Entries by Ethan Skolnick

Hassan Whiteside caught up in weird story

Is Michael Avenatti corrupt enough to run for President yet? The attorney, who became famous by representing Donald Trump-associated porn star Stormy Daniels — and for oddly tweeting “basta!” all the time — was thinking about running for the White House. Lately, he’s had to run from the law, with a number of corruption and […]

The Pat Riley to the Lakers thing won’t die

South Florida sports fans are particularly sensitive about this stuff. After all, they thought they had a championship coach for the Miami Dolphins when Nick Saban signed on in 2005. He started slow that first season, but won his last six behind Gus Frerotte, signed Daunte Culpepper and seemed poised for greatness until that season […]

Marc Stein on Pat Riley: “I won’t doubt him again”

The newly-minted Basketball Hall of Famer, Marc Stein — long of ESPN and now of The New York Times — joined the Five Reasons Sports flagship on Thursday to discuss the NBA playoffs, NBA player movement, the Miami Heat and Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade. You can find the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marc-stein-on-nba-playoffs-riley-wade-dirk/id1336060206?i=1000435259473 Here are […]

QB or not QB? For Chris Grier, that’s the question

DAVIE – In his final media session prior to next week’s NFL Draft, Dolphins general manager Chris Grier was less than effusive Wednesday in rating the quarterbacks who will be available. Although Kyler Murray is expected to be selected first overall by the Arizona Cardinals, this year’s quarterback class isn’t as rich as last year […]

So what’s with Reshad Jones?

The Dolphins don’t have that many proven players left on the roster. And those who are? Well, they are hardly guarantees going forward. Xavien Howard and Laremy Tunsil are due extensions, and it’s not clear if the Dolphins are committed to them. Albert Wilson and Jakeem Grant are coming back from major surgery. Reshad Jones? […]

The Game of Thrones, Miami Sports match game

Screenshot photo from Games of Zones on Bleacher Report.   Eighteen months. That’s how long it’s been since the last episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones, during which time South Florida’s various major athletic teams have won a grand total of one postseason contest — that thanks to Dwyane Wade, who wasn’t even here when […]

The best of the Pat Riley press conference

Not much of an introduction necessary here… The most important things Pat Riley said today, tweet by tweet…. First, this, in response to our question… Pat Riley on whether he will finish with the Heat, in light of Lakers situation: "Absolutely." — Five Reasons Sports Network (@5ReasonsSports) April 13, 2019   "Absolutely" — Pat Riley's […]

Heat to Dion Waiters: Time to Shape Up or….

It was the open secret of the Miami Heat season. The proverbial elephant in the room. Dion Weighte- (er, Waiters) was overweight. And the Heat, behind the scenes, weren’t happy about it. Very not happy about it. Heat fans, on the other hand, were equal parts amused and annoyed, until Waiters went on a three-point […]

Bam Adebayo wants the burden

There will be no playoffs this season for the Miami Heat, so Clean Out Day came early. Some players and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra are meeting with the media and, as of this writing, big men Kelly Olynyk and Bam Adebayo have already done so. Adebayo, in particular, is interesting because he had a […]