No one but sports gossips really believed the Miami Heat would completely retool itself this summer, but team president Pat Riley’s comments today should put all rumors to rest. No, he’s not coming back to coach. Yes, Erik Spoelstra’s job is safe. No, neither LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, nor Chris…
Trader Jack is back. They’ve taken him out of the mothballs and planted him back in the Marlins dugout, and he made a great stride forward by taking Hanley Ramirez out of the starting lineup as soon as he marched into town.Who is this guy? Where did he come from?…
Former Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington isn’t ready to accept that his playing career is over just yet, but he’s already accepted a job on the other side. He’s just signed with Fox Sports to provide analysis during NFL football games. Though he still hopes to return to playing one day…
Miami’s favorite backyard brawler Kimbo Slice never quite made it in the professional MMA ranks, but he could become a hit in theaters. Kevin Connolly, who plays Bro #2 (or #3 maybe) on HBO’s bro-tastic Entourage is planning on producing and directing a Slice biopic after the final season of…
Used to be the University of Miami Hurricanes had a lock on recruiting football talents in the “state of South Florida,” but over the past few decades other schools have recognized the importance of our local talent hotbed. Now the NCAA is launching an investigation into allegations of shady recruiting…
Former MLB all-star José Canseco, now the manager of an Arizona minor-league team, uses his Twitter account for a lot of things: proposing (repeatedly) to his girlfriend, complaining about his girlfriend, looking for new girlfriends.But on Thursday evening, right after he requested to trade an autographed bat for “2 or…
Every year ESPN magazine offers up their “Ultimate Standings” of all 122 teams in the four major sporting leagues. Unlike most standings you’d find coming out of ESPN though, this doesn’t deal strictly with on-the-field success. Instead is focuses on “how much MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL franchises give back…
Say what you will about the Marlins new Little Havana stadium, but at least the actual construction of the boondoggle has gone on without even a single hitch. We can not say the same for the Marlins actually season, however. The pure destruction that has resulted after a promising start…
It looks like an Oscar will continue to elude LeBron James much like an NBA championship ring. The most hated man in sports has been attached to star in the Universal Studios production Ballers since 2009, but script delays have kept the project on the back burner. There were rumors…
Professor Charles Barkley, a noted sociologist and all around portly fellow, recently proposed a hypothesis that the Miami Heat “have the worst fans.”Chuck, you might want to watch some video of what went down in Vancouver last night. Because we’re pretty sure that burning your city’s downtown to a crisp…
We told you yesterday about the brouhaha over a flyer for what appeared to be an Exxxotica after-party featuring five not-very-famous NFL players at Club Play. The league is “investigating” a possible copyright infringement in the fact that the flyer used photos of the players in their team jerseys. Last…
Club Play is a relative newcomer on South Beach’s party scene, but the Fifth Street hot spot has already hosted major events featuring sports and music stars. Unfortunately for them, they’ve just made a powerful enemy: the National Football League. The NFL is investigating a flyer for the club’s May…
We get it already — the Heat lost. It was sad. But another team has been defending Miami’s honor, and these guys actually won a championship — Florida Beach Soccer FC, a five-man team of footballers with professional credentials who are now the North American Sand Soccer champions.It’s more serious…
Oh, no, Spo’ won’t go. According to reports from The Boston Globe (of all papers), Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra’s job is safe for next year. Its sources also claim that at no point in the season was Spoelstra’s job ever in danger…
Everybody has an opinion about the Miami Heat’s loss, including Stephen Colbert. America’s favorite fake pundit took on LeBron James and the Miami Heat last night in his spor repor, explaining, “Everyone knew they were destined to win, and personally I’m offended they were forced to prove it by playing…
We’ll give Mark Cuban this: After he ripped out Miami’s heart, he at least put a little juice back into the Miami Beach economy Sunday night at LIV’s back-stabbing Lil Wayne postgame bacchanalia. Fox Sports reports this morning he made at least $110,000 rain at the club — including a $20,000 tip…
Let’s hope you didn’t burn any of your Miami Heat championship party decorations last night, because according to Las Vegas odds makers, Dwyane Wade and company are already the frontrunners for the 2012 finals. Apparently winning last night hasn’t made Dirk Nowitzki and his Dallas Mavericks favorites to repeat, and…
“At the end of the day, all of the people that were rooting for me to fail, tomorrow they’ll have to wake up and have the same life that [they had] before they woke up today. They got the same personal problems they had today and I’m going to continue…
You know what we could use right now? Some positive sports news on this, the Miami sports fans’ somber morning of despair. Thankfully, things are looking up for that team that originally brought this town a boastful, brash, and talent-rich line up that inspired so, so much hatred. Yes, the…
The Miami Heat’s Big Three don’t have a shiny new trophy, but look on the bright side: They still have jobs and millions of dollars. At least they won’t be forced to cut grass just to be able to feed themselves. The same can’t be said for Dolphins draft pick…
After winning Game 6 105-95, the Dallas Mavericks are NBA champions. Meanwhile, the Miami Heat is left with a shitload of questions, LeBron James will continue to be haunted by his finals failure, and Heat fans everywhere are walking around feeling like their favorite uncle just placed his wiener next…
Well, insult has been definitively added to injury. After they stomped the Miami Heat 105-95 in game 6, the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks — and owner Mark Cuban — went clubbing on South Beach.Yup. The same Dirk Nowitzki who was so coolly walking into the locker room alone after the…
