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Free Bombay Sapphire Cocktails, Ticket Giveaways at Sony Open Tennis Happy Hour

The Sony Open Tennis tourney hits Key Biscayne in just a couple of weeks, and let's be real: It's as much about booze as it is about balls. So it's appropriate that the folks behind the big match have been hosting a series of happy hours, teaching attendees to make their signature Bombay Sapphire A ... More >>

MIFF 2013 Closes Out Its 30th Year With Stories of Fame, Fear, and Family

Miami's Five Worst Journalists

The Five Worst Media Personalities In Miami

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 ranks the least trustworthy names in local news.Miami has a lot of media personalities and journalists who are full of it. They u ... More >>

Gabby Douglas's Hairy Situation

Gabby Douglas Deserves To Be Praised, Not Ridiculed

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 wants blacks to stop being so envious and hateful toward one another.We African-Americans are our own worst enemies. We do a bett ... More >>

London 2012 Olympics: Introducing Your Florida Athletes

See also "Six South Florida Athletes To Keep Tabs On During the Games" and "London 2012 Olympics: South Florida Athletes (Photos)"Something called "the Olympic Spirit" is in the air, and suddenly, we're suppose to care about equestrian sports and whether or not China is sending 10-year-olds to destr ... More >>

London 2012 Olympics: Six South Florida Athletes To Keep Tabs On During the Games

Dun Dun Da Dun Dun Dun Da Dun Da Dun Da Dun. We are 24 hours away from the opening ceremony for the Games of the XXX Olympiad. While Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade aren't joining LeBron James on the basketball court, we've still got some serious Team USA contenders representing the 305, 954, and the 561 ... More >>

Forbes: Dolphins Are the 22nd Most Valuable Team in the World, Way More So Than Heat

The Miami Heat might be the most successful team in town right now, but the Dolphins still reign supreme in terms of most valuable franchise. Forbes.com has listed the world's most valuable sports teams. The Fins came in 22nd overall, but the Heat didn't even make the cut.

Miami Dolphins Will Suck Again This Year

​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. This week, Luke assesses the sad state of Miami's NFL franchise.While AFC division rivals the New England Patriots and the New York Jets ... More >>

Chris Bosh Got Hitched at the Fontainebleau This Weekend

via Global Grind​Despite the fact that he may have gotten legally married to Adrienne Williams shortly before the playoffs, Chris Bosh made it official this weekend with a lavish ceremony at the Fontainebleau on Miami Beach. (Yes, the same place where the Mavs celebrated their finals win.) Unlike ... More >>

LeBron James is the 10th Most Powerful Celebrity in the World According to Forbes

​Forbes has tallied up the world's most powerful celebrities, and the Miami Heat's own LeBron James comes in at number three. Though he's not that most powerful athlete (Tiger Woods somehow still takes that one), he is the most powerful celebrity athlete from a team sport. Besides Woods, only A-li ... More >>

Serena Williams Is Now a Rapper, We Guess

​Between Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, and Fergie, the Miami Dolphins owners' box has more musical talent than a Now! That's What I Call Music CD. In fact, besides Stephen Ross and Wayne Huizenga, the Williams sisters are the only "owners" without a musical connection. Apparently, ... More >>

Rapper Birdman Says He's Close To Becoming Yet Another Minority Owner of the Miami Dolphins

​The Miami Dolphins are in the midst of a two-game losing streak. They just fired their special teams coach after they single-handedly lost the game against the New England Patriots. The starting quarterback position is in doubt. Their football czar is about to walk away, leaving a lot of question ... More >>

Letters from the issue of September 23, 2010

Venus and Serena Williams suffer racism

Venus and Serena Williams Deserve The Best

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says the Williams sisters don't get their due.Venus and Serena Williams represent black people and female athletes in a po ... More >>

