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Miami Hurricanes (Football)

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Is the Annual Orange Bowl in Danger of Becoming Even More Irrelevant?

    Let's not put the cart before the horse, but there are other Miami matters to think about besides whether or not the Hurricanes leap to the Big 12 or stay relegated to the ACC. And that's mostly the fate of the Orange Bowl. The game has already lost a lot of its luster in the BCS era, but could news ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Jacory Harris Cut from Philadelphia Eagles

    Quarterback U? Not anymore. It seems Jacory Harris' NFL fate is starting to look like a lot of other recent former University of Miami quarterbacks, as Harris was cut from the Philadelphia Eagles' roster just ten days after having been signed by the team.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Jacory Harris Signs with Philadelphia Eagles But Will He Ever Make It?

    Detractors could point to the saga of Jacory Harris as a prime example of why prospective players shouldn't sign with the Miami Hurricanes. At one point he was a buzzed about potential superstar in the making. No one blinked an eye when terms like "Heisman dark horse" and "Future NFL QB" were b ... More >>

  • News

    May 10, 2012
  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Jonathan Vilma, One of Nevin Shapiro's Alleged Bounty Hunters, Banned For a Year

    Jonathan Vilma, the superstar linebacker from Coral Gables who figured prominently in Nevin Shapiro's University of Miami scandal, has been suspended for an entire year by the NFL for his role in another major football-related debacle.The New Orleans Saints star allegedly helped his former defensive ... 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

    April 24, 2012

    Florida Schools' 30-Year Streak of Producing First-Round NFL Draft Picks Could End

    We all know the University of Miami's historic streak of having a football player taken in the first round of every single NFL draft between 1995 and 2008 is now a thing of the past, but an even longer streak may come to an end this year.Every single year since 1981 a player from either UM, UF or FS ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Everyone Defending Ozzie Guillen Needs to Shut Up and Respect Capitalism

    Anyone familiar with Miami wasn't surprised that Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen's comments about Fidel Castro set off a fire storm. But certain folks in the sports world were off on the sidelines scratching their heads or muttering things about how baseball managers aren't diplomats. Some are even de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    University of Miami Football Team Advertising For "Any Student That Is At Least 6'1 And 230 Pounds"

    Is this a sign of a University of Miami football apocalypse? The Hurricanes are are posting fliers around the school Wellness Center, asking "any student that is at least 6'1 and 230 pounds" to contact the team about becoming offensive linemen. We gotta say, this does not strike us as Division-1 ... More >>

  • Film

    March 22, 2012

    Rakontur ten-year restrospective at O Cinema March 26-30

    Is this a sign of a University of Miami football apocalypse? The Hurricanes are are posting fliers around the school Wellness Center, asking "any student that is at least 6'1 and 230 pounds" to contact the team about becoming offensive linemen. We gotta say, this does not strike us as Division-1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    The Winner of the Miami Mascot Madness Tournament: Sebastian the Ibis

    ​Eight of South Florida's finest sports mascot entered the tournament. Close to 600 voters decided the final, and in a stunning landslide, the University of Miami's Sebastian the Ibis has won the title of Miami's Favorite Mascot.

  • News

    March 1, 2012

    Reader mail: Jeremy Lin could get laid anytime

    ​Eight of South Florida's finest sports mascot entered the tournament. Close to 600 voters decided the final, and in a stunning landslide, the University of Miami's Sebastian the Ibis has won the title of Miami's Favorite Mascot.

