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Big 12 Conference

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Hurricanes Athletic Director: "We Are Committed to the ACC"

    Despite reports the University of Miami had reached out to the Big 12 conference to gauge interest in a possible move in case several ACC members leave for more Midwestern pastures, athletic director Shawn Eichorst has broken his silence on the matter. He laims the U is "committed to the ACC."

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Report: Miami Has Informally Contacted the Big 12

    Ready for your unsubstantiated sports mega-rumor of the day? The University of Miami has informally contacted the Big 12 conference to gauge the interest in the possibility of ditching the ACC and joining the Texas-centric conference, according to one report at least. Of course, there are already ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Miami Not Likely to Follow If FSU Moves to Big 12

    Could all three of Florida's traditional football powerhouses end up in separate conferences? News broke this weekend that Florida State University could be entertaining a move to the Big 12. That lead to some rumbling in the sports rumor-sphere that the Big 12 could also end up targeting some other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    For Miami Dolphins, Drafting Miami Hurricanes Is Too Little, Too Late

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gives an F to the Miami Dolphins and the Miami Hurricanes underclassmen who left school for the NFL draft.As much I've put t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2011

    Sun Life Stadium Swarmed By Thousands of Dragonflies, Miami Game Delayed

    ​The kickoff of the Miami Hurricanes-Kansas State Wildcats game has been delayed 30 minutes due to lightning, but there's a far more baffling display of nature going on at Sun Life Stadium right now. The bowl has been invaded by thousands of dragonflies. 

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Obama Bets on Bulls Over Heat

    ​When President Barack Obama wasn't talking about important things like Cuba in his interview this week with Univision, he took time to discuss the very serious topic of Bulls vs. Heat. We'll give you one guess as to what team the former Illinois senator is placing his wager.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Sorry, Frank Martin Fans, Jim Larranaga Will Be the Canes' Next Basketball Coach

    via WikiCommons​For a coaching job that isn't exactly one of the most high-profile in NCAA basketball or even on the University of Miami's campus, the search for a new leader for the Hurricanes' next men's basketball team sure took a lot of twist and turns. Hampered by a concurrent search for an a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Frank Martin to Miami Rumors Already Flying

    ​With the strange but not unwelcome departure of Frank Haith for the University of Missouri, UM is now in the market for a new head basketball coach.And less than five hours after the vacancy became public knowledge, rumors are already flying over who might take the helm at the struggling ACC hoop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Obama Was Right: Hurricanes Ousted by Sooners in NCAA Women's Tournament

    ​Regardless of who holds the office, we generally prefer that the president of the United States generally be correct in his decision-making. Unfortunately for us, Barack Obama saw the Miami Hurricanes making a second-round exit in the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament at the hands of the Oklahom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Kirby Hocutt, Hurricanes Athletics Director, May Leave for Texas Tech

    ​University of Miami Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt has interviewed for the same position at Texas Tech, according to The Sun-Sentinel, and apparently the interest is mutual. Hocutt has only served in the position in Coral Gables since 2008, but he's reigned over an uncertain era of Hurricane spor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Manny Diaz Jr., Not Randy Shannon, Is Probably Texas's New Defensive Coordinator

    ​Rare is the day when a Miami politician's child gets a big job through ways other than blatant and shady nepotism.Manny Diaz Jr., son of the former mayor of Miami, is apparently the leading candidate to become the Texas Longhorn's defensive coordinator. According to some sports blogs, he's alread ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Newly Released Footage of John F. Kennedy Chilling at the Orange Bowl

    ​President John F. Kennedy's most famous appearance at the Orange Bowl was during a ceremony to welcome back the freed prisoners of Brigade 2506 following the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion. While obviously JFK's most significant trip to the now-destroyed historic stadium, it wasn't his only. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    FIU Player's Insane Hit-Streak Edges Closer to Joe DiMaggio Territory

    Usually when we talk college ball around here, it's about the Canes. Or at least about FAU's unstoppable rain delay antics.But for the last week, the FIU Golden Panthers have dominated the local aluminum bat scene. Everyone from Sportscenter to MLB.com, in fact, can't stop talking about FIU infielde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Could the Hurricanes Be Headed to an Expanded SEC?

    ​College athletic conferences are always finding new and exciting ways to further screw with the already tortured fabric of college football. The Big Ten has been talking for so long about expanding to 12 in order to get a championship game that we're surprised it hasn't happened. N ... More >>

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    Twelve Hours at Mac's Club Deuce

    Swingin' iguanas, a prince from Sudan, and tawdry tales at SoBe's top dive.

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Your So-Called National Champions Will Be Crowned Tonight

    The story for tonight's BCS National Championship game at Dolphin Stadium is twofold: that tickets aren't as hard to come by as in previous years (if you consider $600 tickets to a championship football game a bargain) and that something like 83 percent of gamblers are putting their money on Florida ... More >>

  • News

    January 8, 2009

    Lucky Rabbit's Foot

    Pahokee's latest superstud hunts a BCS title in Miami.

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Rocketman Nelson Bets His Pipes on BCS Bowl

    Friendly bets on sporting games by officeholders is a hallowed tradition in which headline-hungry politicians make cheap bids for soft coverage. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently got a nice batch of stone crab claws from Miami Mayor Manny Diaz when the Hurricanes lost the Emerald Bowl to Cal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    It Is Truly the Future: BCS Championship to Be Shot in 3-D

    We do not have jet packs yet, but we have iPhones, a black president, and now football broadcast in 3-D! Fox and Sony have announced that next month's BCS Championship game between the Gators and the Sooners at Dolphin Stadium will be shot in 3-D.Obviously, even the most expensive flat-screen HDTV w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    The Heat Is On (For Another Rocky Season?)

    We do not have jet packs yet, but we have iPhones, a black president, and now football broadcast in 3-D! Fox and Sony have announced that next month's BCS Championship game between the Gators and the Sooners at Dolphin Stadium will be shot in 3-D.Obviously, even the most expensive flat-screen HDTV w ... More >>

  • News

    March 27, 2008

    Cane Collapse

    How UM's March Madness came to an end.

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    Adios Orange Bowl

    How UM's March Madness came to an end.

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2004

    Ripping Contest

    How UM's March Madness came to an end.

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    End Run

    The second time a professor caught him cheating, UM football star Andre Johnson seemed to be in deep trouble. That's when home-field advantage kicked in.

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    A Shakey Machine

    FIU hoops coach Shakey Rodriguez has surrounded himself with coaches and players with bad raps and worse reps -- and it's a losing combination

  • Calendar

    January 1, 1998

    Calendar for the week

    FIU hoops coach Shakey Rodriguez has surrounded himself with coaches and players with bad raps and worse reps -- and it's a losing combination

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    News of the Weird

    FIU hoops coach Shakey Rodriguez has surrounded himself with coaches and players with bad raps and worse reps -- and it's a losing combination

  • News

    April 28, 1993

    Money Well Spent

    Airport parties are first-class affairs, as long as you're a political player

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