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Derek Jeter On The Marlins' Dinger Machine: "It's Big. It's Big. It's Big."
Much of the Miami Marlins’ roster from last season has departed, but the team’s true centerpiece—the home run sculpture in the outfield—is set to remain, at least for now. That’s not for lack of trying by CEO Derek Jeter, who’s indicated that he’s not a fan. But the fact that the statue is considere...
The Heat Intentionally Fouled Ben Simmons With The Game Tied In The Final Minute, And Won Because Of It
Dwyane Wade, paying tribute to Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, hit the game-winning shot last night in the Miami Heat’s 102-101 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. He scored 15 of Miami’s 17 final points (and assisted on the other bucket). But it was a foul he made that actually won the He...
Dwyane Wade Hits Game-Winner While Paying Tribute To Parkland Student
Dwyane Wade briefly looked like his vintage self tonight, putting up 15 of Miami’s 17 final points in a close fourth quarter against Philadelphia—including the game-winning shot with just a few seconds remaining....
Miami Tops UNC's Game-Tying Three With Game-Winning Heave
No. 9 North Carolina looked like they were set for overtime against unranked Miami tonight, with a clutch game-tying three-pointer from Joel Berry with just four seconds remaining. But those four seconds gave Hurricanes guard Ja’Quan Newton enough time to launch a buzzer-beating shot from well beyon...
MLBPA Files Grievance Against Four Teams For Being Cheap Bastards With Revenue-Sharing Money
Let us use the Rays as an example, because, hell, if the Rays didn’t want to be used as the poster team for hemorrhaging salary with no clear goal other than to shovel cash into its ownership’s maw, maybe they shouldn’t have so conspicuously nuked a roster that was five games out of a playoff spot....
Jonathan Martin Taken Into Custody After Threatening Instagram Post Causes High School To Close
Los Angeles prep school Harvard-Westlake closed both its campuses this afternoon after former NFL offensive lineman and Harvard-Westlake alum Jonathan Martin tagged the school in an Instagram post, in which he made threats against those he said bullied him. The photo included a gun and shells on a b...
Bryce Harper Forced Don Mattingly Into Clowning Himself
The Marlins are a cynical disaster of a franchise with no apparent interest in winning baseball games, and the obviousness of all that has put the actual members of the team in a tough spot. The players on the Marlins still have to go out and play 162 games and pretend like the reason for them takin...
Sleazy Dirtbag Jeffrey Loria Sued By Miami-Dade County Over Marlins Sale Profits
True scumbag Jeffrey Loria treated the good people of Miami to one final insult on his way out of town, using tricky accounting to avoid paying Miami-Dade County an agreed-upon share of the profits from his sale of the team. Now it appears Miami-Dade is suing his sorry ass. From a Miami Herald repor...
Report: David Samson Flipped When Julio The Octopus Accidentally Won The Marlins' Sea Creature Race<em></em>
This winter has held plenty in the way of absurd news about the Miami Marlins; it hasn’t even been two months since a full news cycle was devoted to Marlins Man complaining on the radio about his lack of invite to a season ticketholders’ meeting with Derek Jeter, ultimately receiving an invite to sa...
Kobe Bryant And Dion Waiters Had Great Reactions To The Eagles Winning The Super Bowl
What makes these videos of native Philadelphians Kobe Bryant and Dion Waiters going nuts the moment the Eagles officially defeated the Patriots to win their first Super Bowl is how relatable they are. Trust me....
Report: Jeffrey Loria Takes One Last Dump On Miami
Former Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, who seemingly did everything in his power to cripple the city of Miami when he managed to scam the city into spending billions of dollars to build him a new baseball stadium, has found yet another way to be a disgusting rich person....
MLBPA Sends Limp-Dick Memo About Payroll Slashing, Is Summarily Shooed Off
Next winter will be the real bellwether for the state of MLB payroll spending—handwringing over shrinking payroll today might disappear all at once if the movement of next winter’s studs lifts all boats—but the early indicators of this winter are troubling. The hot stove is cool, there’s a boatload ...
The Only Fun Miami Marlin Is Probably Better At Basketball
Even in a shamelessly slow offseason, the Miami Marlins have clobbered all competitors in a race to become the least interesting team in baseball. They traded Giancarlo Stanton, who is possibly the most exciting dude in the entire sport, for peanuts. The main goal, which the team barely bothered to ...
Guy Who Dreamed Of Playing For Marlins Should Be Careful What He Wishes For<em></em>
Coral Springs native Lewis Brinson is excited to patrol the field in front of the Marlins’ dinger machine for his childhood team. The Marlins acquired the 23-year-old prospect yesterday as part of the return package for trading Christian Yelich to Milwaukee....
Christian Yelich Freed From Miami, Joins Surprisingly Fun Brewers Club
The hot stove is warm, baby. A week after Christian Yelich’s agent announced the outfielder’s relationship with the Marlins was “irretrievably broken,” he’s been shipped off to the Brewers in exchange for a solid haul of prospects: outfielders Lewis Brinson and Monte Harrison, second baseman Isan Di...
Trial Begins For Former NFL Player Monty Grow, Accused Of Taking $20 Million From Military Health Care Program
The trial of former NFL player Monty Grow began today in Miami, more than a year after he was first indicted for helping to engineer a scheme that netted more than $20 million from a government program that helps military members and veterans receive health care. ...
The Hot Stove And The Triumph Of Shamelessness
Broadly speaking, America has never been great on shame. Pride has always been a strong suit, and fucking things up in shameful and improbable ways was the national pastime long before a more racist version of Slimer from Ghostbusters got elected president, but shame just sort of never caught on her...
Miami Hurricanes Corner Malek Young Suffers Career-Ending Neck Injury
The Miami Hurricanes announced this afternoon that an injury suffered during the Orange Bowl will end the playing career of standout sophomore cornerback Malek Young, according to a Sun-Sentinel report:...
Christian Yelich's Agent Says Relationship With Marlins Is "Irretrievably Broken"
Christian Yelich is just about the last good Miami Marlins player standing, so naturally, he’d also like to escape the Derek Jeter regime’s austerity plan before the start of the season. Yelich’s agent Joe Longo spoke with ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick and made it abundantly clear that Yelich wants out imme...
Ex-Dolphins Coach Chris Foerster Opens Up About Cocaine Video: "It's What I Needed"
On Oct. 9, Dolpins offensive line coach Chris Foerster resigned after a video showing him snorting lines of cocaine was released by Las Vegas model Kijuana Nige. After releasing the video, Nige talked to the press, saying that “a point had to be proven” about white privilege. Since then, all has bee...