http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2010 MiamiHerald.com Linda Robertson 60 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:49:11 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1468694.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1468694.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:00 EST Like New Orleans, Drew Brees once was left for dead.<p/> He was damaged. He became a reclamation project. Few had faith in his future. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1461818.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1461818.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00 EST The country's best class of football recruits made a commitment to Florida coach Urban Meyer on Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1456603.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1456603.html Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:00 EST The ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon is perfectly wonderful as an event for the masses. Who better to appreciate a Creamsicle-hued sunrise, salsa pep bands and dolphins leaping alongside the Venetian Causeway than devoted local runners and the tourists giving themselves a reward (if 13.1 or 26.2 miles can be considered a reward) for winter training. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1440983.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1440983.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:06 EST Women's figure skating always has been a celebration of iconic beauties and cuties, and so the audience at Spokane Arena greeted Sarah Hughes warmly when the Olympic gold medalist was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame on Thursday night. Her presence was like a whiff of smelling salts for a sport with a weak pulse. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1428185.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1428185.html Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:00 EST Jonathan Vilma, Jozy Altidore and Adler Volmar have watched the scenes of devastation and grief in Haiti. They have cried for the Haitian people. They have sought information on missing relatives. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1426158.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1426158.html Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:00 EST Maybe Lane Kiffin's act will play better in Hollywood than it did in Knoxville.<p/> Time will tell. But for now, his arrival at Southern California was as awkward as his departure from Tennessee. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1416547.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1416547.html Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:31 EST The outcome of the BCS National Championship Game was like a hung jury.<p/> After months' worth of evidence and arguments, the verdict was inconclusive. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1411342.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1411342.html Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:00 EST During a cold evening of tailgate parties before the Orange Bowl, Georgia Tech fans huddled over a grill. They were less interested in the hamburgers than the warmth emanating from the coals. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1398636.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1398636.html Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:00 EST Adozen pairs of shoes and flip-flops sit in neat rows at the threshold of a rectangular box of a room bustling with movement. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1388126.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1388126.html Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:47 EST Tiger Woods always gave the impression that he was a picky person with exquisite and exacting taste, whether it was his dapper appearance, his top-of-the-line yacht or his beautiful wife. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1383969.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1383969.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:30 EST Heat coach Erik Spoelstra sought motivational magic to yank his team out of its malaise.<p/> He hit on a theme: 77 days. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1376373.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1376373.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:27 EST Miami Central High School, branded by five straight Fs, was once classified as the worst school in Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1372482.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1372482.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00 EST Tiger Woods has spent most of his life inside that bubble of sterility known as the country club. His calling since age 5 has been playing a game in an arranged landscape where even the obstacles are fake. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1369394.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1369394.html Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00 EST The most fascinating bowl game, and the one most emblematic of this nutty college football season, is Texas Christian vs. Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1359129.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1359129.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00 EST When it comes to crunch time, the Dolphins get crunched.<p/> The Dolphins have relinquished 49 percent of the points scored against them this season in the last 25 percent of their games. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1360979.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1360979.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:00 EST Bobby Bowden never feared losing because football was never his religion. He could have been a preacher. He chose to be a coach. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1353379.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1353379.html Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:00 EST If Thanksgiving is the holiday <p/>to express gratitude for our bounty while indulging in it, then the day after is the right time to recognize that enough is enough. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1348685.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1348685.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00 EST The hobbling Miami Dolphins looked like a troupe of unusually muscular improv artists on Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1345913.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1345913.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00 EST It has been a brutal season for Dale Earnhardt Jr., so bad that even the National Enquirer can't resist embellishing his tale of woe. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1338743.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/linda-robertson/story/1338743.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00 EST Jacory Harris envisioned wearing a pink suit to the Heisman Trophy ceremony.<p/> But he has postponed his visit to the tailor. Indefinitely.