Miami is, by and large, a football town. And the Miami Dolphins are king. This is why the Marlins average only 19 people per game even though they’ve won more championships than the Dolphins in the past 37 years (note: they don’t really average 19 people — more like 12)…
For a city that made a mound of cocaine a must-have desktop accessory and likes its Brittos to match its Lamborghinis, this level of glossy athletic excess is only appropriate: Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, and LeBron James, three of the best ballers in the NBA, all descending on Miami to…
Let’s put aside our excitement over a prized athlete deciding to come to Miami — to get excited about a prized athlete deciding to come to Miami! Seantrel Henderson, perhaps the top recruit in the class of 2010, has decided to attend the University of Miami, according to the New…
OK, people of Ohio, we’re sorry we took your home-state superhero. But buck up — you still lay claim to one of the best Miami-bred players in the NFL: Chad Ochocinco.Of course, Ochocinco continues to prove you can take the boy out of Miami, but you can’t take the Miami…
Hey there, LeBron, why are you riding your bicycle around Opa-Locka? What’s that, you’re lost and disoriented? Well, fold this handy primer into your pocket and South Florida will seem just like home, you’ll see! “Cleveland rocks”: “I’m in Miami Bitch” Polish: Cuban Pasty whiteness: Orange luminescence Love handles: Liposuction…
From the scathing, so-good-it-must-be-fake-but-it-really-isn’t open letter to Cleveland from Cavs owner Dan Gilbert:…
Welcome to The Greatest Event In The History of Your Life! It’s the LeBron James The Decision live-blog. Because an event this monumental must be live-blogged, even if he decides to screw the city of Miami over.Will he stay in Cleveland? Will he go to Chicago? Will he go to…
Tonight, if our swamis are correct, LeBron James will announce he is joining the Miami Heat. On national TV. Which, from the perspective of Northeast Ohioans, is the equivalent of dumping your high school sweetheart via a banner flown from a plane. And if he ends up staying in Cleveland,…
The surest way to know that the LeBron James sweepstakes has gone way past sports interest into a full-blown pop culture phenomenon: Us Weekly, which usually writes about the state of Brangelina, is claiming an exclusive. The tabloid claims James has rented out six cabanas at the W Hotel in South Beach this…
With a rentboy named Gaston. We’re currently getting interviewed by CNN, but we’ll update this story as we learn more. Click through for a larger EXCLUSIVE photo…
According to multiple NBA sources that have spoken with Newsday, LeBron James is expected to announce he will join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. ESPN’s Chris Broussard confirms the report that James will sign with Miami, barring a last-minute change of heart.LeBron is set to officially make…
Even with a major piece of the NBA free-agency puzzle being settled this morning, rumors continue to fly while others are put to rest. That one about Pat Riley reinstating himself as coach of the Heat? As far as Chris Bosh has heard, current coach Eric Spoelstra is staying put…
Dwyane Wade let Miami’s oft-tortured sports fans breathe a heavy sigh of relief this morning by re-signing with the Miami Heat and bringing Chris Bosh with him. Wade certainly stoked our abandonment complex at times, but he just put up a YouTube video thanking “the real fans that really gave me…
Do you guys know who this Jason Taylor fellow is? Sounds vaguely familiar. Apparently, he has written a short article for the Sporting News extolling the greatness of Dolphins linebacker Cameron Wake. “I think maybe five years from now, maybe one year from now,” Taylor writes, “people in Miami will…
Heat fans: Put down the gin, back away from the train tracks, and climb down from the edge of the AA Arena roof (talking to you now, Burnie).Superstar Chris Bosh will join über-superstar Dwyane Wade on the hardwood for your Miami Heat next season. So says ESPN, which is so…
University of South California coach Lane Kiffin announced today that he’s releasing highly recruited offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson from his Letter of Internet with the school. It’s still possible that after all that he could decided to play with the Trojans. Though, it’s looking more and more likely that he…
Nothing better than watching a college football recruiting saga play out. While the Canes have been on the more painful end of some recent ones (Bryce Brown and Willie Williams, to name just two), the Seantrel Williams saga looks like it might end up in Miami’s favor. There are dueling…
With Dwyane Wade set to return to Miami from Chicago this morning, the Miami Heat sent out a call via Twitter to all fans, gas stations, residences, warehouses, farmhouses, henhouses, outhouses, and doghouses in the area to meet D-Wade at Miami International Airport and show him some love. It was…
Dwyane Wade went into his meeting with the New York Knicks today and told reporters he’s in a “New York state of mind.” Shut up, Dwyane Wade. Don’t you even play with our hearts like that. For months, you’ve been telling us you’re probably staying in Miami. You know what happened to…
Dwyane Wade joined Chris Bosh for a dinner date last night in Chicago. Whenever one of our “friends” has a successful date, we want to know one thing, and this is no exception: Will it lead to getting undressed with each other… in the AAA locker room and then putting…
At least that’s what we’re reading into the angsty note the flame-themed mascot has pinned to American Airlines Arena. Click through for a larger picture…
The recruiting saga of offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson, one of the highest-rated players of the class of 2010, is still staggering along five months after national signing day. That means only bad news for the sanction-hit USC Trojans, where Henderson had signed a letter of intent, and could be shaping…
