Tayshana Murphy, an 18-year-old basketball star in Manhattan who was being heavily recruited by the University of Miami women’s basketball team, was fatally gunned down this past weekend in what appears to be a tragic case of mistaken identity. Murphy, ranked the 16th best point guard in the nation in…
Dwyane Wade has spent a good chunk of his lockout time hobnobbing with the fashion elite. First he was spotted at the men’s shows in Milan and Paris before introducing his own designer watch. Then he played model for VMan, and just last week, he was in New York for Fashion’s Night…
The Dolphins home opener is tonight at Sun Life Stadium.Everybody in the world is talking about the keys to the game. Can Chad Henne pass? Can Reggie Bush run? Can that damn defensive line get to that damn pretty boy… um, what’s his name… Brady?Well, forget about it. Brady has beat us…
Guys, do you ever wonder what you would call yourself if you woke up one day and suddenly found yourself in a woman’s body (*cough* Kylie, obviously *cough*)? Because LeBron James certainly has. He took to Twitter today to introduce the world to his “sister” (AKA drag persona) LeBre’sha…
So, the University of Miami has decided it’s time to let Jacory Harris say words in public agai. They trotted their starting quarterback in front of the media today after he was suspended for the Maryland game for taking about $140 in impermissible benefits from Nevin Shapiro. Harris wanted to…
As Miami Dolphins fans, our gut reaction to Tom Brady is “ugh,” so we guess it’s only fitting he’s the new poster boy for Ugg for Men boots. Yes, Uggs, those horribly ugly sheepskin affronts to footwear decency favored by circa 2005 UM sorority girls (paired with miniskirts, naturally) and…
Considering the state of the Dolphins right now, a ranking of 16th isn’t bad. Though, the ranking was awarded by Forbes.com on a list of the most valuable NFL teams. Forbes estimates that the Dolphins are worth $1.01 billion. Slightly less than the $1.04 billion average…
Jacory Harris will start for the Miami Hurricanes when the team makes its home debut in ten days against Ohio State according to USA Today. Harris, a senior, sat out the Maryland game due to his involvement in the Nevin Shapiro scandal, but will return to take over his starting…
The Florida High School Athletic Association today released findings from its investigation of Aventura-area Dr. Michael M. Krop High’s basketball team, which was disqualified from the playoffs last year amid amidst allegations of rampant cheating. The verdict: For falsifying information in order to play ineligible students, Krop High is being…
Ah, petting zoos. They seem so innocent, all those pretty horses letting you stroke their manes just like a real-life Sunday morning cartoon. It’s great! Until the horse gets a taste for human blood, that is, and decides to bite the thumb right off your hand.That’s exactly what Ann Lavecchia…
When he was traded from the LA Lakers to the Miami Heat in 2004, Shaquille O’Neal became a reserve officer on the Miami Beach police force. Like any cop in Florida, O’Neal had a personnel file that is subject to a public records request. We’ve embedded the file below. As in…
Never mind the embarrassment caused by the Nevin Shapiro scandal. Forget the suspensions. Put aside the looming thoughts of further NCAA sanctions. Let us be glad as Miami Hurricane fans that our team will never, ever face the humility of taking to the field dressed in something either looking like…
Next time you’re six Buds deep at Sun Life Stadium and venting your rage at the ump about another wasted Marlins summer — “Hey, blue! Grow another eyeball and you’ll be a f***ing Cyclops!” — consider this: The guys behind home plate have a pretty insane schedule.They actually have to…
As we all know college football is purely an amateur sport. The kind of mere amateur sport, of course, where a broadcast powerhouse can look at its TV schedule, realize it has a Labor Day hole, and coerce a team that historically guarantees good ratings to change its schedule so…
The hate that burns between the fan bases of the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins is perhaps some of hottest in all of sports. So we really don’t know what to make of the fact that a youth football team sponsored by the Miami Police Department and the…
The cruel joke played on South Florida every year by Major League Baseball has officially reached its season-ending punch line. Despite sitting near the top of the National League earlier this season, the Marlins have now been officially eliminated from playoff contention. A 5-7 loss to the Mets last night…
Dear Miami: You’re the capital of Latin American culture, a city so soccer-crazy that trying to find a free field for pick-up footy is tougher than sneaking an inflatable banana into a nightclub. Yet you cared so little for your MLS franchise that it dissolved after three seasons. The only professional…
Despite the fact the NCAA likes to uphold illusions that its merely sanctioning amateur athletics, there’s no doubt that college football is a big business. In 2009, the most recent year for which figures are available, all Division 1-A teams combined brought in an astounding $2.5 billion.So which Florida schools…
The Miami Dolphins screwed up when they decided to honor the 2008-2009 national champion Florida Gators football team during the October 23 home game against the Denver Broncos. Gator rivals, the UM Hurricanes, are both our home team and in trouble with the NCAA. This stupidity shouldn’t surprise Dolfans.The franchise hasn’t had…
Despite being named in Yahoo! Sports’ Nevin Shapiro report, Aldarius Johnson yesterday walked away without any suspensions from the NCAA. However, coach Al Golden put Johnson on indefinite suspension anyway. Turns out he might have been caught lying to the NCAA…
According to a lawsuit filed in Orlando, Shaquille O’Neal had henchman Justin Zormelo stalk a mistress named Vanessa Lopez in October 2009. Two months later, Shaq and Zormelo had a bizarre online chat about the job. Riptide has obtained a stash of several of the Big Berlusconi’s salacious and infidelity-laced…
Just six days before the University of Miami Hurricanes season opener against the Maryland Terrapins, the NCAA has confirmed the eight players previously ruled ineligible by the school for their part in the Nevin Shapiro fiasco must miss games and repay benefits from the crooked booster. Five of those players,…
