This Sunday, the Miami Heat will play an NBA playoff game for the first time since June 15th, 2014. Finally, all is right in the world again. The playoff berth is all the more notable because the Heat epically pooped their pants against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday in a…
“There’s a unique emotional bond between Udonis Haslem and Miami because of how proudly he represents this city, and this city’s story,” Dan LeBatard once said of Haslem’s relationship with the city he’s called home his entire life. With the Miami Heat’s regular season ending tonight in Boston, most everyone’s…
It’s official: Miami Heat Nation has put their money where the haters’ mouth is. Heat playoff tickets went on sale this past Thursday, and if the regular season was any indication, they are sure to sell out fast. And Forbes recently released their 2015-16 NBA team evaluations equations, in which they…
It’s been almost five months since Uber launched UberPOOL in Miami, the carpool version of their original service that connects riders traveling along the same routes in an effort to save them money. As expected, the results have been interesting. After all, it’s one thing to ride with a group…
This week, ex-Heat center Shaquille O’Neal was one of the ten inductees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. That should come to as a surprise to no one. “The Big Aristotle” was a Four-time NBA champion, league MVP and three-time Finals MVP. What has been a surprise to…
The Miami Marlins kick off their 2016 season tomorrow, making this as good a time as any to brush up on our hometown baseball team. It’s like when your iPhone asks you to update. You put it off until you’re sick of seeing the alert and just give in. That’s…
Heads-up, it’s April Fools Day! No, LeBron James did not say publicly he wants to return to the HEAT. No, Publix isn’t opening stand alone sub shops. No, Hialeah isn’t getting an In-And-Out, yet. I’m sorry, you’ve been duped. I know finding out this way is devastating. In-And-Out is delicious. Instead…
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union live an intensely public life that is about to get even more public. The Miami power couple will host and star in a new HGTV series centered around their love of flipping houses. While air dates have yet to be released, what we do know…
By now you’ve dropped off all your orange ties at the local Goodwill and picked up a pair of Mark Richt shades instead. The Mark Richt Era is barreling through its first offseason, and in a few short months, you’ll be able to witness the results firsthand on a football field…
Stephen Ross is about to make back a chunk of the reportedly $350 million in private funds he pledged to renovate his now unnamed stadium. Last month the naming rights deal between Canadian-based Sun Life Financial Inc. and the Dolphins ran out, meaning the Dolphins are now free agents, looking…
Here lies the Miami Hurricanes basketball season, gone too soon. March Madness ended for Jim Larranaga and his Miami Hurricanes basketball team last night at 9:10 p.m. The cause of death was a disappointing 92-69 butt-stomping loss to the second-seeded Villanova Wildcats. The Canes will have to wait a year…
New Dolphins coach Adam Gase is known as a sort of quarterback whisperer. Besides the fact that Gase seems like the sort of guy who will relate to players much better than Joe Philbin, the boldest part of his coaching resume is his ability to get the best out of…
It’s the debate that seems to continually have legs; Is Miami a basketball town — or does its heart belong to football? The answer depends on whom you ask. Some point to eyeballs on TV sets, but comparing ratings from an 82-game season to one of 16 games (in which…
Erik Spoelstra has accomplished quite a bit since taking over as head coach of the Miami Heat in 2008. He’s won nearly 400 regular season games, 63 playoff games, and two championships. He led the Heat to four straight NBA Finals appearances. He’s coached an All-Star team. He’s the second-longest…
It is looking more and more likely that Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton are on a collision course that will culminate when the two face-off this November to determine who will be the next President of the United States. This is real life. It’s happening. A mere two days ago…
You can take the LeBron out of Cleveland, but you can’t take the Cleveland out of … Cleveland. Unfortunately for LeBron, the honeymoon on his return to Ohio seems to have a quickly approaching expiration date. The Cavs have become increasingly inconsistent, and even as they remain the first seed…
For a long time, Dolphins fans have thought of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars as the Winn-Dixies to the Dolphins Publix. The KIA to Miami’s Lexus. The community college to their University of Miami. Well, times are-a-changin’. At this moment in history, is sure seems like the Dolphins…
Not many saw this coming. Not when the Heat lost Chris Bosh for the season. Not when Dwyane Wade was ruled out for a pair of games after the All Star break. Not when Hassan Whiteside seemed to be regressing after another suspension. Not when Luol Deng looked washed. But…
The Miami Dolphins have taken their search for beautiful and talented ladies to join their cheerleading squad worldwide. Somewhere Pitbull is fist-pumping. In an effort to further widen the talent gap between itself and the rest of the NFL, the football team has expanded its cheer auditions to a global…
Jalen Ramsey is everything the Miami Dolphins need. He’s strong, confident, smart, versatile, athletic, a leader, and a champion. And most importantly, a he’s a cornerback. Ramsey might just be the best player in the 2016 NFL Draft, and he just so happens to fill the biggest need the Dolphins…
The last place Shaina Allen expected to find inspiration for her directorial debut and first feature film was at a dog park along Biscayne Bay. Well, technically, she didn’t — someone else did. Allen would occasionally run into a man named Parnes Cartwright and his wife Betsy. Casual conversations led to…
On Monday night the Los Angeles Clippers unveiled their new mascot: Chuck the California Condor. Unfortunately for Clippers fans, it was not free therapy session giveaway night. The image of Chuck will haunt their dreams until the end of time. Chuck’s ill-fated debut got us thinking; Which of our South Florida…
