Subject: Sports Stars

• Isiah's All Right

  December 18, 2006

• The Answer ... To A Stupid Question

  December 14, 2006

• The Bitch Vs. The Dirt

  September 6, 2006

• Dr. Cuban and Mr. Hyde

  June 20, 2006

• Winning Is Everything

  June 8, 2006

• Yahoo For Tiger

  March 31, 2006

• Sid Rosenberg, Miami's Imus Connection

  April 11, 2007

• Crist Drops 'Arm-Candy'

  November 16, 2007

• Former Football Star Charged With Rapes

  October 1, 2008

• Do You (Not) Believe in Miracles?

  The Miami Dolphins beat the Jets Sunday to win the division and make it to the playoffs. It's a great achievement for a team that went 1-15 last year and a nice gift for the fans. But a miracle? That's what a headline on the the Sun-Sentinel's front page called it this morning -- a "miracle turnaround." That's right, this season was authored not by the Big Tuna, our local newspaper tells us, but by the the Big Guy himself, God almighty. Of course, I'm adhering to the st

  December 29, 2008

• Best Reminder that South Florida Is Still the South

  May 16, 2002

• Best Tennis Courts in Broward

  May 16, 2002

• Best Boxing Gym

  May 16, 2002

• Best People-watching

  May 13, 2004

• Best Actor and Actress

  May 12, 2005

• 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 accurate to say it was never close. Was that an American flag Band-Aid on Dwyane Wade's face, you ask? That's pretty accurate. It's also pretty accurate to say the Phoenix Suns are in love with Pat Ri

  February 11, 2009

• Bromance Blooms at NBA All-Star Game

  After the game, Kobe told reporters, "We are not going to go back to the room and watch 'Steel Magnolias' or something like that."If the love story between Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were an '80s romance movie, Dwyane Wade would be the suave, successful rebound guy who dates one of the leads briefly in the second act--right before the big reunion moment.Last night's NBA All-Star game gave us that moment. Playing on the same team for the first time in n

  February 16, 2009

• 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 Michael Jordan, Ernie Banks, Walter Payton, and Mike Ditka. Hard to argue those guys aren't Da Best. Florida's mountain wasn't so clear, however. We ended up with an all-football mountain, with two q

  February 26, 2009

• Sad Farewells

  April 9, 2009

• Freezin' For a Reason

  February 19, 2009

• If this Cooking is Light, I Don’t Wanna Be Wrong

  November 13, 2008

• K-Dur?

  November 8, 2007

• This Is Your Brain

  This is your brain on a bike

  February 16, 2006

• Fishin' for Wins

  June 2, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  March 10, 2005

• On the Ball

  March 3, 2005

• Rafer Madness

  Why not let the Heat's "legend" give us a show?

  January 15, 2004

• Don’t Get Holidazed!

  Holiday Gift Guide 2001

  November 22, 2001

• Hoopus Maximus

  Michael Jordan to the Max

  May 25, 2000

• Dive In

  June 25, 2009

• Keeping Up With the Ramirezes: Let's Hope Manny Didn't Share With Hanley

  Flickr User: SportechHanley Ramirez​Let's not panic, Hanley Ramirez admirers. Your star shortstop is healthy, he's helped your team to three straight wins and to within two games of the Wild Card. Best of all, he's not related to Manny Ramirez, who apparently has been frosting his Wheaties since at least 2003. I realize that besides a surname they both spend their offseasons in Weston and that... Uh oh, now that you mention it Hanley put on 25 pounds of muscle this offseason.But remember, Mann

  July 30, 2009

• Did Miami Heat's Jermaine O'Neal Karate Chop Michael Phelps?

  nba.comO'Neal: wax on, wax off ​Today The Juice directs your attention to an oldie but goodie: Los Angeles area blogger/smartass extraordinaire/ former New Times correspondent Tim Hammill a.k.a. Tim Hammer has launched a new podcast (and entertaining blog full of chuckly boy humor). In episode two, Hammer describes an alleged encounter between the Miami Heat's Jermaine O'Neal and human fish Michael Phelps.  The two, apparently, had a dispute years ago when O'Neal dared sound less than ent

