Can Mark Richt Lead the Hurricanes Back to Glory?

In many ways, Mark Richt is unlike any head coach the Hurricanes have hired in their recent history. He’s not a coordinator getting his first shot at the captain’s chair, nor is he a promising talent plucked from a mid-major. The man has spent 15 years coaching in College Football’s…

Barry Bonds Might Be Marlins’ New Hitting Coach

Jeffrey Loria is the most despised team owner in Major League Baseball, not just among local fans — who he’s spent years antagonizing with brutally bad rosters and a highway robbery stadium deal — but also among fellow owners and league officials. Barry Bonds, meanwhile, left the game in 2007…

The Five Best Contracts for the Value in South Florida Sports

Black Friday, the day Americans decide cheap waffle irons and flat-screen televisions are enough reason to hurdle other shoppers, face-smush an old lady, and dive into Macy’s before the doors close like in Indiana Jones. It’s a tradition like no other. Being a sucker for an unbelievable deal isn’t unique…

Twenty-Five Reasons We Are Thankful for the Miami Heat

The Miami Heat are your rock. They are Netflix on a gloomy South Florida Winter day. They make you feel more emotion on a nightly basis than any Adele album ever could. They are waking up in the middle of the night and remembering tomorrow is Saturday. They are chicken…

NBA Features 786 on Heat’s Area Code Gear, Not 305

There are few cities in America quite as in love with their primary area code as Miami. It’s pretty much in every Miami rap song. Pitbull calls himself “Mr. 305,” and has an upcoming Miami-set drama in the works called “305.” You can see it on tattoos, hats, shirts and…

Al Golden Is Gone, but UM Probably on the Hook for Millions

Saturday’s University of Miami loss to Clemson was costly. The 58-0 annihilation cost fans another season of false hope. It cost players their remaining shreds of dignity. And in the long run, it’s probably going to cost the University of Miami many millions of dollars. To loud cheers from pundits,…

Beckham Stadium Plan May Go to Public Vote in March

There’s few cities that have been has burned as badly by a stadium deal as Miami, and few voting blocs that have made politicians pay the price for that as Miami’s. That political atmosphere has made it difficult for David Beckham and his business partner to nail down a site to…

Miami Heat Players Offer Prayers for Lamar Odom

Lamar Odom only played with the Miami Heat for a season, but it was an important one in the history of the team. It was Dwyane Wade’s rookie year, and Odom was a key part of a roster that saw the team transition from an after thought in the league…