http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Greg Cote 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:06:30 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1345759.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1345759.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00 EST Not sure who was in charge of devising NASCAR's Chase for the Cup format, but is it too late to have him arrested? Or drug-tested? http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1342626.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1342626.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:32 EST Showed up pretty stout both ways last week, including a bull's-eye on our Upset of the Week with Panthers over Falcons (``Aawwk!''), another outright upset hit with Chiefs winning at Raiders, plus Jags with-points over Jets. Here's how tough this gig can be, though, folks. I predicted Indy would beat the Pats 38-34. Indy beat the Pats 35-34. But that was a loss against the spread. Oy! Nevertheless, momentum remains in my pocket. Must protect the pocket! (Note: Records below do not include Thursday night's game. Pick was Panthers (-3) over Dolphins, 24-20). http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1341221.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1341221.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST DOLPHINS (4-5) AT PANTHERS (4-5)<p/> When: 8 p.m. Thursday (NFL, CH. 39)<p/> Line: CAR by 3 Cote's pick: CAR 24-20 http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1335376.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1335376.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00 EST The postgame locker room was thick with bodies and noise and plain relief when the most accomplished, respected player on this Dolphins team picked through the crowd and sought out the young man across the way -- the one with all that weight on him. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1333684.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1333684.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Veterans Day was this week, and the Dolphins will honor America and the U.S. military in several patriotic ways during Sunday's home game against Tampa Bay. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1330700.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1330700.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:07 EST I am trying to figure a way to distill last week into something I can bottle and peddle on street corners in Las Vegas. What a week! http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1329009.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1329009.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00 EST Dwyane Wade and LeBron James sharing the same court. It happens on the U.S. Olympic team. It happens when the Heat play the Cavaliers, like Thursday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1325129.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1325129.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00 EST Give Chad Henne a break. Give him time. Better yet, give him a receiver. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1322272.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1322272.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00 EST People voted to elect a new city of Miami mayor Tuesday. Results were surprising, but you know what they say about politics being all about the timing. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1318987.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1318987.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Defiantly, or perhaps obliviously, Edgerrin James told reporters in Seattle last month, ``It's up to me how long I want to play and how far I move up that [all-time rushing] chart.'' If only. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1318950.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1318950.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00 EST Well, let's see here. I missed on Dolphins-Jets game, missed on Vikings-Packers ``Favre Bowl,'' missed badly on my Upset of the Week pick (Houston-Buffalo), and totally misread Giants-Eagles, too. The only person in South Florida who had a worse week than me: Disgraced Fort Lauderdale attorney and accused scam-artist Scott Rothstein. Close call, though. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1314640.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1314640.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Major League Baseball likes to call its World Series the ``Fall Classic,'' one of those apple-pie appellations evocative of autumn leaves in a Norman Rockwell painting -- except that the phrase has mostly become a misnomer. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1312953.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1312953.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:00 EST The Dolphins hold deed and title to the AFC East as defending division champions. The Jets <I>act </I>like they own the division, albeit with thoroughly unearned bravado. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1309878.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1309878.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT The Dolphins, 2-4 and trying to stay relevant in the playoff picture, now begin the toughest stretch of schedule in the NFL, with four of the next five games, and six of the next eight, on the road. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1310391.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1310391.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00 EDT JACKSONVILLE -- You want to doubt the Florida Gators and Tim Tebow? Not smart.<p/> You thought they were a soft No. 1 lucky to be unbeaten and a risky pick to win another national championship? http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1307336.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1307336.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Here's all you need to know in a nutshell, and I choose that word carefully: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1307337.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1307337.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:02 EDT Had Dolphins over Saints as my Upset of the Week last week, and with Miami up 24-3 late in first half the Upset Bird was preening insufferably up in the press boxAnyhow, the Dolphins choked, of course, but it was all good. I emerged a solid 7-4-2 against the spread anyway, and my sports writing colleagues delighted to violate the no-cheering-in-the-press box edict by showering the unpopular Upset Bird with invective and derision in lockstep with the Dolphins' collapse. ``Aaawwwk!'' mocked a grinning Edwin Pope. ``Awww.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1305745.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1305745.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00 EDT You hardly would call this a season of great expectations for the Heat. More like a season of suspended expectations -- as if this entire NBA schedule for Miami is little more than a bridge to next year, a necessary delay being merely abided. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1301566.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1301566.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00 EDT If only it were that simple, right? If only the Dolphins' collapse that lost Sunday's game and set the season sour could be neatly blamed on that one timeout call late in the first half -- as so many fans and media apparently would like to believe. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1300053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/greg-cote/story/1300053.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00 EDT Jason Taylor slumped before his locker stall with head bowed, stripped down to his grass-stained uniform pants, the last Dolphin not in street clothes in the wake of the Sunday humiliation still raw.