LeBron left them a tenth of a second, such a gentleman. Down two with under 10 seconds left, Coach Spoelstra opted not to call a timeout, but rather let the best player in the Universe attack the unprepared Golden State defense. It went well, it went real well. The buzzer…
The NFL is expected to release the findings of the investigation into the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin situation any day now. There’s now telling what conclusion investigator Ted Wells came to, but Incognito just went on a defensive Twitter tirade against Martin. In the flurry of messages, Incognito claims that Martin,…
When David Beckham confirmed that he’d be bringing a Major League Soccer team back to Miami last week he unfortunately didn’t give us any new details. You know, things like a team name, colors, or shield design. Well, now the Palm Beach Post has obtained a couple of possible team…
Certain concern trolls seem to be of the mind that Michael Sam should wind up in an NFL team with a progressive owner, an entrenched GM, a strong head coach, and a healthy locker room culture — all of which the Miami Dolphins lack. However, owner Stephen Ross says the…
Amidst the discussion of Michael Sam’s coming out is this weird implication among certain NFL types and media personalities that the trash-talked filled pro locker rooms might be just too much to bear for a gay man. As if gay men can’t take it or dish it out in equal…
Oh, so it’s a dunk contest you want America? Well then, by all means, a dunk contest you shall have! LeBron followed up a day of butt hurt talking heads bashing him for not participating in their silly, outdated, doesn’t count, nobody will remember in a week exhibition with a…
Remember how bad the Super Bowl was last Sunday? That was awesome. Bad football is better than no football, and this past Sunday, that realization smacked lots of us dead in the face. If you didn’t think about the NFL being gone during the week. You figured it out when…
Chris Bosh’s life imitates art… sort of. Last year, the Borscht Film Festival made sports blog headlines by producing an unauthorized animated short film that portrayed Chris Bosh as an intergalactic space prince. Well, now real-life Bosh himself is actually providing the voice for an animated inter-dimensional, all-seeing, and all-hearing…
Michael Sam is the reigning SEC defensive player of the year, a first-team All American monster on the defensive line who wrecked offensive tackles for 10 1/2 sacks in America’s toughest football conference. He’s also gay, as he announced last night. Considering that Sam is one of the game’s top…
It appears Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has now accepted that he’ll be sitting out an entire season after New Times uncovered his links to Coral Gables PED-pushing clinic Biogenesis.. A-Rod and his legal team have voluntarily dropped a lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the Players Association, and Commissioner Bud Selig…
Despite the fact that Orlando’s soccer team is still more than a year away from playing in the MLS and the fact that Miami’s MLS team doesn’t even exist yet (to the point that it doesn’t even have a name), the two future franchises are already bickering. Orlando City SC…
As native Floridians, we’ve always viewed the Winter Olympics as some sort of weird arctic elf games we’ll never truly be able to comprehend. As it turns out, there are not that many Floridians who go on to compete in these frigid competitions compared to northern states. Though, this year…
Good morning! While you were asleep last night, the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers played future basketball, where people can fly, only dunks count, and playing defense is frowned upon. The Dunk counter ran out of batteries in this one, because all of the dunks happened, all shapes…
Despite last-minute interest in Alabama and continued overtures from Florida State, five-star defensive end Chad Thomas of Booker T. Washington Senior High approached the podium at the school’s national signing day event, popped “U,” and put on a Miami Hurricanes jacket. It was the highlight of a day that saw…
So how would you feel about losing LeBron James if it meant getting rising star Blake Griffin in return? ESPN wants you to think about it. Because they’re going to run the LeBron free agency story into the ground almost as severely as everything Tim Tebow, ESPN’s website is running…
David Beckham didn’t say much we didn’t already know, but damn did he look good. Becks took the PAMM podium in a slate-gray suit this morning to officially announce Major League Soccer’s newest team would be in Miami. “Miami… is a vibrant city. It’s a city with a lot of…
David Beckham finally formally announced what we all knew: he’s bringing an MLS team to the city, with the condition that he find a location to build a stadium. Besides noting that the team would start play in either 2016 or 2017, we didn’t get any more details…
David Beckham, to the delight of soccer fans in South Florida, is expected to confirm Wednesday that Major League Soccer will return to Miami, possibly as soon as 2016. Since the Fort Lauderdale Miami Fusion closed up shop in 2001 due to a wide assortment of issues, including a lack…
You ever get into weird internet k-holes? One second we’re browsing a Deadspin story about this former NFL quarterback who is now 320 pounds and still playing quarterback in an indoor league, when next we’re on Wikipedia reading about various internet indoor football leagues. Which is when we learned that…
Almost 12 years ago, Major League Soccer announced it was shuttering the financially faltering Miami Fusion. Fast-forward to today, and sometime in the next 24 hours the league is expected to announce it’s officially re-entering the market with a David Beckham-owned team. Back on that fateful January 2002 day, Commissioner…
The Miami Heat beat the Detroit Pistons 102-96 Monday night, starting what they can only hope is a post Super Bowl run that rivals the 27-game winning streak they enjoyed last season. The Big 3 combined for 71 points in the win, dominating from the start behind Wade and Bosh’s…
Despite everyone knowing that David Beckham is actively trying to bring an MLS franchise to Miami, he hasn’t said anything official about it. That will change Wednesday, when he’s scheduled to make an announcement alongside Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and MLS president Don Garber at Pérez Art Museum Miami…
