Looking for something or someone to root in the World Cup, which started today. You don’t have to look to far north to pledge your allegiance to Jozy Altidore, the 20-year old U.S. National team forward of Haitian descent who grew up in Boca Raton. Altidore won the race to…
Your Florida Marlins just finished their series with the Philadelphia Phillies last night. The series was highlighted by the much-anticipated call up and debut of Marlins phenom prospect Mike Stanton. And the kid did not disappoint. Wish the same could be said for the bullpen, which, once again, crapped all…
On the cusp of the South Africa World Cup starting, supporters of the bid to get the event back to the USA and in Miami for the first time ever are asking for Miamian help in a 100k TODAY campaign. The Miami Sports Commission is looking for individuals to fill…
Good pitching always beats good hitting. So goes the old baseball adage, and in the case of the dueling debuts of Florida Marlins outfielder Mike Stanton and Washington Nationals’ pitcher Stephen Strasburg–two of the most important prospects in recent years — it seems to be true again. As bad luck…
The ball gets rolling at 2010 World Cup later this week in South Africa, and South Floridians are pumped. They should be. Never mind that Miami didn’t get a World Cup game when the tournament was held in the U.S. in 1994, or that we might not get one the…
Your Florida Marlins finished a four-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers last night. After a tough battle with the Phillies last weekend, including having a perfect game thrown against them (where was Jim Joyce then?!?) the Fish went all Samuel L. Jackson on the Brewers. Not sure what that means,…
“Sammie Sucks. Sammie Sucks,” chants are long since gone from Miami Dolphin home games, as is the unfortunate and short-lived pro football career of former running back Sammie Smith. But things finally seem to be turning around for one of the most hated Dolphins of all time. After finishing up…
Every thing seems to be going Dwyane Wade’s way in court (judicial, not basketball) lately. First he settled a series of lawsuits with a former business partner, and now he has been awarded temporary sole custody of his two sons in his increasingly ugly divorce with wife Siohvaughn Wade.The ruling…
For a guy who makes $88,114.75 every two weeks during the baseball season, Marlins reliever Renyel Pinto sure has a lot of trouble paying his bills. Cooper City’s aptly-named Major League Jewelers has filed suit against the Venezuelan pitcher, claiming that he failed to pay an 18-month-old $230,500 bling bill…
The Miami Dolphins seem hypocritically concerned with whether prospective player’s mothers were ever prostitutes, but seem to not be too concerned that one of their current players stands accused of brutally hitting his pregnant girlfriend. This has lead one Fox Sports columnist to label the Fins “home to NFL bad…
He’s making a list. He’s checking it twice. Gonna find out who’s worth the price. Dwyane Wade is (probably) staying in town.He see’s you when you’re dunking. He knows what shots you make. He knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for Dwyane’s second championship ring’s sake…
A Miami native nicknamed “The Grinder” won the biggest trophy in professional poker early this morning, outlasting a Russian pro in a marathon 14-hour battle at the Poker Player’s Championship at the World Series of Poker. Michael Mizrachi, a 29-year-old from North Miami Beach, finished off Vladimir Schmelev just before…
Miami Heat demigod Dwyane Wade’s life got a bit simpler today when he settled a series of lawsuits with former business partners. The dollar amount of the settlement to the suits, which stem from a thwarted chain of restaurants and a charter school bearing his name, is confidential. Wade, who…
You never know what’s going to happen on South Florida’s roadways. Earlier today, Dolphins’ wide receiver Davone Bess was driving while doing a phone interview with Jorge Sedano on 790 the Ticket when he saw a truck flip three times and had to put the station on hold to do…
Inside Grove Liquors on SW 32nd Avenue at South Dixie Highway, two leggy, long-haired brunettes in yellow Colombian national soccer team jerseys walk in front of a mound of curly blond hair that is universally familiar to the avid fútbol fan.Carlos “El Pibe” Valderrama signs autographs as the young ladies…
While his ex-fiance Evelyn Lozada is living it up on the hit show Basketball Wives, former Heat star Antoine Walker has filed for bankruptcy. The forward helped the Heat secure their 2006 NBA championship, but his professional life has faltered ever since.The bankruptcy was filed last week in the Southern…
One day after Phillip Merling’s arrest for allegedly punching a pregnant woman, the Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating why the Dolphins’ defensive end received special treatment during his release from jail.Merling posted $15,000 bail yesterday, but instead of going through standard procedure where inmates are released through the jail’s front door, Merling…
Last night, your Florida Marlins finished a three-game series with the Atlanta Braves and their tomahawk-choppin’ entourage (still doing that, Braves fans? Awesome.) Here’s how it all went down:Game 1, Marlins 6 – Braves 4: Tuesday night, the Braves trotted out starter Kenshin Kawakami, a guy whose season so far…
When it comes to second chances, Charles Daniel Bennett Jr. will take four, five, six, and however many more he can get. Nicknamed Krazy Horse, the Ocala native has been one of the most scandalous characters to step into mixed martial arts fighting arenas. From dealing crack cocaine to using a…
Defensive end Phillip Merling is sitting in Broward County Jail this morning, charged with aggravated battery on a woman. What’s worse is the woman he’s accused of attacking was pregnant, and records show Merling either was aware or should have been aware of the pregnancy.The 25-year-old was arrested in Weston…
With one of the most talent-loaded free-agency classes in NBA history, the upcoming off-season is like war. Now, Dwyane Wade says he, the Cavs’ LeBron James, and the Hawks’ Joe Johnson will convene a sort of basketball Yalta Conference to discuss postseason reorganization.”[Free agency] has been three years coming,” Wade…
Jarvis Williams, a former player for both the Miami Dolphins and Florida Gators, has died at 45 of a heart attack, reports the Sun-Sentinel.A Palatka, Florida native, Williams led his high school football team to a state championship, and then became a stand-out cornerback with the Florida Gators between 1984…
