LeBron James’ decision to flee his northeast Ohio hometown for the warmth of the Miami Heat this year ripped a hole in the basketball universe. For those who were living under a rock and missed the hype, here are the highlights of his long, strange journey:6.A local comedian enlists Cleveland…
LeBron James just led the Miami Heat to a 12-game winning streak, but that doesn’t mean his hometown fans in Cleveland have forgiven him for deserting them. “The 12 Days of Quitness” features King James as an elf, a chorus chant of “He sold us out on national TV,” and…
There was snow, there was suspense, there was history being made, and if you were still watching that horrible football game last night in the fourth quarter, there was this: a sign from a man and son who apparently drove to Minnesota — to sit outside in single-digit temperatures and…
This is footage from today’s Dolphins-Jets game. Look closely at the :27 mark, and what looks like someone on the Jets’ sideline sticking his leg out to trip the Dolphins’ Nolan Carroll as he runs up the sideline on punt coverage in the third quarter. The culprit has been identified…
Never has the word dickwad been used with such eloquence. If you don’t frequent the journalism aggregate website Gangrey.com, you are missing out on some of the best writing in the country (in addition to an occasional New Times story).But more recently, you’ve been missing a very entertaining (and very…
Through the Miami Dolphins’ media relations, Ricky Williams says there is no truth to a Dallas man’s claims that he is the running back’s estranged father.But that hasn’t stopped Ross Williams one bit. The 68-year-old retiree says that in the mid-’70s, he had a two-year relationship with Ricky’s mother, Sandy…
Sometimes people make life too complicated. Used to be, if you want to see a hockey game, you paid money and got a seat. Simple.Then we have promotions, where you get a special rate, see a hockey game, and get some free crap thrown in. All in good fun, right?…
The Miami Heat’s game in Cleveland this week settled one thing for the rust belt city: LeBron James is gone, and he’s not coming back. And he’s not the only thing that’s leaving. Cleveland’s declining population makes it now the country’s 43rd largest city, down from 33rd in 2000. Cleveland’s…
LeBron James returned to Cleveland last night for the much-anticipated Miami Heat versus Cleveland Cavs game. From the moment the “Chosen 1” stepped foot on the court, Cavaliers fans booed his every movement. Despite all the negative attention toward James, the roughly six-foot-eight small forward had nothing but nice things to…
It wouldn’t have been Cleveland if the Cavaliers had won. That’s not what Cleveland sports teams do. There must be heartbreak. There must be desperation. There must be earnest, pale faces waving signs that say “Quitness.”In a city ravaged by foreclosures, the Cavs played the Heat last night in an…
LeBron James caused a ruckus last week during the Heat’s November 27 game against the Dallas Mavericks. A video surfaced shortly after showing LeBron bumping into Head Coach Erik Spoelstra — perhaps on purpose.C’mon, LeBron, violence isn’t the answer! But since he’s choosing not to heed our advice, he might…
On Sunday, the Sun-Sentinel became the first media outlet to name Jon Gruden as a candidate for head football coach at the University of Miami. The paper cited “multiple UM sources” who claimed that the former NFL coach is “high on the list” and that there’s “mutual interest.”Everyone from bloggers…
Could it be that LeBron James and Chris Bosh are too immature to handle their rising fame? The two could have been part of a real dream team if they weren’t living up to their young ages of 25 and 26. Thanks to recent videos, Miami Heat fans are starting…
Our pal Bob Norman over at the Daily Pulp posted an awesome video last Sunday of the Dolphins’ Chad Pennington dancing to Eminem.Presumably white-boy-style dancing was intended to pump him up. That obviously failed since Pennington is now out for the season.But that got us thinking, if Pennington can dance…
The Miami Dolphins are desperate right now. Less than a week after benching Chad Henne in favor of Chad Pennington, the team may have lost both players for the remainder of the season. Third-stringer Tyler Thigpen finished Sunday’s win against the Titans at quarterback.Now the team seems to be scrambling…
Quidditch: a fictional sport and brainchild of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series.The sport involves witches and wizards riding on broomsticks, dodging big, hard balls (yes), and trying to find a tiny, gold ball.So how do muggles humans reenact the sport? With a broom between their legs at…
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 chad” jokes here.)Oddly though, Sparano had nothing…
[UPDATE] More information about Sunday’s tournament after the jump.Lynn University in Boca Raton might be the only school to require students to “keep a broomstick between their legs at all times.”Yes, Halloween is over. But Harry Potter season is just beginning!On Sunday, November 14, the private university is hosting a…
All the talk in the NFL this week is about troubled wide receiver (and Fort Lauderdale resident) Randy Moss, who was waived by the Minnesota Vikings only four games after they traded to get him — in part because of a disturbing rant he unleashed against a local food vendor…
The six finalists for the WLRN Miami Herald Radio LeBron James poetry contest will be announced today in the sports section of the Miami Herald.But before any finalists were chosen, the contest’s coordinators had to sift through more than 1,000 entries. To keep things interesting (and themselves entertained), they started…
Update: The Miami Heat has decided it wants no part in the judging and therefore neither does LeBron James. This decision came because the event was coordinated without the team’s input.Want LeBron James to check you out? You may only need to write a poem. But that all depends on…
courtesy Bradley SpringerThe Miami Herald issued an incredibly lame correction this afternoon on a story that appeared on the front page of their sports section earlier this week. The brief, ambiguous note seems to be an admission that one of the paper’s most celebrated sports reporters was completely and utterly…
