Multiple media sources are reporting that Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano has been fired. Secondary & assistant head coach Todd Bowles has reported been installed as the interim head coach. A press conference is scheduled for 4:15pm ET and can be heard live at MiamiDolphins.com. ESPN‘s Chris Mortensen also reports that owner Stephen Ross plans to hire [...]
Three years later, Mike Smith and John Harbaugh are in the playoffs. The head coaches of Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens are once again leading legitimate Super Bowl contenders into the postseason. Smith and Harbaugh are a combined 65-31 in those three (regular) seasons, with Harbaugh reaching the Divisional and Conference championship games in his [...]
In 279 BC, King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought the Romans at the Battle of Asculum. Pyrrhus defeated the Romans, but suffered casualties so immense that he said “one more such victory, and we shall be undone.” Pyrrhus fought the Romans again at Beneventum, with similar results. In a related note, there’s a reason you’ve heard [...]
The Jets (1-1) lead the all-time series 46-42-1, while your division-leading Dolphins (2-0) have won the last three meetings, including a 31-27 thriller in front of the home crowd on Monday Night football in Week 5 last season. In a highly physical, back and forth game which saw five lead changes and 25 points scored [...]
The Dolphins, in a not-totally-unexpected move, cut C Jake Grove today. Grove, of course, was beaten out for the starting job at center by Joe Berger. Grove signed a $29.5 million contract, with a$12 million signing bonus, then played 12 games (starting 10) for the Dolphins last season. With Berger beating out Grove for the [...]
Writers who cover the National Football League have taken to heart Bill Parcell’s comment that “I do not want thugs and hoodlums on the team I really don’t, I don’t want bad character guys, I do not want problem children”. And after a series of arrests of Dolphins players, Miami area writers and even Pro [...]