After four straight seasons of watching the Miami Heat play basketball deep into the month of June, it’s now been two years in a row of a large majority of Heat fans filling that space with rooting against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. The latter is…
Jaclynn Moskow was excited to have been invited to the November 2014 taping of Poker Night in America, which airs on CBS Sports. Moskow, a 31-year-old doctor from South Florida who began playing big-money poker in 2013, noted that her emailed invitation from the show’s creative director, Nolan Dalla, carried…
You already knew Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade were normal-people wealthy, but did you know they are worldwide-famous-athlete-in-any-sport-wealthy? Well, you do now. Forbes has released their annual The World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes study and Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh made the cut. Wade was the 33rd highest paid athlete in the world in 2016…
MMA fighter Kimbo Slice (real name: Kevin ferguson) has died at age 42 in Coral Springs due to undisclosed reasons, according to reports. The CEO of Bellator MMA gave a statement: “We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the…
In 1994, Richard Rabin migrated from snowy New Jersey to Plantation. The 54-year-old retired union leader and former bodybuilder was ready to spend his days taking it easy in the warm weather, entertaining his four grandchildren when they came to visit. Adept at computers, he took up graphic design as…
Whether their stadium will be ready or not, the Miami Dolphins are nearing a return. Every year, we see the signs: Hurricane season starts, summer begins, July 4th passes. When the dollar store starts selling those autumn colored placemats, we have officially passed phase one. You should probably buy some bottled…
Since the Dolphins selected Ryan Tannehill with the 8th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, he has been something of an enigma. At times, he looks like the next Aaron Rodgers; other times he looks closer to the next Chad Henne. As is tradition around these parts, Dolphins fans are…
What a difference a year makes. Last summer, the Miami Heat and Dwyane Wade had an uncommon falling out over the future of the Hall of Fame guard. Wade wanted to stay in Miami, but he wanted more years and more money than the Heat were comfortable handing out at…
Mickey Axelband may be the Miami Marlins’ biggest fan. Ever since the baseball team’s first game in 1993, the 59-year-old, bald veterinarian with lively green eyes has been a season ticket holder. He’s attended every single home opener and final game of the season. He sweated through thousands of brutal…
For the last three years, Davia Bradshaw has fought to force her ex, former NFL linebacker Clinton Session, to pay child support on time and in full. Bradshaw and Session have a severely disabled, special-needs three-year-old daughter for whom Bradshaw cares in Pompano Beach. Bradshaw says that because of financial…
The Miami Heat are done playing basketball until the Dollar Tree starts selling Halloween decorations… How is a South Florida sports fan even to deal right now? It’s always a bitter reality-pill to swallow when the Heat seasons ends, but because of the way that injuries robbed the team of…
Less than three weeks ago the Miami Heat found themselves in a similar situation; on the verge of elimination headed into Game 6, unsure if this would be the last day of their 2015-16 season, and a shell of the former revamped team that thunder-punched opponents post-All Star break. There…
South Florida, the land of excess, can now lay claim to another display of opulence: A horse race with $12 million in payouts was announced Wednesday. It is set for Jan. 28, 2017 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach. The race, called the Pegasus World Cup, will be contested at…
The Florida Panthers last night announced that star forward Jaromir Jagr will return next year. He agreed to a one-year contract. The terms were not disclosed. Florida Panthers Executive Vice President and General Manager Dale Tallon said in a statement, “Jaromir is a Hall of Fame player and had an excellent…
Just a few short months ago, all seemed lost. The Heat were once again faced with the crushing blow of having lost Chris Bosh for an undetermined, but likely indefinite, amount of time. Even before getting that news, the Heat seemed like a puzzle that didn’t have all the right…
Jordan Parsons is a 25-year-old MMA featherweight fighter. He trains with the Blackzillians, an MMA team based at the Jaco Hybrid Training Center in Boca Raton. Since 2010, Parsons has 11 wins and two losses under his belt. Parsons is currently a featherweight prospect and was gearing up for a…
Last year, Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins, teamed up with the government of Qatar to buy a stake in Formula 1 racing. Now, there are reports that the Middle Eastern country’s state-owned airline, Qatar Airways, could get naming rights to New Miami Stadium (formerly Sun Life Stadium), where the…
Approach and the first thing you hear is buzzing. It’s like a swarm of food processors flying overhead. Look up. In the twilight sky, Tron-like flashes of neon turn circles, some stopping midair before diving close to the ground at breakneck speed. They’re like tiny comets or steroid-stoked fireflies. Suddenly,…
The NFL Draft is less than two weeks away, yet it’s somehow sneaking up Dolphins fans. Maybe it’s the Miami Heat being back in the playoffs for the first time since LeBron James left. Maybe it’s the Florida Panthers run at the Stanley Cup that’s distracted us. Maybe it’s the…
It’s NHL Playoff time! (Imagine a red goal light wildly rotating to the sounds of sirens blaring.) A few months back, as the Florida Panthers were improbably becoming a white-hot team after years of lukewarm performances, we provided an explainer about the team’s customs for bandwagon fans, So, no excuses — you…
In 2001, Lional Dalton won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens. He started three games that season as a defensive tackle. But in 2006, Dalton succumbed to injuries to his spine and retired. Now, ten years later, his lawyers say he’s become so debilitated by his injuries that traveling around…
The Florida Derby is the highlight of the horse racing season at Gulfstream Park and the most important race in South Florida, with three-year-old thoroughbreds competing for a $1 million prize. It doesn’t quiiiite rival Kentucky Derby day in Louisville, but, boy, it’s looking like race day tomorrow will be a…
