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Miami Dolphins Sign Dustin Keller to One-Year Deal

The Miami Dolphins signed former New York Jet Dustin Keller, a tight end, to a one-year contract Friday afternoon, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports. John Clayon says the contract is worth $4.25 million. While Keller isn't the greatest blocker, he can be an effective weapon as far as doing that thing t ... More >>

Hurricane Watch: UM Edge Out Win Against Virginia; NCAA Notifies School of Allegations

Last night in Coral Gables, the UM men's basketball team extended its winning streak with a last-minute, stress-inducing decision over Virginia. Unlike high-wire finesse wins over Duke and UNC, the Hurricanes recent match-ups against ACC competition like Florida State, Clemson, and now Virginia have ... More >>

Mother of Alex Collins, Star Plantation High Football Player, Ran Off With His Letter of Intent

Today is National Signing Day, the day when high school football stars declare which college they'll be attending. One of those players is South Plantation High five-star running back Alex Collins, who earlier this week committed to attend Arkansas over closer-to-home University of Miami. Turns ou ... More >>

Adam Schefter Thinks Ryan Tannehill Might Not Be the Answer For Dolphins

ESPN NFL analyst Adam Schefter went on The Sid Rosenberg Show (640-AM) Monday morning and said that he's not all the sure rookie Ryan Tannehill is the quarterback the Dolphins have been looking for. Schefter says that he was once enthusiastic about Tannehill, but now not so much. His reasons are t ... More >>

A Moment Becomes a Movement: Ava DuVernay Looks to the Future of Black Film

Miami Marlins "Aggressively Seeking to Replace" Ozzie Guillen, According to Report

The Miami Marlins are a damn mess. They traded away a bunch of good players for a bunch of not-so-good players. They've had horrible attendance all year. They've lied about the stadium from the word GO. And now, thanks to a terrible owner, a horrendous general manager, and a stripped down talent ... More >>

Jason Taylor Will Join the Dan LeBatard Show Starting Next Week

Well now, here's some decent Miami Dolphins news. Lincoln Financial Media's 790 The Ticket, announced today that former Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor will be joining the Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz starting next week. The six-time pro bowler and the 2006 NFL Defensive Player of the Year w ... More >>

Dolphins Rookie Ryan Tannehill Still a No-Show at Camp

Your Miami Dolphins hit the practice field today for the opening of training camp for a whole new season of suck. Thus far, Matt Moore (aka THE PUPPET) has taken the first-team reps, while David Garrard is leading the second stringers.Conspicuously absent from the proceedings is first-round pick QB ... More >>

Joey Chestnut Wins Sixth Consecutive Nathan's Hot-Dog-Eating Championship

Twenty-eight-year-old Joey "Jaws" Chestnut of San Jose, California, won his sixth consecutive hot-dog-eating title yesterday at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating championship by eating 68 hot dogs in ten minutes.For those of you into math -- that's 6.8 hot dogs every minute!  The contest, now in its ... More >>

FAU Now the Worst Team in College Football; ESPN Uses a Sixteen Candles Reference on Owls

​The Florida Atlantic University Owls are now the worst team in college football, as FAU remains the only team without a win in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision.The New Mexico Lobos were consistently rated as worse than FAU, but after a 21-14 win over UNLV on Saturday, FAU takes over the top spo ... More >>

FAU Rated as Second-Worst Team in College Football; ESPN Likens Owls to Charlie Sheen

achtungtshirt.wordpress.comFAU's new playbook.​Despite the fact that just over half of our readers predicted the Florida Atlantic University Owls would win a game this year before the Miami Dolphins, the nearly 27 percent who thought both teams would go without a win this year may be on the right ... More >>

Were Miami Heat Players Actually Crying After Yesterday's Game?

