Pro Bowl

The Dolphins Are The Second Most Successful Drafters of the Past Five Years, According to One Analysis Anyway

Stop bitching about the Dolphins drafting tactics, because according to one analysis, the team has been the second most successfully in the NFL over the past five years. Of course, looking at the Dolphins overall success over the past five years makes you wonder exactly how accurate the analysis is.

Miami Hurricanes Will Have Most Alumni Playing In NFL Conference Championship Games This Weekend

In yet another bittersweet reminder that despite not having much success lately on the college level, the Miami Hurricanes are still a major NFL pipeline, it turns out that more former 'Canes will playing in the AFC and NFC championship games this weekend than any other school. Which shouldn't be to ... More >>

Miami Hurricanes Once Again Have Most Alumni Selected to Pro Bowl

Another Pro Bowl, another year in which the Miami Hurricanes have more former players selected than the Miami Dolphins had current players selected.The 'Canes had six alumni selected to the star-studded game, which ties with Tennessee for the most from any college program.

Bad Week For Ex-Dolphins: Chad Johnson's Sex Tape Leaks, Joey Porter Goes To Jail

The Miami Dolphins didn't have the best Christmas week: Despite smothering the Bills on Sunday, they were knocked out of the playoffs yet again when the Bengals later won. But the team can at least take comfort that their holidays weren't nearly as awful as two former Fins stars.Loudmouth linebacker ... More >>

Dolphins Fall to Cowboys 30-13 To End Preseason Winless, Then Crash The Team Plane

In what is typically the most uninteresting and uneventful of all preseason games, the Dolphins conducted business-as-usual by falling to the Dallas Cowboys 30-13 last night, completing the 2012 preseason with only their third winless effort in franchise history.The Fins followed up in the most appr ... More >>

Former Canes Star Clinton Portis Retires: Celebrate His Bizarre Multiple Personalities

In a loss for sports fans who enjoyed players who were funny, entertaining, and a little crazy, former Washington Redskins running back and ex-Hurricanes star Clinton Portis is calling it a career today. After nine seasons in the NFL, seven in the nation's capitol, Portis found himself with no job o ... More >>

Dressing Up The Fins

Dolphins Might Sign Chad Ochocinco

Chad Ochocinco was born in Miami and played for Miami Beach Senior High. His career may be about to come full circle, as the Dolphins are seriously exploring the possibility of signing the most interesting man in the NFL. Based solely on potential blog post fodder, Riptide approves of this move.

William Joseph and Michael Bennett, ex-NFL Players, Busted By FBI In Tax Fraud Case

At the University of Miami, William Joseph was a star of the 2001 national championship team's fearsome defense, leading the Canes in QB sacks and tackles for a loss. Joseph has since retired from football after an eight-year NFL career, but he'd better hope he's still got some killer defense left i ... More >>

Junior Seau, Former Dolphin, Found Dead at 43

Junior Seau, the 12-time Pro Bowler, who played for the Miami Dolphins for three seasons, has reportedly been found dead at the age of 43 in his California home. According to sources who spoke to gossip website TMZ, Seau may have committed suicide.

Brandon Marshall Just Got Traded to the Bears

​Bye, bye, Brandon Marshall? FoxSports.com's NFL Insider has Tweeted that the Dolphin's Brandon Marshall just got traded to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a pretty paltry two third round pics. Well, this is pretty huge. Especially considering Peyton Manning was said to be wary of working with M ... More >>

Miami Mascot Madness Tournament: Vote For Your Favorite Sports Mascot

​It's an exciting time in South Florida sports. Both the Heat and Panthers appear to be making strong runs at the playoffs. The UM Women's Basketball team is sure to be a threat in the official March Madness (and the men might make it too). The Dolphins are in the midst of a critical off season. A ... More >>

After Pretty Much Single-Handedly Winning the Pro Bowl, Brandon Marshall Wants a Better QB in Miami

​There's a reason the Miami Dolphins pay Brandon Marshall all that money. He's a damn good wide receiver. That's a fact he reminded everyone of with his MVP performance in yesterday's Pro Bowl; the kind of performance we see far too little of when he's actually in a Dolphins jersey.After the game, ... More >>

Former Miami Dolphin David Boston Arrested for Beating Woman in Boca Raton

​Not a good legal week for Miami Dolphins wide receivers of both past and present. Former Dolphins player David Boston, who played with the team in 2004 and '05, was arrested last night for allegedly punching a woman so hard twice in the head he left a gash that required ten stitche ... More >>

Reader mail: Perhaps this Tea Party has more kooks than usual

Hawaii's Governor Will Gladly Send Pro Bowl Packing Back to Miami

​Except for the 2009 edition, the NFL's Pro Bowl has been held in Honolulu, Hawaii since 1979, but the state's new governor is sick of spending $4 million to secure the relationship every year. In a blistering attack on the NFL, Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie suggested it could take its Pro Bowl ... More >>

More People Visited Miami in 2010 Than Ever Before

Duane Hanson's Tourists II​12.6 million paid an overnight visit to Miami-Dade in 2010, and according to the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau that is an all time record.Yep, despite a still downtrodden economy, the local tourism industry is apparently thriving.

