LeBron James and David Beckham are two of the biggest global sports stars of the last decade, and according to a British tabloid report the two may be teaming up. The Mail on Sunday reports that James may become a business partner in Beckham’s long rumored Miami-based MLS franchise…
George Zimmerman certainly hasn’t managed to keep himself on the right side of the law ever since he was acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin, and now he’d heading back to jail. Zimmerman was arrested this afternoon by Seminole County deputies after they received reports of a disturbance…
The Economist Intelligence Unit has released its rankings of the 120 most economically competitive cities in the world [PDF], and Miami, just one of 12 American cities to make the list, shot up 10 spots this year. Miami in fact now ranks 40th overall…
We apologize in advance, but we guess you could say his milkshake brings all the boys to their grave. Forty-one-year-old Timothy Gochenour of Vero Beach is behind bars after allegedly killing his roommate with a drug-laced milkshake…
TLC, already home to shows that we imagine have titles like Extreme Cougar Hoarders, Sextuplet Sex Addict Brides, I Didn’t Know I Was a Cupcake, is preparing its latest televised sideshow. It’s a new special called Buying Naked which looks like a cross between House Hunters and the softcore porn…
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More details have come to light of the shocking incident yesterday in which a man fell out of a small plane into the Atlantic Ocean just a mile off the coast of Miami. Police have now identified the victim as Gerardo Nales of Key Biscayne. It appears that bad weather…
Charlie Crist has only been running for governor for 12 days, but he’s already raised nearly $900,000. And according to the first poll released since his announcement, he has a 10-point lead over incumbent Rick Scott…
If there’s one flying fear worse than your plane crashing, it’s maybe the thought of falling out the door. That’s apparently exactly what happened to a man who was a passenger on a small plane today while the aircraft was flying southeast of Miami…
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Miami is an area that caters openly to youthful urges. Clubs are open till the wee hours. The cultural scene continues to grow. We’ve got beaches and bike gatherings and bacchanals galore, but perhaps the metro area isn’t so great at catering to youthful needs. The Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Pompano Beach metro…
Without any help from our sports teams Florida already has a well deserved reputation for unabated weirdness, but the bizarre sports scandals that have erupted in the state in the past three years alone is out of control by sports standards, by Florida standards, or by any standards of human…
The Christian Family Council, a group whose name distracts from the fact that their main mission is battling against LGBT right in Miami-Dade County, recently released something of an infomercial for their Citizen Leadership Institution in which a wide array of local citizens testify that they feel “empowered” after going…
Have you ever wanted to take a trip down one of Florida’s beaches without leaving your computer? Well, that’s kind of sad, but starting next year you’ll be able to. Visit Florida, the state’s tourism and marketing arm, has teamed with Google to use their street mapping technology to capture…
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A few months ago, New Times chronicled the world of Miami’s “sugar babies,” women who date rich older men with the expectation of receiving money and gifts in exchange. And while that’s certainly ethically questionable, at least those women are adults. A Miami man was arrested after he traveled to…
Jason Beckman is currently on trial for the shocking 2009 murder of his father Jay Beckman, a South Miami commissioner. Testimony from one of a Beckman’s fellow inmates provides a bizarre motive for the slaying. The younger Beckman apparently snapped after his father made a joke about actress Megan Fox…
Well, we’ve found it. The worst professionally written piece about the Dolphins’ Richie Incognito mess has been identified. Congratulations to the OC Register’s “libertarian humorist” Ron Hart for penning a column that is all at once racist, sexist, completely stupid, and manages to both wonder if Jonathan Martin is gay…
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The Richie Incognito scandal is in that weird place where we understand that it’s pretty serious but also so over-the-top in some weird sports soap opera-style that sometimes you can’t help but laugh. So with the help of Witstream, we rounded up the best tweets about the scandal from professional…
The Miami Herald has racked up three Pulitzers for commentary and another three for photography in its history, but the Doral-based paper is looking to shed some fat in both departments. According to a memo obtained by Romenesko and Random Pixels, the paper announced to staff this morning that they’re…
Dozens of cruise ship passengers got off their ocean jaunts all tanned and rested only to experience a slice of pure parking hell Miami style. Passengers who had left their cars in city parking lot 58 found no signs of valets and just a big pile of keys dumped on…
