Regardless of what’s actually on the mind of University of Miami interim athletics director Tony Hernandez, the media has already anointed Kansas State coach Frank Martin the frontrunner for the Canes’ open basketball coaching job because of his considerable connections to the Miami area (connections that involve a past high…
For the past two years, Dwyane Wade has been just about the only NBA superstar not to have his own signature sneaker. He traded his own line of Converse kicks and apparel to take the historic honor of being the first basketball-player spokesman for Nike’s Air Jordan brand since Michael Jordan himself. But the…
With the strange but not unwelcome departure of Frank Haith for the University of Missouri, UM is now in the market for a new head basketball coach.And less than five hours after the vacancy became public knowledge, rumors are already flying over who might take the helm at the struggling…
Sometimes, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. Or so hopes the University of Missouri, which is set today to hire away UM basketball coach Frank Haith — a man so under-the-radar at Football U that Canes fans this morning are scratching their heads en masse at the…
If Isiah Thomas talked much about his job as head coach at FIU basketball during his interview with Fox Sports’ Bill Ritter it didn’t make the copy. Instead Ritter paints a picture of a man in a situation he doesn’t want to be in desperately hoping to one day soon…
Spanish tennis player David Ferrer, currently ranked sixth in the world, was knocked out of the Sony Ericsson tournament in Key Biscayne yesterday by American Mardy Fish. Though, Ferrer directed his angriest swing toward a crying baby in the stand. Yep, the guy actually sort of tried to hit a…
The Florida Marlins kickoff their 2011 season against the New York Mets tonight, and while the game marks the last, first game the Fish will play at Sun Life Stadium, their home tank over the past 18 years, it may be the final home opener the Marlins have until 2013…
Chad Pennington is a man of many comebacks. Heck, he’s a two-time NFL Comeback Player of the Year, but his latest quest to return to the gridiron hit a snag when the former Dolphins QB tore his ACL while playing basketball. He’ll undergo knee surgery for the injury and was…
The University of Miami has a whole lot of proud history that the team hasn’t bothered living up to in years, and new coach Al Golden is hoping to return the team to the glory days. In fact, he’s bringing Michael Irvin back into the locker room, or at least…
This week’s New Times feature, “Talent Trap”, tells the story of Choice Learning Academy– later named Center of Life Academy– a tiny school in a homeless shelter that defrauded the state of learning-disability education funds and illegally recruited basketball players from around the world to board them in an Opa-Locka…
After last night’s humiliating loss, it’s hard to muster evidence that the Miami Heat is number one in much of anything right now, but it might be the best-dressed team in the NBA. No, we’re not talking about the uniforms. Sports Illustrated polled 137 current NBA players as to who…
It’s Christmas morning for the Heat Haters Dick Biters Brigade! Because the lowly 15-58 Cleveland Cavaliers took down and exacted revenge on LeBron James and the Miami Heat last night in a 102-90 win.The Heat were outplayed and out hustled on both ends of the floor. And even though they…
It’s really no secret that many marriages amongst professional athletes aren’t the most sacred unions. When the man is on the road a significant number of dates a year it’s not uncommon for him to at least be tempted to get some on the side. Well, former MLB star Barry…
With the NBA playoffs just a few weeks away, it’s that time of year when we get a whole lotta Dwayne Wade and his towering deeds of heroic awesomeness all up in our faces. And even though D-Wade has made his name around these parts as a pretty righteous ass-kicker,…
The city may be enamored with a new generation of Miami Heat superstars, but we’ve still got love for Alonzo Mourning. Doesn’t hurt that he’s a pretty good guy. Apparently not content with his work through charities as a source of good karma, Mourning literally stopped traffic on the busy…
Wielding a thick black marker, Marlins President David Samson flourished his signature onto a gray steel beam. Moments later, a massive crane hoisted the girder high above the new Marlins stadium and guided it into place as the last link in the new retractable roof.Voters may not be enthralled by…
There are nights when the Miami Heat completely annihilate an inferior opponent and leave them buried in their wake of awesomeness by twenty or thirty points. Last night was not one of those nights.The Heat had to rally hard and overcome an eleven-point deficit in last night’s 100-94 win over…
Regardless of who holds the office, we generally prefer that the president of the United States generally be correct in his decision-making. Unfortunately for us, Barack Obama saw the Miami Hurricanes making a second-round exit in the NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament at the hands of the Oklahoma Sooners. He was…
Dave Duerson propped a dining room chair against the front door of his Sunny Isles apartment. He neatly laid out documents on the dining room table and on his bed. He also placed two framed certificates, framed medals, and a folded American flag at the head of the bed. Naked…
Don’t expect anyone connected with the Miami Heat to show up on Dancing With the Stars anytime soon. If LeBron James and Pat Riley are any indication, it seems that the dancing in American Airlines Arena should best be left to the official Heat dancers. James’s moves maybe aren’t the…
Sure to be overshadowed by the alleged “fuck the police” antics of linebacker Ramon Buchanan, but more relevant to next season’s on-the-field action comes the news that Jacory Harris is once again the number one QB for the Miami Hurricanes. The news comes as the team released its second depth chart as…
TMZ has pictures of Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne dancing around with fake boobs on his vacation in the Bahamas.And because the Dolphins are a shrill, smug, stuffy organization (because they like to think they’re the New England Patriots, you see), they’re none too happy with the photos…
