Florida is a hotbed for football talent, young and old. Many of Miami’s high schools are basically factories for college football programs and, by proxy, the National Football League. When players retire, many of them choose to buy mansions on the South Florida coast. And because the state is crammed with retired NFL players, it’s a mecca for both football-related wealth and injuries.
The greatest athlete in the history of South Florida sports history returned to his house last night, and what a night it was. For one evening, at least, all was back to normal along the bay. Dwyane Wade was back on the Miami Heat’s floor for a home game…
The Miami Dolphins are a .500 football team. Hi, haters! Since the funeral everyone held for the team following its 30-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans October 9, the Dolphins have won three straight, catapulting themselves to the top of the pack of teams hunting for that last AFC wildcard spot.
Four games and almost one week into the Miami Heat season, fans now have a better idea of what kind of team they’re cheering on. For better or worse, the chips are starting to fall and a clearer image of the team is taking form.
Tonight is Halloween, which means you have a legitimate reason to go to clubbing on a Monday, and you need a killer topical costume to show off how cool and clever you are on social media. A last-minute banana suit from a pop-up costume shop simply won’t do.
Jose Fernandez had cocaine and high levels of alcohol in his blood when he likely piloted his boat into a rock jetty just off Miami Beach last month, killing himself and two passengers. That’s the finding of the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner in a report just released to the press.
The Miami Dolphins beat the Buffalo Bills 28-25 Sunday behind a 200-yard rusher, a tough defense, and a clutch, deep-bomb touchdown pass. It might or might not be a coincidence this happened the same day The Walking Dead returned.
College students are America’s future. They’re the brightest hope we’ve got — statistically speaking, they’re among the most tolerant and friendly people in America. They study physics and poetry, shave their heads and start punk bands, and get pissed off about microaggressions and trigger warnings. A small percentage of them,…
As evidenced by the Miami Dolphins shocking 30-15 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers this past weekend, there is a reason the phrase “any given Sunday” is so popular. Any NFL team can beat any other team on any week, and that really isn’t all that surprising once the initial shock…
Breaking news: New Times has now confirmed with multiple sources that the Miami Dolphins are indeed a terrible football team. We will continue to update our readers as additional facts about this devastating, yet unsurprising news comes in. OK, so you already know that the Miami Dolphins are plummeting towards the…
Chris Bosh’s time with the Miami Heat is now over, but what a time it was. It was sometimes easy to overlook Bosh, because the Heat were a juggernaut full of stars, including two of the NBA’s best in LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Bosh consistently wouldn’t be forgotten, though…
Thousands in Miami gathered to mourn Marlins pitching star Jose Fernandez last week, but it appears the city isn’t yet done paying its respects to its fallen baseball hero just yet. City of Miami Commissioner Frank Carollo is proposing the city name a street after the Marlins pitcher, who died…
Jose Fernandez’s funeral procession left Marlins Park shortly after 2:15 Wednesday afternoon under a typical bright-cobalt sunny Miami sky, taking the casket into and through the heart of a Cuban community that had embraced the pitcher as its own son, friend, and brother. Traffic was snarled along Calle Ocho and all…
Being a Miami Dolphins fan just ain’t what it used to be. These days, it’s a love-hate relationship that on a weekly basis is this weird voluntary-hostage situation. We love the Miami Dolphins, but we hate that we love them; it’s basically a Rihanna song at this point. So many…
While Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez’s fatal boating accident was a complete punch to the gut, it was unfortunately far from the first fatal boating accident in Biscayne Bay. And, unless Florida’s incredibly lax boating regulations change, his death will likely not be this city’s last high-profile maritime death. Florida has…
The family of Emilio Macias, who died in a tragic boating accident alongside 24-year-old Marlins pitching star Jose Fernandez this weekend, is asking the public for help to pay for their loved one’s funeral. The family has started a GoFundMe page to try and collect $30,000 for funeral arrangements —…
Things were looking rather bleak for the Dolphins Sunday. The Browns, led by a third-string quarterback who had never made an NFL start, had somehow managed to take a 13-10 lead into the half. Out of halftime the Browns marched the ball deep into Dolphins territory on a nine-minute drive,…
Perhaps the greatest Cuban pitcher of all time was killed at 24 years old in a boating accident early Sunday morning. Jose Fernandez, who was the brightest light on the Marlins and a hero to millions of young baseball pitchers, was expected to pitch this week against the Mets. The 6’2″…
Chris Bosh is a 32-year-old adult, a multimillionaire, and a person who will likely one day end up enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He can afford many of the world’s greatest doctors, is an Olympic Gold Medalist, National Basketball League champion, and is certainly capable of…
No one seems to be sure if Miami Heat basketball star Chris Bosh will ever play again. Bosh has been diagnosed with blood clot issues — while Bosh said today that the way the Heat treated him made him feel “written off,” Bosh says he has every intention of playing…
Just a couple weeks ago, Miami Dolphins fans had so many reasons to be optimistic about this season. Everything from the head coach to the seats in the stadium were brand-spanking new. There was a hope that the fresh start might reveal a different Dolphins team than the one fans…
Almost, but no cigar. The Dolphins pulled a magic trick on their fans yesterday in their 31-24 loss to New England; they managed to lose twice on the same day. The Dolphins dug themselves a 31-3 hole that had everyone on social media cursing their existence. It was over. Same…
