Tony Sparano

Miami Dolphins at New York Jets Preview

The last time the Dolphins met the Jets, in Week 3, Reggie Bush had to leave the game with a knee injury, Derrelle Revis tore his ACL, Ryan Tannehill threw a back-breaking pick-6, and Dan Carpenter forgot how to kick field goals. The Jets won in OT 23-20. Since then, the two teams have engaged in a ... More >>

Dolphins Defeat Rams 17-14, Are Now Tied For First Place In Their Division

The Dolphins are 3-3 and locked into a four-way tie with the rest of the AFC East. Which means either the Dolphins are good again, or the AFC East really, really sucks. Either way. While 3-3 is as mediocre as it gets in the NFL, it's still a vast improvement from the dog shit canon that used to be ... More >>

Dolphins Fall in OT to the Jets

The Miami Dolphins lost because they can no longer do the one thing this team was always only capable of doing -- kick field goals. And so the New York Jets came to town, managed to play like a sack of crap, and still pulled out the 23-20 victory, because our kicker forgot how to kick field goals, ... More >>

Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets Preview

The New York Jets head into town this weekend for TonySparanoRevengeTour2012. Both teams come into the week at 1-1 in a four-way tie between all teams in the AFC East which very much means that the winner of this game could potentially be in in first place heading into Week 4. Both the Jets and Dol ... More >>

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Miami Dolphins Fire Gum-Chewin', Mustache-Sportin', Field-Goal-Lovin' Tony Sparano

Yahoo! SportsIs it fourth down yet? We gotta punt this friggin' thing.​There are three things Tony Sparano is really good at -- chewing gum, wearing a mustache, and sending in the field-goal unit.Apparently none of those help the Miami Dolphins win football games, so he's out at head coach.Ass ... 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 >>

Chad Henne Found in Bahamas Dancing With Fake Boobs

TMZ​Dolphins fans haven't seen moves like this from Chad Henne since... yeah, never. Nor is he usually that calm under pressure. Yes, NFL players are currently locked out, and even if that weren't the case, Henne's job would be in jeopardy. But the robotic one was spotted this week in the Bahamas, ... 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 >>

Ricky Williams' Criticism of Coach Tony Sparano Caps Off a Long List of Ricky Williams Oddities

Photo from hogwild.netRicky became the subject of many pot PhotoShop jobs.​If there's one thing that Dolphins running back Ricky Williams has been, it's unconventional. He lived on a beach in Australia, played football in Toronto in part so he could do a side job as a yoga instructor, appeared on ... More >>

Five Nice Things Tony Sparano Said About Chad Henne the Day He Benched Him

flickr.comIn Pennington we trust?​With the Dolphins 4-4 at the halfway point in the season, head coach Tony Sparano announced today that starting quarterback Chad Henne will be benched this week in favor of former savior (and two-time comeback player of the year), Chad Pennington. (Insert "hanging ... More >>

Bill Parcells May Have Been Fired, and He May Have Deserved It

flickr.com​This week brought news that Bill Parcells is leaving his post as vice president of football operations for the Dolphins. Upon closer inspection, it sure seems like the Tuna was given the hook. And though he's nothing short of a football legend -- and it might sound almost sacrilegious t ... More >>

Chad Henne Outplayed by Backups -- His and the Cowboys

Photo from drunkathlete.comHenne, back in his Michigan days.​Earlier this week, as the Dolphins were getting ready to play the Cowboys in last night's exhibition game, starting QB Chad Henne described to the media what he hoped to do.Well, I mean, I definitely want to come out with a lot of pluses ... 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 >>

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 >>

Dolphins Coach Tony Sparano Is a Risk-Taking Conservative

Proof that Dolphins Coach Tony Sparano Does Have a Sense of Humor

While working on this profile of Dolphins coach Tony Sparano, people kept swearing that the guy had a great sense of humor. It was hard to see, considering his normal grumpy demeanor in press conferences and most public appearances in general. But then I watched the clip above of Sparano hamming it ... More >>

Larry King Returns to Dolphins Broadcast Booth This Weekend;

Flickr: ulloasullivanLarry King: Old enough to be Shula's grandpa​Welcome back to South Florida football, Larry King! In advance of your color commentary during the first half of this weekend's game between the Dolphins and Patriots, Juice thought it would help get you up to speed about how our ar ... 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 >>

The Cat Comes out of the Bag

Huizenga Defeats Obama

In a press release just sent out over the wires, the Miami Dolphins announced that Stephen M. Ross now owns 95 percent of the franchise and Dolphin Stadium. Combined with the 50 percent of the team Ross purchased last February, Ross and Wayne Huizenga officially sealed the deal on an additiona ... 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 >>

Crist's Frat Buddy In Hot Water

A Jet All the Way

It’s Favre v. Pennington in the land of the hanging chad