Last season for Miami Hurricanes fans was a respectful rebound, and should provide encouragement that our days of being left off most pre-season polls are over.The season doesn’t officially kick off for another seven months, but that hasn’t stopped ESPN’s Mark Schlabach from making his pre-season rankings. He’s got the…
On Monday afternoon, as part of his I Need to Stay in the NFL Because I Owe $20 Million Tour, quarterback/dogfighter Michael Vick showed up at the Overtown Youth Center to thoroughly confuse a gymnasium full of little kids. Who is this dead-eyed man, and are we supposed to emulate…
Like most Miamians, we were pulling for the Saints last night. Yeah there’s a huge part of us that wished it was the Dolphins, but we couldn’t have been happier for New Orleans. Of course, as you’re probably aware, Saints QB and MVP Drew Brees was courted by the Dolphins when…
The Super Bowl getting high ratings isn’t news as much as it is practically a law of physics, but when it breaks a 27-year-old record that’s certainly something.Last night’s broadcast from Miami Gardens drew an astounding 106.5 million viewers, making it the most watched television program in the history of…
As we mentioned in our live blog, Riptide still isn’t entirely sure how it got an invite to the Super Bowl. And we have no comment on whether blackmail may or may not have been involved.Either way, we were there dammit! We saw Drew Brees carve up the Colts secondary, we watched…
Workers at a Pollo Tropical across the street from Sun O))) Sun Life Stadium attempted to break the world record for biggest bowl of salsa. [CBS4]Economists say Florida’s jobless rated should peak this year at about 12.3 percent before finally turning around before the end of the year. [CBS4]A man…
Riptide got invited to the Super Bowl!We know. We couldn’t believe it either. It’s amazing what twenty bucks and some extremely compromising Polaroids of Roger Goodell at King of Diamonds will get you. Not that we have anything like that.Anyway, the point is we are at the muthaflippin Super Bowl…
We decided to go with the High Five video on Friday as our Super Bowl viral video, but upon further review we love this way too much to ignore. Slate V imagines what the Super Bowl would be like if it was directed by famous film auteurs. Unsurprisingly we think the styles…
With Super Bowl XLIV festivities in full swing, we hope we’ve given you a look into the sporting event the only way New Times knows how — with plenty of sex, drugs, and other questionable activities. Our big game coverage will reach its climax Sunday, when staff writer Tim Elfrink…
Lately, Miami’s got this glow. It’s a summery shimmering that one can only call … Orange. And we should all thank the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore and its very special skin tone for our city’s newfound luminescence. So bless you, Snooki, JWoww, the Situation, and the rest. You’ve immeasurably…
Isiah Thomas hasn’t even spent a full year at FIU, but the school’s men’s basketball coach and NBA legend could be headed back to the NBA. Reports have surfaced that the long-suffering Los Angeles Clippers have put Thomas near the top of their list to replace recently fired coach Mike…
“I’ve never seen these levels of awesomeness before in Miami. They’re getting way too high… high-five, that is.” Um, this video. There’s not really a punch line, but it’s awesome nonetheless. Two Funny or Die operatives have spent the past week in Miami documenting as many high-fives and, apparently, dramatic…
It happened early in the first quarter. An errant pass by Quentin Richardson was picked up midcourt by Cleveland Cavaliers power forward J.J. Hickson. Dwyane Wade rushed down the court in an attempt to contest Hickson’s layup (because who the hell else is gonna do it? Rafer Alston? Pfft!). The…
Jimmy Johnson’s little Jimmy feels amazing, and he wants you all to know about it.The former Miami Dolphins and Hurricanes coach (who also coached for some team somewhere in Texas) has signed on to be the new spokesman for ExtenZe, a line of “male enhancement” pills, as the company tries…
It sounds like a reality TV show in the making: A see-through bus full of babes on a cross-country roadtrip through the Bible belt, pole-dancing as they drive. You future producers can expect little old ladies to crap in their diapers, grown men to — literally — lick the side…
The ACC released its 2010 schedules today. The Hurricanes will open their season Thursday, September 2, against FAMU, but things get considerably harder after that, when the Canes take on two out-of-conference teams that finished well ahead of them in the Top 25 last season.They’ll have ten days after FAMU…
Former Hurricanes Coach Larry Coker was criticized for his over-reliance on internet site rankings and media buzz when it came to recruiting. Of course, Coker is the former coach for a reason, and we’re never truly sure what to make of National Signing day bruahaha. But current Coach Randy Shannon…
Tim Tebow isn’t the only football star stepping into the gridiron of abortion rights. New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita told the New York Times he doesn’t exactly agree with Tim Tebow’s pro-life message, his support of Focus on the Family, or with CBS’s decision to ban a gay dating ad during…
Dolphins fans owe two debts of gratitude to the Indianapolis Colts this year: (1) for dropping a regular-season game to ensure that the ’72 Fins remain the only team in modern NFL history to complete a perfect season, and (2) for stopping the NY Jets, with classless coach Rex Ryan, from playing in a…
To the unitiated, Super Bowl Media Day must sound like some outrageous backstage fantasy. Media and players partying together! Celebrities around every corner! Free buffet lunch! Well not to worry, ignorant and uninvited masses. Riptide is here to shatter those dreams. Imagine, instead, an airless room packed way beyond fire…
Remember Joe Kapp? The famous Latino quarterback long before the NFL was courting Latino viewers? With the Jets and Mark Sanchez out of the picture, Latinos won’t have much to root for come Super Bowl Sunday. Colts wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez is sidelined with a season-long injury, and Jonathan Casillas,…
The picture of Jets coach Rex Ryan’s now-infamous flip-off of a few heckling Miami Dolphins fans quickly made their way around the media and not surprisingly into the front office in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Ryan has been fined $50,000. That’s more than the average American makes in a year,…
