Alex Rodriguez

Emack & Bolio's on 4/20: Real Ice Cream, Stoner Chocolates, Specials

Boston ice cream shop Emack & Bolio's quietly opened up a Miami outpost in South Beach inside the Sunset Harbour Shops last week. The Purdy Avenue storefront is colorful and vibrant; spaceships hanging from the ceiling; a talking moose mascot; ridiculous menu items like the midnight munchies sunda ... More >>

Even Adriana Lima Shops the Baking Girl in MiMo

We're not ones to scour the city looking for the world's greatest cupcakes. We don't even like them. But on a whim, we recently took a different route home from the office and found ourselves at NE 69th Street and Biscayne Boulevard. Most locals know the intersection for the restaurant Uva 69. H ... More >>

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"Jumper" in the Water Off 79th Street Causeway, Condition Unknown UPDATED

Someone appears to have fallen from the 79th Street Causeway, although it's not yet clear whether it was a suicide attempt or an accident."We do have a person in the water, but we are not sure of their condition," said Miami Police spokesman Freddie Cruz. A spokesman for North Bay Village Police sai ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Guy Fieri Mingles While Ziggy Marley Rocks the Closing Party

If last night was any indication, SoBeWFF proud papa Lee Schrager might have to rename the festival the South Beach Wine, Food & Reggae Festival, because Ziggy Marley rocked the tents with a full-length concert that appealed to everyone of every age and degree of sobriety during Guy Fieri's ... More >>

Reader Mail: No Hall of Fame for A-Rod After New Times Investigation

Miami Beach Passes Stricter Rules for Film Permits in a Blow to A-Rod's Movie Mansion

The year is still young, but one thing is already clear: 2013 ain't going Alex Rodriguez's way.Two weeks ago, New Times revealed that A-Rod's name appeared in the client notebook of local PED doc Tony Bosch. Now, following on the heels of another New Times article, the City of Miami Beach ... More >>

ESPN Sources: Tony Bosch Injected Alex Rodriguez With Performance Enhancing Drugs

In the wake of New Times investigation into Coral Gables clinic Biogenesis, both Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and clinic owner Tony Bosch have denied any link to each other or to performance enhancing drugs.But a source tells ESPN's T.J. Quinn in a new report that the pair not only knew each other ... More >>

A Miami Clinic Supplies Drugs to Sports' Biggest Names

See also: "The A Rod Files: Every Mention of the Yankees Slugger in Tony Bosch's Records"

Alex Rodriguez Not Planning on Retiring

After New Times linked Alex Rodriguez to a local nutritionist who provided performance enhancing drugs to athletes early this week speculation has run rampant about his future. His camp however seems to want to make one thing clear: he's not retiring anytime soon. 

Alex Rodriguez, Gio Gonzalez, Wayne Odesnik, Anthony Bosch Deny Miami New Times Biogenesis Report UPDATED

Three of the nine athletes named in New Times investigation into Biogenesis, the Coral Gables anti-aging clinic run by Anthony Bosch, have responded to the story. Alex Rodriguez, Gio Gonzalez and Wayne Odesnik have all issued denials. Jimmy Goins, the University of Miami strength and conditioning co ... More >>

The A-Rod Files: Every Mention of the Yankees Slugger in Tony Bosch's Records

This week, New Times takes you inside Biogenesis, an anti-aging clinic in Coral Gables run by Miami entrepreneur Anthony Bosch. His name is familiar to sports fans because he and his father, Dr. Pedro Bosch, were probed by authorities in 2009 when Manny Ramirez was suspended for violating baseball's ... More >>

As A-Rod Battles His Neighbor, Miami Beach's Film Renaissance Hangs in the Balance

Miami Beach's Film Fight Is About More Than A-Rod Vs. His Neighbor

When Yankee third-baseman Alex Rodriguez moved into his $24 million mansion on Miami Beach's North Bay Road last December, next door neighbor Irwin Friedman assumed the celebrity slugger would want some privacy. Instead, A-Rod immediately started renting out his bachelor pad to camera crews shooting ... More >>

Could Alex Rodriguez Be a Miami Marlin Next Season? Keith Olbermann Says So

Are the New York Yankees looking to unload Alex Rodriguez on the Miami Marlins next season? That's what Keith Olbermann, of all people, is reporting. The liberal newsman turned baseball blogger says that the teams are discussing a deal that could see A-Rod traded to Miami in exchange for Heath Bell. ... More >>

Machiya Ramen Noodle House to Open in Midtown

Midtown is expecting. Machiya Ramen Noodle House, a Japanese comfort-food joint, is slated to open October 15 in midtown at 3250 NE First Ave., next to Ricochet Bar & Lounge. The name Machiya refers to wooden townhouses found throughout Japan in which the front of the buildings usually serve a ... More >>

