Yesterday, Riptide found what seemed to be a theme song for the newly christened Miami Marlins. Sadly, we’ve since learned the song is unofficial, a passionate fan ode to the reborn franchise — which makes the music much more endearing, and also more confusing. Who the hell takes the time…
Who the hell is in charge of the Miami Marlins’ latest creative decisions? First we got that logo and the uniforms. Then came that home run “thing.” Now we’ve got what appears to be a brand new theme song that is predictably horrible. It sounds like a theme song for…
Bye, bye, Brandon Marshall? FoxSports.com’s NFL Insider has Tweeted that the Dolphin’s Brandon Marshall just got traded to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a pretty paltry two third round pics. Well, this is pretty huge. Especially considering Peyton Manning was said to be wary of working with Marshall. Update:…
How big of a mess is the Manning mania rumor mill? Well, depending on who you ask, the Miami Dolphins are either still very much in the running to land Peyton Manning’s services or completely out. Let’s run down the rumors. Updated!…
It’s not a secret that Magic Center Dwight Howard won’t be staying in Orlando much longer, and the saga of where he ends up may be the NBA’s most dramatic decision since, well, LeBron landed in Miami. Could Howard’s tale have the same ending? A Sports Illustrated reporter says that…
Eight of South Florida’s finest sports mascot entered the tournament. Close to 600 voters decided the final, and in a stunning landslide, the University of Miami’s Sebastian the Ibis has won the title of Miami’s Favorite Mascot…
We all know that Miami’s reigning rap king Rick Ross prefers the finer things in life, and likes to flaunt that fact on his Twitter account. Today Ross Tweeted a picture of his latest favorite product: marijuana named after New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin…
Could Miami be too big of a market for Peyton Manning? ESPN’s NFL Insider Adam Schefter, citing several “sources,” says that the media frenzy that greeted Manning as he arrived in South Florida may have scared him off. Schefter suggests that like Jim Harbaugh and Jeff Fisher before him, Manning…
The time has come: we’ve now reached the grand championship match-up of our Miami Mascot Madness Tournament. Despite some close calls in Round One, the match-ups in Round Two were both total blowouts. In fact, when we started this tournament we would have never seen this coming: It’s Sebastian the…
In their effort to stave off Spring Training boredom, Marlins outfielders Logan Morrison and Bryan Petersen are starring in an online reality show. The first episode saw them donning leather jackets and forming a two-man, cupcake-devouring moped crew. At another point, they drank red white in a tiny bathtub together…
Miami Marlins President David Samson waded into hot water this week after he told a local business council that he thinks Miamians are stupid. Last night Samson talked with WSVN to clarify his remarks. Don’t worry guys, he doesn’t think Miamians are especially stupid. He wants to clarify that he…
After struggling for most of last night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, the Miami Heat finally decided to stop dicking around and began to hit their shots and play their anaconda-style defense just in time to comeback from as much as 10 points and beat Atlanta 89-86.More importantly however, before…
Peyton Manning is one fickle football bastard. Just hours after leaving the Indianapolis Colts in a teary press conference, the quarterback arrived in Miami on a private jet yesterday evening. But just as Dolfans and local media thought they had their hands on the NFL veteran, Manning called an audible, saying:…
In a smarmy speech before a group of Miami business leaders, Miami Marlins team president David Samson gloated about his success in wrangling taxpayer money in a sweetheart deal to build his team’s new stadium. Then he turned around and called the very people who footed the bill, Miamians, stupid…
Since taking control of the Miami Dolphins, team owner Stephen Ross has set his eye on a lot of things.He wanted a superstar coach with head coaching experience. He got an unproven offensive coordinator. He wants a Super Bowl. All he’s got is a first-round playoff exit. He wants public…
Sure, it was the Nets. And sure, they’re amongst the worst defenses in the NBA. But holy shitsnacks, it was awesome seeing Chris Bosh back in the Heat fold, dropping his silky smooth jumpers in honor of his dearly departed GloJean and turning Kris Humphries into a human-sized lump of…
The first round of voting in our Miami Mascot Madness Tournament is now in the history books. On one side of the bracket we had two big blow outs. On the other side we had two face-offs that went down to the wire, with each mascot pulling ahead at one…
In April 2011, former Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson killed himself in his Sunny Isles apartment, his brain racked by football injuries. The once proud and successful businessman was six months into the bankruptcy process. His suicide– shooting himself in the chest to preserve his brain for dementia testing which…
Guess the lion was a Dolphins fan.Miami native, (ugh) current New England Patriot player, and possibly the most interesting football player in the world Chad Ochocinco put on his good clothes and decided to head out for a charity function in Miami Beach on Saturday. This of course being Miami,…
You know by now how we feel about the Marlins’ horrendously ugly robotic home run sculpture. It’s a horrid affront to all that is good taste and aesthetic decency. But we’re not the only ones who have problems with it. Some Marlins players have expressed concerns and worry that the…
It’s an exciting time in South Florida sports. Both the Heat and Panthers appear to be making strong runs at the playoffs. The UM Women’s Basketball team is sure to be a threat in the official March Madness (and the men might make it too). The Dolphins are in the…
Kobe Bryant and his broken face scored 33 points, as he and the Lakers took down the Miami Heat 93-83 yesterday, handing Miami their second consecutive loss.It was the first meeting between L.A. and Miami since Dwyane Wade inadvertently broke Kobe’s nose during a hard foul in the All Star…
