Matthew Bellamy provided some, apparently, much needed catharsis for angry Cleveland sports fans Wednesday. He showed up at a Cleveland Indians game in LeBron James Miami Heat jersey and got booed out of the stadium. Now he’s telling his side of the story, and apparently fans weren’t the only ones…
Jorge Cantu and his productive bat and his Spaghetti Western movie villain facial hair were all shipped to Texas yesterday in exchange for pitching prospects Evan Reed and Omar Paveta. The Marlins will be paying $600,000 of the $2.2 million remaining on Cantu’s contract, because, well, these are the Marlins…
Today in obscure sports disputes: Fomer NBAer and current Guy Sometimes on the TV John Salley says former Miami Heat center Rony Seikaly cared naught for the postseason because it didn’t pay well. Seikaly doesn’t exactly deny that — but he does tell Riptide Salley is composed predominantly of fecal…
People in Cleveland are still pissed about that whole “LeBron James betrayed our town on a self-congratulatory, national live TV special for the Heat” thing. Jeez, come on folks, it’s been a full three weeks now. Last night a man wearing an official LeBron James Miami Heat jersey at Cleveland…
ESPN’s Arash Markazi went along for the ride at a party that Miami Heat forward LeBron James threw for himself at a Las Vegas nightclub last weekend that featured — among other things — scantily clad women, a crown-shaped cake, and a flying waiter. The account was posted on ESPN.com…
The Miami Heat are the new evil empire, yeah, yeah, yeah. In fact, before they’ve even hit the court, the 2010-2011 Heat have been ranked the 25th most hated sports team of all time by Sports Illustrated. You can hate all you want, because this city is used to it…
All the recent Marlins walk-off wins and ensuing shaving-cream-pie-to-the-face celebrations has claimed its first victim. It was only a matter of time. An MRI has determined that outfielder Chris Coghlan suffered a left knee injury after he planted a shaving-cream pie into the face of Wes Helms after the Marlins’…
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…
