This week, the Miami Dolphins travel to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to face the Packers. Wisconsin, the state that gave us cheese, and Vince Lombardi, and cheese! Want to go to a place that makes Minnesota look exotic? Want to visit a place where the highlight of your trip is visiting…
The Miami Dolphins are the 21st most popular NFL team this year, or if you want to be more negative about it they’re the 12th least popular. That’s the lowest point the Dolphins have ever found themselves in the ratings since Harris Interactive began keeping track of such things in…
Yesterday we linked to a report by the Miami Herald’s Armando Salguero saying that rapper Birdman was awaiting approval from the NFL to become the latest celeb minority owner of the Miami Dolphins. Then Salguero did some followup with the league and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. Turns out Birdman might…
If you’re the Mayor of Miami-Dade County and you’re facing a well-funded recall effort, how do you drum up some good will? With all eyes on the Miami Heat, writing an open love letter to the 305 dream team for ESPN.com isn’t a bad idea. That’s what Carlos Alvarez has…
The Miami Dolphins are in the midst of a two-game losing streak. They just fired their special teams coach after they single-handedly lost the game against the New England Patriots. The starting quarterback position is in doubt. Their football czar is about to walk away, leaving a lot of questions…
It’s still hard for Riptide to talk about, but Saturday’s dismantling of the Miami Hurricanes by the Florida State Seminoles was one of the most demoralizing things we’ve ever had to watch. Before that the ‘Canes were sitting as the highest ranked team in Florida and a universal favorite to…
The ’72 Miami Dolphins will get to hold on to their records as the last NFL team to have a perfect season for another year. It’s only week 5, but already every team has suffered the agony of defeat. With the Kansas City Chiefs 19-9 to the Colts, Mercury Morris,…
So much for #1 in Florida. First the Seminoles stomped the U on Saturday. Now it seems even out-of-state teams are taking over the Hurricanes’ home turf.Barely a mile from the University of Miami campus, Palmer Park is smack-dab in the heart of ‘Cane country. But college students working off…
Few rivalries in all of sports are as heated and historic as that between the Miami Hurricanes and Florida State Seminoles, and it’s safe to say that if you don’t know what’s happening this weekend there’s little hope you’ll care. It’s the biggest friggin’ night in athletics in the Sunshine…
Friday night is a snooze-fest for college football. So instead of nuking a bowl of nachos and watching Oklahoma State vs. LA-Lafayette, get off your fat ass and check-out the best high school football game you will ever see.Miami Central and Northwestern, two of the top teams in the state,…
There’s a lot being said this week about the Miami Dolphins quarterback situation. Mainly, is this it for Chad Henne? This comes largely thanks to a three-interception performance by Henne during Monday’s gash-fest against the New England Patriots. On Tuesday, ESPN analyst Chris Mortensen reported that Henne was going to…
ESPN loves 3D, and despite the fact the technology is only available in a small number of American households they’ve launched the country’s first 3D cable network this summer with ESPN 3D. They also seems to have a love hate relationship with two certain Miami sports teams, so it only…
John W. Henry, the geeky hedge fund manager and egomaniac who owned the Florida Marlins for three years, has just bought the sixth biggest soccer team in the entire world: Liverpool Football Club.Around England, the news comes as a shock and a relief. Valued at $822 million dollars but saddled…
The dream of having LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the same court finally became a reality last night! For about three minutes. But still. D-Wade had to sit out most of the Heat’s pre-season debut against the Detroit Pistons when he strained his right hamstring three and…
Whether or not you actually knew the name of the Dolphins special teams coach John Bonamego before last night’s bumbling loss to the Patriots, by the end of it you knew you wanted him fired. It might not be the same as erasing the soul crushing failures of last night’s…
When we first heard of the mystical being that is the Tampa Bay Ray’s DJ Kitty we gave maybe a little too much praise to the team’s marketing department. Turns out that the in-stadium video of a DJing cat that went viral was actually the idea of the team’s players…
Jilted Cleveland fans have tried pretty much everything to deal with their emotions: burning jerseys in effigy, singing angry ballads in comedy clubs, even penning delusional rants in Comic Sans. But now someone has gone too far.Meet MrsLeBronWade.com, a site built on the premise that D-Wade and LBJ tied the knot earlier…
On a night where the Miami Dolphins were supposed to make a statement, get things back on track, and show the rest of the NFL watching world that they had arrived as a force to be reckoned with, they were instead beaten senselessly in a 41-14 shellacking at the hands…
Dwyane Wade’s heated divorce battle with ex-wife Siohvaughn may have come to an end earlier this year, but the two continue to battle it out in an equally contentious custody battle. Today Wade’s lawyer filed a motion in a Chicago court demanding that Siohvaughn go under a psychiatric evaluation, claiming…
Just in case you thought the hype surrounding the Miami Heat’s recent free agent acquisitions might simmer down a little once games start: ESPN has hired the “world’s greatest living authority on LeBron James” — Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Brian Windhorst — to join a staff devoted to writing only…
Last week, it was against the Jets on Sunday Night Football. Tonight, it’s the Patriots on Monday Night Football. That’s two straight weeks the Dolphins face an AFC East rival in the national spotlight. Also, it’s two straight weeks they face a team with an insufferable fanbase. So tonight is…
Normally, thanks to their semi-ridiculous effort to enlist B-listers as co-owners the Miami Dolphins have the biggest star power in their rooting section. That’s not true when the New England Patriots come to town and Tom Brady brings his wifey Gisele Bündchen. The Brazilian supermodel arrived in town this weekend,…
