In the absence of real news, rumors start to spread. Considering there hasn’t been any real news on David Beckham’s planned Miami Major League Soccer franchise in months, it’s only natural for outrageous rumors to surface. The latest: Instead of starting a team from scratch, David Beckham intends to buy…
Well, well, well, what do we have here, Heat fans? It seems to me what we have here is some members of what many refer to as the best fan base in sports leaving a championship game early with their team on the verge of a loss. Crazy, right? Damn,…
It’s no secret that University of Miami men’s basketball coach Jim Larranaga has a rather zen outlook on life and basketball. He schools his team on the teachings of Deepak Chopra. Yet, we couldn’t have imagined that the team’s success in knocking off highly ranked programs this year could be…
They said you wouldn’t stick around after LeBron James left. They called you a front-runner. They scoffed at the thought that you might continue to support your team, even if said team was no longer a championship contender. So far, you’ve proven them wrong, Heat fans…
In the past decade, Donna Shalala and the University of Miami have gone out of their way to let students know that their institution is in full support of students’ right to freedom of speech and other basic civil liberties, even releasing a press release in 2006, then again in…
With the Miami Hurricanes football team marred by mediocrity, it seems everyone on campus wants a piece of the school’s basketball team. Even the football players. Cornerback Corn Elder and receiver D’Mauri Jones are reportedly in the process of joining the basketball team. They’ll be practice squad players at first,…
Brace yourselves, Miami, this will shock you: The NCAA rule book is a joke. The latest evidence comes via King James himself. This past weekend, the Ohio State Buckeyes football team arrived at their hotel rooms to find $300 Beats by Dre headphones nestled atop each of their pillows like…
Nike likes to showcase a lot of its out-there designs on the Oregon Ducks. Under Armour has provided some interesting uniforms for the Maryland Terrapins. And now that the University of Miami has aligned itself with Adidas, the Hurricanes may find themselves sporting some very eye-catching gear. See also: After…
We are only a week into 2015, and you’ve probably already broken a few of your New Year’s resolutions; it happens. So why not come up with some new, easier ones while the year is still young? No, I’m not talking about deciding pizza is ok, as long as it’s…
View image | gettyimages.com After four years as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes, Al Golden has a 28-22 record, identical to the record compiled by Miami lifer Randy Shannon in his four years at the helm. Golden gets to stay on for at least another year, while Shannon was…
This has not been the easiest season for Miami Heat fans — things haven’t gone according to plan thus far. Someone is always injured. The team is fighting just for the last playoff seeds in the East. Birdman keeps spraining things. It’s been a rough first third of the year…
After two surprising trips to the AFC championship game during his first two years, Rex Ryan quickly settled into everything a Miami Dolphins fan would want out of a New York Jets head coach. The man was practically a caricature of what we imagine their fan base to be: portly,…
Out with the old and in with the new; the turning of the calendar to 2015 represents an opportunity for a fresh start, and a chance to make good on some things you’ve neglected in the last year. Everyone has something to improve upon, and the beginning of a new…
On the bright side, weekends in South Florida just got incredibly less depressing. The Miami Dolphins’ and the Miami Hurricanes’ 2014 seasons came to a fitting end this weekend, with matching embarrassing, uninspired, and downright unacceptable performances. Both teams began the season with catchy slogans pointing to renewed hope, change,…
After all the hand-wringing debate about how Heat fans would deal with defector LeBron James’ return to the AA Arena — Would they boo? Would they jeer? Would they rain flaming Molotov cocktails upon the court? — LBJ’s introduction last night was a surprisingly business-like affair. A few fans booed,…
LeBron James’ return to Miami is finally upon us, and it seems like everyone has an opinion on how Miami Heat fans are supposed to act when he faces their team for the first time since leaving in July. Most outside Miami believe Miami Heat fans should be grateful for…
This year marked the first-ever Miami Beach Bowl, a profoundly mis-named college football game that actually takes place inside Marlins Park, about 10 miles away from its barrier island namesake. Badly named or not, the bowl did live up to another famed Miami college football tradition, though. Last night’s contest…
What we have here is your classic good-news/bad-news situation. The bad news: The Dolphins were eliminated from playoff contention when the Steelers beat the Chiefs Sunday. The good news: The Fins still had a game to finish, and finish they did. Then there’s the news that could be either good…
From 1994 until 2008 the Miami Hurricanes were on a historic talent producing run, with a player being selected in the first round of the NFL draft every year for 14 years. Since then, however, not a single ‘Cane has gone in the first round. That drought may finally be…
The 1987 University of Miami Hurricanes team is justly famous for any number of reasons. Michael Irvin. Brian Blades. Swagger. An undefeated campaign and an infamous comeback over FSU. But that season is historic for another reason as well: It marked the first time a school had signed a big…
The Miami Dolphins’ 41-13 humiliating blowout loss to the New England Patriots Sunday wasn’t just the last nail in the Dolphins season, it was the six-feet of dirt on Joe Philbin’s tenure as head coach. With the team’s playoff hopes on the line, the Dolphins found every way, from start-to-finish,…
This Saturday, Miami-based film director and University of Miami graduate Billy Corben will debut the sequel to his 2009 hit ESPN 30 for 30 film, The U. Airing just after the Heisman Trophy presentation, The U Part 2 picks up where the original ended, taking viewers from the unstoppable 2001…
