Email Author Ric Delgado

2013 Stories by Ric Delgado

• George Lopez Is Old

  published May 9, 2013

  Once upon a time, George Lopez became America’s favorite Latino voice. Like other Hispanic comedians such as Paul Rodriguez and... More >>

• Hearing Voices

  published April 18, 2013

  Legend has it that Mel Blanc, the “man of a thousand voices” and basically the voice of every Looney Tunes character, wound up in a... More >>

• Beantown Beatdown

  published April 11, 2013

  One essential qualification for calling yourself a real Miami Heat fan is pure, unequivocal hatred of the Boston Celtics. Between... More >>

• Bucking the Trend

  published April 4, 2013

  It seems like just yesterday that the Miami Heat were on track to break the winning record set by the 1972-73 Los Angeles Lakers with an... More >>

• Beating On Brats

  published March 28, 2013

  In the world of alt-weekly journalism, it’s hard to write about a 20-plus-game winning streak in basketball. By the time this item is... More >>

• Fight For Lovitz

  published March 21, 2013

  Magic City Casino has paired up with local comedy purveyors the Have-Nots to find the Ultimate Miami Comedian. Miami’s comedy scene... More >>

• Breaking Bad Bobcats

  published March 21, 2013

  The Charlotte Bobcats are a really bad basketball team. They own the worst record in the NBA by five games, after setting the record for... More >>

• Old School

  published March 7, 2013

  Age is the enemy of the athlete. In sports — even college sports — youth often equals prowess. That’s what makes the... More >>

• Making History

  published March 7, 2013

  Tuesday night will mark game 62 of the 2012-13 season, and one thing is clear: LeBron James is in God mode. Basketball fans, particularly the... More >>

• Second Time’s a Charm

  published February 28, 2013

  The last time the Miami Heat faced Western Conference title hopefuls the Memphis Grizzlies, six games into the regular season, it... More >>

• Florida Funny Forever

  published February 21, 2013

  Comedy can be more competitive than a monkey knife fight, so thank heaven that local comedy promoters the Have-Nots have made it their personal... More >>

• February Spanking

  published February 21, 2013

  It’s finally time for the hometown favorite Miami Heat to play at home after the NBA All-Star break and four away games. Twelve days... More >>

• A Man’s Guilty Pleasures

  published February 7, 2013

  This world can be a complicated place. Days spent working, dealing with traffic, wrangling children, and fighting for the remote control can be... More >>

• Crappy but Dangerous

  published February 7, 2013

  This game was circled for months. David Stern and all the other bigwigs in the NBA were salivating at the idea of a single game featuring seven... More >>

• Super-Bad Bobcats

  published January 31, 2013

  The Miami Heat's 2012-2013 season has been marred with lack of effort, a stretch of ten games where six were lost, and a lot of worry over... More >>

• Defeat Detroit

  published January 24, 2013

  As the Miami Heat approaches the midpoint of the season, the team has proven it can coast through entire months of play and still find... More >>

• We Love You, Christopher Bosh

  published January 17, 2013

  After the 2011 NBA summer free agency brought Chris Bosh and LeBron James to the Miami Heat, Cleveland burned LeBron’s number-23... More >>

• Cake Mafioso

  published January 10, 2013

  Nothing brings people together like a thick-accented New York Italian barking orders and baking cakes. No, this isn’t a Martin Scorsese and... More >>

• Biting The Bulls

  published January 3, 2013

  These are the matchups that true fans look forward to all year: rival games. For the past ten years, as the New York Knicks stank up the league,... More >>

• Remember When WWE

  published January 3, 2013

  Remember a time when wrestling was a “sport” that featured guys like Dusty Rhodes or characters named Tugboat and Earthquake? Guys so... More >>