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…
Anyone else bored with LA Lakers power forward Lamar Odom’s endless irresolution? I imagine he has a condo in Malibu right out of a 70’s fashion magazine–fireplace, hi-fi, shag carpet–and he’s just sitting in his egg chair eating gummy bears, playing eenie-minie-miney-mo, and listening to the Zombies:…
The Miami Dolphins yesterday officially squashed any lingering rumors they had an interest in signing convicted felon Michael Vick, and boy, Miami Herald sports columnist Greg Cote sure is upset about it. In a column today, he calls the Dolphins “cowards,” whose passing on Vick carried a “tinge of arrogance.” In Cote’s mind,…
Most baseball fans are familiar with Satchel Paige, the absolutely dominant Negro Leagues pitcher who played pro baseball for 40 years. In 1948, Bill Veeck, the legendary owner of the Cleveland Indians, finally gave the 41-year-old Paige a chance to pitch in the Major Leagues. It was a year after Jackie…
Earlier this month, New Times published “Dwyane’s Disaster,” a feature about the catastrophic business relationship Heat superstar Dwyane Wade formed with Baron Richard von Houtman — an accused wife-beater with druglord ties. In case you were wondering what the baron thought about our story, he called us up a few…
Aside from the cars going really fast on four wheels, with about three-quarters of the laps being relatively dull, NASCAR and IndyCar have about as much in common as the Rock and Philip Seymour Hoffman. However, the two racing leagues might lose marquee drivers to each other. IndyCar’s Danica Patrick and…
The Marlins’ three game sweep of the Padres couldn’t have come at a better time. The Fish had lost three devastating games to the Phillies at home and trailed last year’s champions by seven games in the standings. Any more losing streaks, and the Marlins’ season could have been over. But terrific pitching, timely hitting,…
You’re forgiven if you didn’t catch the news that Marlins utility man Alfredo Amezaga will miss the rest of the baseball season to undergo knee surgery. Amezaga is scrappy and versatile, the type of player that can be the glue that holds a team together through the grind of 162 games. But…
Another week has passed from this Earth, and another mysterious email announcing a Dolphins news conference featuring a popular musician has landed in Riptide’s inbox.First came Jimmy Buffett. We all know how that turned out.Then came Gloria Estefan. Tragically, the team was not renamed the Miami Sound Machine Dolphins.Today comes…
We’re far from the biggest sneaker heads out there, but we always thought the Dwyane Wade shoes for Converse were fugly. Maybe Wade agreed, because he hasn’t been spotted much wearing the latest Wade 4 model, and is now set to switch his allegiance to Nike’s Jumpman label, AKA Jordans. Converse hasn’t been known for…
Sitting next to a beautiful woman for 12 hours in first class on an airplane is the perfect situation. You want to avoid boredom, so small-talk is perfectly acceptable. And she can’t walk away because she has to remain seated and buckled per airline regulations. Drinks are free, and the…
Dan Uggla has yet to recover from last year’s disastrous All-Star game. He committed three errors and struck out three times in that Midsummer Classic. Since that game, he is hitting .227 with 25 homers while striking out 153 times in 152 games. To put it into perspective, Uggla came into last…
Reports this morning say L.A. Lakers owner Jerry Buss has withdrawn his offer to NBA forward Lamar Odom after Odom’s agent didn’t contact Buss with an answer. The offer was for four years/$36 million or three years/$30 million. Apparently, Odom is holding out for a five-year/$50 million deal.Teams in the…
