The Miami Heat Is the Talk of the NBA

The Miami Heat’s famously hard-working culture is back in the news, which is always a good thing because it usually means the team is winning basketball games. This time, though, the rest of the NBA and much of the media seemed to be finally realizing this isn’t just a catchy…

Miami Heat Wins Sixth Straight, Moves Into First Place in Southeastern Division

The Heatles aren’t back, but Miami’s scruffy bunch of locals is playing some kind of basketball. A day after defeating the Toronto Raptors with an amazing, last-minute basket by shooting guard and long-ball wiz Wayne Ellington, the Heat beat the Indiana Pacers last night for its first win in Indianapolis since LeBron James, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade played together.

The Dolphins Should Kiss Jarvis Landry Goodbye

Since the Miami Dolphins selected wide receiver Jarvis Landry with the 63rd pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, he’s caught 400 passes for just over 4,000 yards and 22 touchdowns. To say he has been a huge part of the Dolphins offense since the moment he stepped onto the field four years ago would be an understatement.

Five Things Derek Jeter Needs to Know About Marlins Fans

If Jeter and his ownership team are going to win over a fan base they’ve alienated before pitchers and catchers report for their first season in town, they’ll need to better understand what makes Marlins fans tick. Sure, holding town-hall meetings with a couple hundred season ticketholders is a start, but to really win over fans, Jeter needs to better understand them. Here are the CliffsNotes.

The Miami Dolphins’ Season Finally Finishes After Loss to Buffalo

If your New Year’s resolution was not to waste any more of your life on the Miami Dolphins, you’re good to go until at least September. Or maybe you’re really super-interested the underrated free agents the Dolphins sign after April’s NFL Draft — um, no, it’s a lost cause. The Dolphins…

Five Things We Learned From Another Failed Miami Dolphins Season

Come Sunday night, another forgetful Miami Dolphins season will be in the books. This latest edition of Dolphins football is just the most recent in a long line of sub-.500 seasons full of broken promises, crushed hopes, wasted opportunities, and TMZ-ready drama. In short: This season was just about everything…

Five Gifts South Florida Sports Fans Want for Christmas

It’s been a tough year for fans of South Florida sports teams. From Dwyane Wade taking his talents to Cleveland, to the Marlins selling off everything of value, to the Dolphins’ season doomed from the get-go after they lost Ryan Tannehill before training camp even began, it’s been a rough 12 months. If not for the resurgent Miami Hurricanes, this year would have been a total loss.

Miami New Times‘ Ten Most-Read Sports Stories of 2017

All in all, 2017 was not a glorious sports year in South Florida. The Marlins and Panthers were awful, the Heat needed a second-half surge to go from dreadful to mediocre, and the less said about this season’s Dolphins squad the better. The only good news comes from Coral Gables,…

Clemson Destroyed a Turnover Chain in Locker Room After Embarrassing Canes

The Miami Hurricanes got their asses handed to them in Saturday night’s ACC championship game versus the Clemson Tigers. Then, after the game, the Canes caught some serious shade from the South Carolina powerhouse. Miami’s 38-3 loss somehow doesn’t really reflect just how soundly the Canes were outmatched in the biggest game of their season.

Five Reasons It’s Great to Be a Miami Hurricanes Fan

This past weekend’s disappointing loss to Pittsburgh notwithstanding, 2017 has been one helluva storybook joyride for Miami Hurricanes fans. They’ve experienced a worst-to-first swing of emotions this year. Thanks to the new world order installed by head football coach Mark Richt and defensive coordinator Manny Diaz’s ingenious turnover chain, the Canes are back on top of the college football world and the talk of sports fans everywhere.

Miami Hurricanes Turnover Chain Inspires New J. Wakefield Beer

Wynwood brewery J. Wakefield Brewing is working on rushing out its new Turnover IPA in the hopes it will be ready to hit Canes fans’ lips in time for their team’s bowl game. The beer is named for the chunky gold necklace that Canes coaches award players on the sideline after they record turnovers.

Long Live the Fight Doctor, Ferdie Pacheco

Shortly after earning a medical degree from the University of Miami in 1958, Ybor City native Fernando “Ferdie” Pacheco set up a family practice in Overtown, Miami’s historic black neighborhood. Much like it is today, the area was mired in poverty.

Huge Brawl at University of Miami-Notre Dame Game Caught on Film

Perhaps don’t name your football team after a drunk ethnic stereotype hell-bent on violence. Notre Dame’s staggeringly drunk leprechaun mascot doesn’t seem to encourage great behavior. After the University of Miami Hurricanes laid a 41-8 beatdown on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday, two drunk-looking Irish fans decided to…