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    2012 Miami Hurricanes Football Scheduled Release, and It's Painful

    The Miami Hurricanes have a painful habit of front-loading the early weeks of their schedule with difficult games, and the just-released 2012 agenda is no different. The Canes start their season off with three of their first four on the road including tough trips to Kansas State and Georgia Tech.The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    National Signing Day: Hurricanes Nab No. 1 CB, Could Finish with Top Ten Class

    ​National signing day started out with a bang for Al Golden and his Miami Hurricanes. Tracy Howard, the number one cover cornerback in the nation and a Miramar High star, surprisingly picked the U over both FSU and UF after only making his first official visit to the school last weekend. The coup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Drew Rosenhaus Is the Gordon Gekko of Sports Agents

    ​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 expresses his anger at the guy who inspired Jerry Maguire.So-called sports superagent Drew Rosenhaus has made millions of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    FIU Coach Mario Cristobal Heading to Rutgers, According to Reports

    ​FIU fans recently breathed a sigh of relief when Mario Cristobal was passed over for the head coaching job at Pitt, but fans are tense again this morning as several reports indicate that Cristobal is close to be being named the new head coach at Rutgers.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Report: FIU Coach Mario Cristobal Leading Candidate for Pitt Job

    ​Well, there were rumors that a Miami-area football coach could be leaving for a Pennsylvania school earlier this year, but Canes coach Al Golden squashed those Penn State rumors with a contract extension. Turns out those rumors may have been concentrating on the wrong Miami coach and Pennsylvania ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2011

    Insiders use the college bowl system to loot American universities

    ​Well, there were rumors that a Miami-area football coach could be leaving for a Pennsylvania school earlier this year, but Canes coach Al Golden squashed those Penn State rumors with a contract extension. Turns out those rumors may have been concentrating on the wrong Miami coach and Pennsylvania ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Jeffrey Godfrey Gets His Release From the University of Central Florida

    ​The former star quarterback from Miami Central Senior High who broke Jacory Harris' passing record, is leaving the University of Central Florida after following his breakout freshman season with a sophomore slump. Jeffrey Godfrey, who had requested a release from his scholarship, can transfer to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson May Star in Michael Bay's New Times-based Movie

    ​Well, we guess it only makes sense that two men who launched to stardom by being muscular in tight briefs would team up to star in a movie about body builders. Variety reports that Mark Whalberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are currently in talks to star in Pain and Gain, explosive auteur Michae ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Al Golden Rebuffs Interest from UCLA, Stays Put in Coral Gables

    ​Al Golden's surprising contract extension apparently wasn't enough to let the rest of the college football world know that the coach isn't planning on abandoning the University of Miami ship anytime soon.After firing head coach Rick Neuheisel, the UCLA athletic department reportedly decided t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Miami Hurricanes' NFL Touchdown Streak Ends After 149 Weeks

    ​For almost the past nine years, at least one former player for the Miami Hurricanes has scored a touchdown in a regular season NFL game. That historic streak came to an end last night. After U alums went scoreless on Sunday, the sole Cane playing in Monday Night Football, nose tackle Vince Wilfor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Hurricanes Won't Play in Some Crappy Bowl Game, but Penalty Possibilities Looking Less Serious

    ​A few months ago, Yahoo! Sports' piece about claims made by convicted Ponzi schemer and Miami Hurricanes booster Nevin Shapiro put the phrase death penalty on a lot of folks' lips. As the months have passed, though, there's little indication that the NCAA's punishment will be so severe. Sure, the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    Bad Chicken

    ​A few months ago, Yahoo! Sports' piece about claims made by convicted Ponzi schemer and Miami Hurricanes booster Nevin Shapiro put the phrase death penalty on a lot of folks' lips. As the months have passed, though, there's little indication that the NCAA's punishment will be so severe. Sure, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    As Joe Paterno Retires, Al Golden Doesn't Quite Shoot Down Rumor He's Penn State Candidate

    ​With a teary confession that he should have done more to investigate allegations that ex-defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky had molested a young boy in the team's showers, legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno announced today he will stop down at the end of the season. Scandal aside, that ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Reader mail: Occupy Miami article is "lame"

    ​With a teary confession that he should have done more to investigate allegations that ex-defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky had molested a young boy in the team's showers, legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno announced today he will stop down at the end of the season. Scandal aside, that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Al Golden May Renegotiate Contract, Making it Easier for Him to Leave

