There’s something definitely extortive about the latest press release from Miami FC, the under-attended and gravely endangered second-tier pro soccer team that allegedly plays at Tropical Park Stadium. The club is under the gun from the Brazilian company that owns it- which, like the sad sap who owns the Panthers, is…
Here’s something you don’t know: In the Netherlands, professional baseball is called Honkbal Hoofdklasse. Something else you don’t know? A single player on the Netherland’s World Baseball Classic team, which shocked the honkbal world by somehow taking down a powerhouse, all-star Domincan Republic club in the 11th inning last night…
There are a lot of Bulls fans out there who salivate at the idea of Dwyane Wade in their red, white, and black jersey. To them, signing Wade is a right, considering the guy was born in Chicago and idolized Michael Jordan as a kid (then again, who didn’t?). Even…
Like its sister past-times of golf, polo, and hedge fund fraud, tennis has always been rank with the stink of exclusivity. But while it is usually played by guys named Nigel who tie their sweaters around their chests, once you take it out of the country club, tennis can be…
When one thinks NASCAR, one doesn’t necessarily think “class,” but you’d expect a little bit of tact from one of the sports bigwigs. Bruton Smith is an octogenarian billionaire who made his money in promoting race, and he’s sick of seeing the final race of the NASCAR season run in…
In hindsight, it’s tough to argue that Larry Coker didn’t get a little bit screwed. He got canned as University of Miami head coach in 2006 after piling up a 60-15 record and bringing a national championship to Coral Gables — a record pretty much any other program in the…
There are a couple of unusual aspects to the breaking news that embattled native Alex Rodriguez is gonna miss at least six weeks of the baseball season to have hip surgery.The first is that the story was first reported by ESPN Deportes, which has even the New York Times chasing…
Who needs a Gawker Stalker like celebrity sighting maps, when stars with Twitters are openly encouraging stalking. Unfortunately your 30 minutes were up 30 minutes ago. [via Shaq’s Twitter.]…
So far, it has to have been a strange week for Shaq. Perhaps not as weird as the first week shooting Shazam, but strange nonetheless. Scheduling has forced the man to do an impromptu tour of his former teams. On Saturday, Shaq and the Suns beat Kobe and the Lakers…
Maybe it was a natural let-down after thoroughly dominating the 12th ranked Florida Gators over the weekend. Perhaps it was the fact that Qdoba provided the pre-game meal, which can’t possibly be good per-game chow. Or maybe URI pitcher Eric Smith is just that great. Whatever the reason, the Rhode Island…
The only elongated yelp wannabe soccer announcers in Miami will be proclaiming anytime soon is, “Nooooooooooooooooooo!” As in no “gooooooooool!” Major League Soccer, FC Barcelona, and Marcelo Claure jointly announced today that a plan to bring an expansion team to Miami has ended “due to adverse market conditions.” In the…
It was supposed to be Chris Hernandez’s night. When the preseason All-American took the mound Friday before a sold-out crowd in newly renovated Mark Light Stadium, fans were ready for him to nail the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.After all, the sophomore lefty was a perfect 11-0 last season. But Hernandez was…
For whatever reason, the press is eager to talk to Alex Rodriguez’s cousin Yuri Sucart. Can’t two primos inject unknown substances into each other without the media getting all up in their grill? Whatever happened to privacy, people? Sucrat has so far eluded reporters and photogs, who have apparently been sitting…
It appears the divorce of Dwyane Wade and his wonderfully named wife Siohvaughn is going to be one of the ugliest high-profile sports star divorces in recent memory. Siohvaughn’s lawyers fired the first shot by claiming Wade gave her an unnamed STD. Then came some rumors that Siohvaughn went ballistic…
Yuri Sucart’s Google search will never be the same again. On Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez held a press conference saying his cousin provided and injected him with ‘roids. A day later, ESPN has identified that cousin as Kendall resident Sucart, A-Rod’s right-hand man. His name has today’s top rank in Google…
About a year ago Bryce Brown as a promising, young high school running back orally committed to the University of Miami footballing concern. Makes sense, considering his older brother Arthur is also a Cane, but then Brown found him self the top rated recruit in the entire US of A,…
After a series of heartbreaking overtime losses, the Canes have fallen to 4-7 in ACC play and desperately need to rack up a few more conference wins to keep those NCAA tourney hopes alive. The good news for UM is that the remaining ACC teams left to play are more…
University of Miami is clearly not embarrassed about naming its baseball stadium after an admitted steroid user. So much so that Alex Rodriguez is front and center on UM’s homepage. The media, admittedly, is being overly hard on Rodriguez, considering more than 100 other players tested positive at the same…
Reporters are herd animals. That was made painfully clear last week when approximately 76 of us had the same idea: Hey, let’s go to that A-Rod park dedication thing Friday night. I mean, I can understand why news cameras were there — you can’t beat a local A-Roid/steroid segment at…
In 2008 Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks was traded from the Suns to the Heat for Shaquielle O’Neal, barely a year latter the Heat are trading him out again for another O’Neal, according to AP. Jermaine O’Neal that is, along with his Toronto Raptors teammate Jamario Moon. Marion, a four…
Never for the life of me have I ever understood why South Florida has its own Ice Hockey team. Of course, being a native Floridian I have never made much sense out of hockey in general. It is just not natural.I guess we have enough snow birds and ex-Northerners to…
You have Selena Roberts to thank for the A-Rod steroid scandal. The sports journalist broke the news for Sport Illustrated, but not after scouring all over Miami to get a quote from A-Rod himself. Five days before the story was published on SI.com, Roberts flew to Miami and engaged in…