Pictures: A-Rod Lists Miami Beach Mansion for $38 Million

Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez's Miami real estate situation has been almost as tumultuous as his love life since divorcing his ex-wife Cynthia in 2008.In his latest real estate move, A-Rod has listed his nine-bedroom Miami Beach mansion for a whopping $38 million. He bought and began renovating the ... More >>

Five Ways to Keep the Resolution Diet You Start Every Year

Photo by Alex RodriguezIt's no stretch to guess that 85 to 90 percent of people tomorrow night will make a resolution to diet. But it's also no stretch to guess that around that same percentage of resolution diets will quickly be ditched.We've developed five ways to extend those two months ... More >>

Villa Mayfair Restaurant & Lounge: Good, But Could Have Been Better

Photo by Alex Rodriguez ​Last night, my dining partner and I were invited to a chi-chi press dinner at Villa Mayfair Restaurant & Lounge in Coconut Grove. So we dolled up (from "Short Order" to "Tall Request"), and arrived very hungry.The restaurant (which turns into the lounge after hours) is ... More >>

The Federal Food Drink & Provisions to Open January 2012

Photo by Alex Rodriguez"X" marks the spot... or at least the For Lease sign does​Cat's out of the bag, folks. Phuc Yea! partners Aniece Meinhold, Cesar Zapata, and newcomer Manuel Ortiz have accidentally (or not so accidentally) leaked the news of their new food baby.The new place, called the Fede ... More >>

Quick Tudor House Rose Brunch Recap

We wanted to give you a quick recap of opening weekend at Tudor House's Rose Brunch. Live jazz, good food, and a great vibe - can't beat it.  Photo by Alex Rodriguez Geoffrey Zakarian roamed the restaurant grounds all weekend mingling with guests while they enjoyed Executive Chef Jamie DeRosa's ... More >>

A-Rod and Cameron Diaz Reportedly Buy New $24 Million Miami Mansion: Take a Tour

​After unloading the Coral Gables spread he shared with his ex a few years ago, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has finally found new digs in Miami-Dade. A-Rod just shelled out a reported $24 million for a Miami Beach mansion that he plans to share with current girlfriend Cameron Diaz.

Alex Rodriguez and Kelly Bensimon's Alleged Art Basel Hook Up Will Give Us Nightmares

​Alex Rodriguez may play ball in New York, but it's well known he swings his other bat down here in his childhood home of Miami. This leads to a number of unsettling rumors about his latest jump offs fluttering through town, but his latest alleged hook up literally just makes our skin crawl. Accor ... More >>

Miami's World Series MVP: A-Rod

​As far as I know, there were two Miami boyz playing in the World Series -- A-Rod (Westminster) and Raul Ibanez (Sunset) -- as well as a lot of Dominicans and others who spend significant time here. Though Hideki Matsui won the MVP -- and he's a Yankee I generally don't despise -- I crown  A- ... More >>

Counterpoint: A-Rod is Still a Douche

Jacob KatelA-Rod has portraits of himself as a centaur above his bed. And we all know the centaur is the douchiest of all mythical creatures.​Maybe it's a bad idea to publicly disagree with your boss. But I gotta say, watching this postseason only confirmed my belief that Alex Rodriguez is a world ... More >>

Is All Forgiven for A-Rod?

Photo by Keith Allison/CC 2.0​2009 was shaping up to be one of the worst years of Alex Rodriguez's life. He was already embroiled in a public divorce underscored by rumors that he was schtupping a woman 17 years his season -- ok it was Madonna, but still. Then in February, Sports Illustrated ... More >>

C'mon, A-Rod, Help Your 'Roid-Fetching Cousin. He Has Kids!

ESPN.com​Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez is finally playing hero in the post-season. That whole notion of A-Rod-can't-hit-in-the-clutch seems but a distant dream this October. Ditto for the steroid revelations that dominated sports pages this off-season and Spring Training. But Miamian Y ... More >>

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One member of the Cuban Five is seeking a reduced sentence. [AP]A wild horde of carnivorous umbrellas tried to surround and eat Naomi Campbell on South Beach yesterday. [Daily Mail]Kate Hudson and A-Rod are also in Miami -- Coral Gables to be exact, where they were snapped leaving "A-Rod's favorite ... More >>

Perez Hilton Wanted to Call Will.I.Am The N-Word, But Decided F-Word was More Appropriate

Ah, the travesty of putting a celebrity profile to bed right before the subject implodes in scandal. You might recall Details scribe Jason Gay talked to Alex Rodriguez a mere 48 hours before news of his steroid use hit. A-Rod was smart enough to not be available for any follow-ups. Perez Hilton ... More >>

Father Alberto Cutie Isn't the First to Change Religions

The Scoop That Nobody Wanted: Jose Canseco's Man-Ram Press Conference

Associated PressIt was so quiet you could hear a testicle shrink.Miami native Jose Canseco has made a post-baseball career out of snitching on his former teammates and getting punched in the face. This is not a dignified existence. And yet he insists on respect. Every time evidence emerges that a st ... More >>

