Sure, most of us are paying attention to what’s going on in an existing soccer stadium an entire continent away as of this writing, but the future of a brand new soccer stadium right here in Miami is still very much a floating issue. Yesterday, County Commissioner Xavier L. Suarez…
The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, is the site for tonight’s 2014 NBA Draft, also known as the “Hey, LeBron, look what I can do!” show. A normal NBA Draft already has lots of moving parts — more than any other professional sport — but with the added pressure…
Miami’s hottest club is Weight Room. Located in an old athletics building in Coral Gables, champagne enthusiast promoter Almand de Brignac Brut Golden has pulled out all the stops. This place has everything. The shouting ghost of Michael Irving, Slutty Bibises, there are birds that fly both ways, and human…
The Marlins aren’t used to winning much, but one of their youngest fans may have won the Internet today. The young tyke was at a game when the in-stadium cameras panned over to him and put him on the Jumbotron. The kid promptly noticed and, well, went wild. Yes, he…
The news broke yesterday and brought with it a tsunami of speculation and sizzling hot takes: LeBron James was opting out of the remainder of his Miami Heat contract. What will his next move be? LeBron is available to every team in the league come July 1, and every NBA…
LeBron is entering free agency, according to numerous reports. He’s exercising his player’s option to escape the remaining year on his Miami contract. But before you totally freak out and set your number 6 jersey on fire, take a deep breath. It’s entirely possible — though far from certain, of…
Eric Corey is Miami’s biggest soccer fan. Sure, he’s a local leader of the American Outlaws, a group of U.S. Soccer superfans, but his real credentials lie in the unfortunate fact that he got so excited when the Americans gave up a late tying goal in yesterday’s game against Portugal…
When you root for a superstar team, your fandom is put under the microscope. For four straight years now Miami Heat fans have been picked over and criticized more than anyone who’s just rooting for a sports team should. Well, in its latest stunt, ESPN sent out a reporter to…
With Museum Park out of the equation, the future location of David Beckham’s soccer stadium is up in the air. Well, Rep. Joe Garcia has a great idea. He sent a letter to the Beckham team and other local officials this week bringing up the idea of building a stadium…
Here we go again. Welcome to Lebronapalooza 2014! LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh all have until June 29th to decide whether or not they will trigger the opt-in years in their contracts, and give this Big Three thing another go at it, and Heat Nation anxiously awaits their…
Well, Miami will soon be back in the running to host the Super Bowl, and next time they do the Miami Dolphins will get a big fat bonus from Miami-Dade County. The county commission approved a deal today that would see the county paying up to $5 million a year…
Like any standout who plays for her high school basketball team, Jaden Newman is receiving attention from college programs. The catch: Newman is just 9 years old, but that hasn’t stopped the University of Miami women’s basketball team from trying to recruit her. Newman made headlines earlier this year when…
And so it begins. Chris “Birdman” Andersen won’t exercise his player’s option next season and will enter free agency instead. That’s according to a Yahoo! Sports story anyway. Granted, win or lose, some roster changes were to be expected, but after last night’s humiliation, the future of the Heat sure…
Not to remind you too much of last night, but if Miami is going to win a major sports championship in the calendar year of 2014, our only hope remains — gulp — the Marlins. Oddly, a recent scientific survey by political polling firm Public Policy Polling reveals that a…
The Miami Heat’s mantra heading into game five versus San Antonio was “Why not us?” But by the time the horn mercifully sounded on their third straight series-ending blowout loss, all they could say was, “Oh, that’s why.” The Heat’s 24-month reign as champions of the basketball world came crashing…
Miami has earned a bit of an undeserved reputation as a town with a lot of bandwagon sports fans. Though, you can’t say that about the Marlins. According to a study by researchers from Emory University, the Miami Marlins have the third least bandwagon-y fans in Major League Baseball. They’re…
During the Heat’s 107-86 loss to San Antonio last night, my TV kept cutting out. I thought it might be the storms in the area; then I realized it was ABC hitting the dump button every time a fan cursed. It happened a lot. I’m surprised it didn’t happen more…
Unless you’ve been hiding from federales on an island of swamp grass floating deep within the Everglades for the past six months, you’re well aware that the World Cup starts this this afternoon. You should also know that pleading ignorance of the international tournament just won’t cut it in modern…
The Miami Heat won’t let us, your dutiful local alt-weekly, anywhere near the team (to the point they wouldn’t even let us interview a super-fan in a banana costume one time), but apparently they let just about anyone else with a press badge into post-game press conferences during the Finals…
While one proposed stadium was dealt a death blow yesterday, another stadium moved one step closer a new deal with the county. The Miami Dolphins and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez reportedly signed an agreement yesterday that would see the county pay the team money for bringing marquee events to Miami…
Julia Dale sang the National Anthem, the crowd chanted “Seven Nation Army,” and fire shot into the sky as the players were introduced to ear-piercing applause. Everything was going according to plan, the NBA Finals were back in Miami, and the Heat’s home was hype with excitement. Then the San…
Bienvenidos a Miami, San Antonio Spurs. You got a lot of splainin’ to do. You see, the rest of America may buy your convenient “Oh, the A/C just happened to break right at tip-off of game one of the NBA Finals, so weird, whoops!” but not us in the Magic…
