If you were watching WSVN’s 11 p.m. newscast last night you were blasted with the news that Ray Allen had reached a 3-year, $11 million deal with the Miami Heat. You were also totally misinformed. Turns out WSVN got its scoop from a single source: a fake Twitter account…
Ever notice that sign for the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians on Marlins Park? Well, the management of Magic City Casino sure has, and they are not happy with it. The casino believes that it violates a contract it has with the county that forbids Miami-Dade from harming their slot revenue,…
Also read “Cuban Baseball Agents: Risks and Lies.”Last time around, the U.S. really couldn’t have picked a worse moment to send a baseball team down to Havana to take on Cuba’s best bats. The year was 1996, and Fidel’s fighter pilots had just shot down a pair of planes operated…
Are you ready to see the Celtics’ Ray Allen in a Heat jersey? There’s been mutterings that he may be interested in jumping from one Eastern Conference powerhouse to another for weeks, but now the Associated Press is reporting that Allen will visit with the Heat on Thursday…
Last year, the percentage of seats filled at Sun Life Stadium for Dolphins games was the second lowest in the NFL. The team still managed to get around the league’s blackout rule, which requires 100 percent of tickets to be sold before the game could be broadcast on local television,…
See also “Cuban American Gymnast Begins Quest for Olympic Glory” and “Miami’s Olympic Gymnastic Gets Second At VISA Championship.”On Saturday, Miami native Danell Leyva took first place at the Olympic gymnastic trials in San Jose, California. That makes him the first Cuban-American to represent Team USA, which is expected to…
In a perfect world, the Team USA Olympics basketball squad would have just been some super version of the Miami Heat. In reality, this year LeBron James will be the only Heat member to travel to London. A day after Dwyane Wade announced he’d forgo the games to get surgery,…
Super Bowl champs go to Disney World, but apparently NBA Champs go to Taco Bell.Chris Bosh was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, and admitted that his first stop after winning his first ring was the drive through of the Taco Bell. He did however end up at LIV with…
While the Miami Heat paraded down Biscayne Boulevard on Monday, hoisting their trophy from the top of double-decker buses, all Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen could do was watch. He’d been there before. Once as a member of the coaching staff of the 2003 Marlins, and again as the manager of…
In bad news for the USA Basketball team (but sort of good news for next season’s Miami Heat), Dwyane Wade has announced that he’ll be undergoing knee surgery this summer and will not be traveling with the team to the London Olympics…
During the NBA finals, local porn stars Angelina Castro and Sara Jay made a bet with two of their Oklahoma City counterparts: If their team won, they’d give the team’s fans free blowjobs. Now, Castro and Jay are making plans to keep their word. Yes, a free blowjob for anyone…
This week has been a big one for Miami. President Obama and Marc Anthony tag-teamed the Jackie Gleason Theater at the Fillmore; the Heat took a much-deserved victory lap around downtown; and someone from the team finally granted New Times an interview. Well, kind of.We caught Alonzo Mourning on the way out…
LeBron James came out to one of his first standing ovations outside Miami last night in a long time on The Late Show with David Letterman, and in New York City of all places. Guess that ring really did do wonders for his image. Of course, once everyone sat down,…
The Heat’s 2012 NBA Championship was not only historic for giving LeBron James his first championship. A member of the University of Michigan’s Fab Five also finally netted a ring for the first time thanks to Juwan Howard. To celebrate yesterday inside the AAA, Howard dusted off some of his…
The Miami Heat stormed through the streets of Miami this morning in a double-decker bus to celebrate their championship. It was their biggest public celebration since that welcoming party that for some reason seemed to piss a whole lot of people off, except this time no one can say it…
In a move that will save thousands of pieces of paper a year, the Miami Dolphins have stepped into the digital age and will replace their phonebook-sized paper playbooks this year with iPads. Each player was issued the Apple tablet. Though, that of course means players might be tempted to…
In about half an hour, the champagne will start flowing, the vuvuzelas will start honking and, we can only hope, the Ronny Turiaf Dance will blow up Biscayne Boulevard. Tens of thousands of fans are already lining Biscayne Boulevard. Skip Bayless, presumably, is drinking heavily in a dark room somewhere…
For the Marlins, June is the cruelest month. They’ve cemented a tradition in the past few seasons of starting off strong and seeing it all sink away in the sixth month. A revamped roster, new name, new stadium, and new manager couldn’t stave off the June slump. They’re 4-14 for…
Riptide has had ESPN on and off of mute all morning. The TV listings say it’s just regular ol’ SportsCenter, but as far as we can tell “The LeBron James Blow Job Marathon” would be just as apt a title. In fact, the TV talking heads, newspaper writers and bloggers…
Last year we had to deal with the nauseating site of the Dallas Mavericks (along with front-runner fan supreme Lil Wayne) partying at LIV after their championship. This year it was finally the Heats turn to pop bottles at the Fontainebleau hotel’s super club. Naturally, the Miami boy out partied…
Get your pots and pans out, Miami. Your Miami Heat are 2012 NBA World Champions!…
All across the Magic City this Thursday night, pots are getting wrecked by spoons, more car horns are getting leaned on than rush hour on the Dolphin and every half-decent bar is passing around shots of Jameson in honor of Bron Bron. Your Miami Heat are 2012 NBA Champions. We’ll keep…
