The ACC released its 2010 schedules today. The Hurricanes will open their season Thursday, September 2, against FAMU, but things get considerably harder after that, when the Canes take on two out-of-conference teams that finished well ahead of them in the Top 25 last season.They’ll have ten days after FAMU…
Former Hurricanes Coach Larry Coker was criticized for his over-reliance on internet site rankings and media buzz when it came to recruiting. Of course, Coker is the former coach for a reason, and we’re never truly sure what to make of National Signing day bruahaha. But current Coach Randy Shannon…
Tim Tebow isn’t the only football star stepping into the gridiron of abortion rights. New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita told the New York Times he doesn’t exactly agree with Tim Tebow’s pro-life message, his support of Focus on the Family, or with CBS’s decision to ban a gay dating ad during…
Dolphins fans owe two debts of gratitude to the Indianapolis Colts this year: (1) for dropping a regular-season game to ensure that the ’72 Fins remain the only team in modern NFL history to complete a perfect season, and (2) for stopping the NY Jets, with classless coach Rex Ryan, from playing in a…
To the unitiated, Super Bowl Media Day must sound like some outrageous backstage fantasy. Media and players partying together! Celebrities around every corner! Free buffet lunch! Well not to worry, ignorant and uninvited masses. Riptide is here to shatter those dreams. Imagine, instead, an airless room packed way beyond fire…
Remember Joe Kapp? The famous Latino quarterback long before the NFL was courting Latino viewers? With the Jets and Mark Sanchez out of the picture, Latinos won’t have much to root for come Super Bowl Sunday. Colts wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez is sidelined with a season-long injury, and Jonathan Casillas,…
The picture of Jets coach Rex Ryan’s now-infamous flip-off of a few heckling Miami Dolphins fans quickly made their way around the media and not surprisingly into the front office in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Ryan has been fined $50,000. That’s more than the average American makes in a year,…
Chad Ochocinco hasn’t yet accecpted New Times’ informal offer to write a 10,000-word odyssey/cover story about wearing Snuggies at McDonald’s and living a double life as Esteban the Most Interesting Footballer in the World. But we’ll consider his effort this afternoon at Sun Life Stadium a trial run. With a massive uniformed…
”Who Dat Nation” has begun its descent on our fair city in advance of the Super Bowl, where the New Orleans Saints will take on the Indianapolis Colts. Fittingly, while the Colts will stay in Fort Lauderdale, the Saints will hang out at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Miami, and…
Three players who have suited up in Dolphins Teal and five who are “all about The U,” have been named to the NFL’s All Decade Team. Chosen by the NFL Hall of Fame selection committee, the honors were announced before last night’s Pro Bowl. Much like the Pro Bowl itself,…
When you combine a guy who coaches a team from New Jersey with guys beating the crap out of each other for entertainment, you really shouldn’t expect anything classy. While attending a Strike Force mixed martial arts event at the BankAtlantic Center, the New York Jets’ Rex Ryan ran into some…
We imagine there’s a lot of horny housewives who have been left uncomforted by their husbands during big games causing them to quip, “You care more about the balls on the field than your own.” Well, those ladies are apparently correct.A New Orleans saint fan posted a Cragslist ad claiming…
The Miami Dolphins may only have two players on the roster for the first ever Pro Bowl played in Miami, but the University of Miami Hurricanes are well represented. So much so that it’s set a record. After the shake-up of injuries and Super Bowl bound teams pulling player a record…
Is there even any point in playing the season now that we know for a fact the Marlins will win the World Series this year? It has been foretold by the oracles of our time: the props department of long-canceled “near-future” submarine drama seaQuest DSV. (For the record, we have…
One of the questions some people have raised about Tim Tebow’s upcoming pro-life Super Bowl ad has been whether taking such a public stance on a divisive issue could affect his chances of getting higher-profile endorsement gigs down the line. Well, the correct answer to that is it’s irrelevant, because he…
So, recently inducted Hall of Famer and Miami product Andre Dawson is complaining the Hall of Fame has him wearing the cap of the now-defunct Montreal Expos in his plaque, when he made it clear he wanted to be honored for all baseball-ternity as a Chicago Cub. We’ve just finished…
Last week, retired rapper and King of Diamonds strip club manager Ricky “Disco Rick” Taylor made it rain knowledge on the blogosphere’s gyrating ass in anticipation of the Super Bowl, which he predicted will be “the biggest weekend in strip club history in South Florida.” One of the Hypnotiq-soaked crumpled bills…
You can’t even host a Super Bowl in Miami anymore without it having some shallow reality teevee flair. Yes, two of the E! channel’s favorite buxom bimbettes will almost assuredly be in the stands at Sun Life Stadium come February 7.That’s because Saints star Reggie Bush has been notably tapping…
It was looking for a while like no Dolphins players would be playing in their home stadium during this year’s Pro Bowl. Offensive Tackle Jake Long was named to the original line-up but pulled out due to injury Thanks to yesterday’s Colts win, safety Antoine Bethea will forgo the Pro Bowl…
It’s Conference Championship weekend, meaning the teams that get to pack their bags for Miami are decided on Sunday. For a depressing 16th year in a row our Miami Dolphins aren’t in the running, and as Gus mentioned yesterday we could really care less about who wins. But we will have to…
After being turned down by their first two picks, the Miami Dolphins have signed Mike Nolan as their new defensive coordinator, according to FoxSports.com. Nolan resigned Monday from the same position with the Denver Broncos and was previously DC under Bill Parcells when he was general manager of the NY Jets. He…
The former Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium will have a new name for the next five years: Sun Life Stadium. Somehow it’s even worse than the last one. Seriously, there are strip malls in Kendall with better names that…
