Fresh off a performance for the ages from Dwyane Wade in Monday night’s Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat fans went into Wednesday night’s Game 5 all: But after the Heat got slammed by the Raptors 99-91, and suddenly find themselves on the…
Imagine if Mick Jagger left the Rolling Stones but he wasn’t allowed to sing any of the band’s songs or say he had been part of one of rock’s greatest acts. What if Dr. Dre and Ice Cube couldn’t call themselves former N.W.A. members or perform the work that skyrocketed…
All throughout Sunday and into Monday, Dwyane Wade had to deal with the yammering of a million whining gravy-on-french-fries-eating Canadians about how he supposedly disrespected their national anthem on Saturday afternoon. So, on Monday night, Wade proceeded to make things worse for those hosers by tearing out their collective hearts through…
In case you missed it over the weekend, Dwyane Wade really pissed off some Canadians. I know. Scary, eh?On a scale of zero-to-holy-shit-worried, saying you pissed off some Canadians ranks somewhere below your wife saying if you don’t leave the house soon you’re going to miss the previews before the…
The Miami Heat managed to cough up a golden opportunity to take a 2-0 lead in their series against the Toronto Raptors by going down 96-92 Thursday night. It was a frustrating loss on all accounts, particularly since the Heat set a new NBA playoff record with 22 turnovers. And…
While April and May have most Miami sports fans dedicating their attention to the basketball team in town, last week, for a few hours at least, the Dolphins got some play. There were some surprisingly interesting things to come out of the NFL Draft, some of which had to do…
The Miami Heat took out the Toronto Raptors 102-96 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal despite multiple efforts to shoot explosive diarrhea from a T-shirt cannon onto the bed and let it all slip away. But Dwyane Wade, Prince’s all-time favorite NBA player, simply would not let this…
Miami-Dade commissioners will decide soon whether to hire condo king the Related Group to redevelop the county’s oldest public housing project, Liberty Square. But one county commish, Audrey Edmonson, is going to bat for Atlantic Pacific Communities, the firm that ended up in second place. Last week, Edmonson claimed she…
Normally, your average Miami Dolphins sixth round draft pick wouldn’t exactly move the fan bases attention needle past a “Huh, cool.” But Texas Tech wide receiver Jakeem Grant, whom the Phins took 186th overall this weekend, is apparently not your average dude. Grant, all 5’6 of him, is a firecracker…
The Miami Heat’s season is on the brink. And it got there thanks to an inexplicable no-call at the end of Game Five from the referees on a blatant foul against Dwyane Wade. With 4.5 seconds remaining in the game and Miami down by two, Goran Dragic saw his three-point…
Happy NFL-Draft Eve, Dolphins fans! Hold onto your butts, because the next chapter Miami Dolphins draft history is just a day away. It’s like the day before a new season of House of Cards lands, except it’s been going on for fifty seasons, Kevin Spacey retired years ago, and things…
Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco recently cast a deciding vote against hosting Fidel Castro’s Cuban consulate in Miami Beach. Now Grieco is acting like a dictator himself. Two weekends ago, the commissioner lost it over the giant mess left behind by people who participated in the annual Floatopia. In front…
Here’s a fact: The Miami Heat have not won a playoff game since Prince died. Think about it. Here’s another fact: The officiating in the Heat’s first round series against the Charlotte Hornets has been decisively skewed towards the Hornets in a series that is now tied at 2-2. Coincidence?…
Now the NBA playoffs have really started for the Miami Heat. After two games of absolutely scorching shooting to open the playoffs had the Heat as the talk of the postseason, Miami was undoubtedly the hottest team in the NBA, and seemingly on a collision course with the Cleveland Cavs. The Charlotte…
The number of murdered children in Miami’s African-American communities continues to climb. Seven-year-old Amiere Castro was killed in a drive-by. Six-year-old King Carter was shot on his way to buy candy. And so far this year, 11 Dade teenagers have been murdered with guns. Meanwhile, adults are clueless about how…
Yesterday the NBA announced Kawhi Leonard had won his second-straight NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. This surprised almost no one. Kawhi Leonard is something out of the Matrix. He is somehow always in five places at once. He is an unsolvable Rubik’s Cube of a defender. He alone…
The Miami Heat returned to the NBA playoffs for the first time since losing that guy that left for Cleveland but still somehow can’t stay seem to away from the 305 on Sunday night, and proceeded to step inside the Charlotte Hornets’ asshole in a 123-91 Game 1 route. And,…
Recently Carnival Cruise Lines announced it would launch cruises to Cuba. Although there was no direct mention that Cuban-Americans would be prohibited, that is ultimately what came to pass. On Tuesday, Cuban Americans filed a class action lawsuit opposing the move. Who is really to blame for this discrimination? In…
“There’s a unique emotional bond between Udonis Haslem and Miami because of how proudly he represents this city, and this city’s story,” Dan LeBatard once said of Haslem’s relationship with the city he’s called home his entire life. With the Miami Heat’s regular season ending tonight in Boston, most everyone’s…
For more than a year, Miami-Dade school board member Raquel Regalado has been positioning herself as the antidote to the county’s current mayor, Carlos Gimenez. Regalado recently came out against Gimenez’s multimillion-dollar bailout of the Frost Science Museum and chided commissioners for it: “What are we telling our kids if…
It’s official: Miami Heat Nation has put their money where the haters’ mouth is. Heat playoff tickets went on sale this past Thursday, and if the regular season was any indication, they are sure to sell out fast. And Forbes recently released their 2015-16 NBA team evaluations equations, in which they…
By now you’ve dropped off all your orange ties at the local Goodwill and picked up a pair of Mark Richt shades instead. The Mark Richt Era is barreling through its first offseason, and in a few short months, you’ll be able to witness the results firsthand on a football field…
