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Daily Jolt: Fish Finally Have Real Home

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.Like it or not, Major League Baseball in Miami is here to stay. That is the ultimate consequence of the decision by the Miami-Dade County Commission to publicly finance a baseball-only facility, a decision sealed by a 9-4 vote Monday evening.There is plenty...

Wayne Huizenga Sort of Regrets Destroying the Marlins

For as much flack as the Yankees take for spending ridiculous amounts of money in free agency, there's never been a more egregious abuse of baseball's salary structure than the 1997 Florida Marlins. In 1995 or 1996, the Marlins signed Kevin Brown, Bobby Bonilla, and Moises Alou, won the World Series and then traded all of...

Bill Parcells on His Future With Miami: 'What Does it Look Like I'm Doing?'

With Tuesday's sale of the Miami Dolphins to Stephen Ross, giving him control of 95 percent of the franchise, team vice president Bill Parcells now has a 30-day window to cash in the remainder of his $16 million contract and bolt to another team (or the nearest beach and/or golf course). That is, if he wants to. Parcells...

Wayne Huizenga to Complete Sale of Dolphins to Stephen Ross

On Tuesday afternoon, Wayne Huizenga is expected to complete the sale of the Miami Dolphins to Stephen Ross, as reported by the Miami Herald. It's reported that the deal is worth $1.1 billion, and would give Ross 95 percent ownership of the team. Huizenga would maintain ownership of the other 5 percent of the...

Wayne Huizenga Says Parcells Is 'Going to Stay' Even if He Sells the Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins have now officially ended their 2008 season, which means it's front office time again. Well, at least after they deal with landing a new owner. Some controversy has circulated around Wayne Huizenga's sale of the Miami Dolphins during this offseason; most of it's politically infused, and, actually, the...

Background on Wayne Huizenga

Harry Wayne Huizenga (; born December 29, 1939 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is an American businessman who grew Blockbuster Video, Waste Management, Inc., and AutoNation into successful companies.

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