We’re barely a month into 2009 and here’s a completely incomplete list of high-profile companies that have or will be slashing local jobs: Macy’s, Circuit City, the Miami Herald, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami City Ballet, and American Airlines. The South Florida Business Journal reports Miami Jai-Alai might soon join…
Larry Coker got fired from his gig as University of Miami’s football coach after a six-loss season, and left the school with a respectable winning percentage of .800 and a national championship. Shortly thereafter, he lost out on a coaching job at Rice and has held some analyst gig at…
Up until last night, the ’09 edition of the University of Miami basketball team had been acting more like a UM football squad circa the 1990s, in all its cocaine-fueled, felonious glory. Except without all the victories. Best of both worlds, really. The school tossed point guard Eddie Rios off the team last month…
University of Miami used to have this wonderful, magical football program that everyone feared. Then sometime a few years ago everyone got tired of being wonderful and magical and stopped winning games, and they’ve officially been having “a rebuilding year” every single year since. Today is the first official day…
All the naysayers (me included, often) think the Dolphins’ roller coaster 2008 season ought to come with a few caveats: “Yeah, yeah, but Tom Brady was out the entire season… Sure, but the Jets had that old guy… Well, the wildcat won’t be as effective next year… Whatever, you had…
A few miles north of Miami, on the swampy edges of Lake Okeechobee, there are a couple of impoverished little towns called Pahokee and Belle Glade where they churn out gasp-inducing football talent like a cash crop. Without much else to do, the kids chase and skin rabbits and play pigskin in the…
The thought in the back of my mind last night while watching the game was “Hmmm, how do I recap this for Riptide tomorrow with some sort of Miami Dolphins peg.” Something of a challenge, considering the Dolphins weren’t playing, if you weren’t aware.When the Cardinals went scoreless for the…
Here’s everything interesting we know for sure about the Dwyane Wade divorce situation: His soon-to-be ex Siohvaughn claims Wade gave her some sort of STD. Everything else is just hearsay, but my old pals at Deadspin have the ultimate hearsay. Now, before irresponsibly spreading this, it should be noted it…
Randy Shannon has been in Catholic nun mode trying to steer his football players clear of the rich thug history of the UM football program, but we’re guessing after yesterday’s shenanigans, Frank Haith may want to borrow Shannon’s habit and ruler to slap the knuckles of his basketball team. Suspended…
We always thought Dwyane Wade’s latest signature shoe, the Wade 4 by Converse, is kind of ugly. So we can’t really blame him for never wearing them on court, but that’s a bit controversial. When basketball players sign these ridiculously lucrative sneaker deals, they are expected to actually wear the…
According to the News-Press, University of Miami will at 1 p.m. officially announce Mark Whipple as their new offensive coordinator. Whipple was previously with the Philadelphia Eagles. I’d be a lot more excited about this if the Eagles didn’t just get beatwn by the friggin’ Cardinals, of all teams, but I’m sure that’s…
So, Tampa residents succeeded in running the Lingerie Bowl out of town because it was too risque for their, apparently, puritanical town. Then the Sporting Spectacle found refuge at a nudist resort in Pasco County, but in a weird twist, the nudists are a little too wild for the Lingerie…
Alonzo Mourning, one of the Heat’s most celebrated franchise players, announced his retirement today, rather than attempt a comeback after a devastating leg injury in 2007. “I truly feel it’s best that I retire,” Mourning said at a news conference. “When you’ve got something you love and you’re passionate about,…
You might remember Wayne Huizenga’s pre-election whining about how he wanted to sell of his remaining stake in the Miami Dolphins before our new socialist dictator can personally tax the hell out of him. “He wants to double the capital gains tax, or almost double it. I’d rather give it…
Why did the Miami Herald let Joan Fleischman take a buyout and retire when she is the only person at that paper who continually brings it? And by bring it, I mean bring the most important celebrity STD stories to the Ayem Papyrus. This weekend she dug into the divorce…
There really is something in the water lately that makes our pro sports teams stop being such gawd-awful municipal embarrassments. Last year, the Heat had its worse season since its inaugural year, which didn’t help to ease the pain we were experiencing after the Fins’ 1-15 season. Things have turned…
Well, those prudes in Tampa got their way, and the Lingerie Bowl won’t be tainting their apparently pure city. Instead a nudist resort in Pasco County stepped in and saved the day. The joint is appropriately called the Caliente Clothing Optional Resort, which should fair well for the Miami Caliente…
Today the group pushing for an MLS team in Atlanta announced it’s dropping out of the running. That leaves five cities to compete for two new franchises that will begin play in 2011. Atlanta was never seen as a strong contender, and Montreal withdrew its bid in November. Meanwhile, Miami…
For years the University of Miami has been a football and (to a lesser degree) baseball school. That’s just how it is. The programs have nine national titles between them, and all of the school’s other sports struggle for attention. Baseball remains strong (they were ranked #1 before heading into…
We understand the disgust some folks might feel when they’re introduced to the idea of lingerie football. It’s always something like “blah blah blah exploitation, vulgar, sexist blah blah blah.” But this is America, and if pretty, young ladies want to be exploited or whatever by making money to play…
There are some things you never thought would happen. Like the University of Miami basketball team being more respected than the football team. After last year’s stunning season, the Canes are again bringing it, and Saturday they pulled off a major upset against #17 BC, putting UM on a five-game winning…
There’s really no better honor in life than landing the cover of New Times, as local skateboard legend Robby Weir did two and a half years ago, but we suppose in his line of work, being inducted into the Florida Skateboarding Hall of Fame comes in a pretty close second. Weir…
