The best part about suspended City of Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones’s preordained re-election to her vacated seat is this: She’ll be able to make another acceptance speech.Her defiant diatribe a few weeks ago — when she took office moments before being cuffed and booked on grand theft charges — was…
The saga of “Erin” — the nude, giant-posteriored female character that artist Daniel Fila first spray-painted onto a wall on Biscayne Boulevard at NE 37th Street in 2003 — has been rife with plot twists. First, a pushy conservative artist, presumably offended by the giant cheeks marking Miamians’ commute, whitewashed the figure…
Air Platinum Club owner Mickael Cohen under siege from creditors and business associates
A breaking news release from an Israeli newspaper: Ten middle school students in Naples, Florida have been suspended after taking part in what they termed “Kick a Jew Day” at their school, school district officials reported. The one day in-school suspensions were served earlier this week. The incident occurred a…
Mickael Cohen is a 36-year-old self-professed millionaire from France who wears linen suits and looks like a Lothario version of Jon Lovitz. In July, he showed off a Gulfstream jet, a Rolls Royce, a Lamborghini, an Aston Martin, an 80-foot yacht, and a Sunny Isles condo that, he said, clients…
Every Miamian’s favorite booty-smacking relative, Uncle Luke, did the title track for The U, a documentary about the chaotic rise of the University of Miami’s football squad, by Rakontur, the group that brought us Cocaine Cowboys. As part of ESPN’s “30 for 30” series, it will air December 12 at…
While putting out a fire inside an empty house at 2021 SW 58th Ct. early yesterday morning, Miami-Dade firefighters spotted a bunch of suspiciously mellow potted plants and tipped off the police. Narcotics detectives found 34 hydroponic marijuana plants — which we now expect they will destroy in some depraved…
Florida Marlins pitcher Renyel Pinto gives the finger to Broward County cops and a jilted agent
It’s not just artists in the cubed-cheese-and-champagne-set who are making frenzied preparations for Art Basel. New Times’ favorite graffiti crew, MSG, promises that it has scads of plans- both legal and illegal- to coincide with the arrival of the massive convention. For starters, thirteen artists teamed up to paint a…
Is it just us, or does Family Feud invariably pit a white family against a black family? It’s like the show’s producers are daring you to not root for your own race, like the O.J. Simpson trial all over again. It could be argued that race relations in America will…
On October 19, a near-riot erupted at the student center at Miami Gardens’ Florida Memorial University. As captured in amateur video filmed by junior Jeffrey Y. Martin, security guards barricaded another student, 19-year old Emory Mitchell, in a bathroom. After students slammed through the door, an Allied Barton security guard…
Blessed is the life of the anonymous Major League middle reliever. You work six months of a year, spend half of your team’s games shooting the shit in the bullpen, and make as much money as the president.But the key is to not get too good. Because then people start…
To squash a common misconception, the rash of illegal horse slaughter in South Florida is not the work of some sophisticated mafia. The horse killers- who have been doing their thing for years before the media took notice — are rarely connected to each other, and they’re usually just opportunistic…
A year ago, a 33-year-old financier named Javier bought a two-bedroom condo in a posh new building downtown for just under $200,000. From his white leather couch, his gigantic windows offer spectacular views of both the river and the bay. He walks to Miami Heat games, takes the Metromover, and…
Depending on how much of a die-hard soccer fan you are, watching South Florida’s pro soccer team Miami FC’s front-office machinations can be more interesting than any of its on-field action. In its effort to survive, the club has tried everything. It’s signed the Barry Bonds of soccer — and…
In Coral Gables, it’s wine and cheese. Along Calle Ocho, it’s mojitos and arroz con pollo. In SoBe, it’s vodka-Red-Bull and air. Deep in the farmlands of South Miami, apparently, they get down with Heineken and horse meat. On July 3, an anonymous tip alerted Miami-Dade cops to this bin…
Former Miami Herald scribe and current Sports Illustrated senior writer S.L. Price makes his living where sports and culture intersect. His 2000 book Pitching Around Fidel was an exploration of the crumbling Cuban sports machine, and the importance of play to a people deprived of basic freedoms. His newest non-fiction…
A year ago, a 33-year-old financier named Javier bought a two-bedroom condo in a posh new building downtown for just under $200,000. From his white leather couch, his gigantic windows offer spectacular views of both the river and the bay. He walks to Heat games, takes the Metromover, and is…
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-class douche. It’s not just the strangely purple lips or the gingerly smug way that he digs in at bat like he’s got…
Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairy
Lauderhill’s Joel Waul cashes in on his record-setting rubber band ball
Doesn’t the dude above (video by Jake Katel) just look-and sound- like the human embodiment of a Boston-brewed beer with a whopping 27% alcohol content? All he needs is one of those colonial get-ups and, like, a drunk horse by his side.Sam Adams brewmaster Bob Cannon invited Short Order to…
