Good news Miami! The end to our long local nightmare of not hosting a Super Bowl since 2010 is in sight. After a meeting of team owners today, the NFL announced that Miami will host Super Bowl LIV in 2020. The game will mark the 100th anniversary of the league…
Mickey Axelband may be the Miami Marlins’ biggest fan. Ever since the baseball team’s first game in 1993, the 59-year-old, bald veterinarian with lively green eyes has been a season ticket holder. He’s attended every single home opener and final game of the season. He sweated through thousands of brutal…
Here’s a few numbers for you. ’68, ’69, ’71, ’76, ’79, ’89, ’95, ’99, ’07, ’10: The year Miami has hosted the Super Bowl. 0: The chance NFL execs told Miami Dolphins executive they’d have of ever hosting another unless major renovations were made to the Stadium. $450 million+: The…
You wouldn’t shoot a Red Sox player in the middle of Times Square scarfing down a slice of New York-style pizza. You don’t pose Washington’s QB in downtown Dallas decked out in a 10-gallon hat and cowboy boots. You don’t let your high school team’s biggest rival’s star pose for…
Sure, facilities, opportunities, and a chance at glory are probably still important when it comes to college football recruiting, but if we’re reading the trends correctly here, it seems like today’s high-schoolers and tomorrow’s college players apparently really, really get a kick out of seeing themselves talked about on social…
When is Chris Bosh getting back on the court? The answer could possibly be “never.” Bosh has been sidelined since All-Star Weekend after complications from his blood clot situation flared back up, and according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst the situation may force Bosh into medical retirement. It’s the second season in a row…
Unless your team wins it all, there’s no way to escape the inevitable pain that comes with being eliminated from a playoff run. It’s like being tapped in the nuts with a ball-peen hammer. It’s a dull, implacable pain. It’s not fun. It sucks, even. Yet that’s exactly how Miami…
Miami Heat fans might be witnessing the most confusingly heroic and disgustingly enjoyable brand of their team’s playoff basketball ever. Each playoff game has been a bag of jelly beans: a fair share of deliciously fruity moments, mixed with some disgusting black licorice ones. Well, nobody said it was going…
David Beckham may be the figurehead, but he’s far from the only businessmen involved in the effort to bring a Major League Soccer team to Miami. Sure, the business group is called “Miami Beckham United.” Sure, a discounted price on the franchise is only possible because of a special clause in…
Turns out any rumored behind the scenes drama has been smoothed over, and Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat have jointly announced that the blood clot-plagued big man will not return to the court at any point during the rest of the playoffs. The official statement was delivered on Twitter…
It’s been a hard year already when it comes to the loss of legends, but don’t worry. Don Shula will still be kicking around. The former Miami Dolphins coach was rushed to Aventura Hospital on Monday night to undergo treatment for sleep apnea but has now been released. “Coach Shula has…
The Heat have made it to the second round of the playoffs without having the help of one of their marquee stars since the All-Star Break. Putting Chris Bosh back in the game would instantly make the Heat the prohibitive favorites over the Toronto Raptors, and Bosh really, really wants back…
The Miami Heat needed a hero on Sunday. They got a dragon. But first, it’s worth recounting how they got there. On Friday night, it was Dwyane Wade’s majestical feats of awesome in a win-or-go-home game in Charlotte that put the Heat in yet another Game 7 on Sunday. The…
For fourteen straight years at least one Miami Hurricanes player was selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. It’s an astounding record that no other team seems poised to break anytime soon (Alabama currently has the longest active streak at seven consecutive years). Still, it was painful back…
A funny thing happened on the way to the Dolphins 13th pick in the first round of last night’s NFL Draft. Draft analysis and reporters truly had no idea what the ‘Fins would do in the first round. The team had a lot of needs to fill, and a lot…
If the Miami Marlins had one positive story during last season’s damp tissue of a season, it was spark plug second baseman Dee Gordon, who led the league in hits, batting average and stolen bases. The Marlins lavished a new $50 million contract on him, and just last night he…
Approach and the first thing you hear is buzzing. It’s like a swarm of food processors flying overhead. Look up. In the twilight sky, Tron-like flashes of neon turn circles, some stopping midair before diving close to the ground at breakneck speed. They’re like tiny comets or steroid-stoked fireflies. Suddenly,…
There’s really only two things we now for sure about the Major League Soccer team coming to Miami: 1) David Beckham is the public face of what will become the ownership. 2) The team has bought land to build a stadium in Overtown. Everything else seems to be up in…
The Miami Heat — yes, the same team you’ve been watching all season — are the most face-melting offense juggernaut in these here 2016 NBA Playoffs so far. That’s the only conclusion you can reach after the heat dismantled the Charlotte Hornets for the second-straight game last night. It’s also…
Well, that didn’t take long. Less than two years after LeBron James left the Heat, here they are, not only back in the NBA playoffs, but back in a position to fight for another trip to the NBA Finals. The Heat’s retooling and transformation since the Big Three era has…
The TV ad opens with Chris Bosh sinking a three in a dark practice gym and then turning solemnly toward the camera. “When I was sidelined with blood clots in my lungs, it was serious,” the ten-time All-Star says. “Fortunately, my doctor had a game plan.” The camera then catches…
This Sunday, the Miami Heat will play an NBA playoff game for the first time since June 15th, 2014. Finally, all is right in the world again. The playoff berth is all the more notable because the Heat epically pooped their pants against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday in a…
