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 –…
The Miami Heat’s very own James Jones won last night’s NBA All Star three-point contest, becoming the fourth member of the franchise to win the competition, joining Glen Rice, Jason Kapono and Daequan Cook.And to make it an even more amazing feat, he did it by beating out Boston Celtics…
LeBron James had plans to bring his acting talents to South Beach long before he made plans to bring his basketball talents here. According to a report from Variety, just days before LeBron made his fateful “decision,” he had plans to star in a movie called Ballers that would have…
Every great Hollywood sports movie where our heroes must turn themselves from chumps into champs includes the ever important montage. Or as South Park once sang it, “We’re gonna need a montage. (Montage!) A sports-training montage! (Montage!).”Indeed coming off a 7-6 season and under the guidance of a new coach…
Dave Duerson, a former superstar Safety who took four trips to the Pro Bowl and had two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, was found dead in his Miami home last night. So far, though, no cause of death have been given…
The last time Garrett Wittels swung his bat in an NCAA game, he went 3 for 5 with two RBI. It was his 56th straight game with at least one hit, two shy of Robin Ventura’s all-time college record.Wittels will be back on the diamond tonight seeking to extend his…
Conan O’Brien welcomed one of the few guests taller than him when Chris Bosh sat on his coach. Apparently, Bosh is a big thumb wrestling enthusiast, which of course led to a impromptu match between the two. Watch who wins after the jump…
For more than a week, Riptide has brought you the shady plays that have turned Krop High School into a basketball powerhouse: recruiting players, inventing addresses, changing official records, and — of course — threatening journalists.The truth is, these tactics are often a hell of a lot more effective than…
Former Florida Marlins star Miguel Cabrera, who in his rookie season helped the Fish clasp a World Series, has been charged with a DUI and resisting arrest up near his home in Port St. Lucie. It’s the latest downfall involving alcohol in the life of the gifted slugger…
As the dust settles after the disqualification — for real this time — of Krop High’s boys basketball squad, it will be reckoning time for Coach Shakey Rodriguez and the school’s administrators. In the last week, rampant rule-bending and outright cheating concerning the school’s basketball squad has been exposed, most…
Krop High’s boys basketball squad– already a district champion and a favorite to win state– has been booted from the playoffs. This time, it appears, for good. An appeals court today reversed a judge’s earlier decision to allow the team to play. Dr. Michael Krop High was barreling through the…
As if ever-mounting eligibility conflicts weren’t enough turmoil for the state’s number-one-ranked basketball squad: Miami-Dade Police have issued a warrant for Krop High star guard Angel Rodriguez’s arrest after he skipped a court date yesterday. 19-year-old Rodriguez, whose play has propelled Krop to a district championship this year, was due…
Scott Raab, the Cleveland-born Esquire writer who got himself banned from American Airlines Arena, still seems to have LeBron on his mind all the time. He sat down for an interview with comedian Chris Rock for the magazine and the subject turned to a long discussion of LeBron James’ infamous…
Miami FC, South Florida’s chronically anonymous professional soccer team, has tried everything in its quest to get fans interested. It signed the greatest player ever– ten years and a thousand mistresses past Romário’s prime. It picked up two Cuban defectors in a clear bit of pandering to the Cafe Versailles…
After turning in a few lackluster performances of late, the never-ending news cycle and knee-jerk brigade turned its attention to Dwyane Wade and his sudden and abrupt downfall as a the alpha dog on this Miami Heat team, while LeBron James took center stage as The Man With The Biggest…
With ESPN scheduling Miami’s season opener against Maryland for its sweet Labor Day night spot, it seemed the drama would be that former Hurricanes head coach Randy Shannon would be on the opposite sideline coordinating the Terrapin’s defense. Now, according to the Baltimore Sun though an agreement was almost in…
