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Amar'e Stoudemire Now Part of What's Likely the Most Athletic Neighborhood in Broward

shortshortsweakprose.comAmar'e Stoudemire​New York Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire bought a new house in Southwest Ranches, which made headlines a few weeks ago largely due to the fact that his new pad is enormous and expensive -- $3.7 million for 14,555 square feet.Is it obnoxiously large wi ... More >>

South Florida's Dirty Dozen: Our Annual List of Our Worst

Go Dolph-- er, Packers!

Suck for Luck

Miami Dolphins or FAU Owls: Who Will Win a Game First (or at All)?

Dad, what's the "postseason"?​Florida is a death trap for football this year -- there are no college football teams in the state in the Associated Press' Top 25 poll for the first time in almost 30 years, and the three NFL teams have a combined record of 5-12.Two of those teams, the Florida Atlant ... More >>

Are You Ready for Some Fraudball?

Bush League

Madden NFL 12 Ratings Released for Dolphins: Brandon Marshall Good, Chad Henne Bad

ea.com​For those of you who have bought EA Sports' Madden titles year after year (after year after year), the prerelease hype is all about how accurate or inaccurate the in-game ratings of players can be.For this year's Madden NFL 12 release, they've released the individual player ratings for the ... More >>

Which NFL Team to Root for in the Playoffs? Let Your Food Cravings Decide.

nfl.com​Perhaps no one is truly shocked that the Miami Dolphins have failed to land a spot in the playoffs, leaving South Floridians without a team to support this weekend. It's been ten years since our last Divisional Playoff game, for Christ's sake. I suppose we will have to dry our tears on our ... More >>

Five Quarterback Options For the Miami Dolphins

flickr.comCould Vince Young be the QB of the future in Miami?​A lot of things are up in the air for the Miami Dolphins this off-season. There are serious question about the general manager, the head coach, the starting running backs, and, of course, the quarterback position.For a little while, it ... More >>

The Miami Dolphins Want Broward to Pay for Stadium Upgrades? OK, Let's Play for it (Updated)

The Dolphins want $200 million to add some kind of hat thing to Sun Life Stadium.​The Dolphins this week revealed the ridiculous idea that Broward County ought to help pay for $200 million in upgrades to Sun Life Stadium -- which isn't even in Broward County. The Legislature would have to change s ... More >>

Miami Dolphins Stadium Renovation: A Field of Schemes

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, left, with Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler and Ron Book, second from right. To the left of Book is his daughter Lauren, and that's apparently Jimmy Buffett in the middle. ​I think it's safe to say that the Miami Dolphins' plan to soak Broward taxpaye ... More >>

Five Best Parts of the Miami Dolphins Season

flickr.comCameron Wake was one of few good things about this year.​Yesterday we brought you a list of the five worst moments of this dreadful Miami Dolphins season. And though the team went 7-9, finished third in the division, and missed the playoffs for the second straight year, the season wasn't ... More >>

Five Worst Moments of the Miami Dolphins Season

​We can all agree this has been an awful season for the Miami Dolphins. Even the thoughtful sage and conscience of the team has admitted he's angry at the way the year went. And now the franchise has all sorts of question marks going forward: the coach and general manager who might be gone, two ru ... More >>

Could Anonka Dixon Be the First Female Player in the NFL--and the Answer to the Dolphins' QB Woes?

C. StilesAnonka Dixon before last year's LFL playoffs.​The Miami Dolphins are desperate right now. Less than a week after benching Chad Henne in favor of Chad Pennington, the team may have lost both players for the remainder of the season. Third-stringer Tyler Thigpen finished Sunday's win against ... More >>

Standing Pats

Defeat the Douchebags

Tyler Colvin Is Not a Vampire (And Other Things We Learned This Weekend in Sports)

FlickrTyler Colvin got staked by a shattered bat in yesterday's Marlins game, but he'll live to play again.​What would it take for a Florida Marlins game to overshadow a Dolphins victory on a Sunday in September? An act of God? No, just a freak accident in which a shattered bat impales itself in t ... More >>

Bill Parcells Out as Dolphins VP of Football Operations

flickr.comParcells looking over training camp earlier this year.​The Miami Dolphins just issued a statement to the media saying that Jeff Ireland will "assume full control over all aspects and decisions in regard to the Miami Dolphin football team and support staff."Ireland, who had some trouble t ... More >>

The Dark Side

A bizarre, disputed, cocaine-fueled mania is killing Floridians, especially when they're jolted with a Taser.

Photos From the Miami Dolphins Cheerleader Auditions

courtesy Miami Dolphins​Yesterday concluded the tryouts for the 2010 Miami Dolphins cheerleaders. After eight hours of competition -- mostly in the middle of the Aventura Mall -- 42 women were chosen from the field of 77. More than 10,000 online votes, 5,000 text messages, nine judges, and 8,000 m ... More >>

Ricky Williams is "Reconsidering" Retiring After 2010 Season

flickr.com​At last night's South Florida premiere of his new documentary, Run Ricky Run, the Dolphins running back told a crowd of family, friends, fans, teammates, and coaches that he is "reconsidering" his decision to retire at the end of the 2010 season."My coach and general manager are here, s ... More >>

The Top Five Miami Dolphins Storylines from This Offseason

flickr.comSleeping with the enemy.​The Dolphins are probably going to try to fill some holes in the defensive line or the linebacking corps in tonight's NFL draft. Coaches, executives, draftologists, and fans with nothing better to do will pour over notes and highlight reels from players all over ... More >>

