The Miami Dolphin Crime Family: Tony and the Sparanos

May 29, 2010   ·   Tim SteelersFan   ·   Jump to comments

OK, Tony Soprano and Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano are not exactly splitting images of one another, though they share eerily similar names.
There is, however, notable resemblance between Phil "The Shah" Leotardo and Dolphins GM Bill Parcells. 
The similarities between the Miami Dolphins and The Sopranos don't end there however.

In the wildly popular HBO series, "The Sopranos," Tony Sopranao is the boss of the DiMeo Crime Family, Northern New Jersey's most powerful criminal organization. 
In South Florida, Tony Sparano appears to be the evolving boss of the new Miami Dolphin crime family.

Heh, heh, heh...right?

I'm sure at some point in time even the fictional Soprano family held public esteem somewhere in their family history, much like the Dolphins franchise has for decades, until some shift in the core fabric led to a degradation of the family. 

We've seen a shift in the past decade with the Miami Dolphins, long hera...

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