Miami Hurricanes

Nevin Shapiro's New Gambling Claims Won't Be Part of NCAA Investigation

Sports Illustrated is dropping a massive report on the NCAA's investigation into the University of Miami's football program this week, and the juiciest part includes claims by Nevin Shapiro, the convicted Ponzi schemer at the center of the scandals, that he had used inside information to bet on Hurr ... More >>

Miami Northwestern Track Coach Is an Inner-City Hero

Carmen Jackson Leads Miami Northwestern Senior High To 10 State Titles

Bet ya didn't know the high-school coach with the most state titles in Miami-Dade County isn't involved with football, basketball, or baseball. Heck, the championship leader doesn't work with boys either. She's Carmen Jackson, head coach of the girls' track-and-field club at Miami Northwestern Senio ... More >>

Brother Jimmy's BBQ to Open in South Miami

Brother Jimmy's BBQ is opening its second Miami location at the Shops at Sunset Place. The restaurant, scheduled to begin operation in the fall, will be located on the first floor of the shopping and dining center. The 6,540-square-foot location will feature the same sports bar-meets-barbecue joint ... More >>

Shane Larkin Makes NBA Combine History

It's bittersweet for Miami Hurricanes fans that Shane Larking, only a sophomore, is making the jump to the NBA, but apparently the dude is good at jumping. Like, really, really good at jumping. He posted the second highest vertical leap ever recorded during the NBA combine today, and the highest rec ... More >>

Hurricanes' Jim Larranaga Named National Coach of the Year

What happens when you take the University of Miami basketball team from ACC filler to conference regular season and conference champs, all while under the looming threat of an NCAA investigation? You get named the NCAA coach of the year.

LeBron and Wade Borrow a Crazy Choreographed Slam Dunk From Miami Hurricanes

The Miami Hurricanes basketball team isn't just making waves in the college world. They're inspiring the greatest players in the NBA too.Miami Heat stars Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were spotted in the stands when the 'Canes took on North Carolina and saw a crazy dunk so sweet they decided to recre ... More >>

Hurricanes Now Number 8 in AP Poll: Highest Ranking in History

The Miami Hurricanes basketball team has reached new heights: they're now the number eight team in the country according to the AP poll. The 'Canes have only been here once before, and that was way back in 1960 when they were also ranked 8th. It's the team's highest ranking since 1985. 

Hurricanes Player Thomas Finnie Arrested for Laptop Theft

University of Miami Hurricanes player Thomas Finnie may not have the name recognition of Cam Newton, but he finds himself in a similar situation. No, not in contention for a Heisman, but accused of a laptop theft.The defensive back was arrested today on charges of occupied burglary and grand larceny ... More >>

Ravens' Bryant McKinnie Denies He Owes Miami Strip Clubs $375,000

Former Miami Hurricanes All-American and NFL player Bryant McKinnie denies he owes money to two Miami strip clubs despite a lawsuit filed by Charles "Pop" Young, the father of rapper Trick Daddy. Young's suit alleges that McKinnie failed to pay on a $375,000 strip club tab.

Barack Obama Holding Campaign Rally at University of Miami Today

This afternoon, the President of the United States returns to the University of Miami for the second time in three weeks, one week after Mitt Romney slapped him up in the first televised presidential debate. The last time Barack Obama visited the Coral Gables campus, he was telling Univision anchor ... More >>

Shenise Johnson: Icy Hot

Dwyane Wade Open to Possibility of Playing Overseas During Lockout

Dwyane Wade could be taking his talents across the ocean. The Miami Heat guard was in suburban Chicago with Chicago Bears (and former Miami Hurricanes) player David Hester while the two were hosting camps for kids. Wade told the AP he'd be open to playing for the foreign league if the NBA lock out d ... More >>

NCAA Launching Investigation Into Shady SEC and Big 10 Football Recruiting in South Florida

​Used to be the University of Miami Hurricanes had a lock on recruiting football talents in the "state of South Florida," but over the past few decades other schools have recognized the importance of our local talent hotbed. Now the NCAA is launching an investigation into allegations of shady recr ... More >>

