game against…
The Miami Heat’s “Big Three” just got even bigger. A Miami Beach entrepreneur has taken it upon himself to build 18-foot foam sculptures out of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh — complete with tattoos and “I’m-about-to-dunk-in-your-face” expressions. A monstrous LeBron is already complete.”We did this as Heat fans,…
Over the weekend, Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000 — the Perrine-based Kimbo Slice protege trying to bring backyard fighting into the mainstream — invited Riptide to watch a grudge match between a pair of dudes who don’t like each other one bit. Instead of a backyard, this bout went down…
The Miami Marlins’ new star Jose Reyes had to cut off his dreadlocks for $105 million, but online they only sold for $10,200.Reyes agreed to sheer his trademark dreads in order to meet the Marlin’s grooming rules. The haircut was aired live on the MLB network, and the dreads were…
Opponents have been raining three pointers down on the Miami Heat all season long, and last night the Orlando Magic decided that was a good idea too, and hit 4,000 17 three pointers, taking the 102-89 win over Miami.Dwight Howard, who has apparently checked out and doesn’t give a shit…
So apparently Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, along with a growing number of Dolphins fans, are “infatuated” with the idea of bringing Peyton Manning to Miami next season. Which is ridiculous when you consider that Manning hasn’t even cut ties with the Colts yet, and there’s no guarantee he’ll fully recover…