We know from Tom Hanks' famous quote in A League of Their Own, "There is no crying in baseball!" But is there is crying in basketball?If you believe what Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra had to say after yesterday's close loss to the Bulls, yes, Heat players were shedding tears in the locker room af ... More >>

Dan Johnson, Former Miami Dolphins Tight End, Admits He Took 1,000 Pain Pills a Month

​For his ability to play through unbelievable amounts of pain, tight end Dan Johnson, who played seven years with the Dolphins in the '80s, was nicknamed "The King of Pain." He dealt with broken bones, knee injuries, and multiple back issues. Turns out, he was actually dealing with a serious addic ... More >>

Mike and Mike Sports Bar in Lake Worth: Gourmet Bar Food and Wings So Hot You Have to Sign a Waiver to Eat Them

Nicole Danna​If you're driving west on 10th Ave. in Lake Worth you probably wouldn't spot Mike and Mike, a new sports bar that - unlike the ESPN radio talk show "Mike and Mike in the Morning" -- isn't so well known just yet.Once you drop in for a bite, however, that will all change. A dozen or mor ... More >>

Denard Robinson Now a Legit Heisman Contender

FlickrPhoto by John Peckham​He had a big game last week against UConn, but Michigan Wolverine (and Deerfield Beach native) Denard Robinson needed to wax Notre Dame this past weekend to establish himself as a Heisman Trophy candidate. How about 502 yards total offense and three touchdowns? Yep, tha ... More >>

Behind the Scenes Of the New Ricky Williams Documentary

Courtesy of ESPNRicky in a California ashram.​The new ESPN documentary about Ricky Williams is an incredible, intimate look at the most interesting athlete in modern sports. The story behind story is almost as interesting.It was 2 a.m. when Sean Pamphilon's phone rang in New York. The Fox Sports t ... More >>

Morning Juice: An Eyelash Triggers a Fire; Two Sides to Accused Killer

​Here's what's happening in South Florida this Monday morning:Make room for another lucrative South Florida industry overrun with fraudsters: the time-share telemarketing business. For all their character flaws, these guys are creative about giving gifts to their girlfriends, like the dude who tri ... More >>

Morning Juice: Corruption Spreads to Town of Palm Beach; Judge Blasts Regulators for Everglades Pollution

​The news in Broward and Palm Beach:In a show of support for teachers who oppose Senate Bill 6, students in two Broward County schools walked out of class Wednesday. The bill would tie teacher pay to student performance on standardized tests, leading to even more teaching-to-the-test than educator ... More >>

Morning Juice: Father and Son Charged With Murdering Professor; Heat Beat Knicks

​Here's your look at the local news this Monday morning:Horrifying details have emerged in last week's murder of Nova professor Joseph Morrissey in his Plantation home. Randy Tunidor, 43, a tenant who was to be evicted from a property owned by Morrissey, has been arrested and charged with murder a ... More >>

New Ricky Williams Documentary Run Ricky Run Will Premiere in April

flickr.com​Of all the sports-related documentaries in ESPN's series "30 for 30," none looks as intriguing as Run Ricky Run, the profile of Dolphins running back Ricky Williams.In the trailer, Herald columnist (and ESPN personality) Dan Le Batard has the best quote on the enigmatic Williams: "I sti ... More >>

Morning Juice: Broward Warned About Dangers of a Crash Diet; School Activists Harassing Hernandez

​Here's what's making news in South Florida this morning:Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry gave a stern warning to the commissioners that they'll need to raise taxes this year or else face a round of budget cuts that would risk, well, anarchy? [Sun-Sentinel]At the Seagull School in Fort La ... More >>

Scottie Pippen Hall of Fame Bound?