Dave Duerson, Double Super Bowl Winner, Found Dead in Miami Home

​Dave Duerson, a former superstar Safety who took four trips to the Pro Bowl and had two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, was found dead in his Miami home last night. So far, though, no cause of death have been given.

Dolphins Great Bob Kuechenberg Busted for DUI

​Bob "Kooch" Kuechenberg, a Miami Dolphins legend who played for the unbeaten '72 team and racked up six Pro Bowl selections, has been busted for a DUI. The arrest comes after he side swiped another vehicle while trying to make a lane change on a stretch of I-95 in Broward County on Saturday night ... More >>

Cameron Wake Named to His First Pro Bowl as a Starter

The Kraken has been released!Just a few years removed from working a job in finance and watching football on the couch like the rest of us, Dolphins linebacker Cameron Wake has been named a starter for the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl.In a season mired in mediocrity for the Dolphins, Wake has been one of the f ... More >>

Show ’Em Who You Are!

Save the Dolphins

Dolphins Rookie A.J. Edds Blows Out Knee

​Things had been running pretty smoothly for the Miami Dolphins since training camp began last Friday. Chad Henne is looking sharp, Will Allen is looking fluid, and newly acquired Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall is downright blowing shit up. But all the good times and double rainbows came ... More >>

Zach Thomas to Sign With the Dolphins Again Just to Immediately Retire

Good news, Dolphans! Zach Thomas, who spent 12 years with the Dolphins and racked up seven Pro Bowl appearances, is going to re-sign with the team! Then he will immediately retire.According to the AP, this afternoon Thomas will sign a ceremonial contract and then announce his retirement as a member ... More >>

Talking Marlins Ballpark Food With Chef Morales: Part Two

Can we get a little sauerkraut on this?​In part one of yesterday's interview with Centerplate Sun Life Stadium Executive Chef Orlando Morales, we went over some of the logistics of providing food to tens of thousands of hungry Marlins fans. Today the chef describes some of the specific new foods - ... More >>

Letters from the issue of April 1, 2010

Super Bowl Did Little to Bolster Miami's Image, Might Have Helped New Orleans More

​The Dolphins might be cooking up various schemes to get South Florida taxpayers to foot the bill for the proposed makeover of Sunny D Sun O))) Sun Life Stadium so the city can host future Super Bowls, but a new study shows Miami didn't receive much of an image boost from the big game ev ... More >>

News Roundup: Heat Fall Below .500

A Man was shot at MIA lounge last night multiple times, while the shooter sped off in a black Mercedes. [JustNews]The ACLU claims two Miami Beach cops harassed and falsely arrested a gay tourist after he saw the men beating another suspect in handcuffs. [Herald]A man in Stuart died after being attac ... More >>

News Roundup: Joey Porter Wants Out of Here

A petition to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez fell short by just a few thousand signatures. [CBS4]Murdered tourist Paula Sladewski's sister is back in town looking for the culprit, and the award for the killer's arrest has been raised to $15,000. [NBCMiami]Yesterday's rain and flooding caused ... More >>

News Roundup: AFC Beats NFC in Pro Bowl

Los Van Van, the Cuban dance band that performed at the Knight Center last night, drew around 400 anti-Castro protesters. [ABCNews]Inner-city neighborhoods such as Liberty City might be in position for an economic renaissance. [Herald]Miami-Dade interim director James Loftus is expected to be p ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Justin Martin, Infected Mushroom and Gurty

Pro Bowl weekend reminds us that were only a few days away from the mayhem that the Super Bowl will bring. So here is what you missed over the weekend:Lofty at Buck 15Photo by Nicole Cussell​Above Miss Yip, Buck 15 has provided a nightlife sanctuary for locals on South Beach. Its new Lofty Friday ... More >>

Chad Ochocinco Appears to Be Enjoying This Week's Miami Festivities

Yes, he's wearing a Snuggie.​We've long known Cincinatti wide receiver and Miami native Chad Ochocinco has a somewhat colorful personality -- we were sort of tipped off when he legally changed his last name to a bad Spanish translation of his jersey number -- but he seems to be really coming into ... More >>

