Dan Le Batard Gave His Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot to Deadspin

Nothing gets a certain segment of baseball enthusiasts more heated than the voting process for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Not being baseball enthusiasts ourselves (we grew up with the Marlins, after all), we don’t fully understand it, but it seems like a pretty touchy subject. Anyway, to protest the…

Jeff Ireland Is Gone, and Twitter Reacts With Utter Glee

We came here today to bury GM Jeff Ireland’s time with the Dolphins, not to praise him. Well, actually we came here to relentlessly mock him on Twitter. After years of the #Fireland hashtag breaking out on the social networking site just about anytime the Dolphins did anything wrong (which…

Genting’s New Plan: Slots-Only Casino at Miami Herald Site

Ever since Genting Corporation’s aggressive plans to bring a full-service casino and mega-resort to the old Miami Herald site went boom the Malaysian conglomerate has been pretty quiet about its next step. We should have figured they were up to something. Today comes news that they’ve struck a deal with…

Heat Finally Unveils “Nickname Jersey” Monikers

Sure, it’s a blatant merchandising grab, but we’ve been pretty excited about the idea of Miami Heat players wearing special-edition nickname jerseys. We’ve already received news that Ray Allen would wear “J. Shuttlesworth” and that LeBron would sport “King James,” but today the team unveiled the full list of nicknames…

305 Photo of the Day: Kaboom

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Rick Scott Sued For Not Picking New Lt. Governor

It’s been over nine months since former Lt. Gov Jennifer Carroll resigned in disgrace, and Rick Scott has still not picked a replacement. Sure, it’s not like the lieutenant governor, and as long as Scott doesn’t bite the dust, Florida can run pretty smoothly without one. But new lawsuit claims…

LeBron James Walks Into a Bar… and Gets Carded

Did you hear the one about how a LeBron James walks into a bar? The punchline is he got carded. Despite being one of the most famous athletes in the world, despite his beard, and despite (sorry, sorry) that hairline, James was still asked for ID to prove he was…

Miami Named 4th Worst-Run City in America, Hialeah 9th

Perhaps the most surprising part of the City of Miami being named the fourth worst-run city in America is that it was higher in the rankings than Hialeah. However, both cities made the top ten. 24/7 Wall Street decided to start off the new year by ranking America’s 100 biggest…

Al Golden to Talk to Penn State, Possibly Today

Sounds the alarm, Hurricanes fans. ESPN’s Joe Schad reports that Al Golden has agreed to meet with Penn State representatives and that it could come as early as today. In the past, when his name has come up in other coaching searches, Golden has loudly denied interest. He’s kept tellingly…