Miami’s rainmakers are stopping at nothing to keep Dwyane Wade in town. In May, the Miami Heat and a slew of corporate sponsors launched an online campaign — wewantwade.com — to convince the NBA MVP from fleeing to another team when he becomes a free agent in July. The website…
Newton’s universal law of gravity tells us that all motion is comprehensible and predictable, that it guides planets and asteroids and keeps billions of stars in orbit within the Milky Way. But the Brazilian national team, along with its magical style of play, apparently thinks Newton’s universal law of gravitation…
Last week, the Florida Marlins announced plans to install saltwater aquariums behind home plate in their under-construction stadium in Miami. Well, PETA, an organization that now seemingly exists only to release stupid press releases and dumb letters about animal things (seriously, what the hell is this?), wrote an inane letter asking the Marlins to…
Some would say the ultimate result of Saturday’s highly anticipated match between the U.S. and England was disappointing. The pre-game anticipation certainly didn’t help. It was six months of USA versus England! The Statue of Liberty versus Big Ben! Starbucks versus tea! James Bond versus Jason Bourne! Ronald Reagan versus…
On observers’ scratch sheets, Pat Curran should have lost. But when it comes to 15-minute cage fights, paper wisdom isn’t exactly a script. Sometimes the underdog wins. Sometimes he chops down old idols like dead trees. Sometimes he rewrites the ending in blood. That was the story when Curran knocked…
Looking for something or someone to root in the World Cup, which started today. You don’t have to look to far north to pledge your allegiance to Jozy Altidore, the 20-year old U.S. National team forward of Haitian descent who grew up in Boca Raton. Altidore won the race to…
Your Florida Marlins just finished their series with the Philadelphia Phillies last night. The series was highlighted by the much-anticipated call up and debut of Marlins phenom prospect Mike Stanton. And the kid did not disappoint. Wish the same could be said for the bullpen, which, once again, crapped all…
On the cusp of the South Africa World Cup starting, supporters of the bid to get the event back to the USA and in Miami for the first time ever are asking for Miamian help in a 100k TODAY campaign. The Miami Sports Commission is looking for individuals to fill…
Good pitching always beats good hitting. So goes the old baseball adage, and in the case of the dueling debuts of Florida Marlins outfielder Mike Stanton and Washington Nationals’ pitcher Stephen Strasburg–two of the most important prospects in recent years — it seems to be true again. As bad luck…
The ball gets rolling at 2010 World Cup later this week in South Africa, and South Floridians are pumped. They should be. Never mind that Miami didn’t get a World Cup game when the tournament was held in the U.S. in 1994, or that we might not get one the…
Your Florida Marlins finished a four-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers last night. After a tough battle with the Phillies last weekend, including having a perfect game thrown against them (where was Jim Joyce then?!?) the Fish went all Samuel L. Jackson on the Brewers. Not sure what that means,…
“Sammie Sucks. Sammie Sucks,” chants are long since gone from Miami Dolphin home games, as is the unfortunate and short-lived pro football career of former running back Sammie Smith. But things finally seem to be turning around for one of the most hated Dolphins of all time. After finishing up…
Every thing seems to be going Dwyane Wade’s way in court (judicial, not basketball) lately. First he settled a series of lawsuits with a former business partner, and now he has been awarded temporary sole custody of his two sons in his increasingly ugly divorce with wife Siohvaughn Wade.The ruling…
For a guy who makes $88,114.75 every two weeks during the baseball season, Marlins reliever Renyel Pinto sure has a lot of trouble paying his bills. Cooper City’s aptly-named Major League Jewelers has filed suit against the Venezuelan pitcher, claiming that he failed to pay an 18-month-old $230,500 bling bill…
The Miami Dolphins seem hypocritically concerned with whether prospective player’s mothers were ever prostitutes, but seem to not be too concerned that one of their current players stands accused of brutally hitting his pregnant girlfriend. This has lead one Fox Sports columnist to label the Fins “home to NFL bad…
He’s making a list. He’s checking it twice. Gonna find out who’s worth the price. Dwyane Wade is (probably) staying in town.He see’s you when you’re dunking. He knows what shots you make. He knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for Dwyane’s second championship ring’s sake…
A Miami native nicknamed “The Grinder” won the biggest trophy in professional poker early this morning, outlasting a Russian pro in a marathon 14-hour battle at the Poker Player’s Championship at the World Series of Poker. Michael Mizrachi, a 29-year-old from North Miami Beach, finished off Vladimir Schmelev just before…
Miami Heat demigod Dwyane Wade’s life got a bit simpler today when he settled a series of lawsuits with former business partners. The dollar amount of the settlement to the suits, which stem from a thwarted chain of restaurants and a charter school bearing his name, is confidential. Wade, who…
You never know what’s going to happen on South Florida’s roadways. Earlier today, Dolphins’ wide receiver Davone Bess was driving while doing a phone interview with Jorge Sedano on 790 the Ticket when he saw a truck flip three times and had to put the station on hold to do…
Inside Grove Liquors on SW 32nd Avenue at South Dixie Highway, two leggy, long-haired brunettes in yellow Colombian national soccer team jerseys walk in front of a mound of curly blond hair that is universally familiar to the avid fútbol fan.Carlos “El Pibe” Valderrama signs autographs as the young ladies…
While his ex-fiance Evelyn Lozada is living it up on the hit show Basketball Wives, former Heat star Antoine Walker has filed for bankruptcy. The forward helped the Heat secure their 2006 NBA championship, but his professional life has faltered ever since.The bankruptcy was filed last week in the Southern…
One day after Phillip Merling’s arrest for allegedly punching a pregnant woman, the Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating why the Dolphins’ defensive end received special treatment during his release from jail.Merling posted $15,000 bail yesterday, but instead of going through standard procedure where inmates are released through the jail’s front door, Merling…