    ​Is Miami Hurricanes head coach Al Golden hoping to get out of his contract with the University of Miami if the NCAA hands down crippling sanctions related to the Nevin Shapiro scandal? His agent Brett Senior seems to hint so in an interview with CBSSports.com, and suggests that Golden may be look ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    Joe Rose, Jorge Sedano, Sid Rosenberg are racists

    ​Is Miami Hurricanes head coach Al Golden hoping to get out of his contract with the University of Miami if the NCAA hands down crippling sanctions related to the Nevin Shapiro scandal? His agent Brett Senior seems to hint so in an interview with CBSSports.com, and suggests that Golden may be look ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Jacory Harris Deserves Credit and an Apology For Racially Biased Sportswriting

    ​Luther "Luke" Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness 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, Campbell wonders when Jacory Harris will get his due.The sports media in South Florida is really one-sided. None of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Which Florida College Team Will Make It Back Into the AP Top 25 First?

    ​The great college football blight in Florida continues as not a single team from the state is in the AP poll. Before the release of the week seven poll, that hadn't happened since 1982. Though, while the Big 3 -- University of Florida, Florida State, and University Miami -- now sit at three losse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Miami Hurricanes' Micanor Regis Suspended for Punching UNC Player in the Groin

    ​We're not sure what's hurting worse: Miami's already depleted defense or North Carolina receiver Dwight Jones' groin after he got punched in his nether regions by Miami starting defensive tackle Micanor Regis during Saturday's game. As a result, Regis will be suspended for the next match against ... More >>

  • News

    October 13, 2011

    Miami has suffered nine of the Bible's ten plagues

    ​We're not sure what's hurting worse: Miami's already depleted defense or North Carolina receiver Dwight Jones' groin after he got punched in his nether regions by Miami starting defensive tackle Micanor Regis during Saturday's game. As a result, Regis will be suspended for the next match against ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Lil Wayne Snaps Back at Luther Campbell

    ​Seems Lil Wayne laid off the sizzurp for a brief second to respond to Luther Campbell's ultimatum that President Carter needs to start investing more time helping Miami's less fortunate souls or else. Last night, Young Weezy, via his handle @LilTunechi, tweeted, "This Nigga Luke trippin!!! I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Randy Shannon Could Replace Howard Schnellenberger at FAU

    ​With college football legend Howard Schnellenberger set to end his storied career at the end of the season, Florida Atlantic University is officially on the hunt for a successor. Could they be replacing one former University of Miami head coach with another? Randy Shannon is apparently near the t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Miami is Biblically F*@ked: Caribbean Crazy Ants, Dragon Flies, and Seven Other SoFla Plagues

    ​In the beginning was the swamp. Then God said, "Let there be Miami." And there was. Then he said, "Gimme some beaches with bikini-clad models while I'm at it." And there was that too. All was good.But sometime during the past century, we Miamians went way wrong. Maybe it was the coke or boob impl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    The Worst Weekend in Florida College Football History

    ​December 6, 1982 was the last time that neither the University of Miami, Florida State or University of Florida football teams were in the AP poll. Since then the college football teams of the state of Florida had gone on to dominated modern college football, winning 10 national championship betw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Miami Hurricanes Likely Lose First Recruit, Keith Brown, Because of Impending NCAA Sanctions

    ​The attention has shifted somewhat back to the Miami Hurricanes losses on the field, but NCAA sanctions are still looming for the school's massive off-field failure to keep its players away from douche king sports booster Nevin Shapiro. It took a surprisingly long time, but it seems that one of t ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

    Reader mail: "Global warming no longer exists!"