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 >>

High Times

NFL players should form their own teams

NFL Players Should Send The Greedy Owners To Hell

​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 advises professional football players to form their own league.When Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson likened ... More >>

Six Canes Football Players Suspended for Season Opener

​While the program remains officially silent, a report by InsideTheU.com that six Hurricanes football players have been suspended for next season's opener against Maryland has now been confirmed by two NBCMiami sources. Seantrel Henderson, one of the top recruits in the nation in the class of ... More >>

Al Golden Has Never Met New Offensive Coordinator Jedd Fisch

​Now that the Seattle Seahawks are unsurprisingly out of the playoff race, newly hired Miami Hurricanes offensive coordinator and now former Seahawks QB coach Jedd Fisch will finally get to me Al Golden? Wait, wait, the 'Canes new head coach hired his offensive coordinator without ever actuall ... More >>

Pete Carroll's Son Joins Hurricanes Coaching Staff

​The USC Trojans and the Miami Hurricanes aren't that different: private schools in big warm weather cities with a healthy amount of national championships and a sometimes troubling amount of controversy. The big difference is that 'Canes haven't won a national championship since '01, whereas ... More >>

With Dan Mullen Possibly Headed to Florida, Where Does That Leave Miami's Coach Search?

​Urban Meyer's resignation couldn't have come at a worse time for the Miami Hurricanes. While it's all just chitter chatter at the moment, it makes total sense that UF would be interested in Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen. Which is bad news for Miami AD Kirby Hocutt, who reportedly possibly ha ... More >>

Jon Gruden Reportedly in Negotiations with University of Miami, Dan Mullen Second Choice

The Sun-Sentinel was one of the first to report that former Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden may be the man to take the newly opened job with the University of Miami Hurricanes, which, as our Broward brothers in blogdom pointed out, seemed slightly embarrassing as Gruden quickly issued a statement that h ... More >>

Miami and FAMU Fans' Fight Captured on Video

​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 was some braw ... More >>

God's Power Offor, from Hialeah's American High School, is the frontrunner in the Name of the Year contest

Fight the Gator Raid

For 14-1 Hurricanes Basketball, the Real Season Begins This Weekend

via Hurricanes Sport​Miami has never been a huge college basketball town. There was a bit of buzz when FIU reeled in Isiah Thomas, but they're off to a 5-13 start. Sorry Zeke, maybe things will turn around when you can make an impact on recruiting.Then you've got the Miami Hurricanes. Overshadowed ... More >>

News Roundup: Hurricanes Basketball Remains Undefeated

A truck driver got trapped between his rig and a forklift while unloading caskets. He was hurt, but luckily he probably won't be needing one of those caskets. He's in stable condition at a hospital. [CBS4]Headline presented with out commentary: "Michelle Spence-Jones pleads not guilty; loses Faceboo ... More >>

Will Allen, Urban Farming's Leading Proponent, Played UM Basketball

via BizTimes.comIt's all about the U.​The leader of the Urban Farming movement took lessons from his Miami and Florida sports careers that still help him today.Will Allen is the head of Milwaukee-based Growing Power Inc., an urban ag producer and educating organization focused on teaching poor com ... More >>

The Week That Was: Sex and Skates

The good news: The roller-skating thief who tormented the Jacuzzi Boys was quickly captured. The bad news: This was not allowed to mature into a thoroughly hilarious, full-scale crime spree. If it appears your child might have a future in the NBA, you might just want to take a bit of time out o ... More >>

Canes Debut on AP Poll at 20, FSU Knocked Off

The AP poll is out, and the Miami Hurricanes are a ranked team once again, while the Florida State Seminoles have been totally knocked off from their former 18th spot. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes' next three opponents line up one after another in the poll, with Oklahoma at 13, Virginia Tech at 14 ... More >>