  July 30, 2009

• Hole in One for 4-Year-Old Boy From Boca

  DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"13845",bannerAdObjectID:"5",videoAdObjectID:"4",videoAdConDefID:"2",playerInstanceID:"24FAD9E0-DC70-2532-414F-7E6F051C4C2F",domain:"wptv.dayport.com",rootCategory:"null",categoryID:"3",accPos:"CCTVI.SPORTS.LOCAL",accSite:"WPTV"}); A nearly Guinness Book record-setting stroke of beginner's luck. Poor kid may spend the rest of his life trying to repeat the feat.Tiger Woods made his first hole in one at age 6.UPDATE: Just found this. The oldest man to hit a hole-

  August 3, 2009

• Big Bucks Only a Signature Away for Broward's High School Hoops Sensation

  Flickr: chadwbecksBrandon Knight​Brandon Knight, the 6-foot-3 point guard from Pine Crest Academy in Fort Lauderdale, is ranked by recruiting service Rivals.com as the top high school senior in the nation. And you can bet he noticed how last week, a player who was neck-and-neck with Knight for that honor, Jeremy Tyler, broke the hearts of college recruiters by signing a contract to play professional basketball in Israel. To do so, Tyler's dropping out of his San Diego high school.By NBA standa

  August 17, 2009

• Gregg Easterbrook on Michael Vick and Animal Cruelty

  ​Two weeks ago, former Atlanta Falcon's superstar Michael Vick appeared on 60 Minutes to give his first interview after his release from jail. For those of you living under rocks and sustaining yourselves on grubs and nightcrawlers, Vick was charged in December 2007 with running an illegal dogfighting operation out of a Virginia property where, in addition to staging bloody fights between dogs, he and his cohorts killed dogs through electrocution, shooting, drowning, and hanging. During the in

  September 2, 2009

• Grand Slammed: U.S. Open Rough on the Locals

  Flickr: azzurri_nr1Serena's on pace to add her fourth (and second consecutive) U.S. Open title.​As we come down the final stretch of tennis' U.S. Open, the draws are conspicuously lacking in South Floridians. Only Serena Williams of Palm Beach Gardens has made it to the tournament's quarterfinals.And things started so auspiciously for our local contingent. On the men's side, Boca Raton's adopted son Jesse Levine cruised into the second round. The underdog who turned so many heads at Wimbledon

  September 8, 2009

• No Answer for D-Wade, in Miami

  flickr.com Allen Iverson used to be "the Answer," but now he brings a lot of questions.​Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat will be without the services of an undersized, over-the-hill veteran troublemaker this season. And Heat fans more concerned with wins and good basketball are probably rejoicing right now, but South Florida bloggers and other fans of controversy and stories ripe for the advancing will shed a tear for missed opportunity this evening. Allen Iverson, the 34-year-old vetera

  September 9, 2009

• Fall Means Ball

  October 8, 2009

• Roger Federer Makes Slightly Creepy Call to College Student in Boca

  Flickr: hobbesdudeJesse Levine​Why would the tennis players who's arguably the world's greatest ever watch college players? Based on this article in the Sacramento Bee, Roger Federer was keeping tabs on Jesse Levine, the Boca Raton resident who two years ago was playing for the University of Florida. The article describes how an agent for Federer rang the Levine family phone in Boca:

  October 9, 2009

• The Over-the-Hill Gang

  October 15, 2009

• Take It, B-Easy

  October 15, 2009

• Dancing With the Not-Exactly Stars

  October 22, 2009

• The Book of Isiah

  October 22, 2009

• Did Isiah Move to South Florida to Look After Broward-Dwelling Mother?

  Flickr: fiuThomas at the press conference announcing his hire at FIU​Back in April, it was a curious move: Isiah Thomas taking the job as basketball coach at Florida International University. Since retiring as one of the game's best-ever point guards, the former Detroit Piston had been a basketball executive and pro coach. He bombed at both, but still it didn't seem so bad that he had to settle for a college coaching job at a mid-major program like FIU's. (No offense, Panthers.)But deep within

  October 26, 2009

• Three-Feat

  October 29, 2009

• 5 Secret Wishes Pat Riley Has For This Heat Season

  flickr.comCoach Slick making a wish list, checking it twice.​The Heat season is officially upon us again, and judging by the very small sample size thus far, Miami will go 82-0 and Dwyane Wade will finally secure the MV3. Most experts have them finishing fourth or fifth in the division and either barely making or missing the playoffs.There are many story lines facing the Heat this season: Will D-Wade leave after this season? Will Beasley perform post-rehab? Will off-season additions Quinten Ri

  October 31, 2009

• Off to See the Wizards

  November 5, 2009

• King Fishing

  November 12, 2009

• Gospel of Paul

  November 19, 2009