Dirk Nowitzki may have walked away with the finals MVP award after the Dallas Maverick’s drubbing of the Miami Heat, but he couldn’t have done it without the explosive play of J.J. Barea. That fact was made all the more painful because Barea is a graduate of Miami Christian and…
The Ohio State Buckeyes are still reeling from a memorabilia-for-tattoos scandal that caused coach Jim Tressel to resign and star quarterback Terrelle Pryor to leave for the pros. Though, there’s plenty of people out there who don’t think the idea of players selling or trading memorabilia is all that scandalous,…
We like the idea that, in his final hours as the Florida Marlins manager, Edwin Rodriguez spent his time comforting relief pitchers who were terrified of ghosts. It’d be fitting for one of the youngest teams in baseball…
LeBron James will be taking his talents to the Far East in August in what Nike was calling a tour of China. Problem is his schedule starts in Taiwan, and that government really, really doesn’t like even the slightest implication that it’s actually part of China. So now officials are…
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been sexin’ his team’s championship trophy every night. He said that Dallas fans “punked the shit out of” Miami Heat fans, using a phrase mostly unknown outside of the 12-year-olds-hangin’-at-Orange-Julius crowd. And now, as reported by our sister paper, the Dallas Observer, he’s taken…
It was an unlikely win, but a win all the same. The Marlins stopped their 11-game losing streak last night with a 5-2 win over the Angels.Javier Vazquez pitched a scoreless 5 1/3 innings, which is pretty awesome considering he entered last night’s game with the worst ERA in the…
The Dallas Mavericks may have snatched another NBA championship away from Dwyane Wade, but they will never take away his reign as the league’s leading style MVP. The fashion-forward guard is in Italy for Milan Fashion Week, taking in the men’s shows by Versace, DSquared2, and Armani. Maybe he’s scouting…
No one but sports gossips really believed the Miami Heat would completely retool itself this summer, but team president Pat Riley’s comments today should put all rumors to rest. No, he’s not coming back to coach. Yes, Erik Spoelstra’s job is safe. No, neither LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, nor Chris…
Trader Jack is back. They’ve taken him out of the mothballs and planted him back in the Marlins dugout, and he made a great stride forward by taking Hanley Ramirez out of the starting lineup as soon as he marched into town.Who is this guy? Where did he come from?…
Former Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington isn’t ready to accept that his playing career is over just yet, but he’s already accepted a job on the other side. He’s just signed with Fox Sports to provide analysis during NFL football games. Though he still hopes to return to playing one day…
Miami’s favorite backyard brawler Kimbo Slice never quite made it in the professional MMA ranks, but he could become a hit in theaters. Kevin Connolly, who plays Bro #2 (or #3 maybe) on HBO’s bro-tastic Entourage is planning on producing and directing a Slice biopic after the final season of…
Used to be the University of Miami Hurricanes had a lock on recruiting football talents in the “state of South Florida,” but over the past few decades other schools have recognized the importance of our local talent hotbed. Now the NCAA is launching an investigation into allegations of shady recruiting…
Former MLB all-star José Canseco, now the manager of an Arizona minor-league team, uses his Twitter account for a lot of things: proposing (repeatedly) to his girlfriend, complaining about his girlfriend, looking for new girlfriends.But on Thursday evening, right after he requested to trade an autographed bat for “2 or…
Every year ESPN magazine offers up their “Ultimate Standings” of all 122 teams in the four major sporting leagues. Unlike most standings you’d find coming out of ESPN though, this doesn’t deal strictly with on-the-field success. Instead is focuses on “how much MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL franchises give back…
Say what you will about the Marlins new Little Havana stadium, but at least the actual construction of the boondoggle has gone on without even a single hitch. We can not say the same for the Marlins actually season, however. The pure destruction that has resulted after a promising start…
It looks like an Oscar will continue to elude LeBron James much like an NBA championship ring. The most hated man in sports has been attached to star in the Universal Studios production Ballers since 2009, but script delays have kept the project on the back burner. There were rumors…
Professor Charles Barkley, a noted sociologist and all around portly fellow, recently proposed a hypothesis that the Miami Heat “have the worst fans.”Chuck, you might want to watch some video of what went down in Vancouver last night. Because we’re pretty sure that burning your city’s downtown to a crisp…
We told you yesterday about the brouhaha over a flyer for what appeared to be an Exxxotica after-party featuring five not-very-famous NFL players at Club Play. The league is “investigating” a possible copyright infringement in the fact that the flyer used photos of the players in their team jerseys. Last…
Club Play is a relative newcomer on South Beach’s party scene, but the Fifth Street hot spot has already hosted major events featuring sports and music stars. Unfortunately for them, they’ve just made a powerful enemy: the National Football League. The NFL is investigating a flyer for the club’s May…
We get it already — the Heat lost. It was sad. But another team has been defending Miami’s honor, and these guys actually won a championship — Florida Beach Soccer FC, a five-man team of footballers with professional credentials who are now the North American Sand Soccer champions.It’s more serious…
Oh, no, Spo’ won’t go. According to reports from The Boston Globe (of all papers), Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra’s job is safe for next year. Its sources also claim that at no point in the season was Spoelstra’s job ever in danger…
Everybody has an opinion about the Miami Heat’s loss, including Stephen Colbert. America’s favorite fake pundit took on LeBron James and the Miami Heat last night in his spor repor, explaining, “Everyone knew they were destined to win, and personally I’m offended they were forced to prove it by playing…