Why Brandon Marshall Needs to Bring His Thug Act to Miami, Not Broward

Brandon Marshall: Even his official team photos look like mug shots.​An open letter to Brandon Marshall:As the newest member of the Miami Dolphins, no doubt you're looking for a place in South Florida to call home, and you may be considering a quieter life in Broward or Palm Beach counties. Don't ... More >>

Morning Juice: Professor's Tenant May Be Suspected Killer; Stalemate Between Broward Teachers and District

​A glance at the headlines for this Friday morning:Randy Tunidor is the name of the 21-year-old man who is being held on a probation violation charge but is a "person of interest" in the Tuesday-morning murder of Nova Southeastern University Professor Joseph Morrissey. It appears the attack was no ... More >>

Morning Juice: Another Quake in Haiti; Fins Find a Defensive Mastermind in Denver

​A glance at local headlines this January 20:A 6.0 quake rattled nerves in Port-au-Prince this morning, but there's not much left to destroy in a city where the death toll is at 72,000 and counting. [Miami Herald]The Broward County School District has to trim $47 million from its budget, and a who ... More >>

Dolphins' Celebrity Owners Will Sell You a Roof Now

A cast of celebrities who are now minority owners in our Miami Dolphins aren't ready to let Land Shark Stadium lose its cachet as a Super Bowl destination. Yesterday, team management made a pitch to the South Florida media in hopes of convincing local governments to subsidize $250 million in renovat ... More >>

Top Five Dolphins of the Decade

flickr.comPennington may have been the best Phins QB of the decade, but he only played one year.​Without a doubt, this has been the worst decade on record for one of the winning-est franchises in league history. It started with Jimmy Johnson retiring and Dan Marino following suit not long after. T ... More >>

Morning Juice: Dolphins Get Hosed in Tennessee; Gallagher Looks Trial-Bound in Corruption Case

​It's Christmas week. And here's what's in the news in Broward and Palm Beach:The Dolphins staged an amazing comeback yesterday in Tennessee, only to have their inspired effort wrecked by a bullshit call against Greg Camarillo. [NFL.com]Adderley elaborated on his statement last week about Rothstei ... More >>

Dolphins Coach Tony Sparano Is a Risk-Taking Conservative

Louisiana Governor Is the Latest to Learn Curse of the '72 Dolphins

Flickr: dsb nolaJindal​The New Orleans Saints are having a splendid season, but despite their 12-0 record, they're still a long way from the kind of immortality enjoyed by the '72 Dolphins. But it seems no one bothered to tell Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who in public remarks today claimed that h ... More >>

One if by Landshark, Two if by Sea

Circle Your Fun Wagons

What Ricky Williams Does for Veteran's Day

courtesy of the Miami DolphinsRicky Williams, Ronnie Brown, and wounded warriors​Despite some public relations issues in the past, I think Ricky Williams is a pretty kickass guy. And no matter what you think of him, yesterday he did a kickass thing:Ricky took fellow Dolphins running back Ronnie Br ... More >>

Mo-mentum Shift: The 'Stache That Saved the Dolphins

MiamiDolphins.comCheck out the whiskers on that Wildcat!​It may be a little early to anoint Tony Sparano the savior of the franchise, but at the very least he's made the Dolphins fun to watch again. And he definitely un-did the damage to a previously proud tradition of upper-lip hair inflicted by ... More >>

Top Chef 7 Florida Casting, In Pictures

Jacob KatelProspective Top Chef contestants shoot the shit while they wait their turn to see the casting director.​Top Chef 7 is officially on its way to your signal box, and Magical Elves, the production company behind the hit Bravo series, was in Miami on Sunday looking for talent. Prospective ... More >>

Because Your Skin Should Look Like Pigskin

In Pompano, Catch the Game at Sports Bars Bru's Room, Pat's Place, and the Bearded Clam

Footin’ the Bills

Don’t Fail, Dolphins

Cat Fight

Morning Juice: Mystery in Miramar; Hurricane's Northern Path May Kill Bill

​So far, the morning brings no new information on what, exactly, happened yesterday in Miramar -- just that whatever it was was horrible. WPLG has some video with interviews from neighbors. In the meantime, here's what else is happening in South Florida:The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Alb ... More >>

One Sport to Rule Them All

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 >>

Jimmy Buffett Writes the Worst Team Song Ever

Why don't we get drunk and...stop writing horrible songs? The Miami Dolphins announced today that Dolphins Satdium will henceforth be known as LandShark Stadium. We won't even get into the fact that the Marlins and the Dolphins play in that stadium, and Sharks eat both of those animals. (I bet ... More >>

Draft or Bottle?

Saints Drop a Deuce; Dolphins, Headline Writers Could Benefit

Deuce McAllister that is. He was released yesterday by the New Orleans Saints. He might be a good fit with Miami, though the Dolphins' 11-5 record puts them near the bottom of the waiver priority list.  Still, this is a day for immature headline writers across this nation to celebrate. ... More >>

The Greatness of Small Expectations

How do you keep fans -- and sportswriters -- happy in the NFL? Make sure you toss in a few ridiculously bad seasons in the mix of a bunch of mediocre ones. It's all about expectations, folks. Remember that. Don't believe it? Let's look at the Dolphins, a team that during the last couple deca ... More >>