An open letter to Brandon Marshall:As the newest member of the Miami Dolphins, no doubt you’re looking for a place in South Florida to call home, and you may be considering a quieter life in Broward or Palm Beach counties. Don’t do it. Miami is a much better fit for…
Bill Parcells, the Dolphins’ executive vice president of football operations, is “not worth a shit.” At least that’s what his former boss, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, was caught slurring on a shaky phone camera in video originally posted by Deadspin.The conversation starts when an unidentified man asks Jones –…
Citing league sources, NFL.com has confirmed reports that Denver Broncos wide receiver has been traded to the Fins for a two second-round draft picks.Marshall, who’s originally from Winter Park, is exactly the kind of big, productive receiver the Dolphins have been lacking. Some ascribed his huge statistics to the skill…
The last time you saw Keith Ballard was in November, after he accidentally slashed the head of his own goalie. The incident even earned Ballard a spot on the 2009 Dirty Dozen list.Last night’s incident, at the BankAtlantic Center, wasn’t nearly as dangerous. But it was just as bizarre. In…
Glen Johnson has some thoughts about this weekend’s big fight in Las Vegas, the long-awaited (some say it’s coming years too late) rematch between boxing’s former favorite son (and Florida native) Roy Jones Jr. and spry statesman Bernard Hopkins. And when it comes to these two fighters, Johnson knows what…
Maybe the best high school basketball players in the country come with a curse. Those elite players tend to stay in college for only one year, which isn’t much time to develop the kind of team dynamic that comes in handy in March. Kentucky’s roster boasts two players who came…
Charles Blanchard likes to punch men in the face — and he gets paid for it.The Jacksonville native is a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter and is making his big debut Wednesday on Spike TV’s show Ultimate Fighter.There are some moves he wishes he could smack down on his opponent,…
Stephanie Brombacher, a Pembroke Pines native who starred at American Heritage High, threw a perfect game yesterday in the Florida Gators’ 10-0 victory over the University of South Florida. It was the first perfect game for a Gator pitcher in six years.Her achievement may seem a bit modest compared to…
A Midwest basketball legend who spent a brief retirement in South Florida, Deon Thomas didn’t take long to establish success as a coach. This month, in his first head-coaching job, Thomas led his junior college team deep into the post-season tournament.Thomas had settled in Pembroke Pines after a legendary career…
Lingerie Football League executives, being the true arbiters of class and taste that they are, have put two of the best players in the league on probation for — of all things — having too much on during a recent photo shoot.Mariam Mortaza, sister of the league founder, recently informed…
As Tiger Woods tunes up for the Masters, Mrs. Tiger Woods has left the couple’s Orlando-area home for a trip to Palm Beach — specifically, to hop aboard Privacy, the yacht docked there.Before leaving shore, Elin Nordegen had better be careful there aren’t any stowaway mistresses. Shortly after reports of…
Freestyle Alligator Wrestling is now officially a professional competitive sport, thanks to the Seminole Tribe in Hollywood. Under the aegis of Tribe President Richard Bowers and tribe member James Holt, who’s been wrestling gators at the Seminoles’ Okalee Indian Village for five years, the first officially sanctioned competition was staged…
Of all the sports-related documentaries in ESPN’s series “30 for 30,” none looks as intriguing as Run Ricky Run, the profile of Dolphins running back Ricky Williams.In the trailer, Herald columnist (and ESPN personality) Dan Le Batard has the best quote on the enigmatic Williams: “I still don’t know as…
In this video, University of South Florida defensive end (and Deerfield Beach product) Jason Pierre-Paul is challenged by another USF player in — of all things — a back-handspring competition. Pierre-Paul does 16. Then he (understandably) stumbles around for a bit.It’s a feat of pure athleticism. And apparently that’s actually…
The National Hockey League, which met this week in Boca Raton, has decided to outlaw hits to the head. There’s been talk of doing this for years, but the video below is what finally made the league act. Painful to watch, isn’t it? That’s Panthers star David Booth was blindsided…
The cover story in this week’s print product, about the not-so-pretty side of the Lingerie Football League, includes an interview with league founder, Mitch Mortaza, who created the first Lingerie Bowl seven years ago.The slick self-proclaimed millionaire, whose record includes arrests for drunk driving and public intoxication, wasn’t new to…
Last week, star point guard Brandon Knight’s Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest team lost in the state championship to Tallahassee Rickards. This week, he’s trying to decide what college basketball program will be his one-year layover en route to the NBA. Let’s help him decide!Kentucky: With John Wall leaving to be…
Sachia Vickery is the Miramar girl whose mother worked two jobs in order to pay for a world-class tennis education. That investment is starting to pay off, judging by Vickery’s unofficial debut on the national tennis scene Monday night in an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden.That was the site…
Eight days before he was murdered by his mother’s ex-boyfriend, Atlanta-area football star Rajaan Bennett wrote an essay tracing the brutal challenges he had weathered by the age of 18. An excerpt of that essay from a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:In the year of 2000, I moved from the…
At the end of this weekend’s interview of former Chicago Bulls Star Scottie Pippen, he’s asked about whether he’s prepared his Hall of Fame induction speech. “I think I’ll call my guy Michael Jordan up,” he began — a moment when all basketball fans should have held their breath or…
Sunday’s loss to the Magic felt like a setback to the Heat’s efforts to keep Dwyane Wade. Despite his return, the team was still overmatched in Orlando, which glided past a Heat squad that managed just 16 points in each of the final two quarters. Having missed several games with…
While the National Hockey League takes a break for the Winter Olympics, fans are keeping themselves busy with trade talk, and one of the hottest pieces of gossip involves a cornerstone of the Florida Panthers franchise: goaltender Tomas Vokoun.During these Olympics, Vokoun’s been terrific in net for a surprising Czech…
