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    March 26, 2012

    Sony Ericsson Open: Food is Better Than Tennis (Photos)

    ​The Sony Ericsson runs through April 1 at the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, bringing with it painful traffic jams, celebrity athletes, and a lot of people in it for the oversized tennis balls and Bombay Sapphire Lounge.Every year as we stroll the village that takes two months to set ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Sony Ericsson: Venus Williams Bigger than Sjogren's Syndrome

    ​Venus Williams didn't let a little Sjogren's Syndrome get in her way at the first women's singles match of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne yesterday. No, no, she showed that disorder who was boss and whooped Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm in a 77 minute-long short match (6-0, 6-3). Th ... More >>

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    May 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    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 >>

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    September 23, 2010

    Letters from the issue of September 23, 2010

    ​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 >>

  • News

    September 16, 2010

    Venus and Serena Williams suffer racism

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2010

    Venus Williams Signs Come to Win

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    News Roundup: Roddick and Clijsters Win; Hurricanes Fall in WNIT

    23-year-old Octavius Pruitt was shot in the head and killed while standing on a street corner. How mother witnessed the murder, and police are searching for suspects. [CBS4]Workers at Jackson Memorial have agreed to a plan that would reduce the hospital system's deficit. [WSVN]Police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Around Town This Weekend: Instruments of Torture, Venus Williams, and DIY Soundtracks

    Friday​As if five days of torture, we mean work, weren't enough, today is the opening day of the "Instruments of Torture Through the Ages" exhibit at the Freedom Tower (oh, the irony!). One look at the spiked collars, knee splitters, and genital mutilators, and you'll realize you don't have it so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    Anyone for Tennis?

    ​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 >>

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    Miami's Dirty Dozen 2009

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    March 26, 2009

    Father Hoes Best

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

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Over the Weekend - Art Basel, Vanguard, Panda Bear and MSTRKRFT

    If we don't see another piece of artwork any time soon, we can count ourselves lucky. Yes, our eyes are sore from the excessive visual stimulus. Art Basel brought with it plenty of fairs, celebrities and parties, so if you stayed home this weekend, what the hell were you thinking?But just in case yo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 22, 2007

    Tennis, anyone?

    If we don't see another piece of artwork any time soon, we can count ourselves lucky. Yes, our eyes are sore from the excessive visual stimulus. Art Basel brought with it plenty of fairs, celebrities and parties, so if you stayed home this weekend, what the hell were you thinking?But just in case yo ... More >>

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    December 28, 2006

    News Hate

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    March 16, 2006

    Making a Racket

    For racist talk, look to that daily newspaper to the north

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