Three Dolphins, Five Former-Hurricanes Named to NFL All-Decade Team

​Three players who have suited up in Dolphins Teal and five who are "all about The U," have been named to the NFL's All Decade Team. Chosen by the NFL Hall of Fame selection committee, the honors were announced before last night's Pro Bowl. Much like the Pro Bowl itself, the Hurricanes are represe ... More >>

Super Bowl 2010: Nelly Furtado, Paulina Rubio and Pitbull, at the Pepsi Musica Super Bowl Fan Jam, This Friday

​It's that magical time of year once again kids--a time when really anything can happen. A time when dreams can come true. A time when anything your heart desires can be made reality, whether you long to see two midgets mud wrestling in the lobby of hotel, or all you want is to stab a prostitute b ... More >>

News Roundup: Lots of Teenagers Shot or Killed

A 14-year-old girl was fatally shot in the stomach while vising a friend's house. An adult accidently discharged the weapon. [Herald]A drive-by shooting at 2135 NW 52nd St. resulted in the death of a 15-year-old girl who seems to have been a babysitter. Three others were wounded. [Herald]Miami-Dade ... More >>

Dolphins' Yeremiah Bell Added to Pro Bowl

It was looking for a while like no Dolphins players would be playing in their home stadium during this year's Pro Bowl. Offensive Tackle Jake Long was named to the original line-up but pulled out due to injury Thanks to yesterday's Colts win, safety Antoine Bethea will forgo the Pro Bowl for&nb ... More >>

The Strip to open in the old Rumi space in South Beach

Our Balls Are Oblong

New Name for Land Shark Stadium: Sun Life Stadium

The former Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium will have a new name for the next five years: Sun Life Stadium. Somehow it's even worse than the last one. Seriously, there are strip malls in Kendall with better names ... More >>

The Strip to Open in Old Rumi Location on Lincoln Road

​A new South Beach, velvet-rope spot is anticipated to open before the end of this month. It is a resurrection of the old Rumi locale, next to SET on Lincoln Road. And before you roll your eyes and start a death clock, you should check out the deets from the press release we received yesterday.The ... More >>

Could a Dolphin-less Pro Bowl Mean Local Blackout? Maybe Seven Former Canes Could Help

​Since 1980, the Pro Bowl has been played in Hawaii, and because our 50th state doesn't have a team of its own, it's been a nice opportunity for locals to catch some NFL action, even if the players don't typically bring their best game. But this year's Pro Bowl will take place in Miami, with ... More >>

News Roundup: Scoop That Poop, or Face the Police

The same water filtration system that may or may not be linked to cases of Legionnaire's disease at the EPIC, has been found in three other condo buildings in Miami. [CBS4]Jackson Health System is teetering on the edge of a financial emergency. [Herald]Somebody is a math superstar: "Well if we avera ... More >>

The End of the "Land Shark" Stadium Era is Almost Upon Us

The horrible eight months in which we've had to refer to our football stadium as "Land Shark" in honor of a horrible Chevy Chase sketch Jimmy Buffet's beer.As soon as the Dolphins play their January 3 game against the Steelers the stadium will revert back to being known as Dolphin Stadium. So the Su ... More >>

News Roundup: Goodell Thinks LandShark Stadium Is a Has-Been

Univision is opening its own production studio in Miami. [LATimes]According to a recent poll, Miami is the second most desirable travel destination after Las Vegas. [CBS4]Ad sales at McClatchy, the Miami Herald's parent company, are down 20 percent this quarter, but that's apparently good because it ... More >>

News Roundup: Art Ladybug Terror

Michelle Spence-Jones pleaded not guilty to theft charges and, of course, plans to run for her city commission seat again. [CBS4]Police are on the hunt for someone who released thousands of ladybugs in the VIP room at Art Basel. [NBCMiami]A man stole a $1 million painting. Police caught the suspect ... More >>

News Roundup: Second Liberty City Seven Member Sentenced; Ronnie Brown Out for Season

In the Liberty City Seven trial, 26-year-old Rotschild Augustine yesterday was sentenced to seven years in jail. [CBS4]So, a survey says MIA is one of the top five airports in the world to get stuck in. [CBS4]The 17-year-old accused of stabbing and killing a Coral Gables Senior High c ... More >>

Miami Dolphins Lose: Hauntingly Familiar

​When Vontae Davis started off the game with a leaping interception that can only be described as Fuck Yea!, the consensus feeling was the Dolphins were going to make this one interesting. Maybe even pull off the upset. Alas, it was not to be. The Patriots were able to show us, once again, that th ... More >>

Walk into a Windmill

And catch a black eye from the Revolution Fighting Championships.

Confide, Receiver

NFL legend Jerry Rice shoots from the hip