The Miami Carol City Senior High football team will definitely be making a fashion statement next year.The school’s 50th anniversary is coming up, and one of its most famous alumni, rapper Flo Rida, has decided to celebrate by donating the gift of Native American-print football leggings to the Carol City…
Sunday’s game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets won’t feature replacement refs, but it will feature replacement flags. Instead of tossing out yellow flags, refs will be using pink flags.The idea was not the brainchild of a fan of post-punk band Wire, but rather that of an 11-year-old…
It’s always awkward when a new college football head coach comes to town, especially for the players who were recruited by the previous guy.Two upperclassmen with the Miami Hurricanes, both recruited by fired coach Randy Shannon, have quit in the past month, leading to speculation that Al Golden is favoring…
The Jets are at the bottom of their division, 29th in total offense, 30th in containing opponents’ rushing yards, and have just about the most embarrassing quarterback situation in the league. Yet, Rex Ryan seems to be really concerned about Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush’s manners…
Calls for the head of owner Stephen Ross have died down as the Miami Dolphins have magically managed not to completely blow their season so far. Hell, technically we’re sixth in the AFC in the playoff standings!But over the past two years Jordan Zimmerman, an advertising honcho and limited partner…
Ozzie Guillen came to Miami as the new Marlins manager just over a year ago. What followed was a Fidel Castro controversy, a lot of odd outbursts, and yet another season of typical Marlins disappointment. Now, with three years and $7.5 million left on his contract, the Marlins have officially…
The Miami Dolphins’ former resident loudmouth is still exercising his lips as co-host of The Jorge Sedano Show on WQAM, and this morning dropped a bombshell. He claims he once saw Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps smoke a blunt at a South Beach club with rapper Young Jeezy…
Last year, the NBA’s general managers picked the Miami Heat to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder for the championship in their annual preseason poll. These guys know their stuff, obviously.This year they’re predicting the Miami Heat versus Los Angeles Lakers finals the world has been patiently waiting for ever since…
So, maybe you know that a man decided to run onto the field during the University of MIami-Florida State University football game this Saturday, but if you were watching the game on ABC you didn’t see what happened afterward.Well, the dude ended up getting tackled hard by security…
Yesterday, ESPN ran a weird little piece of speculative fan fiction imagining the possibility of LeBron James ditching the Heat in 2014 to replace Kobe Bryant on the Lakers. It was a piece designed to cause controversy, more than, you know, report actual facts. …
LeBron James is only guaranteed to be a member of the Miami Heat for the next two seasons — after that, he’s got two year of player option left on his contract. So, of course today brought us a dramatic ESPN report that the Los Angeles Lakers are getting ready…
Are the New York Yankees looking to unload Alex Rodriguez on the Miami Marlins next season? That’s what Keith Olbermann, of all people, is reporting. The liberal newsman turned baseball blogger says that the teams are discussing a deal that could see A-Rod traded to Miami in exchange for Heath…
Remember when NFL officials inferred that Miami might never host another Super Bowl unless serious upgrades were made to Sun Life Stadium? Apparently they weren’t too serious about that threat. According to USA Today, Miami will be announced as one of two finalists to host Super Bowl L in 2016…
LeBron James is joining the ranks of Wolverine, Captain America, and Spider-Man. He’s getting his own Marvel comic book. The publishing company has teamed up with (new Disney corporate cousin) ESPN to produce a special one-off issue of a LeBron comic that will be inserted into the next issue of…
The Miami Dolphins are 3-3 today in spite of absolutely listless performances by both teams in a boring game, a second straight game of questionable (read: crappy) officiating and the Dolphins only rushing for a total of 20 yards all game. However, the continued influence of Ryan Tannehill’s burgeoning awesomeness…
There’s nothing worse than looking at photos and videos from other people’s boring vacations, but those people usually aren’t the Miami Heat. The defending champs are in China right now to play two preseason games against the LA Clippers, and the team, coaches and dancers (yes, even the dancers!) took…
Every week, Riptide’s crack team of employment termination scientists gauge just how fireable loathed Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland has become following his latest series of horrific blunders. So how close is the Ginger Menace to getting canned this week?Yes, the Dolphins managed to outlast the Cincinnati Bengals over the…
It’s 2012, not 1999, so we’re not really usually in the market for YouTube-hosted parody songs of Eminem’s breakout hit “My Name Is.”But then again, those parodies usually don’t expertly roast Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland…
For the third time since 2008 the Miami Hurricanes are on the hunt for a new athletics director. Don’t worry though, University of Miami President Donna Shalala says she has heard from literally hundreds of people who wants the job. “I’m getting hundreds of emails from people wanting the job,”…
In a game that featured absolutely putrid calls on the field by the recently-returned “professional” refs, the Dolphins managed to hold off the Cincinnati Bengals for a 17-13 win. An overall sloppy game for both teams was sealed when safety Reshad Jones intercepted Andy Dalton with 1:22 left in the…
The Heat will travel to China next week for two preseason games against the LA Clippers, and fans in the country are basketball-crazy, perhaps even more so than in America. Hell, they worship Shane Battier. Seriously, dude’s face is apparently plastered all over billboards, and he’s nicknamed “Mr. President.”…
Is Ozzie Guillen’s time in Miami over? It’s hard to imagine a more disastrous season for a manager. Not only did the man manage to piss off half of his fan base by declaring his “love” for Fidel Castro, but he also sunk a promising start into a prolonged team…
