The Miami Heat and their consecutive road win streak were almost done in by a giant and a hobbit. But the Heat managed to keep their bearings and survived a tenacious Milwaukee Bucks in a 101-95 overtime victory.Seven-foot center Andrew Bogut grabbed 27 rebounds — a record against the Heat…
Well, according to ESPN, the Dolphins have not only decided to keep Tony Sparano on as head coach but now they’re prepared to offer him a one year contract extension. Meaning not only will he be back in 2011, but 2012 as well. This is probably a way to save…
Despite supplanting Miami Northwestern High as the dominant football power in Miami-Dade County the past two years, 2010’s 6A state champ Miami Central was getting no love from the University of Miami football program. Last year, the Hurricanes passed on Jeffrey Godfrey, the former Rockets QB who beat every record…
Tony Sparano will live to see another season as the Dolphins head coach as talks with Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh have apparently fallen through, according to ESPN. Which basically makes the Dolphins looks like the awkward laughing stock of the NFL. No one comes off looking good. Sparano’s been publicly…
How eager are the Dolphins and their owner Stephen Ross to get a new coach? Apparently, enough to shower Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh in ridiculous amounts of money. According to ESPN, Ross has flown all the way across the country to woo Harbaugh and plans to offer him a contract…
Rare is the day when a Miami politician’s child gets a big job through ways other than blatant and shady nepotism.Manny Diaz Jr., son of the former mayor of Miami, is apparently the leading candidate to become the Texas Longhorn’s defensive coordinator. According to some sports blogs, he’s already been…
It’s well known that the majority of the mainstream media (re: all of them, pretty much) hate LeBron James and the Miami Heat. But mostly, they hate LeBron James. So much so that they’ve gone to great lengths to tell us all what a quitter, fraud, narcissist, asshole he is…
Jason Taylor has been dead to us ever since he left the Dolphins for the Jets, but Zombie Taylor appeared on Joe Rose’s WQAM show this morning to join the cavalcade of players who are criticizing head coach Tony Sparano. This comes as reports that the team has reached out…
Between 1994 and 2008, the Miami Hurricanes had a player selected in the first round of the NFL draft every single year. The good news is that Hurricanes players are likely to return to first round status this year. The bad news is that means the team is losing a…
Back when LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade down here in Miami there was a mini-obsession with finding the perfect nickname for them. There was talks of Miami Thrice, MV3, the James Gang, and even three-headed shitstorm. Though, we never really settled on anything, did we? Well, the…
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 to the…
Despite public votes of confidence, Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano’s job is likely in danger. Though, if the Dolphins do fire Sparano they better make sure they bring in someone better to replace him. Looks like one of the leading buzzed-about candidates isn’t likely to want the job. A report…
LeBron James’ is not known for his subtlety or modesty. The man threw himself a lavish 26th birthday party this weekend at Coco De Ville, which he didn’t even pay for. Sponsorship packages were selling for $10,000 to $500,000.And of course no b-day party is complete without a cake. This being LeBron…
Last week, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross gave his vote of confidence to head coach Tony Sparano. The consensus has been that Sparano would keep his job, despite the team’s second consecutive losing season. Mainly because the players love and respect him. And even though Sunday’s game against the New England…
What do you expect when you take kids who normally spend most of their time in the sleepy little mountain town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and put them in Miami for New Year’s Eve? Probably not good things. In the lead up to tonight’s Orange Bowl, eight players on the Virginia…
All season long we heard Brandon Marshall going to bat for Chad Henne during press conferences and post game interviews. No matter how shitty Henne played, Marshall insisted that the duo would be a force to be reckoned with once their chemistry got right.Well now that the season is all…
Back in October (when NBA championships are totally decided), ESPN columnist and consummate Heat Dick-Biter, Bill Simmons, wrote that the Big Three’s biggest problem will be when they hit the road, because everyone hates them and that makes them all sad: I could see the Heat running the slate [in…
It looks like Tony Sparano may hold onto his job as the Dolphins head coach after all, and, interestingly, that Bill Parcells still has some sway in the organization. Former Raiders executive Mike Lombardi reported on Inside the NFL last night that sources close to the team say Parcells has…
It may be a while before we know all the behind the scenes maneuvering that went down that lead to the Miami Heat retaining Dwyane Wade and signing LeBron James and Chris Bosh, but every once in a while a new piece of the puzzle comes into play. Following the…
This shouldn’t be much of a surprise considering the team went from a one-man show to the sports world’s favorite three-headed demon, but the Miami Heat have seen the greatest boost in ticket sales so far this season across the league. What is surprising is that the NBA as a…
Just a few years removed from working a job in finance and watching football on the couch like the rest of us, Dolphins linebacker Cameron Wake has been named a starter for the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl.In a season mired in mediocrity for the Dolphins, Wake has been one of…
Eric Laakso played his entire NFL career in South Florida, and sadly he died here on Christmas at the much too young age of 53. After playing at Tulane, Laakso was drafted by the Dolphins in ’78 and was the team’s starting right tackle from ’80 to his retirement in…
