The Heat survived an off night from LeBron and a sluggish first half to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 98-86 Tuesday night, taking a 2-0 lead in this best of seven first round matchup. Dwyane Wade led all Heat scorers with 21 points, and looked like the 2006 version of himself…
The new Miami Dolphins uniforms weren’t supposed to be unveiled until Thursday, but it looks like they’ve hit the web a little earlier than scheduled. The only part of the new unis we’d seen till now had been a bit of white face mask…
Recently, the Miami Heat’s Shane Battier admitted that his only pregame superstition is sticking to drinking the same beer.”I try to drink the same beer — Bud Light — but that’s about it,” Battier told an NBA.com blog. “You never know. I don’t want to chance luck and switch up…
Operation Defend the Throne got off to a businesslike start Sunday night as the Miami Heat kicked off the playoffs with a 110-87 game one victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. The Heat never trailed, with LeBron James leading the way with 27 points, ten rebounds, and eight assists in 35…
If you’re anything like me, you already have butterflies. The Miami Heat are ready to defend the throne, in what should be another fantastic few weeks of some of the best sports entertainment this town has ever witnessed. The Miami Heat enter the NBA Playoffs as the clear-cut favorite to…
The Scandal Bowl? The Lack of Institutional Control Bowl? The Mark Emmert’s Credibility Memorial Bowl? Apparently, the University of Miami wants us to put on our brainstorming hats and come up with dumb puns by pushing forward with a future football game against Penn State. …
We’ve known for a while what the new Dolphins logo has looked like, but the team has been much better at keeping the details of the uniform redesign under wraps. Today, the team released a sneak peek of the new helmet on Twitter. Judging from the image, we think this…
Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has found an unlikely defender in Norman Braman. Yes, the billionaire auto magnate and former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles may have been the face of opposition to publicly financing Marlins Park, but at the end of the day, he is a businessman, and he can’t help but…
The Miami Heat concluded their 25th and most successful regular season ever on Wednesday night with another reserve-fueled victory, this time over the Orlando Magic, 105-93. The win finishes off a stellar, record-breaking 66-16 campaign.Dwyane Wade did a little polishing up on the night, starting and scoring 21 points in…
HBO’s Real Sports was nothing short of cathartic for frustrated Miami Marlins fans last night. Bryant Gumbel sat down with Marlins president David Samson and grilled him harder than a row of chickens at Pollo Tropical.See also:- Six lies about the Marlins stadium- Lifelong Marlins Fans Tossed From Home Opener…
Damn yo, don’t kill the messenger! Yesterday Riptide ran an article about a new survey done by Brand Keys that claims to show that Miami Heat fans are the most loyal in the NBA — and then the Internet proceeded to have a shit. Nearly 650 people retweeted the piece,…
After 10 years in the league, Dwyane Wade is clearly in legacy mode, but what would make that legacy complete? Apparently just another ring. Wade tells the Associated Press that is goal was always to get a three-set, and anything after that is just icing on the cake…
It wasn’t that long ago when it seemed like the entire world hated the Miami Heat, and during the worst of those times it seemed like people were attacking the fans almost as much as they were attacking LeBron James. “Miami doesn’t deserve this team,” they said. “They don’t even…
With absolutely nothing left to play for in the regular season, the Miami Heat threw out a hodgepodge starting lineup against Cleveland Monday night and won anyway. Behind Norris Cole and his 16 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists, the Heat B C team pulled out a gutsy win, the…
Last night, Parks and Recs’ resident sardonic sweetheart Aubrey Plaza pulled a bizarre “Kanye” at the MTV Movie Award by walking up barefoot to interrupt Will Ferrell’s acceptance speech. She later noted the incident on Twitter, and for some reason tagged it #ChrisBosh.It seems Plaza’s apparent obsession with Bosh on…
Your social media feeds have probably been soaked full of complaints about the monsoons that decided to hit Miami today and on Saturday. LeBron James was no different. He Instagrammed pictures of flooding around his neighborhood, and the National Weather Service took note. They issued an official alert mentioning James…
While the University of Miami and president Donna Shalala have campaigned to have the NCAA throw out its controversial investigation, the NCAA has now lashed back and claims that UM is “grasping at straws.”…
LeBron James scored 24 points and Dwyane Wade had 22, leading the Heat to a 105-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls Sunday. The win moved Miami to 36-4, breaking the prior record of 35-6 set by the 2004-05 Heat.Chalmers and Birdman Andersen both scored 15 in the win, while Carlos…
Marlins fans can be forgiven for waking up every morning and thinking, “It can’t possibly get any worse than this.” The team has the worst record in baseball, the franchise is a rather un-hilarious joke and Loria is less popular than Castro. But oh, it can get worse. The consensus…
It’s almost time. The NBA playoffs are finally right around the corner, and the NBA has released their latest TV spot featuring none other than your hometown dick-puncher extraordinaire, LeBron James. The NBA has done a nice job recently with their ads, letting the game and its excitement speak for…
Get used to that headline up there, Miami. If Riptide were a lazier sort of operation, we’d copy it onto our desktop and recycle it over and over during homestands. One day after setting a new low attendance mark at Marlins Park, the Fish shattered that record last night by…
The 2013 Miami Heat is the winningest team in franchise history. Behind a solid performance from a lineup full of backups, the team beat the Wizards 103-98, winning for the 62nd time this season to surpass the 1996-97 Heat’s record. More important for this season, Miami also secured home-court advantage…
