Ebony magazine has produced a powerful series of covers for its September issue in the wake of George Zimmerman’s “not guilty” verdict. Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade and other celebrities appears in gray hoodies with their sons behind the headline “We Are Trayvon.” The Martin family also appears on the…
With the 2013 Miami Hurricanes season just around the corner now is as good a time as any to take a step back and reflect on what the team stands for. What represents Miami Hurricanes football? What defines the program best? Every program or team has an identity, one of…
Bud Selig’s hammer is finally going to come down today on the MLB investigation into players obtaining performance enhancing drugs from Biogenesis, a now-shuttered Coral Gables “anti-aging clinic.” Miami New Times was the first to report that the clinic was supplying PEDs to major MLB stars in an investigation published…
Welp. At least those uniforms really pop in HD!!! Coach Joe Philbin and company were supposed to go out and show the world that the New Look Dolphins were not just about a new logo that looks like a whale penis and some flashy clothes that would make a World…
Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-hour rule stipulates that a person needs about 10,000 hours of practice to completely master a task. Dallas Cowboys player Dez Bryant however thinks that LeBron James would only need about two weeks to become an NFL-ready wide receiver…
If you build it, they will come. That was the message from Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria back in 2009 when he convinced Miami-Dade commissioners to vote for the massive pimple that now protrudes from the forehead of Little Havana. It worked for a season. And then came Loria’s $2…
Pre-season buzz seems higher than it has in years for the Miami Hurricanes, but apparently that buzz wasn’t loud enough to convince the voters in USA Today’s coaches poll to slip them into the top 25. The Canes just missed the cutoff, but did receive enough votes to put them…
When you’re already King why not be President too? Yes, LeBron James is reportedly mulling over a big for higher officer… in the NBA Players Union at least. According to Fox Sports, he’s considering running for the union’s presidency…
Last night was a bit of a turd in the punchbowl for Major League Soccer, as the MLS All Stars lost to Roma 3-1 in Kansas City. But the silver lining to that turd (let’s leave the metaphor there) is that MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced at halftime that the…
The fallout from our investigation of a little Coral Gables-based “anti-aging clinic” called Biogenesis continues. USA Today reports that Major League Baseball will announce the suspension of “about eight” linked to the PED-pushing clinic either tomorrow or Friday. However, more shocking is that the league is “prepared” to ban Alex…
When baseball historians look back at the Miami Marlins 2013 season, they should start with pitcher Chad Qualls’ botched celebration after an inning-ending strike-out last night. Truly, it is the play that will define the team’s season. Because even when they don’t completely suck, the Fish still manage to find…
In another little embarrassment to the Miami Marlins, hitting coach Tino Martinez resigned over the weekend after allegations of using heavy-handed tactics on players. So what exactly did Martinez do? Well, he spoke last night to Fox Sports and said he just got a little too outraged when players refused…
Tino Martinez got a little too personal with his players, and now he is out of a job. The Miami Marlins hitting coach quit the team yesterday following a Miami Herald report that he verbally abused players in a ball club that ranks last in the majors in runs, home…
Forget little George Alexander Louis. Dude’s swag level will never match up to little Jackson Bosh’s. After a promotional excursion to India, Chris Bosh took his family for a trip to Rome, where the world’s chillest baby picture was snapped…
In what has to be one of the most absurd match-ups in Mixed Martial Arts history, former Miami backyard street fighter Rene “Level” Martinez is facing off against ex-professional boxing champ Ricardo Mayorga in Managua, Nicaragua this Saturday. Mayorga’s boxing career washed out in 2011 after losing to Miguel Cotto…
With the 2013 Miami Dolphins football season nearing, fans of all shapes, sizes, and attitudes are readying themselves for the return of the NFL. Some of us are 75 years old and lived through a time when this franchise was second to none. Others are in our mid-30s and for…
The Miami Dolphins have assembled for training camp with expectations set higher for the promising revamped roster than they have been in years, but that doesn’t mean the mood is too heavy. Team veterans put Dolphins rookies through some playful hazing by playing hairstylist with a bit of bleach and…
Last week, Dwyane Wade’s ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches-Wade, made a bizarre public protest outside a Chicago courthouse during which she claimed to be living on the streets. Today, Wade released a statement pointing out he pays her $25,000 a month…
Is this the year the Miami Hurricanes finally make it to their first ACC championship game? The media seems to think so. During the Atlantic Coast Conference’s media kickoff day, the assembled sports reporters picked the Hurricanes to win the Coastal division in a poll…
Cornerback Brent Grimes will make his debut with the Dolphins this season, but if you didn’t know who he was before, you’ll probably forever know him now as the guy who got a picture of a blowjob frosted on his 30th-birthday cake…
Yesterday the Orlando Sentinel wrote an explosive story about how a soccer team from Miami had allegedly instigated a vicious on-field brawl during a tournament at Disney World. “Parents who witnessed the Saturday afternoon altercation painted a particularly vivid picture of parents and players from a Miami team storming the…
Earlier this morning, FIU football players went to Crandon Park Beach, perhaps Miami’s most family friendly stretch of sand, for a workout and team barbecue. Apparently while showering under the public open-air shower heads, a few of the players decided to get butt naked. FIU head coach Ron Turner has…