    ​The attention has shifted somewhat back to the Miami Hurricanes losses on the field, but NCAA sanctions are still looming for the school's massive off-field failure to keep its players away from douche king sports booster Nevin Shapiro. It took a surprisingly long time, but it seems that one of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Jacory Harris is Sorry He Was Such a Pain in Donna Shalala's Ass

    ​So, the University of Miami has decided its time to let Jacory Harris say words in public again, and trotted their starting quarterback in front of the media today after he was suspended for the Maryland game after admitting he took about $140 in impermissible benefits from Nevin Shapiro. Har ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2011

    Kirby Hocutt: UM's real villain

    ​So, the University of Miami has decided its time to let Jacory Harris say words in public again, and trotted their starting quarterback in front of the media today after he was suspended for the Maryland game after admitting he took about $140 in impermissible benefits from Nevin Shapiro. Har ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Miami Hurricanes Fall to Renaissance Fair Jesters

    ​Never mind the embarrassment caused by the Nevin Shapiro scandal. Forget the suspensions. Put aside the looming thoughts of further NCAA sanctions. Let us be glad as Miami Hurricane fans that our team will never, ever face the humility of taking to the field dressed in something either looking li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2011

    Miami Hurricanes vs. Maryland Terrapins: Well, It Could Be Worse

    ​As we all know college football is purely an amateur sport. The kind of mere amateur sport, of course, where a broadcast powerhouse can look at its TV schedule, realize it has a Labor Day hole, and coerce a team that historically guarantees good ratings to change its schedule so everyone can make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2011

    Kirby Hocutt: The UM Scandal's Real Villain

    ​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness 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 wonders when the NCAA will drop the hammer on former University of Miami athletic director Kirby Hocutt. Now that the NCA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Buzz Bissinger: Kill Miami Football Forever, Hold Congressional Hearings, Indict Shalala on Perjury

    ​Buzz Bissinger is a grumpy man who likes to yell about sports and who was once, and still occasionally moonlights as, a pretty damn respected journalist. Of course, in his post as a sports columnist for the Daily Beast, he mainly sticks to his angry, self-righteous sports-guy shtick and last nigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Will Miami Get the Death Penalty? Probably Not

    ​For the first time in nearly 15 years, talk of the NCAA giving the so-called death penalty to a major sports program has surfaced. Reason: the Yahoo Sports-generated University of Miami football scandal. Of course, that talk is coming mostly from sports pundits, columnists, and message board hack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Pro-Lifers Respond to Nevin Shapiro Abortion Controversy

    ​Among the claims made by Nevin Shapiro that Yahoo! Sports journalist Charles Robinson really had no business including in his story: allegations that Shapiro funded an abortion for a woman impregnated by a University of Miami football player. That aspect really has no impact on the school. It nei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Nevin Shapiro Can Kiss My Ass

    Nevin Shapiro wishes he could wear my shorts for one day. The New Jersey-born Napoleon dubbed himself "Little Luke" in a so-called investigative report by Yahoo! Sports claiming all sorts of corrupt shit Shapiro committed while he was a booster of the University of Miami athletics program.The claim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Nevin Shapiro: Don't Believe a Word

    ​Scam artist Nevin Shapiro's allegations detailed in Yahoo! Sports might end the University of Miami football program. Or maybe not. As New Times showed this past December in a lengthy magazine-style piece, Shapiro is "the epitome of a Magic City con artist: a hard-partying, tasteless, statu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Dan Wetzel Talks Nevin Shapiro With Michael Irvin

    via Yahoo SportsEx-UM standout tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. balling with Nevin Shapiro.During the early segment of 560 WQAM's Michael Irvin show, Yahoo Sports investigative reporter Dan Wetzel gave his take on convicted Ponzi schemer and former University of Miami athletic booster Nevin Shapiro, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Michael Huyghue Denies Paying Hurricanes Players

    ​How truthful was Nevin Shapiro in his bombshell allegations about the University of Miami football program? At least one person implicated by Shapiro in the story has come out to strongly deny any wrong doing on his part.Michael Huyghue, now the commissioner of the United Football League, and for ... More >>

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