Tonight is the Dolphins’ first preseason game as they travel to Atlanta. Unfortunately, Miami fans, we no longer have a LeBron-sized blankie to help us feel better come November when shit in the South Florida sports world starts to turn south due to that annual rite of passage we’ve unfortunately…
The ball screamed off Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer’s bat, clocking 101 mph as it rocketed toward the outfield. Sixty feet later, it smacked into the head of Marlins relief pitcher Dan Jennings, catching him flush before he could react. It’s a nightmare scenario for any pitcher, and the video of…
No stranger to stirring shit up, Dan Le Batard has found himself in hot water once again after erecting a LeBron-trolling billboard in Akron, Ohio. USA Today’s the Big Lead confirms ESPN has suspended Le Batard from his ESPN2 show for two days. See also: “You’re Welcome, LeBron – Love,…
Last month, Ohio newspapers refused to take The Dan LeBatard Show’s money for a simple “You’re Welcome” message to LeBron James in their publications; it appears they have chosen poorly. Thwarted in their first bet to poke fun at LeBron’s lack of thanking Dade County fans on his way out…
When LeBron James headed back home to Cleveland, he forgot to pack something Heat fans hoped he’d take with him — namely, the national hate for Dade County’s fans. Before LeBron came to Miami, no one really had a problem with Heat fans, but while he was here, Heat fans…
Kevin Olson hasn’t even taken a single snap for the Miami Hurricanes yet, but he’s already finding himself in heaps of trouble. The redshirt freshman has been suspended for one game after failing a drug test. He was also suspended during last year’s bowl game while redshirting…
Joey Grosso’s name wouldn’t be familiar to most Hurricanes fans. In fact, he had played the linebaker position at UPenn from 2010-13, and was ready to start law school at the University of Miami this fall. Using his remaining eligibility, he qualified as a walk-on for the Hurricanes and had…
The Richie Incognito bullying scandal may have long ago faded in the sports news cycle, but it’s still certainly on the mind of those in the Miami Dolphins locker room. In fact, the players unveiled a new shirt today with the team’s new “credo,” which takes a very pro-bonding, anti-bullying…
When it comes to Christmas, I just want to open some presents, eat some ham, and pass out early after drinking copious amounts of eggnog. I do not want to see people I love fighting — and that includes basketball players who used to play together for my favorite team…
The countdown is on. Miami Hurricanes football is just thirty-three days away from returning when the Canes face the Louisville Cardinals in their opener September 1. So how better to get ready than catching up with Canes superfan Cutler Ridge Laz? The man behind the #CanesFam Twitter movement weighs in…
Biogenesis proprietor Tony Bosch didn’t spend all his time cooking up elaborate doping procedures for MLB stars like Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun. As reported in Blood Sport, the new book on the Miami scandal, Bosch also had a huge network of regular clientele, from UM students to high schoolers…
Dwyane Wade and former Dolphins receiver Brandon Marshall run a summer sports academy for kids up in Illinois, but this summer it apparently turned into an episode of “Kids Say the Darndest Thing.” Apparently one young camper couldn’t help but ask Wade a common question of any Heat hater: “Why…
After some early hope this season, the Marlins will play their 100th game tonight and are marred in mediocrity. It’s actually an improvement over the past two seasons, but the team is still 6.5 games behind in the wildcard race. Rather than trying to beef up by making trades, the…
Does LeBron James’ defection to the Cleveland Cavaliers mean the Miami Dolphins could regain the top spot in Miami fans’ hearts? That’s the question many have been asking this past week as the dust settles from the Miami Heat’s loss of the best player in the NBA. Miami has always…
The Miami Hurricanes are gearing up for their 11th season in the ACC and have yet to even win the conference’s Coastal Division. That counts as a fall from grace for a team who used to be in the national title conversation every year. But damn it, at this point…
Dada 5000 — the Mohawked, muscled monolith born Dhafir Harris but better known as the P.T. Barnum of Miami’s backyard fisticuffs — spotted them through the window. It was July 5, and the promoter was chilling at home, the same “Famous Green House” where thousands of knuckle-busters and bloody noses…
A few short days ago, the future didn’t look so great for Miami Heat fans. LeBron James decided he was homesick, Chris Bosh was close to joining the Houston Rockets, and the Bulls were calling Dwyane Wade to check if he wanted a get-out-of-Miami-jail-free card. Then Pat Riley got to…
Dwyane Wade has not only announced his intentions to return to the Miami Heat, but he apparently could also end up retiring in a Heat jersey someday. Update: Udonis Haslem is coming back too. See also: Chris Bosh Is Re-Signing With the Heat; Wade Reportedly Working On New Deal…
I’ll never forget how regretful I was. In 1993, just six days shy of my 14th birthday, Michael Jordan abruptly announced his retirement from the NBA. I promised myself if he ever came back, I would watch every game intently and appreciate him for what he was — a once-in-a-lifetime…
When LeBron dropped his back-to-Cleveland bombshell this afternoon, Miami Heat fans weren’t just confronted with losing the greatest player in the game. Suddenly it seemed all too possible that MIA could go to from the Finals to the cellar overnight, with Chris Bosh fielding a monster offer from Houston and…
In Cleveland they burned jerseys when LeBron left. In Miami it only makes sense that instead we’d deface some LeBron James-inspired street art. Yes, a mural of the Miami Heat that has remained on a wall in Midtown Miami since Art Basel 2010 has already been defaced. Update: “It’s been…
Four years and a few weeks ago all Miami wanted was the return of Dwyane Wade. Heat mascot Burnie was placed atop the sign at the American Airlines Arena and refused to come down. The county commission voted to temporarily rename the county Miami-Wade. All we wanted was Wade, another…
