While working on this profile of Dolphins coach Tony Sparano, people kept swearing that the guy had a great sense of humor. It was hard to see, considering his normal grumpy demeanor in press conferences and most public appearances in general. But then I watched the clip above of Sparano…
UPDATE: A University of Tennessee sports web site is reporting that Richardson says he is not participating in the NCAA investigation of the school’s recruiting practices. He’s quoted saying: “I’m not involved in that.” These are Richardson’s first public comments after being arrested for armed robbery. He also says he…
Tennessee Volunteers head football coach Lane Kiffin loves South Florida football players — we told you how he bought a billboard in their honor, which you can see here. But now the question for NCAA investigators is whether he and his staff encourage the university’s female students to show a…
The New Orleans Saints are having a splendid season, but despite their 12-0 record, they’re still a long way from the kind of immortality enjoyed by the ’72 Dolphins. But it seems no one bothered to tell Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who in public remarks today claimed that his beloved…
Welcome back to South Florida football, Larry King! In advance of your color commentary during the first half of this weekend’s game between the Dolphins and Patriots, Juice thought it would help get you up to speed about how our area and football team has changed since you were last…
Herschel Walker may be the greatest athlete of our lifetimes, a modern-day Jim Thorpe of sorts. Now Walker, who will turn 48 next year, is bringing that athleticism to South Florida. And by “athleticism,” of course I mean some blend of Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, and ballet ass-kicking ability.That’s…
That’s Ken Green, a golfer in West Palm Beach, who lost his lower right leg, his brother, his girlfriend, and his dog in a car accident in Mississippi last June. His quest to return to the PGA Tour was the subject of a feature story in Sunday’s New York Times.Green…
You probably don’t remember it the same way I do, if you remember it at all. Hardcore Dolphins fans know the most famous Thanksgiving Day game the team ever played, and thinking of that day probably brings about a pleasant smile. Not for me though. I grew up in Dallas…
It’s too bad there aren’t more players like Santonio Holmes. The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP swung back to his native Belle Glade for the second straight year to serve Thanksgiving meals to needy families. WPBF was there.NFL players do tons of charity work, but much of…
Last night on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, the world saw a new dimension of Devin Hester. Late in the game, with his team desperate for a first down the Riviera Beach native, U. Miami alum and current Chicago Bear ran a crossing pattern. But his quarterback, Jay Cutler, threw the…
Signs have been appearing on telephone poles around Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods, dangling a proposition to cash-strapped homeowners: Rent out your home to a group of football fans visiting for the winter bowl season. The sign lists a phone number (866) 95 GRAND and claims to help land a rate of…
I’m not gonna lie, we had a hard time coming up with a “funny” list this week. With Dolphins fans still reeling from the news Ronnie Brown is out for the season with a foot injury, we figured we’d do “The Most Famous Feet in South Florida” or something like…
Jodie Kelly, a horse dressage rider from a well-known family in Destin, has been sued by a woman who says she relied upon Kelly’s opinion in buying a $38,000 horse that proved to be lame.The plaintiff is also from Destin — Victoria Guennewig, who in 2007 was shopping for a…
Last night, your forgotten Florida Panthers did something they’ve been doing a lot lately: They went on the road and beat the hell out of someone. In this case, the Buffalo Sabres, 6-2. It was the team’s fourth victory in the past five road games. Suddenly, a team that started…
The Dolphins received a devastating blow Sunday when Ronnie Brown hurt his foot. Much more devastating, it turns out, than most people realized.The franchise announced today that Ronnie Brown will be put on Injured Reserve, ending his season.For the year, Brown had 648 years rushing on 147 carries, 14 receptions…
Santonio Holmes is from Belle Glade, and now that he’s a Super Bowl MVP wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, you’d imagine that his life in that crime-ridden, rundown berg is a distant memory. But according to the Post-Gazette, Holmes thinks of home every time he washes his hands. One…
A Canadian teenager who is among the leading contenders for an Olympic gold in men’s figure skating has taken his practice regimen south. Patrick Chan, winner of the gold men in the Four Continents and Canadian Figure Skating Championships earlier this year, recently relocated from his training camp in Orlando,…
This is footage from Saturday’s fight between South Florida’s own Glen Johnson (in gold) and “Bad” Chad Dawson. For most of the fight, Dawson, age 27 and undefeated, floated around Johnson, who will turn 41 in January. Johnson never made strong contact with Dawson and in the end looked worn…
Despite some public relations issues in the past, I think Ricky Williams is a pretty kickass guy. And no matter what you think of him, yesterday he did a kickass thing:Ricky took fellow Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown, some Dolphins cheerleaders, and 20 local wounded military veterans, and went to…
Boxing fans may have seen the last fight from a legendary South Florida pugilist this weekend. Glen “Road Warrior” Johnson, the light heavyweight who will turn 41 years old in January, finally got his rematch against undefeated 27-year-old phenom “Bad” Chad Dawson in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday.Johnson looked good in…
Now that Chad Henne has twice dusted the rival Jets this year and revived what looked like an atrocious season, sports outlets all over South Florida are discussing the man. They debate his arm strength, his ability to lead a team, his fit in this offense, his Marino-ness. Some have…
For a third-hand manager, Joe Girardi’s doing pretty well for himself. In 2006, the Marlins fired the feisty Girardi after he got a verbal altercation with team owner Jeffrey Loria. Then Girardi’s longtime team, the Chicago Cubs had a chance to hire him, instead opting for the more experienced Lou…
