Deep breaths, people, deep breaths.Yes, the Florida Marlins have the best record in the MLB. Yes, we’re 11-1. Not to be a Debbie Downer, though, it’s worth noting six of those wins come at the expense of the Nationals, who are shaping up to be the 2007 Dolphins of 2009…
We’re predicting at least one use of the word hater in the comments section of this post, so allow us to preface this by saying: We would sacrifice our teenage daughter to Kobe Bryant if that would mean the Heat bringing home a championship. And we’d love to see Dwyane…
When it came to the Marlins stadium deal you had the ardent fans (all 600 of them) and the people who stood to make bushels of money rooting for it, and a bunch of rightfully concerned civic watchers hoping for its defeat, but when things were said or done the…
A few months ago, Miami hosted the first BCS Championship game to be shot in 3-D. Next year, the city might host the first Super Bowl streamed online. CBS, which will broadcast next year’s game, is hoping to persuade the NFL to bring the big game into the Internet age. The…
Berkman ushered in the new era with the words, “I’d like to personally welcome Isiah Thompson.”
So, Florida International University canned its basketball coach yesterday after a 13-20 campaign, reportedly so the school can replace him later today with a man more hated in New York City than the Red Sox and Patriots combined: the one, the only… dramatic pause… Isiah Thomas! Riptide hasn’t seen FIU’s…
Is Alex Rodriguez trying to reinvent himself as MLB’s unofficial ambassador to gay fans one swing of his “bat” at a time? First, he begins an intimate “friendship” with Madonna, then he appears in omnisexual men’s magazine Details leaning in for an intimate moment with a man (OK, a mirror image of…
It’s hard to wax romantic about baseball at Dolphins stadium. Something about the sickly yellow-green that the klieg lights turn the grass outfield, the barren seating sections at every glance, the uncoordinated Mermaids bravely persisting as baseball’s only cheerleaing squad- it just doesn’t bring the George Will out of me…
Here we go, Miami, another historic moment. The first live team handball match on Dade County soil: the Coupe de la Ligue Finals. Today, semifinal #1 between #3 seed Chambery and #2 seed Montpellier.Updates after the jump…
It was supposed to be different this year. Hell, it was different this year.It’s hard to believe now, but it really was only two months ago when the Herald ran a front page story with this headline: “Panthers Hockey Fans Are Frisky Over Playoff Prospects.” The Cats had won a…
Many promising young high school football athletes in Miami-Dade dream of some day dawning the orange and green of the University of Miami. Evidently very few dare dream of putting on the orange and blue of Gainesville, as the Gators haven’t been able to get a Miami-Dade player to sign…
Last week US Soccer began the early stages of its quest to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. Eight other countries and two coalitions of countries have registered their intentions to bid, but in a country as large as America there’s a bunch of cities hoping to host…
We take it all back — all the vitriol regarding the lack of a public process for the new stadium, all the accusations of backroom deals, dirty money, and no-bid contracts. Build the Marlins whatever they want. This team is amazing. 3-0? How about 162-0? How about just by watching…
“Get your hot new DVDs of a franchise that used to be amazing and now is just kind of ‘meh’! Right here! Only $20!” “Oh, you’ve got Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?” “No, it’s the highlight DVD of the Miami Hurricanes’ 2008 football season.”Even AllCanes, the…
The Marlins settled for 600 fans per home game last year. The Panthers are literally giving away tickets. Minor-league soccer squad Miami FC is hemorrhaging cash. So you might think it’d be foolhardy to bet big bucks on Miamians attending the championship of a sport most Americans have never heard…
BY GUS GARCIA-ROBERTS AND TIM ELFRINK Boy, were we pleased when Hanley Ramirez made an empty demand for a trade earlier this spring after the team forced him to mow his cornrows. Our joy had nothing to do with wanting to see Han-Ram go. We would sacrifice our first-born to…
Here is a fun tennis fact that passed us by: Newly minted tennis wunderkind Andy Murray recently bought a Brickell Avenue apartment. If it seems weird that a 22-year-old sports superstar would chose the more low-key (as low-key as anything is in Miami, anyway) locale of Brickell over the flashy lights of…
Just about the only bold names casual American tennis fans can be expected to recognize who performed up to expectations at this year’s Miami Masters were Andy Roddick and Venus Williams. Roddick made it as far as he could until he got dropped by Roger Federer; meanwhile, Venus put up…
Lately, telling sports fans you’re a UM alum never leads to anything good. It’s always, “Man, what happened to your football team?” or “Sucks you’re losing McClinton.” And that’s just the cordial ones. But there’s always baseball. You can always take pride in baseball. Which is why Friday’s big loss…
The mens’ side of the Miami Masters has shaped up to be quite surprising. First top seed Rafael Nadel went out in a sloppy loss in the quarter finals, then, today, second seed Rodger Federer lost to Novak Djokovic in the semis.Then, the normally reserved and professional Federer smashed his…
There are few rivalries in modern sports more intriguing than the one between Venus and Serena Williams. Sure, there are the haters who want to think the outcomes are fixed, but for the rest of us watching the two sisters, who just happen to be the most dominant players of…
On March 14th, Donte Stallworth, a wide receiver with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, got drunk, hopped into the front seat of his Bentley, drove across 195, and hit and killed a pedestrian. According to secret AP sources he’ll be charged with DUI Manslaughter. If convicted, Stallworth could sit in jail…
