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…
Last week, the New York Times released a staggering investigation, alleging that the NFL’s concussion-research team used faulty data to downplay athletes’ risk of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE. The disease, which has been repeatedly diagnosed in football players, causes a person’s brain matter — and memory —…
A half dozen guys from Calgary have made it their trademark to show up to hockey games in costume as Florida Panthers star forward Jaromir Jagr — more specifically, as the various incarnations of Jagr through the years as he’s played for different teams, with various jerseys and various lengths…
In his lifetime, Chad Johnson has been a six-time Pro Bowl NFL receiver, a man known as “Chad Ochocino,” a reality television star, and, apparently, a person who couldn’t pay his mortgage. Johnson, who owned a mansion in Davie, Florida until last week, seems to have run into some financial…
Florida Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr made history last night, first tying, then beating Brett Hull’s record to become the NHL player who has scored the third most career goals of all time. Jagr scored both his 741st and 742nd goals during the Cats’ 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Jagr,…
The NBA trade deadline came and went Thursday and while Heat fans were ready to yell out “LET’S DAAAANCE!!” like Kevin Bacon at the end of Footloose and celebrate in endless falling confetti, the actual day amounted to nothing more than the proverbial wet fart. The Heat traded away players and…
It’s a dark, cold time in South Florida sports right now. The Dolphins are an annual disappointment, the Heat can’t catch a break, and the Marlins are… the Marlins. Times are tough. There is hope that each franchise can right the ship soon, but each has its own obstacles to…
Now that the dust has settled following the Miami Dolphins’ hire of Adam Gase as their new head coach, we can take a step back and speculate on what his hire means going forward. It seems every day Gase is adding a new member to his coaching staff. As the…
Last week, we here at New Times helped get bandwagon Florida Panthers fans up to speed on the team’s affairs so that they could properly root on the hottest team in sports. This week, you’re on your own. While it’s nice to welcome aboard new Panthers fans, it’s also equally as…
Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh made more field goals than any other kicker in the National Football League this year. He will not be remembered for this. Instead, Walsh will now live in Bill Buckner-esque infamy as the guy who, with one swing of his foot, blew the entire Vikings…
Welcome to your safe place, bandwagon Florida Panthers fans — we’ve been expecting you. Imagine this as an anonymous after-hours meeting in a poorly-lit room with group of steel chairs perfectly placed in a circle; This is your judge-free zone. There is no such thing as a “bandwagon Florida Panthers…
C’mon you stinkin’ fickle fans. Go to the games. The Dolphins are done. The Marlins are “a joke,” according to one rival owner, The Heat is winning, but now faces about a million away games that will probably chip away at that solid record, But the Panthers — the best…
Year-round our South Florida Sports stars bring us so much joy, so it’s only right that during the holiday season we think of ways we could return the favor. This Christmas — if we could could around their security teams — we have would love to give guys like Chris…
2015 was not a great sports year. We saw the Marlins top themselves as the most embarrassing franchise in professional sports, the Hurricanes fire their head coach, the Heat lose one of their star players to a near-death lung condition, and the Dolphins once again delve deep into the well…
2015 South Florida sports. It was a year of some good and lots of awfulness. But mostly, lots of awfulness. The football teams continue to wallow in mediocrity, the basketball team got struck by lightning several times, and the baseball team is an absolute travesty. Sure, there were some good…
The Miami Dolphins are set to host the New York Giants tonight in what is essentially a meaningless game for the home team. The Dolphins, in case you haven’t noticed, suck. They are currently 5-7, and any hope of reaching the playoffs lie in a bunch of things falling in…
After Broward County Commissioners committed millions of dollars to bail out the Florida Panthers, the team is making bold new plans for the team, says Peter Luukko, the team’s executive chairman. Under the plan approved Tuesday, the Panthers will get $12 million in the next year. Taxpayers overall investment in…
This past Sunday, groms and grownups alike gathered in Deerfield Beach to compete in the last of four contests run by the the Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) for its South Florida Surf Contest Series. With onshore winds gusting at 10-15+ knots, a receding swell and an uncooperative tide, South Florida’s…
After many days of speculation and rumors, the Miami Marlins have made it official and are naming Barry Bonds their new hitting coach. Bonds, who has zero coaching experience, is currently the home run king, and considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. There’s also that whole steroid…
The Miami Dolphins were slammed by the New York Jets on Sunday, to the tune of 38-20. But some foul news was percolating even before the Dolphins went out and played miserably against their hated rival. According to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, Ndamukong Suh gave his defensive teammates a pre-game speech where he…
