If last night’s Miami Heat’s to-do list was:Lose to yet another quality team at homeGo ten straight possessions without scoring a basketHave their two best players combine for two points in the second halfAllow the opponent to go on a 40-9 runBlow a 24-point leadMiss another last second three-point shotLoseThen,…
Despite passing a physical with Dolphins physicians and some apparent mutual interest, it seems that Jeremy Shockey won’t be suiting up in Orange and Aqua next year. According to the AP, he’s agreed to join the Carolina Panthers, who despite the best efforts of the ‘Fins last season, actually had…
The University of Miami is going to take it’s time to hire a replacement for recently departed Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt. In the meantime, they’ve promoted Tony Hernandez to the job on an interim basis, with a permanent hire coming sometime before the start of the next football season. This…
The strange and winding relationship between the Dolphins and Jason Taylor is, like any good romantic thriller, full of betrayal, back stabbing, and reunions. Though now that Taylor has been cut from the New York Jets (should have known better, JT), it doesn’t appear there’s chance at one final reunion…
Miami, you may be trophy-less, but you’ve still got the goods.That’s the news out of this year’s NFL combine, where Hurricanes cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke ran the 40-yard dash in an absurdly fast 4.28 seconds. That’s the speediest time so far this year and the third fastest for any player…
According to several reports, the Miami Heat will sign former Kings, Hawks, and Wizards point guard Mike Bibby.The Heat had to waive a player today to make room on the roster for Bibby’s services.But no worries, Heat fans. If you still pine for a point guard who can’t make fast-break…
Pittsburgh’s pro sports teams show solidarity by donning black and yellow. South Florida’s teams apparently just passively-aggressively trash each other on Twitter. Florida Panthers CEO and President Michael Yormark attended a Heat game last night, and on Twitter he trashed Miami Heat fans and the team’s game-day experience…
The University of Miami women’s basketball team finished regular-season play last night with a 70-59 victory over Georgia Tech. That win secured the team for a first-place tie atop the ACC with Duke, a second seed in the ACC tournament, and, for the first time all season, a place in…
It’s not exactly great news when your local college baseball team beats your local professional baseball team. That’s just not how the world is supposed to work. Yet the Miami Hurricanes baseball team pulled out a surprising win against the Florida Marlins yesterday in an exhibition game. To add literal…
The Miami Heat blew a 15-point lead and lost 91-86 to the New York Knicks last night, thus making local sports talk radio even douchier than normal for at least another week.The loss continues a troubling trend of not being able to beat playoff contending teams, or even win a…
Well, it was all but official, but University of Miami’s athletics director, Kirby Hocutt, is leaving Coral Gables to take the same job at Texas Tech. Hocutt was seen as a rising star in the world of college athletics directors, and while his new job is certainly less high-profile, it…
It hasn’t been an especially good sports year for hemophiliacs of the green and orange variety, and nothing drives that point home more than the lack of Hurricane wins over Seminole teams. In true team sports, only the Volleyball team has managed to top a ‘Noles team this school year…
Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat’s bench decided to turn in the absolute worst performance ever in the history of everything in a game that will undoubtedly have playoff seeding implications down the stretch.The Heat held a 9-point lead at the half against the Chicago Bulls last night, only to…
Two big updates in two big stories about comings and going in the Miami sports world we posted this morning. It looks like Jeremy Shockey coming to the Dolphins could be in the realm of reality. Meanwhile, a reports says Kirby Hocutt is definitely leaving his post as University of…
Jeremy Shockey is no stranger to Miami. Besides living here, he helped the Miami Hurricanes win a national championship in 2001 and helped the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl in 2010 in Sun Life Stadium. Now that he’s been cut from the Saints, speculation is ramping up that…
University of Miami Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt has interviewed for the same position at Texas Tech, according to The Sun-Sentinel, and apparently the interest is mutual. Hocutt has only served in the position in Coral Gables since 2008, but he’s reigned over an uncertain era of Hurricane sports. Update: Reports…
Miller time may be coming to an end at American Airlines Arena. ESPN reported last night that as the trade deadline nears the Miami Heat are quietly shopping around Mike Miller in the hopes of landing a better center. Though, there chances of making a trade don’t look so good…
Yesterday, Riptide debunked embattled Krop High athletic director Michael Kypriss’ claim that he had never before encountered an immigration paperwork conflict of the type that recently got his boys’ basketball disqualified. Turns out, he had dealt with the same issue just last year, when the Florida High School Athletic Association…
Lately, catching Michael Krop High’s athletic administrators in deceit has been sort of like trying to spot a bad tattoo on South Beach. In both cases, it’s still worth pointing out a doozy…
Last Friday, FIU shortstop Garrett Wittels stepped up to bat with a near record 56-game hitting streak on the line against Southeastern Louisiana. He whiffed, ending the game 0-4.It was a painful choking act for the 6’2″ junior, who waited an entire off-season only to blow it in his first…
Dave Duerson, the former star Chicago Bears safety who killed himself on Thursday at his home in Sunny Isles Beach, was hemorrhaging millions in his final years, according to bankruptcy documents he filed last September. And in December, his ex-wife claimed in a lawsuit that he had concealed assets. Among…
It would seem, at first glance, that the people who decide who should be the All Star MVP were being sarcastic when they awarded it to Kobe Bryant instead of LeBron James last night. Mainly because James recorded himself a triple-double with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists –…
