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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 ... More >>

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 basketbal ... More >>

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 Flori ... More >>

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 rejo ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 dogfigh ... More >>

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 tha ... More >>

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

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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 a ... More >>

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 ... 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 >>

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 d ... 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 >>

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 " ... More >>

Former Football Star Charged With Rapes

Crist Drops 'Arm-Candy'

Sid Rosenberg, Miami's Imus Connection

Isiah's All Right

The Answer ... To A Stupid Question

The Bitch Vs. The Dirt

Dr. Cuban and Mr. Hyde

Winning Is Everything

Yahoo For Tiger

Various Artists

The Killer in You (Reignition)

Fishin' for Wins

Best Actor and Actress

Gary Cowling for Take Me Out

Lisa Morgan for The Memory of Water

Misery & Clemency

Or, 1,200 highway miles, ten days, nine baseball teams, six stadiums, five games, steroids, and a funeral

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On the Ball

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Rafer Madness

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The Rundown

Best Tennis Courts in Broward

George English Park

Best Boxing Gym

Warrior's Boxing Gym

Don’t Get Holidazed!

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Hoopus Maximus

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