The former Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium will have a new name for the next five years: Sun Life Stadium. Somehow it’s even worse than the last one. Seriously, there are strip malls in Kendall with better names that…
Tim Tebow may never have another chance to be associated with a Super Bowl, but why is he recording an ad for Focus on the Family? Yes, the James Dobson founded group announced today that they will air a 30 second commercial during the big game that will start former…
No one wants to coordinate the Miami Dolphins’ defense!The frontrunner in the race to replace fired Paul Pasqualoni, former University of Virginia coach and the remora to Bill Parcell’s Big Tuna, Al Groh, took the same position at Georgia Tech. Yeah, whatever, Groh, you can go Yellow Jacket. The guy was…
The past months have seen a lively game of musical chairs in the NCAA and NFL. Though the hottest action hasn’t concerned Miami teams much, the effects are being felt here. The Dolphins fired defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni last week, and it seems like they’re hoping to replace him with some Miracle-Groh. Al Groh has…
Gender, as much as societal norms want us to believe it, isn’t always a black and white issue. The issue hit the headlines last year when South African runner Caster Semenya’s sex came into question after she won gold in the 800 meters event during the World Championships.Both the International…
Dolphins Stadium might not be good enough for the Super Bowl anymore according the NFL, but the U.S. World Cup bid commission just put it on the shortlist to host games for their bid for either 2018 or 2022. Previously the committee had its eyes on 29 cities, and narrowed it…
In the aftermath of Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards unloading a handgun in the team’s locker room over a gambling debt, the Miami Heat have become the second team in the NBA to officially ban card games and gambling on team flights.So now Heat players are left with lots…
Despite the fact UM Basketball has only lost one game this season they’ve lingered in the “also receiving votes” section of the AP’s college basketball poll. Most likely because detractors pointed to the team’s relatively easy early season schedule. But Saturday’s win against ACC rival Wake Forest set the Hurricanes…
Since 1980, the Pro Bowl has been played in Hawaii, and because our 50th state doesn’t have a team of its own, it’s been a nice opportunity for locals to catch some NFL action, even if the players don’t typically bring their best game. But this year’s Pro Bowl will take…
Is that all Nick Saban wanted? A statue? Because, the former Dolphins coach is actually going to get one in Alabama after leading the Crimson Tide to a BCS Championship. We could have erected a statue of you Saban! You didn’t have to sneak out of town with your lying…
Fergie is really taking her investment in the Miami Dolphins seriously, and out of all the team’s celebrity co-owners, she seems intent on pumping up the fans the most. Here she is bouncing around in white, aqua, and orange to the Black Eyed Peas’ not-at-all-annoying “Boom Boom Pow.”I guess this…
Miami has never been a huge college basketball town. There was a bit of buzz when FIU reeled in Isiah Thomas, but they’re off to a 5-13 start. Sorry Zeke, maybe things will turn around when you can make an impact on recruiting.Then you’ve got the Miami Hurricanes. Overshadowed at…
Take a look at this rendering of what the Dolphins have in mind for stadium upgrades? Pretty nice isn’t it. Miami has been put on notice that unless they make serious upgrades to Dolphin Stadium, we might lose out on opportunities to host future Super Bowls that pump hundreds of…
Fans of Miami FC can breath a sigh of relief: the team will indeed play this year. The future of Miami FC and second tier soccer in America was called into question when a group of USL teams led by Miami FC’s owner, Traffic Sports, split off to form a…
News flash: Your Marlins baseball club is building a new stadium that will cost taxpayers $4.7 bagillion and, far more tragically, will probably not be sponsored by Jimmy Buffett’s crappy beer. In happier news, they will also drop the “Florida” from their name — as if they were ever really…
Land Shark Stadium will host the 76th annual Orange Bowl tonight, with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets taking on the Iowa Hawk Eyes. Locally, the most exciting facet could be that this game might mark the last time Land Shark will be officially known by that terrible moniker (it’ll revert…
Well, there’s one Miami football team that’s still in the playoff hunt: the Lingerie Football League’s Miami Caliente. With a 2-1 record and an upcoming game against the Tampa Bay Breeze, the Caliente could find themselves in Lingerie Bowl VII. Unlike last year’s debacle in Tampa Bay, South Florida has…
It was a microcosm of an entire season. As with every game, the Miami Dolphins were kicked in the teeth while they fought tooth and nail to make a game of it but falling short in the end. Even after losing both their first- and second-string quarterbacks, the Fins were…
Not that anyone really pays attention, but Miami FC has been playing in the United Soccer League since the team’s founding in 2006. USL was the second tier in America’s soccer pyramid, but since, unlike other countries, there’s no promotion or relegation, they’re basically the minor league to America’s most…
The Hurricanes dominated this game for the first minute and then for a good portion of the last three minutes. Those other 56? Pure agony. Sam Shields returned the kickoff for an 84-yard touchdown, only to have it called back to the 16 on an illegal block penalty. It didn’t…
Champs Sports Bowl: Miami Hurricanes vs Wisconsin Badgers, 8 p.m. ESPNSince college football doesn’t have anything resembling a meaningful post-season, the most you can ask for besides ending up in a BCS bowl is an entertaining season. And boy did Canes fans get it this year. There was the joy…
Riptide 2.0’s regular sports commentator and FinsNation blogger Chris Joseph looks back at the top ten Miami sports moments of the decade. Low points like the Miami Dolphins crappy performance and the after-thought known as the Florida Panthers didn’t make the cut. Sorry. 10. Canes BaseballCoach Jim Morris and his…
