Well, The Hurricanes’ Tournament Hopes Have Been Crushed

Virginia Tech savaged your Miami Hurricanes Basketballing squad 65-47 in the first round of the ACC tournament. Which means their NCAA tourny hopes are dead. The ‘Canes started the season regularly ranked in the top 25, but slipped off the rankings with in the first month and never really recovered…

Desperate soccer team threatens suicide unless Miamians buy tickets

There’s something definitely extortive about the latest press release from Miami FC, the under-attended and gravely endangered second-tier pro soccer team that allegedly plays at Tropical Park Stadium. The club is under the gun from the Brazilian company that owns it- which, like the sad sap who owns the Panthers, is…

Thanks For Ruining the World Baseball Classic, Netherlands

Here’s something you don’t know: In the Netherlands, professional baseball is called Honkbal Hoofdklasse. Something else you don’t know? A single player on the Netherland’s World Baseball Classic team, which shocked the honkbal world by somehow taking down a powerhouse, all-star Domincan Republic club in the 11th inning last night…

Even After A Beating, Bulls Fans Still Want Some Wade

There are a lot of Bulls fans out there who salivate at the idea of Dwyane Wade in their red, white, and black jersey. To them, signing Wade is a right, considering the guy was born in Chicago and idolized Michael Jordan as a kid (then again, who didn’t?). Even…

In Surfside, tennis is the people’s sport

Like its sister past-times of golf, polo, and hedge fund fraud, tennis has always been rank with the stink of exclusivity. But while it is usually played by guys named Nigel who tie their sweaters around their chests, once you take it out of the country club, tennis can be…

Shaq Wants To Be Touched

Who needs a Gawker Stalker like celebrity sighting maps, when stars with Twitters are openly encouraging stalking. Unfortunately your 30 minutes were up 30 minutes ago. [via Shaq’s Twitter.]…

Shaq Returns, Has Not Yet Twittered from Miami

So far, it has to have been a strange week for Shaq. Perhaps not as weird as the first week shooting Shazam, but strange nonetheless. Scheduling has forced the man to do an impromptu tour of his former teams. On Saturday, Shaq and the Suns beat Kobe and the Lakers…

Hurricanes Baseball: Shut down and shut out by URI

Maybe it was a natural let-down after thoroughly dominating the 12th ranked Florida Gators over the weekend. Perhaps it was the fact that Qdoba provided the pre-game meal, which can’t possibly be good per-game chow. Or maybe URI pitcher Eric Smith is just that great. Whatever the reason, the Rhode Island…

Miami’s MLS Bid Is Dead, Blame It On Beckham

The only elongated yelp wannabe soccer announcers in Miami will be proclaiming anytime soon is, “Nooooooooooooooooooo!” As in no “gooooooooool!”  Major League Soccer, FC Barcelona, and Marcelo Claure jointly announced today that a plan to bring an expansion team to Miami has ended “due to adverse market conditions.” In the…

UM Baseball: The Wulfman Cometh

It was supposed to be Chris Hernandez’s night. When the preseason All-American took the mound Friday before a sold-out crowd in newly renovated Mark Light Stadium, fans were ready for him to nail the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.After all, the sophomore lefty was a perfect 11-0 last season. But Hernandez was…

Dwyane Takes Siohvaughn to Court for Libel

It appears the divorce of Dwyane Wade and his wonderfully named wife Siohvaughn is going to be one of the ugliest high-profile sports star divorces in recent memory. Siohvaughn’s lawyers fired the first shot by claiming Wade gave her an unnamed STD. Then came some rumors that Siohvaughn went ballistic…

What’s The Deal With Bryce Brown?

About a year ago Bryce Brown as a promising, young high school running back orally committed to the University of Miami footballing concern. Makes sense, considering his older brother Arthur is also a Cane, but then Brown found him self the top rated recruit in the entire US of A,…

Canes Need a Winning Streak, Starting with FSU

After a series of heartbreaking overtime losses, the Canes have fallen to 4-7 in ACC play and desperately need to rack up a few more conference wins to keep those NCAA tourney hopes alive. The good news for UM is that the remaining ACC teams left to play are more…

UM Sees Not Even the Slightest Bit of Shame in A-Rod’s Game

University of Miami is clearly not embarrassed about naming its baseball stadium after an admitted steroid user. So much so that Alex Rodriguez is front and center on UM’s homepage. The media, admittedly, is being overly hard on Rodriguez, considering more than 100 other players tested positive at the same…

Heat Trade Marion for Another O’Neal

In 2008 Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks was traded from the Suns to the Heat for Shaquielle O’Neal, barely a year latter the Heat are trading him out again for another O’Neal, according to AP. Jermaine O’Neal that is, along with his Toronto Raptors teammate Jamario Moon. Marion, a four…