In the past 50 years, there have been only three private universities with football teams that matter: Notre Dame, USC, and, of course, Miami. Notre Dame has a rabid fan base and lots of history, USC has history too and benefits from the NFL’s absence in L.A., and Miami pulled itself out…
How strong is God’s Power? Tough enough to take down both Hitler and Stalin? Tenacious enough to defeat the villainous X’Zavier Bloodsaw? Brave enough to destroy Dr. Speedy Nutz? America will soon find out. Miami may not have any college basketball teams in March Madness, but it does have a powerhouse…
That NBA legend and former NBA head coach Isiah Thomas found himself in the head coach’s office of Florida International University has always seemed so, well, randomly weird. So it’s inevitable that rumors pop up every once in a while that he wants to leave.The Chicago Tribune reports Thomas is…
Andy Roddick is still America’s best hope for men’s tennis glory, but he hasn’t won a Grand Slam since 2003 and hasn’t won the Sony Ericsson Open since 2004. After a few disappointing years, he seems to be back to form and recently staged a comeback against Rafael Nadal to…
Dwyane Wade’s divorce continues to get uglier, with both sides talking to the press. His estranged wife, ol’ what’s her name — VinceVaughn Wade? SeaQuest Wade? Oh, Siohvaughn Wade — had her attorneys fire back at Dwyane’s charges that she’s an unfit parent with a penchant for wacky religion and…
The Williams sisters absolutely love playing in the Sony Ericsson Open, and between Venus and Serena, they’ve won eight of the past 12 tournaments. Serena had to sit out this year’s open, but Venus might keep the family tradition going.Third-seeded Venus today extended her 16-match winning streak by trouncing Marion Bartoli 6-3…
The Miami Dolphins announced last night that Sun Life Stadium has a new name after a sponsorship deal was sealed with the Southeastern Division of Proctor & Gamble. Tampax Corporation — the nation’s leading distributor of feminine hygiene products — now plans to aggressively market season tickets to a female…
Dwyane Wade’s divorce from his estranged wife Siohvaughn continues to get nastier. Wade’s attorneys recently filed papers with the court asking for sole custody of his two children, claiming that Siohvaughn’s behavior “has made it evident that she is unstable, dishonest, unbalanced, unwilling to accept responsibility for her actions, not…
The Heat has been burning through the final stretch of the regular season and is on a five-game winning streak. Luckily, their eight remaining games are against weaker teams that are all mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. That doesn’t mean the Heat should cool down any.D-Wade and company sit in…
The average high temperature during the first month of the NFL season in Miami is 87.8 degrees with ungodly humidity. Heat that brutal doesn’t exactly make for a nice day at the ballpark, especially when you’re sitting in one of the many seats at the appropriately named Sun Life Stadium…
Some of men’s tennis biggest stars are dropping like flies on Key Biscayne at this year’s Sony Ericsson Open. Last year’s champ, Andy Murray, went out in his first match, Novak Djokovic suffered another early defeat, and now top-seeded Roger Federer is done.The most dominant player of the past five…
Your NCAA bracket might be in shambles (Butler? Really?), your Miami Hurricanes got snubbed from the NIT, and your FIU Golden Panthers never had a chance, but there’s still some reason to be excited about postseason college basketball: The Miami Hurricanes women’s b-ball team has made it to the final…
Last year, Andy Murray reigned supreme at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne. This year, he went out in the second round against some guy named Mardy Fish, who’s not even ranked in the top 100 worldwide. Murray had a bye in the first round, meaning he didn’t win…
Dorell Wright apparently needs a couple of lessons in the internet and public relations. Internet rule number one: Do not, under any circumstances, put naked pictures of yourself anywhere on the internet unless you don’t mind them getting out. PR rule number one of getting caught up in unflattering, but…
Muscly dudes with anger problems and over-the-top personalities duking it out in tight Lycra? Normally in Miami, that results from an argument over premium beach-blanket space on South Beach, but the county sees big money in such activities and is still trying to lure the WWE’s signature Wrestlemania event.Like the…
Udonis Haslem will rock your face off. It’s just that simple.Last night, the Heat overcame a 17-point deficit to defeat the visiting Toronto Raptors 97-94. Haslem led the team with 23 points, with the help of some guy named Dwyane Wade. With Wade doing all the heavy lifting for the…
Last year, Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez won the National League batting title, so this past Saturday, team owner Jeffrey Loria gave him a pendant spelling out his batting average — .342 — in 394 diamonds, with a big teal diamond for the decimal point. Hanley then nearly choked on a…
Let’s pretend for a second that a bunch of men straddling horses, whacking balls with long shafts is not already homoerotic. You might need a title like Gay Polo League to convey that your players are, literally, homosexual. And you might want to compete in a place like South Florida…
Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown’s blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit when he was arrested for DUI last weekend in suburban Atlanta. Now reports suggest the football player lied to police and narrowly missed a head-on collision with another vehicle. Brown was driving his 2006 black BMW home from Café…
Jermaine O’Neal must be an avid reader of Riptide, because last night it looked like he was motivated by one of our posts when he led the Heat to one of its most lopsided victories of the season. The team ripped the Bulls a new one to the tune of 103-74.O’Neal got…
We in Miami like a really, really big show. As every professional sports endeavor in the city knows, if your event bores us even slightly, we have a tendency to do something else with our time. So we’re sure some Sony Ericsson Open ticket holders have their fingers crossed for a…
New Times decided to actually show a little restraint on one of our recent covers, and its ended up getting our models in trouble.Two weeks ago, both Miami New Times and New Times Broward-Palm Beach ran a cover story about players for the Lingerie Football League’s Miami Caliente team. Now…
