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Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers: Eastern Conference Finals Preview

A year ago the Indiana Pacers gave the Miami Heat quite the scare. The Heat found themselves down 2-1 and without Chris Bosh, who left with an abdomen injury early in game 1, in addition to a banged up Dwyane Wade -- things looked bleak. The Heat would go on to outscore the Pacers by 52 points in ta ... More >>

Dolphins Fans Disappointed With Season, Satisfied With Prime Seating Package

The Miami Dolphins ended another disappointing season Sunday, once again missing the playoffs.Rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill did his best in his first season, though nothing near fellow playoff-bound rookies Washington's Robert Griffin III, Indianapolis' Andrew Luck and Seattle's Russell Wilson. ... More >>

Taylor Swift Announces Red Tour, Coming to Miami on April 10

Taylor Swift's new album Red has been flying off the shelves before it even hit them. In fact, Billboard has basically guaranteed that it'll come out on top of the charts with an estimated 1.1 million units sold by week's end. So all y'all are probably walking around humming her latest single, d ... More >>

50 Reasons Why Miami Is Better Than Every City on Bloomberg's 50 Best Cities List

Bloomberg Businessweek recently decided to count down the top 50 best cities in America, and Miami doesn't even make their list.They even based their rankings on attributes like leisure activities (including bars, restaurants, and sports teams), and clean air. So, you'd think we'd at least make it o ... More >>

Primus 3-D Tour's Gonna Be "Really Trippy ... Bringing Acid Rock Back to the Masses"

Whoa, dude ... Primus just announced its "first-ever traveling 3D-enhanced live musical performance." And it's gonna be "really trippy." That's what weirdo ringmaster Les Claypool tells Billboard, adding, "The past couple of years, Primus has gotten pretty psychedelic. We keep joking that we're bri ... More >>

Matt & Kim Announce 2012 Lightning Tour With Fillmore Miami Beach Show on October 14

To quote adorable guy-girl indie poppers Matt & Kim: Oooh-oooh-oooh-woo, oooh-woo, oooh-woo ... Just a few minutes ago, the perpetually psyched tag team ("Matt plays keys! Kim plays drums!") announced their 38-date Lightning Tour via Twitter, expressing an overwhelming level of excitement with ... More >>

A$AP Rocky Announces LongLiveA$AP 2012 Tour With Fillmore Miami Beach Show

See also "Soulja Boy to SpaceGhostPurrp "We Gone Eat Yo Face," Thows Bath Salts on A$AP Beef." Extraordinary swag and a mouthful of gold ... Yeah, we're talking about A$AP Rocky, the preternaturally talented 23-year-old Harlem Mob boss, rapper, and grillz model who's been beefing with SpaceGhostPu ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Scores 41 as Heat Advance to Eastern Conference Finals

Remember when Dwyane Wade crapped the bed last week and we all wrote him off, like a bunch of assholes? Pffft.Wade dropped 41 points in Miami's 105-93 beatdown of the Indiana Pacers. MV3 scored 20 of his 41 in the second quarter, going 8-for-11 from the floor, and leading the Heat past what had bec ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

The Miami Heat better show up tonight and do work against that group of underpaid unknowns collectively referred to as the Indiana Pacers. Despite losing by only a single possession, Tuesday's game was incredibly embarrassing. Home losses suck. But on the bright side, we don't live in Indianapol ... More >>

Phil Hinkle: Miami Porn Company Cashes in on Latest "Republican Caught With Gay Hooker" Scandal

​We know it's hard to keep track of all the various scandals involving anti-gay Republican politicians being caught in gay sex scandals, but maybe you remember the tale of Indiana state Rep. Phil Hinkle. He promised to pay a teenager he met on Craiglist $140 for a "really good time." Yeah, well, t ... More >>

Get a Makeover With Taylor Swift at Dadeland Mall October 13

Y'all wanna hit Dadeland Mall for a pretty-pretty sesh with country-pop princess Taylor Swift? OK, good! Just tell that screeching, hysterical 12-year old girl inside you to shut up, simmer down, and stop puking with excitement 'cause there's a catch ... Ms. Swift won't actually be making an in-per ... More >>

Restaurants Lying About the Amount of Calories in Their Food? You Don't Say

​I knew it! Some restaurants, both sit down and fast food are downplaying the amount of calories in their menu items, according to an article at Time.com. Susan Roberts, who directs the Energy Metabolism Laboratory of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University, says that "healthy ... More >>

Calling Irresponsible Ravers! Identity Festival Sells $20 Tickets For 20 Hours

​Oh, you irresponsible little raver ... The Identity Festival is still one month, two weeks, and a couple of hours away. And yet you've already blown 90 percent of your loose change on bad drugs and bottled water, party paraphernalia (gas masks, top hat, Caution tape, etc.), and an entire trash ... More >>

Miami Fifth on List of Cities that Have Gotten Fatter Since Thanksgiving

Via​Putting on a little bit weight during the winter months is only to be expected in cities that find themselves covered in snow and lacking in sun, but a new analysis from The Daily Beast says that Miami is fifth in cities that have gained the most weight since Thanksgiving.Whoa! What's the deal ... More >>

