Keeping with his eventual plan to turn Dolphin LandShark Stadium into a luxury football destination, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross announced today that all premium ticket holders will be provided with free, wireless, hand held devices during games. The devices (Dolphin Pods?) will provide fans with HD replays, alternative camera angles,…
What do you call a 6′ 4″ basketball star who’s been eliminated from the playoffs, lost a long shot MVP bid, and is in the middle of a nasty divorce?Try SpongeBob SquarePants.The Heat’s own Dwyane Wade, clad in an ivory sweatsuit, used that pseudonym Tuesday (as if you could miss…
After the news that Jimmy Buffet had partnered with the Miami Dolphins to rename Dolphin Stadium as “LandShark” Stadium, a number of other notable musician with cult-like followings looked up and said, “Wait, you can do that? Like, if you have enough money you can just pay to have a…
Prized Basketball recruit John Wall reportedly informed University of Miami basketball coach Frank Haith that he won’t be coming to Coral Gables. Instead he’ll be packing his bags for Lexington, Kentucky to play for John Calipari and his Wildcats.So, there goes UM’s hopes next season. Hey, there’s always Brandon Knight season after.And,…
Miami sports fans may harbor passion for their teams, but there’s no love lost between the fans and the moneybags who actually own the franchises. Maybe it’s because thanks to Wayne Huizenga we forgot that all owners aren’t often detestable people, but Sports Illustrated points out that the current batch isn’t…
Buried deep in Barry Jackson’s Florida Sports Buzz column yesterday was the news that the embarrassed former MMA fighter known as Kimbo Slice will now switch his career aspirations towards boxing. Miami-based mixed martial arts star Kimbo Slice will become a pro boxer (as a heavyweight), with his first fight in late…
“Hmmmm, I wonder what happened to that unremarkable but sturdy backup catcher that played for the Fish through the turn of the millenium?”Ponder no further, friend. Mike Redmond spent twelve years with the Florida Marlins organization, including seven- from 1998 to 2004- with the big team. He’s the consummate backup,…
It’s kind of a shame the Miami Hurricanes don’t have a regular series with the Tennessee Vols, because if we played them next season it would be one of those games shaped with dramatic backstory. Even football fans love a good soap opera once in a while. On the surface you have two…
Well, earlier today we wrote about Jason Taylor and the Dolphins flirty romance, and look what happened while we were out to lunch: they slowly embraced, looked deep into each other’s eyes, and realized they belonged together! Cue fireworks, soft focus, and the Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights!” (The freckles in…
For the benefit of all the middle-aged lady fans Jason Taylor picked up during his stint on Dancing with the Stars, let’s break down his current free-agent situation in Romantic Comedy terms. See, basically Jason Taylor and the Dolphins (played by Cameron Diaz) are soul mates. They had some really good…
A prized high school athlete who is drawing out his college decision and has a bit of legal trouble in his past? Why of course University of Miami is in the running to recruit him. John Wall, one of the top high school point guards in the nation, has yet…
French Tennis player Richard Gasquet tested positive for cocaine during the Miami Masters. He ended up not playing in the tournament anyway due to a shoulder injury, and the result was only announced on Saturday. Do you think it was just a mere coincidence he happened to have cocaine in his…
Miami native Jose Canseco has made a post-baseball career out of snitching on his former teammates and getting punched in the face. This is not a dignified existence. And yet he insists on respect. Every time evidence emerges that a star did ‘roids, he has to point out that he…
Duane Starks started his football career at the age of eight in a local optimist club program, he became a star quarterback for Miami Beach Senior High, briefly attended Miami-Dade Community College and then played as a starting cornerback for the University of Miami Hurricanes. He entered the NFL, and…
It’s like deja vu. Alex Rodriguez, a baseball superstar, got caught in a banned substance scandal and tried to claim that he didn’t know exactly what he was putting in his body, but some guy in Miami told him to do it. Now, Manny Ramirez, a baseball superstar, gets caught in a banned…
The Marlins came so close to signing Manny Ramirez a year ago, and the fact that we didn’t still has some fans mad. Turns out even if we had signed Ramirez, he’d be no good to us for the next fifty games. Ramirez, a Dodgers player and an off-season resident of…
Miami already has the 2010 Super Bowl on lock down, but we just can’t get enough of hosting the damn thing. So of course we’re in the running to host the 2013 game along with Phoenix and New Orleans. The New Orleans Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation…
After the infamous 2006 brawl, the University of Miami and Florida International University decided to call it quits on their burgeoning rivalry. The football teams haven’t played each other since, the baseball teams won’t meet this season, and a match in December 2008 between the basketball teams was supposed to…
Dear Chicago, please trade us Derrick Rose for Michael Beasley…Dear Memphis, please trade us O.J. Mayo for Michael Beasley…Dear New Jersey, please trade us Brook Lopez for Michael Beasley…Dear Minnesota, please trade us Kevin Love for Michael Beasley…Dear L.A. (no, the other L.A.), please trade us Eric Gordon for Michael…
I think it’s been proven by now that LandShark Stadium is the dumbest name for a stadium ever, probably by science. But a stadium by any other dumb corporate sponsored name is still a stadium. More concerning is Stephen Ross’s plan to South Florida-up the feel of the stadium, because apparently a stadium…
The AP is reporting something that really isn’t shocking, and we’ve known it in our hearts for some time, but according to its sources, LeBron James will win the NBA MVP award. Not Dwyane Wade. So yeah, that was pretty anticlimactic…