Selena Roberts's 272-Page Blog Post About A-Rod Released Today

Oh, Selena Roberts. The Sports Illustrated writer unleashed the biggest sports story of the year by revealing Alex Rodriguez had tested positive for steroid use during his Major League Baseball career. And then, to quickly capitalize, she wrote a book, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez. It wa ... More >>

Yawn, More A-Rod Controversy

As a wee boy my baseball hero was Kirby Puckett. I know Marlins fans may not be able to comprehend the idea of a star player staying with a single team his entire career, but Puckett did, and racked up two World Series championships for the Twins and an impressive batting average. Then, a few years ... More >>

Right After A-Rod Found Out His Steroid Secrets Were Coming Out He Posed For Some Pretty Pictures

via DetailsBy now we all know what Alex Rodriguez was doing on the morning of February 5. He was working out at the University of Miami like he always does. A pre-spring training ritual that on any other morning would have been hardly worth noting, but this was the morning when intrepid Sports ... More >>

No A-Rod? No Problem

A-Rod's Miami family make headlines again as surgery news is leaked

Courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsThere are a couple of unusual aspects to the breaking news that embattled native Alex Rodriguez is gonna miss at least six weeks of the baseball season to have hip surgery.The first is that the story was first reported by ESPN Deportes, which has even the New York Times ... More >>

Canseco Creams A-Rod

Does Alex Rodriguez's latest admission vindicate a Miami trainer?

If You Want to Talk to A-Rod's Cousin, You Have to Go Through His Cocker Spaniel First, or Settle for His Wife

Photo via Paul Keleher's FlickrFor whatever reason, the press is eager to talk to Alex Rodriguez's cousin Yuri Sucart. Can't two primos inject unknown substances into each other without the media getting all up in their grill? Whatever happened to privacy, people? Sucrat has so far eluded reporters ... More >>

Well, that didn't take long: A-Rod's 'roid-providing cousin identified as Miamian

Yuri Sucart's Google search will never be the same again. On Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez held a press conference saying his cousin provided and injected him with 'roids. A day later, ESPN has identified that cousin as Kendall resident Sucart, A-Rod's right-hand man. His name has today's top rank in Goog ... More >>

UM Sees Not Even the Slightest Bit of Shame in A-Rod's Game

University of Miami is clearly not embarrassed about naming its baseball stadium after an admitted steroid user. So much so that Alex Rodriguez is front and center on UM's homepage. The media, admittedly, is being overly hard on Rodriguez, considering more than 100 other players tested positive a ... More >>

A-Rod Park Dedication Most Pointless Media Clusterf@%# in Recent Memory

Reporters are herd animals. That was made painfully clear last week when approximately 76 of us had the same idea: Hey, let's go to that A-Rod park dedication thing Friday night. I mean, I can understand why news cameras were there -- you can't beat a local A-Roid/steroid segment at the top of the ... More >>

In A-Rod's Defense, Selena Roberts Does Kind of Suck. Be Sure To Buy Her Book!

You have Selena Roberts to thank for the A-Rod steroid scandal. The sports journalist broke the news for Sport Illustrated, but not after scouring all over Miami to get a quote from A-Rod himself. Five days before the story was published on SI.com, Roberts flew to Miami and engaged in what A-Rod him ... More >>

UM Has A-Rod By His Steroid Shriveled Balls. Why Don't They Do Anything?

Whoever runs PR for the University of Miami Athletics Department should either be fired, or is having a hard time convincing higher-ups that they're being total idiots. Even after Alex Rodriguez has admitted to using performance enhancing drugs, the University of Miami sees no reason, no reason what ... More >>

The University of Miami Cordially Invites You To A-Roid Park

Don't Worry, A-Rod. Donna Shalala will give you personal massages, just as long as you cough up the money.For the past few years, the University of Miami athletic department has had a reputation of coming down hard on anyone who dares bring bad PR to their program*. Hell hath no fury like a UM Athle ... More >>

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What to do about these Miami Hurricanes? Even during their darkest hours they've always had a respectable defense. This season could have been a statement, but in their last two games that reliable defense faltered, culminating in a fall from a brief stay in the rankings, a chance at the ACC champio ... More >>

Rodonna Thanksgiving Saga Continues

If Google News search results are any indication, yesterday's biggest locally relevant story after the gay adoption ruling was the Turkey Day scandal involving Madonna and her A-Rod. Roddy was reportedly planning to ditch his kids to spend the day with the Ciccone youth. People is reporting that Ale ... More >>

A-Rod Will Be Doing Some Stuffing With Madonna on Turkey Day

Riptide continues to be thoroughly confused by the A-Rod-Madonna love connection. While she's no Einstein, Madonna seems to be comfortably above the average American intelligence level. A-Rod is a guy who hits balls with big pieces of wood for a living. Not that we want to be one of those blogs that ... More >>

A-Rod's Asking Price? Not With this Market

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