Today the group pushing for an MLS team in Atlanta announced it’s dropping out of the running. That leaves five cities to compete for two new franchises that will begin play in 2011. Atlanta was never seen as a strong contender, and Montreal withdrew its bid in November. Meanwhile, Miami…
For years the University of Miami has been a football and (to a lesser degree) baseball school. That’s just how it is. The programs have nine national titles between them, and all of the school’s other sports struggle for attention. Baseball remains strong (they were ranked #1 before heading into…
We understand the disgust some folks might feel when they’re introduced to the idea of lingerie football. It’s always something like “blah blah blah exploitation, vulgar, sexist blah blah blah.” But this is America, and if pretty, young ladies want to be exploited or whatever by making money to play…
There are some things you never thought would happen. Like the University of Miami basketball team being more respected than the football team. After last year’s stunning season, the Canes are again bringing it, and Saturday they pulled off a major upset against #17 BC, putting UM on a five-game winning…
There’s really no better honor in life than landing the cover of New Times, as local skateboard legend Robby Weir did two and a half years ago, but we suppose in his line of work, being inducted into the Florida Skateboarding Hall of Fame comes in a pretty close second. Weir…
Former UM Hurricanes starting quarterback Robert Marve apparently thinks he is the next Tim Tebow, despite the fact he has never really shown that kind of talent on the field. Nonetheless, he would really like to at least have the option of transferring to the newly crowned champs in Gainsville. Sadly, like so…
So despite what other whiny sports journalists have to say, someone will be going home a winner tonight at Dolphin Stadium. Our sister blog, The Juice, will be live blogging the whole thing directly from the press box at the stadium. So if you are looking for some refreshing online…
The story for tonight’s BCS National Championship game at Dolphin Stadium is twofold: that tickets aren’t as hard to come by as in previous years (if you consider $600 tickets to a championship football game a bargain) and that something like 83 percent of gamblers are putting their money on…
Warren Sapp now has two things Chad Ocho Cinco so desperately wants: a Super Bowl ring and the experience of racing Michael Phelps. Back in August, Ocho Cinco challenged Phelps to a showdown in the warm pools of Miami, but the battle never happened. Sapp was luckier. Both were in town for various…
You know what always makes me really, really hungry? A close-up of Bill Parcells’ mouth making moaning noises indicating pleasure. Here is your Miami Dolphins Savior-in-Chief whoring for a New Jersey italian restaurant along side Mike Francesca (sans Mad Dog) from 1993 that just made its way to the internet…
Let’s count the ways that Charles Barkley, as usual, is the wisest guy in the room. No, Riptide isn’t applauding his DUI arrest a couple of days ago in Arizona. That was no good. We’re talking about his outraged and much-argued assertion last month that his alma matter, Auburn, hired…
With news today that Bill Parcells will stay with the Dolphins, it seems a good bet that the heart of the resurgent Miami Dolphins will stay put for next season. Yeah, yesterday’s game was a heartbreaking thing to behold, but after the greatest season-to-season turnaround in NFL history, Dolfans have…
Talk about burying an explosive detail. CBS Sports correspondent Mike Freeman has a column up today theorizing that recently fired Jets Coach Eric Mangini won’t find himself with another NFL head coaching job anytime soon thanks to wide spread speculation that he ratted New England Coach Bill Belichick out last…
It is football day here on Riptide apparently, so we’ll keep this post short. The Cincinnati Bearcats will be playing in the Orange Bowl on New Years Day against Virginia Tech (a game the Canes, theoretically, could be playing in if they didn’t have such a deep commitment to ruining everything). So…
This picture of Miami Hurricanes QB Robert Marve is on Flickr and taken during his high school days and I have been waiting for the right time to post it. Sadly I will never get that chance as Marve was granted release from the team today. Marve started all but two…
First off, sometimes I wish our Miami NFL teams had a different animal as its mascot. Dolphins only have one expression, and that is “I am so friggin’ happy at the moment!!!!” This is why there will never be LOLCat-like ROFLFins, and this is why I can never illustrate a…
“Hey, baby. Are you ready for my football?” I trust some of you remember the news that Miami will host a team in the innagural season of the Lingerie Football League very, very well. Perhaps you’ve dreamt of it, fantasized even. Well, now those liquid dreams are shaping into a…
Some football rumors we pick up on Riptide never come true. Usain Bolt never did make his start with the Dolphins. Others are actually legitimate it seems, as the 2010 Pro Bowl will indeed be played at Dolphin Stadium a week before the Super Bowl according to AP sources. The NFL has thought…
Miami Dolphins @ New York Jets, Sunday Dec 28th 4:15pm on CBSSomewhere on this very blog earlier in the season I quipped something about how betting against the Dolphins was a more sound investment than anything the stock market has to offer. Well, guess what? I took my advice and now I…
Your weekly football fix won’t come until this weekend, but since Riptide will be quite quiet the rest of the week we’ll be doing our trademarked very informative Football previews today!The Emerald Bowl: Miami Hurricanes vs California Golden Bears, Saturday Dec 27th 8pm on ESPNThe last time anyone really got excited about…
Your Florida Marlins are turning into quite the little Hollywood starlets. They have a supporting part, of sorts, in the upcoming Marley and Me with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson and now they’re in talks to take part in an episode of NBC’s weird but enjoyable Kath & Kim. This ads…
The Miami Dolphins have put their fans in a weird spot. On one hand this really will go down as one of the best seasons for the Fins in recent history. Not that that’s saying much. On the other, if they don’t make the playoffs it will seem all for…