News Roundup

A 50-foot yacht went up in flames yesterday on Biscayne Bay. [CBS4]A woman with amazing hair stole an ambulance yesterday. [Herald]Miami-Dade Transit got $64.5 million in stimulus money to use on the Metromover and Metrorail. [SFBJ]Driver's license, tag, title, and registration fees are all set to i ... More >>

Duane Starks Goes Out In Style

Duane Starks started his football career at the age of eight in a local optimist club program, he became a star quarterback for Miami Beach Senior High, briefly attended Miami-Dade Community College and then played as a starting cornerback for the University of Miami Hurricanes. He entered the NFL, ... More >>

Relive All the Magic of the Canes' 7-6 Season

"Get your hot new DVDs of a franchise that used to be amazing and now is just kind of 'meh'! Right here! Only $20!" "Oh, you've got Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?" "No, it's the highlight DVD of the Miami Hurricanes' 2008 football season."Even AllCanes, the company hawking i ... More >>

News Roundup

LocalsThis was a depressing weekend full of sad news and pure evil. Like this guy who killed his estranged wife and three others at a party, and then himself. [Herald]Donte Stallworth, an NFL player, hit and killed a construction worker on 195. [AP] Got an exotic pet laying around you don't need any ... More >>

News Roundup

News5 people were shot outside a Miami Gardens night club, but it seems all will recover. [UPI]Is there anything left to cut? McClatchy, The Herald's parent company, plans to eliminate another 1600 jobs company wide. That's 15% of its remaining work force. [Bloomberg]All these recent cases of Medica ... More >>

2009 Canes Football Schedule Unveiled

Unlike last year, when the Hurricanes got to play the Ponytown High School Flag Football Fightin' Sad Clowns, or whatever that no-name team was, to kick of their season, next season they'll start things off with their oldest rivals, FSU, in Tallahassee. As previously reported, we'll also be playing ... More >>

News Roundup

Oh, wait. Castro's views of Obama were divulged to the press. He doesn't doubt Obama's honesty. [NBC6]R.I.P., Claudine Ryce, Jimmy's mum. [Herald]The county wants to text you anytime there's a hit and run. [CBS4]Charlie Crist is ready to veto the hell out of the budget cuts passed by Congress. [CBS4 ... More >>

News Roundup

Sarah Palin's is a grandmother to a child named Tripp. [WaPo]Miami Beach has the highest income disparity in the United States. [Herald]At least somebody is driving American cars. Miami Police have two new unmarked Dodge Chargers that will be used to help ticket you for speeding more often. [CBS4] ... More >>

Football Fans Too Poor to Get to Miami

You know times are tough when crazed college football fans in places like cold-ass Blacksburg, Virginia; and Cincinnati, Ohio, can't scrounge up enough change to get to sunny Miami for a January 1 bowl game. But alas, that is the cold, hard truth of these tough economic times.More depressing recess ... More >>

UM Football Players: Not as Brainy as Gators or Noles

This season, the Miami Hurricanes came out way behind their in-state rivals, UF and FSU, by most on-the-field standards, losing to both teams. Now here's a little salt for those wounds: Both the Noles and the Gators made Higher Ed Watch's Top 25 for academic achievement, while the Canes went unranke ... More >>

News Roundup

Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer may have billed the party for personal expenses. It's not $150k on a wardrobe, but it's almost as bad. Like $3,600 on a single dinner. [Herald]The Miami-Dade Dems elected new leadership, and they didn't celebrate with a $3,600 dinner. [Naked Politics]What do you need t ... More >>

Weekend Football: Milquetoast

Weekend Football: Hold On

Make Nice with the Noles

Selected Calendar Events

July 28-August 3, 2005

Basket Babes

BEST HURRICANES FOOTBALL PLAYER

Willis McGahee

Gridiron Fever

FIU administrators think spending millions on a football program will do wonders for their school, and they'll sideline anyone who disagrees

Brother, Can You Spare A Marlboro?

The Sugar Bowl could bring a sweet reward -- national championship number 5 -- to UM players. But mascot Sebastian the Ibis will be fighting a private war.