Despite the fact that some NFL brass have indicated there would have to be major upgrades to Sun Life Stadium if Miami-Dade ever wants to host another Super Bowl, the Dolphins are planing to spearhead a Miami bid for the next available championship game anyway. Super Bowl L, the 50th…
The Marlins reportedly offered Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes a six-year deal somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million-plus last week, and appeared to be in the lead of the race to sign the outfielder. ESPN’s Buster Olney however just tweeted that Cespedes has agreed to a four-year deal worth $36…
Apparently all that time behind bars is getting to convicted Ponzi schemer and allegation-throwing former booster Nevin Shapiro, because the Miami Herald got a hold of several bonkers emails the would-be-destroyer of Hurricanes football is typing up in prison. They do little to detract from Shapiro’s portrayal as a bitter,…
Don’t be talking about LeBron James’ mama unless you want to find yourself on the end of a physical threat from the 6’8″ superstar. According to an NBC Sports journalist’s Twitter, James apparently got into a bit of verbal smack down with a fan heckling him at Friday’s game against…
The Miami Heat’s “Big Three” just got even bigger. A Miami Beach entrepreneur has taken it upon himself to build 18-foot foam sculptures out of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh — complete with tattoos and “I’m-about-to-dunk-in-your-face” expressions. A monstrous LeBron is already complete.”We did this as Heat fans,…
Over the weekend, Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000 — the Perrine-based Kimbo Slice protege trying to bring backyard fighting into the mainstream — invited Riptide to watch a grudge match between a pair of dudes who don’t like each other one bit. Instead of a backyard, this bout went down…
The Miami Marlins’ new star Jose Reyes had to cut off his dreadlocks for $105 million, but online they only sold for $10,200.Reyes agreed to sheer his trademark dreads in order to meet the Marlin’s grooming rules. The haircut was aired live on the MLB network, and the dreads were…
Opponents have been raining three pointers down on the Miami Heat all season long, and last night the Orlando Magic decided that was a good idea too, and hit 4,000 17 three pointers, taking the 102-89 win over Miami.Dwight Howard, who has apparently checked out and doesn’t give a shit…
So apparently Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, along with a growing number of Dolphins fans, are “infatuated” with the idea of bringing Peyton Manning to Miami next season. Which is ridiculous when you consider that Manning hasn’t even cut ties with the Colts yet, and there’s no guarantee he’ll fully recover…
This is like the baseball fan’s version of that time Beyonce went to Cheeseburger Baby. I was in the courthouse district an hour or so ago when I saw the strangest thing: Baseball superstars David Ortiz and Jose Batista strolling down Northeast 1st Avenue, in full baseball uniform. It was…
Good news for LeBron James! He’s now only the sixth most hated professional athlete in America! That’s down from second place on Forbes.com’s list last year. Hell, as we’ve previously noted, he’s no longer the most hated player in the NBA. That title now belongs to that guy who had…
Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes arrived at Miami International Airport this morning ahead of a meeting with top Marlins brass. The Marlins have made no secret of their desire to land the Cuban slugger, and now Cespedes is returning the love.”It would be good [to play here],” Cespedes said while briefly…
Dwyane Wade led the way with 26 points, while LeBron James added 24 as the Miami Heat took down the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-91 last night.The Heat will now embark on a five-road-games-in-seven-nights-palooza beginning in Orlando tonight and ending when all the players die from severe fatigue.But the story of the…
Ricky Williams, the enigmatic running back who spent the majority of his 11-year NFL career with the Miami Dolphins, is officially retiring from football. No, really, for real this time. After ditching the Dolphins last year, Williams signed a two-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens but has decided to forgo…
A recent GQ profile of once-high-flying NFL star Terrell Owens — who’s now close to broke despite earning more than $80 million — has shined a national spotlight this month on his South Florida agent, Drew Rosenhaus, and financial advisor, Jeff Rubin. T.O. has lambasted Rosenhaus’s management and sued over…
Riptide has a now established tradition of mathematically (in the loosest sense of the word) deciding which team Miamians should root for the in the Super Bowl. This year the answer seems obvious: F*ck the Pats! But should we really f*ck the Pats? Lets run both the New England Patriots…
It sure sounds like Peyton Manning is going to end up in Miami eventually one way or another. The only question is whether it will be in a Dolphins jersey or a pair of board shorts lounging at his condo at the Continuum in the South of Fifth area of…
Khalilah Camacho-Ali remembers the first time she walked into 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach was during the summer of 1967. Back then she was known as Belinda, the 17-year-old second bride of the man who would go on to become the greatest boxer of all time: Muhammad Ali. At…
Forget the new logo, uniforms, coach, roster or shady funding for the new stadium — by fair the most despair-inducing feature of the Miami Marlin’s recent makeover is what we originally termed the “insanely ugly animatronic home-run sculpture.” The thing looks like a Mardi Gras float impregnated a Guy Harvey…
Former Miami Hurricane and current Washington Redskin Rocky McIntosh was a guest on D.C.-area sports radio show this morning, and on the day after national signing day the hosts had recruiting on their mind. They started throwing questions at McIntosh about what part strip clubs and hot girls may have…
It’s easy to forget now, but Miami Beach was once the nexus of the world boxing scene thanks mostly to Angelo Dundee, the Hall of Fame trainer who opened the legendary 5th Street Gym with his brother Chris. Dundee trained dozens of elite fighters at the SoBe gym — most…
The Miami Heat looked like they were on their way to demolishing the entire Milwaukee Bucks franchise into a fine powder after scoring a season-high 40 points in the opening quarter of last night’s game. And then?Deercocks.For what seemed like the 30 billionth time this season, the Heat couldn’t close…
