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Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer

Dennis Rodman on Ricky Williams: "He's Not Gay, He Just Talks Like That," and Other Nonsense

For this week's cover story about recently retired NFL superstar and purported spiritual healer Ricky Williams, I got on the phone with NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman. They're linked besides being two of the weirdest dudes in sports who have been photographed wearing wedding dresses and who l ... More >>

Is Ricky Williams' Foundation For Kids Being Funded By A Cult?

Also read "Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer."When the Ricky Williams Foundation lost out on a $32 million investment in the spring, founder and former NFL star Ricky Williams thought his charity was finished. But along came Gary Douglas, the founder of a self-help group called Access Consciousnes ... More >>

Ricky Williams Says His Foundation Isn't Funded By A Cult

Also read "Is Ricky Williams Foundation Funded By A Cult?" and "Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer."Earlier this morning, we followed Deadspin and other sites in examining the curious connection between Ricky Williams' charitable organization, the Ricky Williams Foundation, and Access Consciousness ... More >>

Ricky Williams, Retired NFL Superstar, Gave Me "Secret Powers" When He Touched My Feet

This week's New Times cover story is a profile of enigmatic former Miami Dolphins superstar running back Ricky Williams, who retired from football for the second time at the end of last season. These days, he administers spiritual sessions in South Florida and around the world. I attended one of the ... More >>

Ricky Williams Announces Retirement, Probably for Real This Time

​Ricky Williams, the enigmatic running back who spent the majority of his 11-year NFL career with the Miami Dolphins, is officially retiring from football. No, really, for real this time. After ditching the Dolphins last year, Williams signed a two-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens but has d ... More >>

Is It Too Late to Smoke Ricky Williams Out Before He Leaves for the Baltimore Ravens?

​This past June, Ricky Williams said he wanted to finish his career by winning a Super Bowl with the Dolphins. Yet the team's moves this off-season showed it had little interest in keeping Williams (or winning a Super Bowl, judging by the handling of the QB situation), and the onetime Pro Bowl MVP ... More >>

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Ricky Williams Doesn't Rule Out Return to Dolphins or Move to Jets

​Despite holding no verbal punches while ripping apart coach Tony Sparano and his former teammates last month, Ricky Williams won't rule out a return to the Miami Dolphins next season. The 33-year-old running back may be near the twilight of his interesting (to say the least) career, but he appear ... More >>

Ricky Williams Rips Tony Sparano, Teammates

​Ricky Williams is known for not being your typical professional football player. He's introspective and, at times, something of a recluse. But even Ricky Williams can't stand another losing season for the Miami Dolphins, and after the Fins got hammered 38-7 by the Patriots on Sunday, Ricky took t ... More >>

This Jheri-Curled Man Claims He's Ricky Williams Real Daddy, Oh, and He Wants $2.5 Million

photo by Patrick Michels/Dallas Observer​If there's one thing Ricky Williams does well its running form things, and not just on the football field. A Dallas man claiming to be Williams' real father says Ricky has run from him his entire life. Now, he's filed a lawsuit against Williams and his moth ... More >>

Miami Dolphins Offense Finally Shows Up

I don't see a difference, do you Dolfans?​Here is a shocker. The Miami Dolphins finally scored more than 30 points this season. It was an offensive explosion for 471 yards that featured two big play touchdowns by running back Ricky Williams and undrafted rookie wide receiver Marlon Moore. Watching ... More >>

Ricky Williams Dresses as Jason Taylor for Halloween

via NBCMiami​Oh, girl, who knew Dolphins players could get so catty? And not just wild catty. Ricky Williams showed up at the team's Halloween bash last night dressed as former teammate Jason Taylor. Poking fun at Taylor's run on Dancing With the Stars, Williams wore a getup that included a giant ... More >>

Dolphins Defense Leads the Way in Big Win Over Vikings

​Everyone had the Miami Dolphins going into Minnesota and getting their asses handed to them by Brett Favre and the Vikings. But when it came down to it, the Fins executed a simple two-part game plan against the supposed Super Bowl contenders to perfection. For the offense: No screw ups by Chad He ... More >>

The Mystery of Ricky Williams' Banned Twitter Updates

​Liberty City native Chad Ochocinco was fined $25,000 this weekend for using Twitter during the Bengal's pre-season game against the Eagles. Apparently, using social media or electronic devices during games or practices is banned by the NFL. Now Dolphins running back Ricky Williams is in hot water ... More >>

Ricky Williams Wants a Reality Show, But What Should it Be?