Steve Carell and Paul Rudd Spoof LeBron James's Decision

​LeBron James's ESPN special, The Decision, might have resulted in one of the biggest moments in Miami sports history. But let's not kid ourselves -- the whole thing was ridiculous. I mean, Jim Gray's questions such as "One hand or two?" and "Are you still a nail-biter?" were some of the most ridi ... More >>

Dwyane Wade, FIU's Garrett Wittels Nominated for Espy Awards

​The nominations for ESPN's annual attempt at putting on an awards show, The Espys our out. As if to underscore the city's all-around sports mediocrity, players with Miami teams only got two nominations. The first is a given, the other is kind of surprise. The Heat's Dwyane Wade is nominated ... More >>

SoBeFit Magazine's Next Issue Will be Its Last

​SoBeFit magazine laid off its entire staff today, and the next issue to hit the stands will be the last according to our sources. The locally focused fitness magazine released its first issue in December of 2008, and published six times a year.Little-known journalist and fitness expert Marta Mont ... More >>

Bikini-Clad Serena Williams's Football Scrimmage

Serena Williams had to sit out the Sony Ericsson Open because of injuries, but she still played some ball while in Miami. The minority owner of the Miami Dolphins, clad in a bikini and a fingerless glove (how very Lagerfeld), threw around a football in the surfs of South Beach with some friends y ... More >>

Venus Williams Makes It to Sony Ericsson Open Finals for First Time Since 2001

​The Williams sisters absolutely love playing in the Sony Ericsson Open, and between Venus and Serena, they've won eight of the past 12 tournaments. Serena had to sit out this year's open, but Venus might keep the family tradition going.Third-seeded Venus today extended her 16-match winning s ... More >>

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At Last Night's Mayoral Debate, Everyone Lost (Their Heads)

​The group that gathered last night for the City of Miami mayoral debate between commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez made Joe Wilson, Kanye West, and Serena Williams look like upstanding examples of manners. Maybe they didn't get the message they're supposed to act civilly for the next we ... More >>

News Roundup

Venus and Serena Williams are the latest celebs to take a tiny part of Dolphin's ownership. Let's home their winning ways rub off on the fins. [AP]The Miami man who allegedly stole data from 130 million credit and debit cards had some unusual High School habits: hacking into Government message board ... More >>

Hablas Computer?

Murray and Azarenka Win Miami Masters... Wait, Who?

Just about the only bold names casual American tennis fans can be expected to recognize who performed up to expectations at this year's Miami Masters were Andy Roddick and Venus Williams. Roddick made it as far as he could until he got dropped by Roger Federer; meanwhile, Venus put up a good show un ... More >>

News Roundup

Local 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Nelson M. Lantigua of Miami died Tuesday in Iraq. 4,264 American troops have died there so far. [Herald]Kendrick Meek is going to qualify for Senate by petition, just because he wants to. [CBS4]City of Miami went through with the bailout for Jungle Island. [Herald]Sports ... More >>

Williams Sisters Gearing up for Their First Showdown in Miami

via Wikimedia CommonsThere are few rivalries in modern sports more intriguing than the one between Venus and Serena Williams. Sure, there are the haters who want to think the outcomes are fixed, but for the rest of us watching the two sisters, who just happen to be the most dominant players of the p ... More >>

Father Hoes Best

The Williams sisters' pop isn't the first to use celebu-dad status to score a young babe.

Father Hoes Best

Wikimedia CommonsThe Sony Ericsson Open begins tomorrow on Key Biscayne, and that means the tennis world's most notorious one-man circus is coming to town. Forget the athletes; we're following Richard Williams, dad of the top-seeded sisters and Palm Beach Gardens residents Serena and Venus. Richard' ... More >>

Love--This Game

Release the balls

Sid Rosenberg's Greatest Hits

Sports shock jock Sid Rosenberg is out at 790 The Tickets, apparently it was a mutual decision. Rosenberg started at the sports station back in 2005, after a noted career as Don Imus's sports sidekick and occasional crack-cocaine enthusiast. Though, rumors on the internets suggest he could be the ne ... More >>

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