Yuriokis Gamboa has the quickest hands in boxing, after Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacqiao. Unlike those superstars, however, the featherweight has a much better pool of competition. So, with that and the knockout power he displayed last night, he’s arguably the most exciting fighter in the sport. …
The sport is about as close as we come to watching ancient gladiatorial chariot races in the Coliseum.And now, as the state debates removing the racing requirements at pari-mutuels, longtime Florida tourist attractions like the harness racing track in Pompano Beach are left in some kind of limbo. Right now,…
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…
Dwyane Wade’s long, public divorce and custody battle finally came to a conclusion at the end of last week, with a Chicago judge awarding the father custody of his two young sons. The next day, the Heat avenged a 30-point loss to the San Antonio Spurs with a 30-point stomping…
Mike Greenberg has a reputation as a geek, a nerd, the nonathlete part of the duo that hosts the eponymous, nationally simulcast morning talk show Mike and Mike in the Morning. But Greenberg grew up playing tennis and has apparently always dreamed of competing in the U.S. Open. And recently,…
We know from Tom Hanks’ famous quote in A League of Their Own, “There is no crying in baseball!” But is there is crying in basketball?If you believe what Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra had to say after yesterday’s close loss to the Bulls, yes, Heat players were shedding tears…
Every month, ESPN the Magazine has one professional athlete (“Player X”) write an anonymous column about some topic of the day. Recently, an NBA player wrote about the phenomenon of infidelity among basketball players. Among the bits of insight: “The caliber of the women is just ridiculous. When they put…
Yesterday afternoon, the news went live; now it’s just a matter of waiting for the fallout. The sports gossip website Deadspin.com broke the story, like it has so many major sports stories over the past 12 months: Deadspin brought us news of Brett Favre’s penis and photos of Brett Favre’s…
As dozens of media outlets descend upon Jupiter this week, looking for any news from the on-going contract negotiations between the St. Louis Cardinals and their mega-awesome, all-time great, super-incredi-star, first baseman Albert Pujols, fans and concerned parties should look a few miles South for a cautionary tale about how…
Breaking sports records is something anybody can be proud to accomplish.But John Isner tells the Palm Beach Post he doesn’t want to be known as the guy who competed in a marathon tennis match. Isner’s Wimbledon win last summer earned him the label of tennis’ “Marathon Man” for a game…
I know it’s not politically correct to say girls don’t like football. Plenty of smart, sophisticated women — some of my best friends! — love to guzzle Yuengling and scream at Ben Roethlisberger on a Sunday afternoon.But the Super Bowl isn’t about football. The Super Bowl (it’s this Sunday, ladies,…
For his ability to play through unbelievable amounts of pain, tight end Dan Johnson, who played seven years with the Dolphins in the ’80s, was nicknamed “The King of Pain.” He dealt with broken bones, knee injuries, and multiple back issues. Turns out, he was actually dealing with a serious…
The Miami Heatles have certainly had an exciting first half of the season: “The Decision” drama, the rough start, the stretch of total domination (winning 21 of 22), the lessons in karma, the onslaught of injuries, and now another losing stint. (Last night’s loss to the Knicks makes five losses…
A friend of the Juice was in New York this weekend, watching the NFL playoff games in Times Square (surely surrounded by a sea of obnoxious Jets fans), when he snapped this shot. It’s a special bit of torture — a mobile beach scene driving through Manhatten on a day…
After dominating the NBA for all of December, the Miami Heat has fallen back to Earth. Since LeBron James’ now-ironic “Karma” tweet — and subsequent injury — the team has lost four straight games — and 13 for the year. (That means 70 wins is now out of the question.)…
John Wash, president of operations for the International Polo Club in Wellington, was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly throwing wine in his wife’s face.Wash, 50, “was being very uncooperative and refusing to talk” when Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies responded to his wife’s complaint at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to…
As the Miami Heat has hit a stride of domination over the past few weeks, LeBron James has said publicly that he’s beginning to enjoy his new “villain” role. (Especially, it seems, when it comes to the King’s former kingdom.) And to that end, last night was a fantastic kick…
A lot of things are up in the air for the Miami Dolphins this offseason. There are serious questions about the general manager, the head coach, the starting running backs, and, of course, the quarterback position.For a little while, it looked like Chad Henne was the future of the franchise…
The Dolphins this week revealed the ridiculous idea that Broward County ought to help pay for $200 million in upgrades to Sun Life Stadium — which isn’t even in Broward County. The Legislature would have to change state law to allow this completely ballsy idea on the part of Dolphins…
Yesterday we brought you a list of the five worst moments of this dreadful Miami Dolphins season. And though the team went 7-9, finished third in the division, and missed the playoffs for the second straight year, the season wasn’t an entire bust. There was a lot more learning than…
We can all agree this has been an awful season for the Miami Dolphins. Even the thoughtful sage and conscience of the team has admitted he’s angry at the way the year went. And now the franchise has all sorts of question marks going forward: the coach and general manager…
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 a magazine cover in a dress, and boasted of the…
