Read “Danell Leyva, Miami’s Olympic Prodigy, Goes for Gold.”The U.S. men’s gymnastics team came into Monday’s medal round as the gold-medal favorites. They finished the day not even on the podium. Looking for the country’s first all-around gold in gymnastics since 1984, the men’s team instead finished in fifth place,…
By the time you read this, your favorite Miami Marlin has probably been sent packing. For the third time in franchise history, a fire sale is raging. The face of the franchise, Hanley Ramirez, is now a Dodger; the last Marlin to throw a no-no, Anibal Sanchez, and the best…
See also “Six South Florida Athletes To Keep Tabs On During the Games,” “Introducing Your Florida Athletes,” “London 2012 Olympics: South Florida Athletes (Photos)”The bad news for Team USA so far seems to be Michael Phelps’ embarrassing start at the London 2012 Olympics. But the good news is Florida athletes…
Last season, the Miami Heat tied with San Antonio to capture the best home record in the league, and next season they’ll be playing 14 of their first 22 games at home. So hopefully they’ll have no trouble getting off to a quick start.In addition to playing the first game…
See also “Six South Florida Athletes To Keep Tabs On During the Games” and “London 2012 Olympics: South Florida Athletes (Photos)”Something called “the Olympic Spirit” is in the air, and suddenly, we’re suppose to care about equestrian sports and whether or not China is sending 10-year-olds to destroy capitalism whilst…
Also read: “Logan Morrison is the Marlins’ tweeter-in-chief.”On Thursday afternoon, Miami Marlins outfielder and social-media savant Logan Morrison saw something at a local Nordstrom’s that shocked him to his core. No, not a two-for-one sale on Calvin Klein underwear. He chanced upon a mother breastfeeding her child in public. And…
Dun Dun Da Dun Dun Dun Da Dun Da Dun Da Dun. We are 24 hours away from the opening ceremony for the Games of the XXX Olympiad. While Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade aren’t joining LeBron James on the basketball court, we’ve still got some serious Team USA contenders…
For this week’s cover story about recently retired NFL superstar and purported spiritual healer Ricky Williams, I got on the phone with NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman. They’re linked besides being two of the weirdest dudes in sports who have been photographed wearing wedding dresses and who live in South…
Oh, thank Football Jesus! No, not you Tim Tebow. The real one. Whoever it is that answers our prayers.Chad Johnson may have changed his name back to something decidedly less crazy, but that doesn’t mean he’s all the sudden going to become the picture of maturity. He says that part…
Also read “Is Ricky Williams Foundation Funded By A Cult?” and “Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer.”Earlier this morning, we followed Deadspin and other sites in examining the curious connection between Ricky Williams’ charitable organization, the Ricky Williams Foundation, and Access Consciousness, a self-help group.Ricky got in touch after the post…
Also read “Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer.”When the Ricky Williams Foundation lost out on a $32 million investment in the spring, founder and former NFL star Ricky Williams thought his charity was finished. But along came Gary Douglas, the founder of a self-help group called Access Consciousness. He agreed to…
On The Franchise, Showtime’s series following the Marlins this season, GM Michael Hill recently had this to say about the team’s core, lead by Hanley Ramirez: “The veterans have crapped all over themselves.”That smack-down may not have been the best strategy for pumping up Ramirez’s trade value, but it was…
There was a time in May, when the Heat were on their way to a championship, the Panthers had won their first ever division title, and the Marlins completed the best record that month in MLB, when we had a glimmer of hope (albeit somewhat tempered by the Dolphins) that…
This week’s New Times cover story is a profile of enigmatic former Miami Dolphins superstar running back Ricky Williams, who retired from football for the second time at the end of last season. These days, he administers spiritual sessions in South Florida and around the world. I attended one of…
Sadly, the words Chad Ochocinco will never appear on a Dolphins jersey. That’s because the wide receiver has changed his moniker back to his birth name, Chad Johnson. It’s fitting, we guess, because he’ll be playing his first professional season in his hometown of Miami. Yet we’re somewhat disappointed — the…
Another summer, another report from Yahoo! Sports making allegations about the University of Miami football program. The latest, which hit the web late Friday, are decidedly less dramatic than last summer’s stories of hooker yacht parties and such. However, the newest allegations do implicate current football coach Al Golden. However,…
It has been almost 11 months since news of crooked booster Nevin Shapiro’s allegedly turning the University of Miami football team into his own personal best friend service, and the NCAA is still investigating the matter. According to the AP, NCAA investigators spent several days on the Coral Campus earlier…
In what could be the second-largest trade in Major League Baseball history, reports are flying that the Marlins could be shipping stars Hanley Ramirez and Heath Bell to Boston in exchange for the Red Sox’s Carl Crawford. USA Today is reporting the trade, and apparently the deal may come down…
Senior safety Ray-Ray Armstrong has been kicked off the University of Miami football team for good. The school has not released an official reason why, but the move follows reports that he openly discussed interactions with a booster on Twitter. Apparently he didn’t get the memo that the team is…
Mike Miller, the three-point hero of game six, will not be retiring this year and plans to return to the Heat. Oh, sure, all signs pointed to retirement: he just auctioned off his South Florida home, and he was playing with a painful grimace during the playoffs. But he’s hopeful…
The Miami Heat might be the most successful team in town right now, but the Dolphins still reign supreme in terms of most valuable franchise. Forbes.com has listed the world’s most valuable sports teams. The Fins came in 22nd overall, but the Heat didn’t even make the cut…
It may not be the Miami versus Los Angeles series most of us are salivating for (Heat take Lakers in six games during next year’s finals, right?), but that’s OK, because we won’t even get to see it anyway. The NBA has announced that the Heat will head over to…
