PlayStation gives glimpse of game action at Marlins Park in MLB 12 The Show
The Marlins are weeks away from playing their first games in Marlins Park, but PlayStation offered the first animated look Wednesday on how it will look in game action with the stands full of fans with a sneak peek of MLB 12 The Show.
The graphics are excellent, and the trailer, just over a minute long, offers a glimpse of the unique features of the park, including fish swimming in the tanks behind the plate and the home run extravaganza going off with jumping marlins, flying gulls and lights flashing.
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Sparano's Davie mansion marked down $100,000; other NFL personalities desperate to sell
Success in the NFL can be a burden. That is, when it becomes necessary to unload the mansion that seemed like a good idea when the big bucks started to roll in.
As a Super Bowl special, Realtor.com last week featured 13 mega-homes that NFL figures are attempting to sell, some significantly marked down from their purchase price or original listing.
Curiously, the list of owners included a dozen players and former Dolphins coach Tony Sparano.
Super Bowl ads have become an early show via social media
The measure of the magnitude the Super Bowl has become as a cultural event is that the hype for the game is matched by the hype for the commercials that will air during the game.
For some the anticipation of the ads tops that for the game. Viewers who normally reach for he mute button during commercials view the Super Bowl ads as a big part of the show.
In the social media age, it isn’t even necessary to wait for them. Many that will make their television debut Sunday during Super Bowl XLVI have been playing for weeks on YouTube, Facebook and elsewhere on the Web.
(See lineup of this year’s ads after the jump.)
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Must-see TV? Reyes to cut his hair on MLB Network
ESPN had LeBron and The Decision.
Now the MLB Network hopes to captivate a national audience by featuring another Miami-bound free-agent acquisition in The Haircut.
The all-baseball, all-the-time network obviously has a lot of airtime to fill during the offseason, and they will devote some of it to new Marlin Jose Reyes having his dreadlocks cut Friday at 6 p.m.
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Lottery begins for tickets to opener at Marlins Park
Those looking to score tickets for Opening Night at Marlins Park without committing to a partial- or full-season plan can register for a lottery through Feb. 20 at marlins.com/openingnight
After that date, fans will be selected at random based on available inventory for the opportunity to purchase two tickets to the April 4 opener against the Cardinals. Those selected will be notified by February 28.
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Photo tour: Field taking shape at Marlins Park; fans impressed
MIAMI A fan exiting Marlins Park after Saturday’s Select-a-Seat tour as I was heading up the ramp noticed my camera.
“Take a lot of pictures,” he said. “This is the most incredible structure I’ve ever seen.”
Maybe he was David Samson’s uncle. Unlikely -- he was a lot taller. What is clear is the Marlins couldn’t script more effective advertising than simply opening the gate and letting fans see for themselves.
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Super Bowl future uncertain for South Florida; so is Broward's role
Broward County was a focal point for the most recent Super Bowl in South Florida, in 2010. It could be a fringe player in the next bid to bring it back.
The Dolphins will join with the South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee in the 50th anniversary championship game in 2016. Mike Dee, CEO of the Dolphins and Sun Life Stadium, said this week that it has yet to be determined if the bid will be a regional effort, as in 2010, or a Miami-Dade initiative.
“That doesn’t mean Broward and Palm Beach counties don’t benefit from people who are coming here for the game. But in terms of NFL-sanctioned events and functions and where teams stay and where the epicenter of the event is, should that be Miami-Dade or should it be as it was in 2010. We’ve got to figure that out,” Dee said.
Significant upgrades are needed to keep Sun Life Stadium a viable Super Bowl site. Dee pointed out that Broward's opposition scuttled the Dolphins' latest bid for tourism funds for stadium improvements despite the economic benefit the county received in the last Super Bowl.
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CRAIG DAVIS In more than 33 years at the Sun Sentinel, Craig Davis has written about a wide variety of sports topics from baseball to yachting, fishing to triathlons, and also worked as a copy editor and page designer. Recently he reported on local sports, including running, swimming, cycling, equestrian and beach volleyball. He enjoys sports as a participant as well as a spectator, is active in the South Florida running scene plays in the curling club at Saveology Iceplex. This blog offers a glimpse at the business side of sports in the interest of enhancing enjoyment of the games and sporting options as a spectator as well as a participant.
