Dolphins Fall to Texans 30-10 In Season-Opening Flop

With seven minutes left in the second quarter on Sunday, the Dolphins looked like a team that seemed to have turned the corner. The defense was playing more like the aggressive squad that had played well last year, the Dolphins receivers were catching the ball on offense, rookie quarterback Ryan…

Hard Knocks, Episode Five: The Bachelorette Looks Like American Gladiators By Comparison

Cheer up, third-round pick/emo perpetually sad-faced tight end/ likely-illustrator-of-fantastical-scenes-involving-dragons-and-Asian-counterculture-anti-heros-during-team-film-sessions / wouldn’t-make-any-other-team’s-53-man-roster-except-the-piece-of-shit-Jets Michael Egnew – HBO’s Hard Knocks featuring your Miami Dolphins has officially ended!Of course, it ended with a final-cut heavy episode full of enough tears to make a 3 a.m. Lifetime Network cameo sandwiched between Ghost and Steel Magnolias…

Miami Heat Favorites to Repeat in Poll of NBA Coaches and Execs

Never mind the Lakers’ new monster-like lineup. Don’t worry about the maturing Thunder. According to a Sports Illustrated poll of NBA insiders, including head coaches, general managers and other executives, the Miami Heat are the early favorites to take home next year’s Larry O’Brien trophy. Which, you know, duh…

Chad Johnson Breaks Twitter Silence, Admits He “Messed Up”

Chad Johnson’s usually overactive Twitter account has been pretty quiet ever since his August 11 arrest on domestic violence charges. Mostly he’s retweeted a few things and talked about his children. But Johnson returned to Twitter this afternoon, admitted he “messed up,” and finally realized he was no longer an…

Hard Knocks, Episode Four: The Dolphins’ Personality Problem

A funny thing is happening with this year’s installment of Hard Knocks. Previous seasons focused on obvious, larger-than-life coaching personalities in Rex Ryan, Herm Edwards and Brian Billick, but the idea behind this year’s inside look at the Dolphins was to cut out all that cute shit and pull back…

LeBron James Wants to Star in Space Jam 2

With his icon status its easy to forget that LeBron James was just a child in the ’90s, and like all millennials he recognize 1996 film Space Jam as the true cinematic masterpiece that it is. So obviously King James would love nothing better than to star in Space Jam…

Miami Dolphins Trade CB Vontae Davis, Continue Ignoring Need for Talent

The Miami Dolphins have traded former first-round pick Vontae Davis to the Indianapolis Colts for a 2013 second-rounder as well as a conditional late-round pick. Obviously, this is a move that makes sense on several fronts given the Midas-like wealth of talent the Dolphins possess at virtually every position on…

Roger Goodell Is So Not Welcome at Jonathan Vilma’s Miami BBQ Joint

Miami’s hottest new barbecue joint is Brother Jimmy’s BBQ in Brickell. New Times’ food blog, Short Order, seems to love it, and it’s owned by three former Miami Hurricanes players, including Jonathan Vilma. Everyone is welcome to try a bit of their Carolina-style barbecue. Everyone, that is, except NFL commissioner Roger…

The Franchise Will End Early Because The Marlins Suck So Much

Wednesday night’s episode of Showtime’s baseball docudrama The Franchise, which this season is following the Miami Marlins, will be its last. At least two more episodes were originally planned, with the option for others, but the Marlins and Showtime have decided to pull the plug early, because, well, this team…

Hard Knocks, Episode 2: Chad Johnson’s Epic Groin-Kick to Dolphins Fans

Over the past decade, your Miami Dolphins have resembled a resident of Hiroshima that moved to Nagasaki during World War II to escape the likelihood of bombing. “It’s probably much nicer and safer over there,” your Dolphins say. Inevitably, they’re pretty much screwed either way; it’s always an emotional bloodbath.So…