With a raucous crowd and a national broadcast crew, Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber sat yesterday in sunny, southern weather in his league’s newest stadium and raved about the future of his sport. But more than a year after David Beckham’s gala press conference promising a downtown Miami soccer…
For the past five years, Weston-based tennis pro Wayne Odesnik has been as well known for his ties to illegal drugs as for his backhand. In 2010, Odesnik was banned for two years after getting caught with human growth hormone in Australia. Then, New Times’ 2013 investigation into the Biogenesis scandal…
MLB Network recently asked Major League Baseball fans to answer a deceptively simple question: Who is the face of MLB? The fan vote resulted in a victory for … San Francisco catcher Buster Posey? That’s unfortunate, because no matter the official results, any sane baseball fan knows that Giancarlo…
In that now seemingly brief time during which LeBron James called Miami home, local fans were scrutinized endlessly. People said we didn’t deserve the Heat’s big three. Charles Barkley was constantly dogging us. People apparently noticed anytime a seat in the arena wasn’t full for the entire duration of the…
Thanks to the monster contract the Dolphins threw at Ndamukong Suh this week, Miami is now home to three of the biggest deals in each of America’s three biggest sports, with Giancarlo Stanton’s record-breaking Marlins contract and Chris Bosh’s elite Heat salary rounding out the Magic City pay scales. That…
Today, Ndamukong Suh is expected to make it official: He’s coming to Miami, and so is his reputation. The Dolphins will give Suh an NFL record $60 million, guaranteed to anchor their defensive line for the next six years. That’s a lot of money for any player, but the figure…
After the Detroit Lions failed to place a franchise tag on defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, the best defensive player in the league, according to most, will officially be a free agent tomorrow. According to reports, the Miami Dolphins have emerged, along with the Lions and Oakland Raiders, as the best…
Will Shane Battier’s annual Miami Heat-centric celebrity karaoke event ever reach the heights of Dwyane Wade and LeBron James singing a duet of a Michael Jackson song again? Maybe not, but this year’s edition, which went down last night at the Fillmore Miami Beach, did feature a King of Pop…
Electricity surges through a spinning blue Earth. A wind turbine whirs majestically under a perfect puffy cloud. A girl runs her hand through a wheat field bathed in golden light. And a sleek racecar is unveiled as engines rev and fans scream. “The race to the future,” a faraway voice…
Sun Life Stadium is undergoing a major face-lift, with the goal of remaining one of the nation’s go-to spots for hosting major sporting events. Before the Dolphins organization gets to bid for another Super Bowl, the stadium’s first major test will be bidding for the 2018 and 2020 College Football…
Normally, being told that Chris Bosh would miss the rest of a season would be tough enough for Heat fans to stomach but when we all heard earlier this week exactly why he would be done playing, it completely broke our hearts. What at first seemed like a precautionary trip…
Formula E, the new, all-electric spinoff of the Formula 1 car-racing series, is coming to Miami in a couple of weeks, when the Miami ePrix will take over Biscayne Boulevard. But the series could be here to stay. At today’s city commission meeting, Mayor Tomás Regalado will introduce a resolution…
The Miami Dolphins have released the most detailed look yet at what exactly all these upgrades to Sun Life Stadium will entail. In addition to things like a roof and new HD lighting, there will also be revamped concourses, new bar and restaurant areas, and in-stadium couches and arm chairs…
Good news never seems to last long for the Miami Heat these days. Just hours after celebrating the news that the team had landed its best point guard since the heyday of Tim Hardaway, fans learned that superstar Chris Bosh had been hospitalized for some very serious tests. Doctors in…
Apparently, Pat Riley thinks Goran Dragic is the man to turn this Heat season around. According to numerous reports, the Miami Heat has traded Shawne Williams, Justin Hamilton, Danny Granger, and two first-round picks to the Phoenix Suns for the Slovenian star. Norris Cole was shipped to New Orleans in…
Spring training is just around the corner, and in case you’ve tuned out this off-season, your hometown Miami Marlins might just be worth watching this year. Really! The Fish made a few small splashes in free agency, tinkered with the roster a bit via some trades, and signed their best…
Steve Montador played three seasons of his decadelong NHL career with the Florida Panthers, including his career-best year during 2007 and ’08, when he scored eight goals and racked up 15 assists. The former defenseman was found dead early Sunday morning at this home in Mississauga, Ontario. Montador, who was…
Valentine’s Day is today, which means we’ve spent all week collecting heart-warming cards. Tons of people have reached out to us to tell us how much we mean to them. Our hearts were so touched, we decided to let everyone know about it. Between cards from vaping companies and craft…
View image | gettyimages.com Consider Jeffrey Loria’s crimes. After decimating baseball in Montreal, the art dealer bought the Marlins with an interest-free MLB loan and then duped fans for a decade. He blatantly lied to taxpayers about how much money his team was making at Sun Life Stadium and then…
Richie Incognito is officially out of timeouts — and so ends one of the most ridiculous suspensions in National Football League history. This weekend, the Buffalo Bills decided to take a chance on Incognito, signing him to a one-year, $2.25 million nonguaranteed deal. The signing of Incognito fits right in…
After six months of silence, the past couple of weeks have brought plenty of rumors about where David Beckham will build his soccer stadium. MLS insists it must be downtown. City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff suggested the old Miami Herald site. Someone even mooted the possibility of building it in Broward…
With the Super Bowl in the rear-view mirror, it’s now officially the NFL offseason. In other words, it’s the time of year when the Miami Dolphins have to try yet again to find a way to haul their legs out of the mediocrity mud they’ve been stuck in for what…
