For whatever reason, New York has been regarded as one of the best sports cities in the country. But without college football, how is that even possible? Our friends over at The Sports Hernia Blog pointed out that the New York Post doesn’t have a clue what Miami or Fla. State’s helmet look like.

What is the world coming to? Isn’t that paper respected? Maybe they should just stick to stories about A-Rod roiding and the Yankess completely overblown payroll that still won’t lead to a World Series this season. Let the rest of the country enjoy college football, New York. Just let it go.

Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley checked into rehab in Houston, it was reported this morning. Though it is not quite clear why Beasley is going to rehab, it is speculated that it is to address possible substance and psychological issues.

Posts on his Twitter page certainly allude to this:

“Y do I feel like the whole world is against me…I can’t win for losin,” Beasley wrote.

“Feelin like it’s not worth livin!!!!!!! I’m done.”

We’ve got a few ideas why he checked into rehab:

• His Twitter account was shut down, a la Brandon Jennings.
• He still can’t shake the fact that he was picked No. 2 in the NBA Draft after Derrick Rose
• He’s got a past with pot that cost him $50,000
• His name is Michael, and outside of Jordan, that generally blows (see: Jackson, Vick, Tyson, Phelps)

“We take the ball from goal to goal like no one’s ever seen . . .”

If you live in Miami, or any surrounding area, you should know some Spanish. Here at The Sports Culture, we’re about diversity.

Spanish lesson of the day: Heat = Calor

As in, El Calor.

Check out Dwyane Wade’s jersey in this video clip. He’s wearing an “El Heat” jersey. Ay carumba! El Calor, pues!

Whoa, talk about really bad timing.

Someone in the Miami Hurricane family must be snorting the good stuff. Though Alex Rodriguez never played for the University of Miami, he now has a ballpark named after him.

We give props to A-Rod for coming clean with the dirty, and being man enough to discuss it in public. That takes a lot of balls. But what takes even more balls is rolling with the ceremony after A-Rod came clean about his steroid use with the Texas Rangers in 2003.

If you’re a mother or a father of a high school baseball player right now, do you really want your kid going on to play for a team that has to mention Alex Rodriguez when referring to home field?

Just sayin’.

It’s a win-win situation. Either way, you’re still spending a weekend in South Beach.