As the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Miami Hurricanes prepare to renew one of the most heated, most riveting rivalries in college football at the Sun Bowl on December 31, we’ve compiled a time-line on the teams’ previous meetings during the ’80s via passages from Jeff Carroll’s book “Perfect Rivals:…
Urban Meyer’s resignation couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Miami Hurricanes. While it’s all just chitter chatter at the moment, it makes total sense that UF would be interested in Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen. Which is bad news for Miami AD Kirby Hocutt, who reportedly possibly…
Yet another of Florida’s “big three” college football teams will be coach-less as Urban Meyer is expected to his announce his resignation as coach at the University of Florida at a press conference later this afternoon. From a statement Meyer has already released it seems that the decision is linked…
The Miami Hurricanes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish will meet for the first time in two decades in this year’s Sun Bowl in a renewal of one of college football’s most intense historic rivalries.Of course, a lot of things have changed in those two decades, and both teams finished with…
Alex Rodriguez may play ball in New York, but it’s well known he swings his other bat down here in his childhood home of Miami. This leads to a number of unsettling rumors about his latest jump offs fluttering through town, but his latest alleged hook up literally just makes…
LeBron James probably thought he had gotten the worst of it from still-seething Cleveland fans when he returned to town for the Heat’s 118-90 demolition of the Cavaliers. He thought wrong. As fate or, well, the NFL schedule would have it, Sunday’s game at Sun Life Stadium between the Browns…
While the Hurricanes are still in the midst of finding their next head coach, the quality recruiting class former coach Randy Shannon had begun to put together is falling apart. Miami Northwestern QB Tedd Bridgewater, rated the second best dual threat quarterback in the country by Rivals.com, has reversed his…
How much does the media outside Miami absolutely hate the Miami Heat? So much that they’re raining on the parade of an 8-year-old boy who got to meet the players as part of a special birthday present. In fact, they’re completely ignoring facts to paint this kid as a front-running…
The Miami Dolphins fell to the Cleveland Browns 13-10 on Sunday in a game that was probably the worst-case scenario for making an argument that American football is exciting.While both teams’ offenses did their darndest to lull you into unconsciousness, there was a palpable feeling during the game that the…
Win the division? Check. Knock-off Northwestern? Check.There’s not much left between Miami Central High School and its first-ever state football title. The Rockets trounced their arch-rivals last week to earn a spot in the quarterfinals tonight against South Dade. Central is favored to win, but you wouldn’t know it talking…
Cleveland fans booed mercilessly. They held up signs that read “Quitness” and “Liar Baby Jerk.” ESPN’s Bill Simmons said LeBron James and the Heat just wouldn’t be ready for the heavy doses of venom they would receive from the Cavaliers fans. It was going to be an ugly, raucous atmosphere…
The Miami Heat travels to Cleveland tonight for LeBron James’s first appearance at the Q as a member of the visiting squad. As if the story line didn’t already make for one of the most dramatic and emotional regular-season matchups in NBA history, Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has added fuel…
This might be the first you’ve heard of it, but apparently LeBron James used to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers. And over the summer, after his seven-year contract with the Cavaliers expired, he decided to go play for the Miami Heat with his good friends Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.The…
Breaking news: Nothing happened in a meeting between University of Miami Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt and ESPN Monday Night Football analysts Jon Gruden this morning.The Miami Herald is reporting that The U will not be making any head coaching announcements today, even though ESPN and twitter and SI.com and that…
Douche respects douche. So it’s really no surprise that Donald Trump, of all people, really wants the University of Miami to hire Mike Leach, of all coaches. The Donald, or perhaps some sentient being living deep in the recesses of his hair, ripped out a page from The Palm Beach…
Hurricanes fans are caught up in the midst of Gruden-mania right now (AD Kirby Hocutt is reportedly set to meet with Jon Gruden today in Tampa), but the other side of the puzzle resulting from Miami’s newly vacant head coaching position is where former coach Randy Shannon will land. Well,…
The Sun-Sentinel was one of the first to report that former Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden may be the man to take the newly opened job with the University of Miami Hurricanes, which, as our Broward brothers in blogdom pointed out, seemed slightly embarrassing as Gruden quickly issued a statement that…
We still have mixed emotions over the firing of Randy Shannon, but it’s time to move on and start wildly speculating on who will be the next coach of the Miami Hurricanes. Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt has hired a firm to assist in the quest, and reportedly the ‘Canes will…
The Florida Marlins and veteran right-handed pitching legend Javier Vazquez have agreed to a one-year deal worth about $7 million, according to Bleacher Report and many others. But is a former pitching threat-turned-New York Yankees bench warmer enough for the Marlins to win the pennant? Or even a few more…
Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra’s days be numbered. Fans and sports commentators are already eager to see him gone and the Miami Heat players themselves may be about to join that bandwagon. ESPN reports that the players are growing increasingly frustrated with Spoelstra…
Northwestern’s suffering is now over. And the executioner? Cross-town rival Miami Central.The Bulls, whose season has been plagued by off-the-field problems and an on-the-field brawl, were put out of their misery by Central on Friday night. The Rockets ran, threw, and sacked their way to a third consecutive victory over…
In a lot of ways Randy Shannon was a dream coach for the Miami Hurricanes: a native of the city, a graduate of the program, a great recruiter, and a dedicated leader who kept his players on the right track off the field. At the end of the day the…
