Cleveland has plenty of reasons to declare a municipal omerta on LeBron James. Using a live TV special to choose the Heat was the sporting version of that part in Carrie where the popular jock makes Sissy Spacek his prom date just to dump pig’s blood all over her. Only…
Your Florida Marlins are coming off a weekend series with the NL East leading Atlanta Braves. And if you’re a fan of perpetual bullpen meltdowns and shaving cream pies in the face, you’re in luck! Here’s how it all went down: Game 1, Marlins 7 – Braves 6: We can…
Michael Beasley, once billed as the Heat’s promising next star, is now playing for the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves, and the GM for that team offered an explanation for why Beasley never delivered on his promise with the Heat: He was smoking too much pot. But don’t worry, “He’s hired people…
Rapper Flo Rida and a mess of South Florida hip-hop’s usual suspects — Yes! Lyrikill.com’s on the track! Who the hell is Ball Greezy and could somebody get him some Gold Bond? — have thrown together a song that captures the sentiment buoying every Miami basketball fan. The hook to their…
Miami Dolphins defensive end Phillip Merling’s off-season of misfortunes has gone from bad to worse. Merling was arrested in May for punching his pregnant girlfriend, and just this week he was formally charged with felony battery for the incident. Now comes news that Merling suffered an Achilles tendon injury that will force…
Another stellar performance from Josh Johnson, another blown lead by the bullpen. Another pinch-hitter, another walk-off win for Florida. Such are the misadventures of your Florida Marlins, who took game four of their series against the Colorado Rockies this afternoon with a 3-2 win. As for JJ’s chance at another…
The Notre Dame and University of Miami rivalry is finally, officially back on! Sources have confirmed rumors of a renewed series kicking off October 6, 2012, at Chicago Field. Sure, by that time, the majority of the players on the field will not have even been born the last time the two…
Public Policy Polling, which usually concerns itself with political matters, has a kind of bonkers new poll out concerning the state of the NBA in Florida. Of course the poll centers around LeBron James, and it turns out that Floridians outside of South Florida could care less about James. Though the…
Even after 14 long years, Pat Riley is a man who gets what he wants. Why? Because he’s Pat Frickin’ Riley, that’s why. The Miami Heat signed free agent forward Juwan Howard yesterday to the veteran’s minimum of $1.4 million. Back in 1996, and with much fanfare, Howard signed a…
As if Dwyane Wade needed anymore good news after settling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit that’s been haunting him for years, finalizing his divorce and winning custody of his kids, and luring dream teammates Chris Bosh and LeBron James to Miami: His nemesis Richard von Houtman has been charged with a felony…
If you’re like us you probably missed Miami Herald FIU sports reporter Pete Pelegrin’s epic, bridge burning farewell notice to the paper this morning. Probably because it was posted on the Herald’s own oft-neglected FIU sports blog, and really who cares enough about FIU sports enough to read much about it?…
Can we propose a moratorium on criticizing LeBron James’ move to the Heat? What’s done is done, and we won’t even have a solid idea on how the new-look Heat will preform until at least a few months into the season. Hasn’t stopped a never ending stream of former NBA all stars from throwing…
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Marlins trailing 8-7, pinch-hitter Donnie Murphy came off the bench and hit a two-run opposite field jack that gave the Fish the walk-off win. The only way last night’s ending could be scripted any better is if Sun Life…
In 1988, Rony Seikaly became the first Lebanese player in the history of the NBA when he signed with the Miami Heat. Today, he is believed to be the tallest disc jockey in the world — sorry, Aaron Traylor. No obscure milestone, it seems, is safe from this man. Seikaly…
It’s apparently OK to use 9/11 metaphors only if you’re a war-hawk politician on the campaign trail. Dwyane Wade had to find out the hard way. The Miami Heat star has apologized after an off-the-cuff comment to the media this past weekend made it seem like he was comparing the possibility of a Heat…
The Washington Nationals did everything to thwart Marlins ace Josh Johnson this past Saturday. They made him throw 30 pitches in the first inning before he could record his first out. They brought in Stephen Strasburg the previous night to throw some rookie-phenom mojo at him. They even trotted out…
Since at least 2008, Dwyane Wade and Hollywood hottie Gabrielle Union have kept their relationship on the down-low as Wade’s heated divorce from the mother of his children slowly worked its way through the courts. Now that the divorce papers have officially been signed, Wade and Union have acknowledged publicly…
Penny Hardaway has a lot to be proud of: four times an NBA All-Star, an Olympic gold medalist, and the world’s most memorable basketball puppet. What he doesn’t have, however, is a championship ring. Maybe that’s why he wants to come out of retirement and play, once more, for the…
LeBron James’s ESPN special, The Decision, might have resulted in one of the biggest moments in Miami sports history. But let’s not kid ourselves — the whole thing was ridiculous. I mean, Jim Gray’s questions such as “One hand or two?” and “Are you still a nail-biter?” were some of…
Dwyane Wade has gone from telling everyone this is his house to telling everyone to get off his lawn. D-Wade invited LeBron James and Chris Bosh to join him on the Heat so they could do something epic, namely stab everyone in the face with their awesomeness. Unfortunately, just about…
Cleveland continues to be the whiniest city in all of American sports, but at least their latest drama queen moment over losing LeBron James has good intentions. A fan-created website and a Northern Ohio restaurant chain will be collecting fans’ old LeBron t-shirts …and sending them to homeless shelters in…
The passing of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner may have been met with a bit of apathy in these parts, but one local goes way, way back with “The Boss.” Turns out that University of Miami president Donna Shalala first met Steibrenner back when she was nine years old,…