​Dolphins running back Ricky Williams is looking for a way to pay down some his debts and is reportedly in talks with the production company behind Chad Ochocinco's VH1 dating show to star in a reality show. No word on what the format will be, but since he got hitched last year, we doubt there'll ... More >>

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The Top Five Divas in South Florida Sports

The sports world is in full freak-out mode over Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez displaying legendary laziness in botching a play and then lashing out at manager Fredi Gonzalez for benching him. Never before have scribes busted out this many synonyms for half-ass performance-- loafing, lollygagg ... More >>

Documentary Reveals Ricky Williams Was Sexually Abused by His Father

​The Dolphins' Ricky Williams has always been one of the NFL's most complicated players. ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series, which also brought us The U, focuses on Williams's life and his hiatus from football in 2004 in Run, Ricky, Run. It premieres tomorrow night on the channel, with a spe ... More >>

Ricky Williams To Keep Playing Past 2010, But Will it Be in Miami?

​Ricky Williams had previously stated that he wouldn't play football past the 2010 season, and we just assumed he'd move on to his dream of owning a chain of medical marijuana stores or something. But this morning Williams, who previously represented himself and was signed with Leigh Steinberg, si ... More >>

Suggested Restaurant Mottos: Tap Tap, Scorpion Mexican Bar, AltaMare & More

​Nothing helps a restaurant (or food festival) more than having a good motto. Except maybe having good food. Or service, or a few other things. Yet while we at Short Order aren't about to cook or wait tables for you, we're only too happy to provide a few clever slogans to help business along. You ... More >>

Top Ten of the Decade: Miami Sports Moments

Riptide 2.0's regular sports commentator and FinsNation blogger Chris Joseph looks back at the top ten Miami sports moments of the decade. Low points like the Miami Dolphins crappy performance and the after-thought known as the Florida Panthers didn't make the cut. Sorry. ​10. Canes BaseballCoach ... More >>

Texans vs. Dolphins Recap: A Tale of Two Halves

​That Dolphins halftime speech must have been some kind of fire and brimstone sermon. Something along the lines of Henry V's Saint Crispen's Day address. The pre-game speech, meh, not so much. It was probably more along the lines of, "Okay men, we're gonna go out there and we're gonna pull down ou ... More >>

Four Reasons the Dolphins Crapped the Bed on Their Season

​Just days before Christmas, the Miami Dolphins were supposed to come up with another big win to inch closer to a post-season berth. Instead, they delivered a stocking full of turds in the form of a 27-24 loss in overtime to the Tennessee Titans. There's plenty of blame to go around for their play ... More >>

Miami Dolphins' Tony Sparano is a conservative coach who takes huge risks

Miami Dolphins in the Thick of It

​If we had told you before this game started that the Dolphins would only manage to score 14 points in the first half, zero points in the second half, turn the ball over three times in enemy territory, but will still win the game, you would have stabbed us in the spleen with a No. 2 pencil and gon ... More >>

One if by LandShark, Two if by Sea

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 Preview: Win or Call It a Season

​And so we come to this. Sitting at 4-5, the Miami Dolphins face a must-win situation tonight as take on the equally desperate (and some would say equally craptastic) 4-5 Carolina Panthers. The winner will experience the sweet taste of being a .500 team for the first time this season while embarki ... More >>

Ricky "Gourmand" Williams, Archie's Gourmet Pizza, Free Gourmet Magazine

​Nothing Spells Hip and Health-Conscious Like Plasma TVsNFL All-Timer Rudi Johnson and Dolphins running back Ricky Williams will be co-owners (along with the Hospitality Development Management Group) of PROOF, a "hip new health-conscious restaurant and lounge set within the inviting breezeway area ... More >>

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County Mayor Carlos Alvarez is now proposing sweeping pay cuts for municipal workers. [Herald]Marco Rubio finds it just hurtful and disrespectful when you whisper things about him behind is back ...like that he may drop out of the senate race and run for AG. [NakedPolitics]West 8 has officially been ... More >>

Because Sometimes Winning Ugly Beats Not Winning At All

Once again, the Miami Dolphins had to pull unicorns and rainbows out their asses to keep from losing to a two-win team. But pull the magic from their bottoms they did, as they took down the hapless St. Louis Rams 16-12, for their seventh win of the season. Drive killing penalties, a stagnant runnin ... More >>

Dolphins Lose, Pennington Sucks

Ricky Williams and Jason Taylor Talk Marijuana

The Dolphin and ex-Dolphin have a lot to e-mail about.

The Party Crasher - Ricky Williams Dines at Michael's Kitchen in Sunny Isles

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