You know when you stub your toe and there’s that split-second delay before your body reports back about the level of pain? Well, we all knew the Miami Dolphins were going to stub their toe against the Baltimore Ravens in the season opener Sunday, but it was so much worse than we could have imagined.
Welcome, welcome, Miami Dolphins fans, to your 2019 #TankForTua headquarters. You’ll find an open bar next to the doughnuts in the back of the room. Because the Dolphins have apparently decided to use this season as a preseason for next season.
There’s no sugar-coating things: The Miami Hurricanes’ loss to the Florida Gators in the season opener sucked. Losing the first game of the Manny Diaz era cuts deep, but falling to the Gators has a particular salt-in-the-wound aspect.
As if there were ever a doubt, the Miami Dolphins’ trade of Laremy Tunsil and Kenny Stills to the Houston Texans this past Saturday for two future first-round picks and a second-round pick cements the obvious: The team is in full-fledged tank mode.
Mercifully, Thursday night’s 16-13 preseason win against the New Orleans Saints was the Miami Dolphins’ final tuneup before the new-look squad kicks off the regular season against the Baltimore Ravens at Hard Rock Stadium September 8.
There are many types of Miami Dolphins fans in this world, but they all have one thing in common: an uncanny ability to withstand an absurd amount of annual disappointment while still signing up the following August to ask for more. Dolphins fans are like snowflakes: We’re all made of the same stuff, but none of us is exactly the same.
After the Miami Hurricanes’ mistake-riddled, opportunity-botched loss to the Florida Gators this past Saturday night, Canes fans might not be in the most chipper of moods today — especially the ones who made the drive to Orlando to watch UM piss away multiple opportunities for the win and head home with a 24-20 loss.
When the Miami Hurricanes face off against the Florida Gators Saturday night at 8 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, the two teams will open not only their season but also the entire NCAA season. The game has been placed on a pedestal, all by itself, for the rest of the nation to watch.
Miami is a city where the famous come to (1) get more famous and (2) be seen. If they wanted alone time and privacy, they’d take a trip to a ranch in Iowa where their cell phone is nothing but a camera, and the ratio of elks to humans is four to one. It’s an accepted thing that if you’re even a C-list celebrity, visiting South Beach ensures you’ll end up on TMZ the next day.
Forget Tupac versus Biggie Smalls. Nate Diaz just reignited the West Coast/East Coast rivalry by calling out Miami-born fighter Jorge Masvidal. Now UFC president Dana White has no choice but to give the fans what they want — a good old-fashioned East-versus-West fistfight.
Usually, every year at training camp, there’s one off-the-radar player whom fans select as their annual diamond in the rough. We’re all guilty of hyping a newcomer who shines in the preseason but won’t be in the NFL in a few weeks. It’s a training camp tradition, really.
So you just moved to the Magic City — welcome to Miami and bienvenido a Miami! You’ve chosen wisely. Now make sure you fill your garage with bottled water, D batteries, and a week’s supply of Spam, and keep your gas tank full, because it’s hurricane season and we can’t guarantee you’ll have power next week.
Last Thursday, fans got their first taste of what’s being billed as a bona fide Miami Dolphins quarterback competition. Before that day, the only indications had been media tweets and a handful of practices open to the public. In Thursday’s 34-27 win against the Atlanta Falcons, a few things came to light as Ryan Fitzpatrick and Josh Rosen battled to snatch the starter job.
The most in-depth story done so far by local media on Miami Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills’ calling out his team’s owner Stephen Ross for political hypocrisy came from a local sports columnist. And it was one of the most pathetic examples of political commentary in memory. But before we get…
Hey, did you hear? The Miami Dolphins are in the news again! We’re talking about an actual football game that happened last night on the football field at Hard Rock Stadium, which sits atop an Indian burial site that probably has nothing to do with the franchise’s long-term bad luck and overall failures.
Tomorrow night marks the beginning of a shiny new season of Miami Dolphins football. The home team will take on the Atlanta Falcons at 7:30 at Hard Rock Stadium. Preseason or not, it feels good to look forward to an actual game.
Last week in this space, we let you know about a study that showed Miami Dolphins fans curse more than almost all others in the NFL. It was quite an achievement, really. This week, we learn that Heat fans go harder than all others on game night and feel it the next morning.
If you’ve spent any real time in Miami, chances are you already know this. But now, there’s a study to back up your own personal research — Miami Dolphins fans like to use profanity, and they do so more than almost any other fan base in the NFL.
It’s been a long, winding, and painful road, but here we are — South Florida’s professional sports teams have arrived at arguably one of their brightest times. It doesn’t sound right when you say it out loud, but it’s true.
Someone call Marie Kondo, because the Miami Heat has a mess on its hands. Hassan Whiteside remains in full-fledged hide-the-butthurt mode since the team traded him to the Portland Trailblazers last month.
The Miami Dolphins are only one day into their 2019 training camp under new head coach Brian Flores, but fans are already getting a taste of something they haven’t witnessed in over a decade — a genuine quarterback competition.
Come tomorrow at 9:40 a.m., the Miami Dolphins are back. Well, sort of. Their training practices will be open to the public at the Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. Beggars can’t be choosers, though, so we’ll take it.
