Alonzo Mourning

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Alonzo Mourning's Wife Tracy Arrested on DUI Charges

Tracy Mourning, the wife of former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning and namesake of Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High, was arrested early this morning on DUI charges. Mourning was pulled over near Old Cutler Road and San Servano Avenue after police observed her speeding and blowing past a ... More >>

Sun Life Stadium Upgrade: Miami-Dade Taxpayers Should Fund It

The Miami Dolphins Deserve Our Help

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke comes to the defense of the Miami Dolphins.I'm with Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross on this one. The county and state should gi ... More >>

Estiatorio Milos: Exquisite Greek Seafood for Eye-Poppingly High Checks

Rush Limbaugh Is Pissed Obama Referred to Miami "Heats"

"It would be incomplete if I did not congratulate the City of Miami for having the world champion Miami Heats here in town," President Obama said last night at his event with Marc Anthony at the Fillmore Miami Beach.Yes, Miami "Heats."Rush Limbaugh, obviously, is really, really pissed abou ... More >>

Luke's Gospel

Free Metta World Peace.

Metta World Peace Got Screwed By David Stern

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke stands up for Metta World Peace.I have a message for NBA overlord David Stern: Free Metta World Peace. The seven game suspension ... More >>

Heat Avoid Trap-Game by Beating the Kings, LeBron Does A Silly Dance

The Miami Heat just won their seventh-straight game. Dwyane Wade has been a one-man wrecking ball during that time.And last night, in the Heat's 120-108 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings, D-Wade brought his game to new ball-mashing mayhem heights, scoring 30 points on 11-of-16 shooting, get ... More >>

Liberty City coach Sam Johnson was a hero

Sam Johnson Helped Groom Miami's Best NFL Stars

Alex IzaguirreLuther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell remembers the man who helped him start the Liberty City Optimist Club for inner-city kids.In 1989, Sam Joh ... More >>

Phillippe by Philippe Chow SoFi Opening Friday

​When we spoke to Philippe by Philippe Chow's CEO Stratis Morfogen last week, he was waiting for the final Certificate of Occupancy on his South Beach location."The restaurant is ready. We're ready to put tablecloths on the tables", Morfogen told Short Order on the phone. The inspectors finally ca ... More >>

Steven Thiele, Gangsta Cybersquatter Sued By Miccosukee Tribe, Now Targets Zo's Summer Groove

​The "#1 Stunna" has chosen a new enemy. Three years ago, ex-con Steven Thiele was successfully sued by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians after he bought the domain names miccosukeetribeofindians.com, miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com, and billycypress.com, and tried to sell them to the tri ... More >>

Happy First Anniversary, LeBron, but We Might Need Some Marriage Counseling

​Happy first anniversary, LeBron James! It was exactly one year ago today when you got down on one knee sat on one seriously uncomfortable-looking wooden chair and announced before God and the entire ESPN-watching world your intention to enter an unholy union with Miami and our professional b ... More >>

Knick 'em in the Knees

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Obama Picketed by Gay Rights Activists with Boats & Weather Balloons: Five Lamest NObama Protests

Ian Goldin/GetEQUAL.orgA GetEQUAL protester arrested earlier this year in D.C.​Yesterday afternoon, President Obama gazed out over Alonzo Mourning's yard in Coral Gables, past the brightly-painted garden gnomes, and said to himself: What the fuck are giant weather balloons doing here?At least that ... More >>

Jimmy Buffett to Headline Fundraiser for Alex Sink

​Florida celebs seem to have no problem getting involved with national politics. Gloria Estefan held a found raiser at her house with President Obama. Alonzo Mourning is set to do the same on Monday. Part time resident Pharrell Williams partied with Bill Clinton at LIV for another fundraiser. What ... More >>

President Obama Returning to Miami For Fundraiser with Alonzo Mourning

Following his stops at Gloria Estefan's house and a fundraiser at the swanky Fontainebleau President Obama is coming back to Miami for the the third time this year for yet another cash grab. Miami Heat legend Alonzo Mourning will host the even at this house on October 11.

Pajama Pub Crawl In The Grove This Weekend

Crazy Pianos, Crazy Pajamas -- could be fun​Put on your jammies this Saturday and head to Coconut Grove for the Great Grove Bed Race and Pajama Pub Crawl. Featured stops on the comfortable crawl will be Grove Spot; Sandbar Sports Grill; Tavern in the Grove; GreenStreet Cafe; Bice Bistro; Crazy Pia ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Clarifies That the Heat Losing Won't Be Anything Like 9/11

via SI​It's apparently OK to use 9/11 metaphors only if you're a war-hawk politician on the campaign trail. Dwyane Wade had to find out the hard way. The Miami Heat star has apologized after an off-the-cuff comment to the media this past weekend made it seem like he was compari ... More >>

Penny Hardaway Wants to Come Back to the Heat

​Penny Hardaway has a lot to be proud of: four times an NBA All-Star, an Olympic gold medalist, and the world's most memorable basketball puppet. What he doesn't have, however, is a championship ring. Maybe that's why he wants to come out of retirement and play, once more, for the Heat.

Waiting to Exhale

Free Agency: Heat Has Already Contacted Amare Stoudemire and Chris Bosh

​The NBA's free-agency period began at midnight, which means we can finally start getting some facts to go with all of the insane rumors and mindless speculation. Our Miami Heat, which has basically put all of its eggs in this year's free-agency basket, is already hard at work trying to woo big na ... More >>

Miami Falls to Sixth on List of Most Charity-Conscious Cities

​Each year, Charity Navigator compiles a list of which American cities' major local charities perform the best and ensure that donors' money actually ends up going to the intended cause.Last year, Miami came in first place. This year, the Magic City fell a bit, to sixth out of the 30 met ... More >>

Donations to Haiti Aid Top $150 Million, Exceeding Katrina Figures

Talia Frenkel​Including an unprecedented surge of text message donations, people have now contributed more than $150 million to earthquake relief in Haiti, according to figures released yesterday by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. That's five times the amount donated in the days immediately after t ... More >>

Don’t Sit in the Balcony

News Roundup

Manny Diaz is going to try bringing Miami 21 before the commission again, and is confident it will pass this time. [Herald]Miami, along with 27 other cities, has made the shortlist US's shortlist to host World Cup Games. All that needs to happen now is for the US to actually win the World Cup bid. [ ... More >>

Does Miami Really Have a Shot at Hosting the World Cup? Pepe Diaz Says Yes

When Riptide saw the news this week that an all-star band of celebrities and local power-players -- including the always busy Emilio Estefan and Alonzo Mourning -- was trying to bring the World Cup to Miami, we were tempted to laugh it off as a pipe dream.via Wikimedia CommonsWill this envelope say ... More >>

Janet Reno High School's Fightin' Janet Renos Might Never Get to Fight

Imagine it. Every year, hundreds of parents in North Miami kiss their daughters goodbye as they're decked out in their finest sparkly pink minidresses and heading to their first prom, and then the mothers smirk: "Have fun at your Janet Reno dance party.""What are you talking about, Mom? Why do you h ... More >>

Bill Clinton Charms the Fontainebleau

As easy as he is to mock with decades-old jokes, we've got to hand it to Bill Clinton -- the dude can warm a room like Wayne Newton on crystal meth.  Not that last night's Fontainebleau crowd was a hostile audience. About 300 of Miami's glitterati -- among them sunglass mogul and philanthropist Sa ... More >>

Over The Weekend - Bass Museum of Art, Warped Tour and Zo's Summer Groove

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