You might recall our “Weekend Football” blog column from last year. It was probably the most proudly ignorant thing ever penned about South Florida football anywhere. Well, with the NFL and NCAA regular seasons around the corner, it is time once again to force ourselves to catch football fever. Basically, we’ve…
The Miami Dolphins continue their embarrassing march toward all things ridiculously South Florida stereotypical and cheesy. Add an “exclusive, ultra-modern” nightclub cobranded with Ocean Drive magazine in the middle of the stadium to their dumb venue name, ever-growing list of celebrity owners, crappy collection of new theme songs, and Britto art…
Well, that didn’t take long. Ever since FIU shocked the basketball world earlier this year by landing Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas to coach its less than notable program, Riptide has been waiting for that first sweet whiff of the controversy that seems to follow Thomas wherever he walks. Looks like he’s…
Delightfully British kicks maker Umbro started the USL in 1988, and the brand that never gained much traction in the States seemed quite happy owning a league that never gained much traction here either. That is, until Nike bought Umbro. USL is apparently the red-headed stepchild of the Nike portfolio, and…
University of Miami, the alma mater of Vinny Testaverde, Gino Torretta, and Ken Dorsey, hasn’t exactly been a powerhouse quarterback school in the past couple of years. Jacory Harris is the latest QB hope for the Hurricanes, and even if he doesn’t have a jaw-droppingly spectacular season, he, at best, better…
The Miami Heat’s Michael Beasley clearly has a lot of emotional problems, which were well-documented even before a bunch of people thought they saw some weed in a self-taken Twitter photo this past weekend. How extensive these problems are I can’t possibly speculate. But only a very sensitive person with a…
If the University of Miami/Florida State rivalry is supposed to be one of the most storied in the game, how come this year’s matchup isn’t sold out? Oh, right. Probably because neither team has been relevant on the national title scene for years. Nowadays, the matchup barely has implications for…
After this weekend, we were pretty sure Heat forward Michael Beasley was addicted to tacky tattoos and oversharing on Twitter, but it seems his problems might run a bit deeper. Yahoo! Sports reports the 20-year-old has checked himself into an undisclosed Houston rehab center for possible psychological and substance abuse issues. Beasley’s…
Poor Mike Lowell. The Miami native has already been through a lot. In between World Series wins with the Marlins and Boston, he endured testicular cancer, a massive John Henry fire sale, and a badly fractured hand.But now he has really invited a true stain on his good name: He…
Thomas Jones. Running back for our heated rivals the New York Jets. 2009 Pro Bowl starter. First round draft pick in 2000. Star of a Trina video. Even if he does play for our rivals, you have to admit he’s pretty much a bad ass. So how does he like to…
When Riptide saw the news this week that an all-star band of celebrities and local power-players — including the always busy Emilio Estefan and Alonzo Mourning — was trying to bring the World Cup to Miami, we were tempted to laugh it off as a pipe dream.But then we remembered…
In hip-hop, Jay-Z is God, and since he declared Auto-Tune dead, we’ve hoped that would put a swift end to the career of professional Auto-Tune abuser T-Pain. (I will never understand how a musical technique pioneered by Cher became “gangsta.”) Dolphins majority owner Stephen Ross didn’t get the message, and drafted…
News flash out of Davie this morning, courtesy of the Associated Press: Dolphins training camp really sucks ass, and coach Tony Sparano knows it.Fullback Matt Quillen, a 24-year-old prospect out of the fightin’ New Mexico Lobos, lasted only one day under Sparano’s apparently brutal and unprecedented regime of running around out in…
Miami FC, the local minor-league soccer team that plays at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, makes no secret of being starved for attention. Since 2006, the squad’s front-office denizens have labored like mad scientists to get butts in the bleachers. In its first season, Miami FC signed aging Brazilian demigod…
Convicted manslaughter-er Donte Stallworth has served his time — well 24 days of a 30 day sentence — and came to a financial agreement with the family of a man he struck and killed while driving his Bentley drunk on the MacArthur causeway. Now, he’d like NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to consider unbanning him…
Remember those good ol’ days when the Miami Dolphins just played football? When Shula, Marino, and Csonka were the names that first came to mind when you imagined the teal and orange — not Buffett, Estefan, and Anthony?Yeah, neither do we. And neither do the Fins, who are plunging ahead full-speed with…
The Miami Heat’s full 2009-10 schedule was released upon the world today. Dwyane Wade and company will kick off the season with a home game October 28 against the New York Knicks (who are somehow still considered a professional basketball organization). Things get interesting, not to mention challenging, when we meet our ol’…
Last month, we published “Dwyane’s Disaster,” an exposé of Dwyane Wade’s business partner Baron Richard von Houtman, who’s now embroiled in lawsuits with the Heat superstar. We’ve since received a few letters from readers claiming to have had dealings with the baron. None of them have been particularly nice.The most…
We got our introduction to UM Quarterback Jacory Harris last season when he traded off duties with Robert Marve, but we didn’t really get to know him. He appeared on Dan LeBatard’s show yesterday and we learned more than we ever really needed to know: Harris really loves Phil Collin’s…
The Marlins finally showed some trade deadline sac and ordered one large Johnson.Washington National 1B Nick Johnson, he of the .295 average, 44 RBI, and most importantly for the free-swinging Fish, a .408 on-base-percentage, is heading to the Land of Teal and Empty Seats for AA left-hander Aaron Thompson, according…
This week’s feature follows bad ass lady boxer Christina Swanson into the weird world of women’s boxing in South Florida. Here’s some video footage of her fight against Jennifer Wolfe-Fenn at the 2009 Women’s National Golden Gloves Championships. Via neotechproductions.com…
Just this morning we were wondering when Lamar Odom would make up his mind about joining the Heat or not. Well today he reportedly did, and it wasn’t the outcome we were hoping for, but at least the suspence is over. ESPN.com reports an NBA source told them that Odom will stay put…
