The Heat racked up their fourth loss in a row last night, a sorry streak made all the more troubling that they came against other likely playoff bound teams. You’d think the shame factor from the losses alone would be enough, but, oh no, here comes Erik Spoelstra, a goofy-faced…
Florida High School Athletic Association executive director Roger Dearing has taken a lot of heat for the disqualification of the Krop High basketball team and ongoing investigation into the school’s entire athletic department. He sent us an op-ed letter, which we’ve posted below, in which he attempts to make it…
The Miami Heat had yet another late-game collapse, losing yet another game at the buzzer and going down to yet another playoff-caliber team when they lost 87-86 to the Chicago Bulls yesterday. And while the Heat are now 0-6 against the Celtics and Bulls, and 1-9 against the NBA’s top…
So everyone expected a big quarterback controversy for the Hurricanes this off-season between rising senior Jacory Harris and sophomore Stephen Morris. Well, Al Golden released his spring training depth chart today, and the first-string quarterback as of right now is, uh, Spencer Whipple. Yes, the kid who got on the…
We were led to believe that LeBron James was special. That he was bitching, a total frickin’ rock star from Mars. That he had tiger blood and Adonis DNA. That he was some sort of basketball warlock. That his joining the Heat would mean, duh, WINNING! But that hasn’t worked…
Big Z demands that you pay him two months in advance if you want to come into his house. That’s not some strangled And 1 axiom. Zydrunas Ilgauskas– the 7-foot-3 totem pole at the end of the Miami Heat bench– has a beautiful townhouse he wants to rent you, Carmelo…
If last night’s Miami Heat’s to-do list was:Lose to yet another quality team at homeGo ten straight possessions without scoring a basketHave their two best players combine for two points in the second halfAllow the opponent to go on a 40-9 runBlow a 24-point leadMiss another last second three-point shotLoseThen,…
Despite passing a physical with Dolphins physicians and some apparent mutual interest, it seems that Jeremy Shockey won’t be suiting up in Orange and Aqua next year. According to the AP, he’s agreed to join the Carolina Panthers, who despite the best efforts of the ‘Fins last season, actually had…
The University of Miami is going to take it’s time to hire a replacement for recently departed Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt. In the meantime, they’ve promoted Tony Hernandez to the job on an interim basis, with a permanent hire coming sometime before the start of the next football season. This…
The strange and winding relationship between the Dolphins and Jason Taylor is, like any good romantic thriller, full of betrayal, back stabbing, and reunions. Though now that Taylor has been cut from the New York Jets (should have known better, JT), it doesn’t appear there’s chance at one final reunion…
Miami, you may be trophy-less, but you’ve still got the goods.That’s the news out of this year’s NFL combine, where Hurricanes cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke ran the 40-yard dash in an absurdly fast 4.28 seconds. That’s the speediest time so far this year and the third fastest for any player…
According to several reports, the Miami Heat will sign former Kings, Hawks, and Wizards point guard Mike Bibby.The Heat had to waive a player today to make room on the roster for Bibby’s services.But no worries, Heat fans. If you still pine for a point guard who can’t make fast-break…
Pittsburgh’s pro sports teams show solidarity by donning black and yellow. South Florida’s teams apparently just passively-aggressively trash each other on Twitter. Florida Panthers CEO and President Michael Yormark attended a Heat game last night, and on Twitter he trashed Miami Heat fans and the team’s game-day experience…
The University of Miami women’s basketball team finished regular-season play last night with a 70-59 victory over Georgia Tech. That win secured the team for a first-place tie atop the ACC with Duke, a second seed in the ACC tournament, and, for the first time all season, a place in…
It’s not exactly great news when your local college baseball team beats your local professional baseball team. That’s just not how the world is supposed to work. Yet the Miami Hurricanes baseball team pulled out a surprising win against the Florida Marlins yesterday in an exhibition game. To add literal…
The Miami Heat blew a 15-point lead and lost 91-86 to the New York Knicks last night, thus making local sports talk radio even douchier than normal for at least another week.The loss continues a troubling trend of not being able to beat playoff contending teams, or even win a…
Well, it was all but official, but University of Miami’s athletics director, Kirby Hocutt, is leaving Coral Gables to take the same job at Texas Tech. Hocutt was seen as a rising star in the world of college athletics directors, and while his new job is certainly less high-profile, it…
It hasn’t been an especially good sports year for hemophiliacs of the green and orange variety, and nothing drives that point home more than the lack of Hurricane wins over Seminole teams. In true team sports, only the Volleyball team has managed to top a ‘Noles team this school year…
Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat’s bench decided to turn in the absolute worst performance ever in the history of everything in a game that will undoubtedly have playoff seeding implications down the stretch.The Heat held a 9-point lead at the half against the Chicago Bulls last night, only to…
Two big updates in two big stories about comings and going in the Miami sports world we posted this morning. It looks like Jeremy Shockey coming to the Dolphins could be in the realm of reality. Meanwhile, a reports says Kirby Hocutt is definitely leaving his post as University of…
Jeremy Shockey is no stranger to Miami. Besides living here, he helped the Miami Hurricanes win a national championship in 2001 and helped the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl in 2010 in Sun Life Stadium. Now that he’s been cut from the Saints, speculation is ramping up that…
University of Miami Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt has interviewed for the same position at Texas Tech, according to The Sun-Sentinel, and apparently the interest is mutual. Hocutt has only served in the position in Coral Gables since 2008, but he’s reigned over an uncertain era of Hurricane sports. Update: Reports…
