The University of Miami football players have cleaned up their act in a big way, but every once in a while another of the school’s sports’ athletes keep the “Thug U” image alive. Last night, 19-year-old Frankie Ratcliff, a freshman on the school’s storied baseball program was arrested for trying to…
What’s Dwyane Wade’s kryptonite? Other than the occasional New Times feature, of course.Dwight Howard and Shaquille O’Neal, two seven-foot hulks with firm Floridian ties, have, in recent years, been involved in a weird war of words (mostly Shaq’s) concerning who has rightful claim to the nickname Superman. This is the…
It’s not quite “retirement” number four for the Big Tuna, but Bill Parcells took one step out the door of the Miami Dolphins’ front office today. The team announced that the now-former VP of football will step down to a consultant position, while general manager Jeff Ireland will take total…
The Florida Panthers, a professional team that plays a sport known as hockey, could make history this season! If they miss the playoffs, they’ll have the record for most consecutive seasons in the NHL to miss the playoffs. Ten in a row, baby!Yeah, the Panthers don’t have much proud history,…
Given Virginia Tech’s failure against Boise State last night, we guess it’s up to the Hurricanes to defend the honor of the ACC against a Top 5 opponent next week at Ohio State. We’ll probably go through the rest of the week with nervous optimism, but it’s nice to see…
It was a funny, inspired idea on the part of a few forward-thinking Clevelanders: Ship pallets of Cavaliers’ LeBron James jerseys — those that weren’t in flames — to Miami to give to the local homeless. But nothing is simple in the summer of LeBron…
The ancient Greeks dubbed it hubristic downfall. In Kingsland, Georgia, its simply called humble pie.Whatever the name, the Miami Central Rockets were served a full plate on Friday night in a last-gasp, 45-42 loss to Georgia state champs Camden County. The Wildcats won on a 28-yard field goal as time…
Well jeez, we literally just got done defending the honor of “The U,” when this popped up in our inbox.Last time the Miami Hurricanes pulled off a shut out it resulted in an on-the-field brawl with cross town opponents FIU. Well, apparently during last night’s blow out of FAMU there…
The USC Trojans are currently under harsh sanctions (much to the ‘Canes benefit), and ironically Butch Davis, who once was charged with picking up the pieces of Miami’s sanction shattered program, is now feeling the fall out of an NCAA investigation at UNC. Sports oddsmakers are already wondering which program…
If Florida A&M’s goal was to come out and get completely annihilated in the most humbling way imaginable, then mission accomplished because The U came out and crushed the Rattlers 45-0 last night. The defense recorded eight sacks, Jacory Harris tossed three touchdowns, Leonard Hankerson caught six passes for 115…
They grow their boys a little bigger here in Georgia. But as our mother always told us, size doesn’t matter. Right? The speedy Miami Central Rockets start their season tonight against the heavy (hitting) Camden County Wildcats in Kingsland, Georgia. A loss would cost either team valuable momentum as well…
Say what you will about the LeBron to Miami soap opera, but from the Mistake on the Lake to the Magic City, it’s inspired some of the finest trash talking since some guy in Brooklyn invented the “Yo Mama” joke. The best insultologists among us aren’t content with simply talking…
More often than not, baseball brawls are lame. A pitcher plunks a batter, the batter charges the mound, the pitcher readies himself for the fight and then the players start aimlessly swinging like two preteen girls fighting over a Justin Bieber t-shirt at the mall. Arms flailing, hands flapping, heads…
The NFL season hasn’t even begun yet, and the Dolphins are already embarrassing themselves on the field. Defensive end Kendall Langford lost a 2.5 caret diamond earring (honey, those must be fierce) and had about nine fellow Fins searching the ground for the bling.If only the Fins would work so…
ESPN’s Monday Night Football analysts Ron Jaworski and Jon Gruden held a conference call today to preview the upcoming season and both think the Miami Dolphins are going to beat the odds and play well into January. While pretty much the rest of the planet thinks Miami will finish third…
Never mind Danielle, Earl and Fionna. Miami’s real Hurricane season kicks off tomorrow as the University of Miami takes on FAMU. Though, a day before the kickoff there’s two interesting tidbits of Hurricanes news. At an event earlier today in NYC, Nike unveiled a new special edition uniform that, at…
The stereotype goes that men are afraid of commitment and dread the idea of marriage. For one sports writer that stereotype holds so true that he’s literally begging Chris Bosh to not get married after proposing to his girlfriend this weekend in an article titled “Chris Bosh Wedding: Why It…
It’s 7 p.m. on a Thursday, and Traz Powell Stadium is buzzing. Helmets crunch and penalty flags fly as two local high school teams — the Northwestern Bulls and the Norland Vikings — slug out a preseason game. In the stands, a thousand fans are fixated on Northwestern quarterback Teddy…
LeBron James tore a hole in the fabric of the universe when he announced on live television he was joining the Miami Heat. And wow, did people say some really dumb/crazy things about it. Here’s our compendium, in roughly chronological form, of the looniest and most mind-melting quotes from the…
The goal of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh’s unholy Heat trinity was, quite simply, rings. But they’ll have to wait until the postseason for their first shot at a championship. Bosh’s girlfriend, Adrienne Williams, didn’t have to wait so long for her ring. The player’s rep has confirmed that he…
Remember all of that rain that’s been following the Miami Dolphins around throughout the preseason? Well, they finally caught a break from Mother Nature for their third preseason game against the Falcons this past Friday night. And then they scored a whopping six points in a 16-6 loss. It’s always…
The starting squad for your Miami Dolphins has not been able to catch a break with the all the rain during the first two pre-season games. Against the Buccaneers two weeks ago, a rainstorm created a quagmire in Sun Life Stadium. Last week, the foul weather followed them up to…
