Last week, FIU Athletics posted a reel to Instagram with a simple caption: “Heard people were wondering about @Pitbull.” It was intentionally cryptic, owing to the fact that for weeks, national coverage inquired as to why Armando Christian Perez, better known as Pitbull, was not fulfilling his commitments to the stadium that bears his name. […]
Miami is at a crossroads. The dichotomy is between our traditional soccer team, the Miami Football Club, and David Beckham’s new bet, a Major League Soccer team for our city, called Inter Miami. Beckham’s investments in our city are wide and numerous. Not only has he tried to build a new soccer stadium, aimed at […]
Peter Holland Jr. // Asst. Sports Director After receiving a contract extension for two more years as FIU’s athletic director, Pete Garcia, wants to use his final years to focus on his $14 million renovation plan for the Athletics Department. One of his projects involves upgrading the FIU Baseball Stadium. Some of the improvements include a luxurious locker room and […]
Patrick Chalvire/Asst. Sports Director For the next three years, the football field at FIU Stadium will be going by a different name. Wednesday afternoon, FIU Athletics announced that they have signed a three-year deal with Ocean Bank, which will change the name of the home field to Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium. Since 2011, […]
