A freak accident at Sun Life Stadium Sunday has put the Chicago Cubs’ rookie outfielder Tyler Colvin in the hospital with a season-ending injury. Colvin was on third base during the second inning when teammate Wellington Castro’s maple bat broke and sent a large shard into Colvin’s chest. Yeah, and…
For this year’s training camp the Miami Heat have gone way up North in Florida to the real South, and will be holding court at the Hurlburt Field and Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach in the Panhandle. Yes Pat Riley and crew are keeping the on-court development…
Our beleaguered Florida Marlins have tried all sorts of game day gimmicks to drum up local support. They were the first MLB team to have cheerleaders, and have tried everything from pint-sized mini-mascots to a dance squads made up entirely of obese men. What they have not tried is shooting…
It appears that the Miami Dolphins have lost first-round pick Jared Odrick for a month, maybe more. Odrick, the Dolphins’ rookie staring defensive end, suffered a hairline fracture in his right fibula during last Sunday’s game against Buffalo. The Dolphins won’t discuss the outcome of an MRI taken earlier today,…
Former Miami Heat star Shaquille O’Neal has been hit with an explosive lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade court alleging that the hard court legend planted child pornography in an attempt to frame a former employee, and hacked into various personal accounts of the employee and a former mistress. We’ve been following…
It’s pretty clear that everyone else in the nation hates LeBron James and the Miami Heat, but now we have cold, hard numbers to back it up. The Q Score company gauges the favor-ability rankings of various athletes, and after reaching a peak high of popularity last year, James is…
The Miami Heat’s dance squad is the best in the NBA, and for many dancers getting to take to the hardwood at American Airline Arena is a dream come true. Sadly, Nancy G. Lopez-Ruiz will never get to make that debut. The 22-year-old had recently signed to the squad, but…
The Miami Dolphins offense lurched their way through yesterday’s season-opener against the Buffalo Bills, managing to score only one touchdown and two field goals in their 15-10 victory. But the Dolphins defense stepped up large with three sacks while holding the Bills’ offense to 189-total yards. In other words, thank…
From the depths of despair to the pinnacle of victory, this season’s roller coaster ride keeps on going for the Miami Central Rockets.After last weekend’s soul crushing defeat to Georgia state champs Camden County, the Rockets responded with a 48-6 annihilation of 3A Dallas Madison on Saturday. The rout meant…
It might take a crack squad of psychoanalysis to properly dissect all the emotions Canes Nation has been going through leading up to Tomorrow’s game against Ohio State. To put it simply though, a win in this game would feel better and be more monumental than almost any other win…
Are you ready for our completely meaningless and arbitrary predictions for the upcoming Dolphins season? Well this is it. The Riptide 2.0 Miami Dolphins 2010 Football Season Preview. Are you ready to get your ass blown off with some seriously capricious and utterly subjective prognosticating? Then let’s do this!…
The last time Riptide had the footballs to run a preview of a Miami Central game, the Rockets lost on the last play of the game to a burly Camden County team that — by the looks of it that night — snorted Smokey and the Bandit’s ashes just before…
We were just mentioning that the University of Miami football players have kept their arrest records clean, but we’ve just been alerted that there’s an all points bulletin put out by the fashion police out for the arrest of ‘Canes star QB Jacory Harris for graves crimes against style. The…
The University of Miami football players have cleaned up their act in a big way, but every once in a while another of the school’s sports’ athletes keep the “Thug U” image alive. Last night, 19-year-old Frankie Ratcliff, a freshman on the school’s storied baseball program was arrested for trying to…
What’s Dwyane Wade’s kryptonite? Other than the occasional New Times feature, of course.Dwight Howard and Shaquille O’Neal, two seven-foot hulks with firm Floridian ties, have, in recent years, been involved in a weird war of words (mostly Shaq’s) concerning who has rightful claim to the nickname Superman. This is the…
It’s not quite “retirement” number four for the Big Tuna, but Bill Parcells took one step out the door of the Miami Dolphins’ front office today. The team announced that the now-former VP of football will step down to a consultant position, while general manager Jeff Ireland will take total…
The Florida Panthers, a professional team that plays a sport known as hockey, could make history this season! If they miss the playoffs, they’ll have the record for most consecutive seasons in the NHL to miss the playoffs. Ten in a row, baby!Yeah, the Panthers don’t have much proud history,…
Given Virginia Tech’s failure against Boise State last night, we guess it’s up to the Hurricanes to defend the honor of the ACC against a Top 5 opponent next week at Ohio State. We’ll probably go through the rest of the week with nervous optimism, but it’s nice to see…
It was a funny, inspired idea on the part of a few forward-thinking Clevelanders: Ship pallets of Cavaliers’ LeBron James jerseys — those that weren’t in flames — to Miami to give to the local homeless. But nothing is simple in the summer of LeBron…
The ancient Greeks dubbed it hubristic downfall. In Kingsland, Georgia, its simply called humble pie.Whatever the name, the Miami Central Rockets were served a full plate on Friday night in a last-gasp, 45-42 loss to Georgia state champs Camden County. The Wildcats won on a 28-yard field goal as time…
Well jeez, we literally just got done defending the honor of “The U,” when this popped up in our inbox.Last time the Miami Hurricanes pulled off a shut out it resulted in an on-the-field brawl with cross town opponents FIU. Well, apparently during last night’s blow out of FAMU there…
The USC Trojans are currently under harsh sanctions (much to the ‘Canes benefit), and ironically Butch Davis, who once was charged with picking up the pieces of Miami’s sanction shattered program, is now feeling the fall out of an NCAA investigation at UNC. Sports oddsmakers are already wondering which program…