Miami is the Wireless-Savviest City in America

via​Miami has no use for your antiquated wires. According to a survey of small business owners and employees conducted by AT&T, Miami is the wireless-savviest business market in America. It shouldn't really come as a surprise that Miamians are addicted to their cell phones and other Wi-Fi devi ... More >>

Hurricanes Send Nine Players to NFL Combine, More Than All But One Other School

​It may not being showing too much on the college field lately, but the University of Miami still has a knack for sending its players to the NFL. In fact, nine former 'Canes have been invited to the NFL scouting combine. That's more than any other school except for North Carolina. They're sending ... More >>

Nevin Shapiro: Miami's Caligula

Mark Siffin: Times Square in Miami

The Kat Stacks Interview We Didn't Have to Pay For

​Kat Stacks is a free market capitalist. She doesn't just give away sex -- and considering she claims to be sleeping with men named Gudda Gudda, who can blame her? And she certainly doesn't just give away her deep thoughts either. When we tried to interview hip-hop's proudest harlot in April, her ... More >>

Sloppy Seconds

Sloppy Seconds, the Spits, NoBunny, and More This Friday: Signs of Improved Churchill's Booking

Nobunny @ Silver Dollar from NOW Magazine on Vimeo.Churchill's seems to be humming along with a renewed energy lately, thanks to the semi-recent addition of booker Nayra Serrano. Under her watch, the venue (finally!) got an updated web site, an up-to-date online schedule, and a slate of shows by an ... More >>

NFL Draft Live-Blog

​Here we go. Live-blogging the NFL Draft. Pretty much like watching the draft with someone as losery as yourself. Only on the Internet! This is the first time the NFL Draft is being held in primetime. Because you're not buying enough KFC Double Downs for your fatass kids dammit! Also, tonight is t ... More >>

Pro-Lifers Condemn Family Guy's Terri Schiavo Song-and-Dance Number

​Last week marked the five-year anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo. Just ten days before the March 31 anniversary, Family Guy, which basically stays relevant by creating controversy, poked fun of the entire Schiavo affair by including a storyline about Stewie's pre-school class pu ... More >>

Miami Still Part of USA's World Cup Bid

Dolphins Stadium might not be good enough for the Super Bowl anymore according the NFL, but the U.S. World Cup bid commission just put it on the shortlist to host games for their bid for either 2018 or 2022. Previously the committee had its eyes on 29 cities, and narrowed it down to 18 today.&n ... More >>

Vote for Fort Lauderdale's Ghost of Gloria in the Hard Rock Ambassadors of Rock Finals

Yes, there are more local band battles than you can shake a stick at, but the Fort Lauderdale-based Ghost of Gloria is poised, possibly, to win a big-deal national one. The Hard Rock chain has, over the past few months, sponsored its own "Ambassadors of Rock" series. Hard Rock Cafes across the count ... More >>

Let's Play Identity Politics For a Moment

So after the NRSC endorsed Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio in the Republican Senate primary, a lot of people implied it was a snub to Hispanics. We thought this was silly. Crist has won three statewide campaigns in a row, is an extremely popular governor, and has a national profile. He's going to win ... More >>

Fishy Business

They gave thousands to a commissioner and then won the Marlins stadium contract.

Exclusive: Marlins Construction Group Gave Thousands to Commish Who Approved No-Bid Deal

Joe Martinez seems a forthright and resolute guy. He was the first Hispanic elected by his peers to be county commission chairman. He publicly supported the highly unpopular John McCain for president. And he pushed to strip Jose Canseco's name from a stretch of SW 16th Street after the slugger admit ... More >>

More Dumb Dolphins Rumors: Could They Sign Mangini as an Assistant?

Talk about burying an explosive detail. CBS Sports correspondent Mike Freeman has a column up today theorizing that recently fired Jets Coach Eric Mangini won't find himself with another NFL head coaching job anytime soon thanks to wide spread speculation that he ratted New England Coach Bill Belich ... More >>

A Taste of His Medicine

You’ve got a fever, and the only cure is more Louis C.K.

Design the Poster for Counting Crows Tour Arriving in West Palm Beach this October... Bonus: Free MP3s!

The Fastest Man in the World

Radiohead to Play in Miami on Upcoming Tour

Battles on Your Lap

Blogging: The new element of hip-hop?

Warped Weekend

Our suggestions for navigating the 13th installment of the Vans Warped Tour

Up! Scumbag

Skirt Stake

The War Comes to Bagel Time

Mazel tov

Lounge Wizard

DJ Ursula 1000 swings home triumphant

Mindless Security, 2002

Dumb passengers: 50 Caught terrorists: 0

Marvin Gaye

The Final Concert
(The Right Stuff)

Welcome to Hades

Letters

Coming Home

You Say Hoax, We Say Spirited Public Journalism!

News of the Weird

Calendar for the week

Dollars to Doughnuts . . .

And auto repair, and the occasional nephew. . . An edifying look at Miami City Commission candidates' financial statements

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