Five Reasons NFL Draft Gives Dolphins Fans Hope

While April and May have most Miami sports fans dedicating their attention to the basketball team in town, last week, for a few hours at least, the Dolphins got some play. There were some surprisingly interesting things to come out of the NFL Draft, some of which had to do…

Dolphins Drafted a Wide Receiver Who Can Jump Over Himself

Normally, your average Miami Dolphins sixth round draft pick wouldn’t exactly move the fan bases attention needle past a “Huh, cool.” But Texas Tech wide receiver Jakeem Grant, whom the Phins took 186th overall this weekend, is apparently not your average dude. Grant, all 5’6 of him, is a firecracker…

A Blatant No-Call Robbed Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat in Game 5

The Miami Heat’s season is on the brink. And it got there thanks to an inexplicable no-call at the end of Game Five from the referees on a blatant foul against Dwyane Wade.  With 4.5 seconds remaining in the game and Miami down by two, Goran Dragic saw his three-point…

Five Stages of the NFL Draft for Miami Dolphins Fans

Happy NFL-Draft Eve, Dolphins fans! Hold onto your butts, because the next chapter Miami Dolphins draft history is just a day away. It’s like the day before a new season of House of Cards lands, except it’s been going on for fifty seasons, Kevin Spacey retired years ago, and things…

Miami Beach Has No Right to Shut Down Floatopia

Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco recently cast a deciding vote against hosting Fidel Castro’s Cuban consulate in Miami Beach. Now Grieco is acting like a dictator himself. Two weekends ago, the commissioner lost it over the giant mess left behind by people who participated in the annual Floatopia. In front…

Can This Miami Heat Squad Respond Tonight to First Playoff Lost?

Now the NBA playoffs have really started for the Miami Heat. After two games of absolutely scorching shooting to open the playoffs had the Heat as the talk of the postseason, Miami was undoubtedly the hottest team in the NBA, and seemingly on a collision course with the Cleveland Cavs. The Charlotte…

A Five-Point Plan to End the Gun Violence Plaguing Miami

The number of murdered children in Miami’s African-American communities continues to climb. Seven-year-old Amiere Castro was killed in a drive-by. Six-year-old King Carter was shot on his way to buy candy. And so far this year, 11 Dade teenagers have been murdered with guns. Meanwhile, adults are clueless about how…

Miami Heat Fans Should Say Thank You to Udonis Haslem Tonight

“There’s a unique emotional bond between Udonis Haslem and Miami because of how proudly he represents this city, and this city’s story,” Dan LeBatard once said of Haslem’s relationship with the city he’s called home his entire life.  With the Miami Heat’s regular season ending tonight in Boston, most everyone’s…

Raquel Regalado Is Really Running to Replace Her Dad as City Mayor

For more than a year, Miami-Dade school board member Raquel Regalado has been positioning herself as the antidote to the county’s current mayor, Carlos Gimenez. Regalado recently came out against Gimenez’s multimillion-dollar bailout of the Frost Science Museum and chided commissioners for it: “What are we telling our kids if…

Heat Fans Have Officially Shut Up the Haters This Season

It’s official: Miami Heat Nation has put their money where the haters’ mouth is.  Heat playoff tickets went on sale this past Thursday, and if the regular season was any indication, they are sure to sell out fast. And Forbes recently released their 2015-16 NBA team evaluations equations, in which they…

Five Signs Mark Richt Has the U Headed in the Right Direction

By now you’ve dropped off all your orange ties at the local Goodwill and picked up a pair of Mark Richt shades instead. The Mark Richt Era is barreling through its first offseason, and in a few short months, you’ll be able to witness the results firsthand on a football field…

Miami Dolphins About to Score a Huge Stadium Naming Rights Deal

Stephen Ross is about to make back a chunk of the reportedly $350 million in private funds he pledged to renovate his now unnamed stadium. Last month the naming rights deal between Canadian-based Sun Life Financial Inc. and the Dolphins ran out, meaning the Dolphins are now free agents, looking…

Obama Needs to Stand Up for Cuba’s Blacks

President Barack Obama did a poor job selling his trip to Cuba, especially in Miami. Cuban exiles have not forgotten how Castro’s revolution destroyed their country and families. While Obama is pondering his legacy, the journey to the communist island will only further divide African-Americans and Cubans in Miami. Here’s…