We warned you that strippers would be coming from all across the country buring last February’s Super Bowl, and they did. What we didn’t warn you in our “Super Bowl guide to sex, drugs, gambling, and living large in South Florida” was that it is probably not the best idea…
There’s been rumors circulating for months that when the WWE brings its long running Raw program to the American Airlines Arena on June 7 they wanted to bring a big name guest hosts in tow. First there were whispers that the night could see the long-anticipated return of Dwyane “The…
In the wake of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the interior department has been investigating that alarmingly tight ties between the oil industry and the Mineral Management Service, the federal government department that is supposed to watch over drilling. A new government report accuses inspectors af the…
Miami has hosted the Super Bowl ten times, more than any other city, and we do a pretty good job of it if we do say so ourselves. Today at the NFL owner conference the site of the 2014 Super Bowl will be determined, and along with New York and…
Local fans of Miami Dolphins guard Justin Smiley are about to be (pun warning) frown-y. He’s headed up I95 to the Jacksonville Jaguars. As for what the Dolphins are getting in return, no one seems to know yet. Do the Jags have anything we want anyway. Reportedly its just a…
In 1997, when Bill Parcells was engineering a turnaround of the New York Jets, the New York Times said he was a man of two sides. One that was “loyal, brilliant, passionate, caring and uncomplicated,” and another that was “bullying, manipulative, nasty and extremely complex.” Parcells’ professional style is notoriously…
Almost everyone who opposed the new Marlins ballpark balked at the price (“yeah, just wait until it goes over budget”) and the time line (“They’ll be lucky if they’re open for the 2015 season”), but surprisingly a year after breaking ground the thing is actually on time and even slightly…
Good news, Dolphans! Zach Thomas, who spent 12 years with the Dolphins and racked up seven Pro Bowl appearances, is going to re-sign with the team! Then he will immediately retire.According to the AP, this afternoon Thomas will sign a ceremonial contract and then announce his retirement as a member…
So Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez has apologized– after much coercion–for not running after a kicked ball and then lashing out at his teammates and manager Fredi Gonzalez. He’s been reinstated into his God-given spot in the lineup, where he promptly collected three hits. But the ugly episode set the always-contemplative…
We call men fighting in Speedos a “big fight over prime beach blanket space on the 12th Street beach.” The WWE calls it Wrestlemania, and Miami desperately wants a piece of the tens of millions of dollars in economic impact it represents.The Magic City recently lost out on hosting the…
The sports world is in full freak-out mode over Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez displaying legendary laziness in botching a play and then lashing out at manager Fredi Gonzalez for benching him. Never before have scribes busted out this many synonyms for half-ass performance — loafing, lollygagging, trotting, dogging it — and…
Despite the pleas of New York’s local media, it seems that LeBron James will not be heading to join the Knicks. Or so says Charles Oakley, a former Knicks player and close pal of LeBron. “Chicago or Miami. Not New York. He’s leaving,” Oakley told the New York Daily News.Hmmm, the…
Usually when we talk college ball around here, it’s about the Canes. Or at least about FAU’s unstoppable rain delay antics.But for the last week, the FIU Golden Panthers have dominated the local aluminum bat scene. Everyone from Sportscenter to MLB.com, in fact, can’t stop talking about FIU infielder Garratt…
Today’s the day when the U.S. Soccer Federation submits its final bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. Despite the fact that only 12 cities are needed, the bid includes 18 cities.Miami’s role in the bid gets special prominence, because, according to AP reports, we’ve been chosen to…
It’s one of the great college football injustices that during the past two decades or so, the Miami Hurricanes have had only one yearly heated rivalry.Those damn Fighting Irish and Gators pulled out of the annual matchups in ’90 and ’87, respectively. Miami has met Florida sporadically (and will again in 2013), but…
In an ideal sports world, referees would not be humans. They’d be highly functioning subhumans devoid of any emotion, desires and just about anything but the sole focus to fairly enforce the rules of the game. Of course, they are humans. Humans who like to get drunk and piss in…
Are the Shulas broke? Or is football demigod Don’s wife just a cheapskate? First, the wife of Dolphins Hall of Famer Don Shula made a bizarre plea of poverty at a council meeting in ultra-exclusive Indian Creek Village, in protest of a new tax assessment that will cost the Shulas…
It’s the weird time of year where for college football fans when spring training is over and the NFL draft is in the history books, yet next season and even meaningful pre-season polls are months away. Which means they look for other things to talk and tweet and blog about, and lately…
Siohvaughn Wade has turned herself into Chicago Police, after the judge in the Wade’s divorce trial ordered police to track her down after she failed to show in court yesterday.Siohvaughn voluntarily turned herself in today, and will not be released until a $10,000 bond is met. Her attorney, Marsha Fisher,…
Writing every new update in the bizarre divorce proceeding of Dwyane Wade and his estranged wife Siohvaughn gets a little more sad each time. Honestly, we don’t take much pleasure in watching this divorce-from-hell unfold. Now, according to multiple sources, the judge in the case, Marya Nega, has ordered police to take…
Dwyane Wade’s divorce continues to be one of the nastiest in recent sports history, and now his ex-wife Siohvaughn Wade filed a bombshell new lawsuit. The suit however isn’t against Wade, its against his Hollywood actress girlfriend Gabrielle Union. She’s seeking more than $50,000 from the actress.Siohvaughn claims that Union…
Former NFL linebacker Nick Rogers died in a car crash early yesterday morning at the age of 30. The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reports Rogers perished in a one-vehicle accident after his car veered off the road into a power pole in College Park, an Atlanta suburb. It happened around 1:30 a.m…
