We here at Riptide are staunch supporters of the South Florida secessionist movement. So when the New York Times put together a map of college football team fandom based on Facebook likes across the country, most probably saw it as a welcome excuse to click on something for five minutes…
Erik Spoelstra may be one of the younger head coaches in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean his taste in music is especially hip. In fact, the head coach almost turned down his first interview for his first job with the Miami Heat because he had tickets to a Grateful…
The time has come to find out who the real Miami Heat fans are. Now that the team has moved on from the Heatles Era, fans will be able to look around at one another and find out who’s been down from day one. The Miami Heat rolled out its…
Ryan Tannehill has one question for the haters: How does his pass taste? Fancy yourself a second helping, do you? Following an awkward week that felt like the worst dating show ever titled Joe Philbin Plays Hard To Get , Ryan Tannehill proceeded to rip the long-stemmed-rose out of his…
Oh my God, I can’t believe the Dolphins missed another first down / They’re losing to the Chiefs / That’s like so embarrassing / I can’t even / Hey, do you wanna get another beer / I really need one / But first … Let me take a #Selfie Yes,…
The NFL has been slowly rolling out a cool new feature this season. At select games, a specially assigned photographer with custom gear takes hundreds of ultra-high resolution photos and then stitches them together into a panorama called a “gigapan.” The idea is that fans can later zoom into their…
Times are tough for the Miami Dolphins. No matter what they do, nothing seems to go their way. Year after year, high hopes turn into epic disappointments. Now, with coach Joe Philbin in the hot seat and Ryan Tannehill’s tenure as the Dolphins starting quarterback tenuous at best, the team…
What’s a Miami sneaker fiend to do now that LeBron James is back in Cleveland? Do you still rock your Nike LeBron XIs? Or do you consider Dwyane Wade’s line with Chinese apparel company Li-Ning? Because Wade has an eye-catching new design out aimed directly at anyone fascinated with Miami…
Sunday’s 34-15 loss to the injury-depleted and talent-deficient Kansas City Chiefs proved that once again the Miami Dolphins have it all wrong. It’s painfully obvious, and Dolphins fans can’t take it anymore. In fact, the game was so bad that Fins faithful began kicking one anothers’ asses in the stands…
Star quarterback Jameis Winston was suspended for half a game this week for shouting “Fuck her right in the pussy” around FSU’s campus. There are probably think pieces or at least pointed tweets to write about how Winston caught more punishment for this than some of his other alleged misdeeds…
When the Hurricanes announced their “Go to Fewer Games!” campaign before the season began, this is not what they meant. This past Saturday, the paid crowd of 41,519 for the Hurricanes’ 41-20 win over Arkansas State looked like half that number in cavernous Sun Life Stadium, and it was a…
Giancarlo Stanton, the Marlins’ sole source of hope, was escorted off the field last week after getting nailed in the face by a fastball thrown by Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Mike Fiers in an incident that later almost triggered a bench-clearing brawl. A fastball to the face is no small injury,…
Is Kevin Olsen the next Seantrel Henderson? He’s starting to seem like yet another highly touted University of Miami recruit who will end up being remembered more for his off-the-field antics. Olson was arrested and booked at 4 a.m. this morning for driving under the influence and for possession of…
Miami has the Dolphins, the greatest most frustrating football team. A week after getting a plethora of good-job-smiley-faces on their Patriots test, the Dolphins came out and bombed their follow-up Buffalo Bills exam 29-10 like they had been out the night before playing Fireball shots flip-cup. Even worse, the team’s…
Well, that escalated quickly. A crowd-funded campaign to raise cash to fly a “Fire Al Golden” banner at an upcoming UM game has already reached its $1,000 goal; the banner is tentatively scheduled to fly at the November 15th Florida State game, the GoFundMe movement’s founder tells Riptide. Now the…
In a lot of ways, 2014 has been a damned good year for the the Miami Marlins, with the Fish unexpectedly hanging around the wild-card race all summer with a record right around .500. But they’ve also had a truly brutal brush of injuries. Team ace Jose Fernandez was lost…
David Beckham has admitted, in the most British way possible, that his dreams for a waterfront soccer stadium in downtown Miami might be impossible. Yes, he’s admitted to being “cheeky.” He now appears ready to compromise for a not-quite-dream site. See also: David Beckham Considering Old Miami Herald Site for…
Even when an NFL team manages to get it right by punishing a player accused of domestic violence immediately, it’s probably by accident. Back in 2012, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson was arrested on domestic violence charges for head-butting his then-wife Evelyn Lozada. Less than 24 hours later he was cut from…
So, was that legit? Dolphins fans have to be asking themselves that question this week as the glow wears off from the Phins 33-20 ass-punting of the New England Patriots. After watching the Dolphins start 3-0 last year, then darf-and-barf away the season in every way possible, you really can’t…
Patience with Al Golden is beginning to wear thin among University of Miami fans and ex-players. Like Keira Knightley-thin. Last weekend’s demolition of creampuff Florida A&M did little to calm those frustrations, and now a few fans have decided to let their frustration be known. In a very public way…
Yes, Fins fans. That really happened. Sunday was not a weird acid flashback to your Dan Marino druggie glory days. The Dolphins scored 33 points, the Patriots scored only 20, and Tom Brady even got a little weepy on the bench at the end. See also: Photos from the Patriots…
Mike Pouncey was specifically named as an accomplice to Richie Incognito’s bullying blitzkrieg. He wears hats affirming his belief that accused murderer Aaron Hernandez should be freed. He’s currently being sued following a physical altercation at a nightclub. Now he’s also a member of the Miami Dolphins team leadership council…
