Archive | October, 2011

Numbers explain why Miami Dolphins are losing

Legendary rapper Jay-Z put it best when he uttered his famous quote:  “Men lie, women lie, but numbers don’t.” The hip-hop icon was addressing his influence on pop culture while accepting an American Music Award in 2009, but the same applies to sports, especially football. Good teams general have respectable, if not favorable overall statistics. The bad ones – the team’s with disappointing records - typically have dismal stats

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Saving worst for last: Winless Miami Dolphins…

DAVIE, Fla. – An image from the Miami Dolphins’ latest loss lingers: Reggie Bush spinning in vain to shake a tackler, gyrating a full rotation and then some, 540 degrees in all, before finally collapsing in a heap. So it goes when a team’s in a downward spiral

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Saving their worst for last: Winless Miami…

Bush’s corkscrew maneuver came Sunday in the final moments of a 20-17 loss to the New York Giants. The Dolphins fell to 0-7 by blowing a late lead for the second successive week; they’re a bad team that seems to save its worst for last. “We have to learn to finish,” defensive end Randy Starks said Monday

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Winless Dolphins can’t get over 4th-quarter hump

DAVIE, Fla.

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The Best Game-winning Plays in Miami Dolphins…

From their beginning in 1966 as an expansion franchise in the old American Football League, the Miami Dolphins have given their fans great memories including an undefeated season, two Super Bowl wins and five appearances in the ultimate game. Relive five of the numerous great moments in Dolphin lore with the following game winning plays. THE LONGEST GAME Christmas Day 1971 brought together the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs for an AFC divisional playoff game

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