FlickrScottie and Michael: Basketball gods, South Florida snowbirds.​Scott Rothstein neighbor, cartoon cameo-maker, and victim of midget violence Scottie Pippen is close to earning induction into the Hall of Fame for that other thing he did: play basketball.According to an ESPN report, Pip is one ... More >>

Morning Juice: Adderley Cleared; "Officially" a Cancer Cluster in the Acreage

​Let's see what's in the local news this morning.An internal affairs investigation found that Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley did not involve himself inappropriately in the car crash case of Moe Sohail, a close friend of both Adderley's and disgraced Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein ... More >>

We Got Issues: New Times in Print

​In this week's print edition, Francisco Alvarado tells the story of two South Florida film makers chronicling the triumphant rise and embarrassing fall of the Miami Hurricanes. In The U, set to air locally next week and then nationally on ESPN, Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman place the fo ... More >>

Morning Juice: Community Shocked by Predictable Youth Minister Plotline; Gay Adoption Case on Collision Course With Supreme Court

​It's Thanksgiving week. Let's check the headlines:Take a wild guess why a "youth minister" is in the news. (It's the only reason they're ever in the news.) [Sun-Sentinel]As classmates mourn the deaths of the three Coral Springs teens killed last weekend after their car plunged into the canal, pol ... More >>

Pride of Boca, Jozy Altidore Helps U.S. to Win of Draw in World Cup Qualifying Match

That's Boca Raton native and American soccer star Jozy Altidore in an interview he gave late last night to ESPN after the U.S. earned a 2-2 tie against Costa Rica. In doing so, the Americans won the draw, after having qualified earlier for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.The match came after Alt ... More >>

The Hidden Cost of NFL Ownership

When Gloria Estefan made the deal with Stephen M. Ross to become a minority owner in the Miami Dolphins in June, the terms of the deal were not released. Anyone who watched ESPN this weekend, though, saw video proof of the price Ms. Estefan paid to play the game, so to speak. Above is footage ... More >>

Dolphins Top (the Middle of) NFL Power Rankings

Flickr.comThey got Jason Taylor back, and they got two big corners, filling the biggest needs from last year. But still, when NFL.com came out with the latest power rankings earlier this week, the division-champion Miami Dolphins were right in the middle of the league: number 17. Surely this ... More >>

Triks Are for Kids

Draft or Bottle?

Lil Wayne Knows a Lil Something About Bracketology

Lil Wayne as a guest panelist on Around the Horn Around the Horn is ESPN's fantastic game of competitive sports banter. Every day, sports columnists from large markets across the country shout at each other about men (and sometimes women) in colorful uniforms, trying to make valid arguments. ... More >>

Dorm Daze

South Florida Baseball Fans, Prepare to Go Dutch

You probably aren't a huge fan of the Dominican Republic baseball team. I know because you wouldn't be reading this--your eyes would still be far too teary to stare at a blog. ESPN is reporting that hundreds of D.R. fans had already purchased plane tickets to Miami and tickets to the ... More >>

Florida's "Mt. Rushmore of Sports" Is Shaky

At 21-years-old, Tebow beat out legends like Emmitt Smith, Deion Sanders, Roy Jones Jr., and Shaq.It started around Presidents' Day. ESPN has been picking the "Mt. Rushmore of Sports" in every state, then choosing the top five states. This week, it decided Illinois had the best mountain, with ... More >>

In Honor of A-Rod, a "Pretty Accurate" Post About the Miami Heat

ESPN Asked if he was only juicin' from 2001-2003, A-Rod said, "That's pretty accurate."I think it's "pretty accurate" to say the Miami Heat can no longer beat the Denver Nuggets. Last night the Heat dropped its 8th straight to Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets. By 17. At home. And it's pretty a ... More >>

Don't Google Screech

Football on the Quarterdeck is more than a game

The New “Mean” Joe Green

Yan Can Box

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

George Carlin, The Unit

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Letter Perfect

Akeelah spells out a fantasy that feels wonderfully real.

Best Sportscaster

Eric Reid, the Sunshine Network

Hot Dog, Ho!

Hollywood's Joe LaRue has choked down strange stuff to become one of the world's elite eaters

New Uniform, Same Team

Dolphins get defensive -- but not in a good way

Marlin Madness

Competitive marlin fishers do lots of drinking, tell lots of tales, and, oh yes, sometimes they catch fish.

Speakin' Spell

Who would have thought -- a compelling film about spelling!

Best Pro Athlete

Luis Castillo

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