Sure, the Miami Hurricanes football team is stuck in a slump of mediocrity, but the rest of the athletics departments has been having an amazing year. The men’s and women’s basketball teams both ended their seasons as ranked teams, and now the baseball team has snatched the number one ranking…
Unlike her husband Governor Rick Scott, Florida First Lady Ann Scott has mostly stayed out of controversy and out of the headlines. Unfortunately, an embarrassing mix-up lead to the low-key First Lady to read a passage from a book to fifth graders that described Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard back in the…
After Louis Piper didn’t show up to work for a few days his co-workers informed police. They went to his South Beach apartment in the Sunset Harbour neighborhood on Wednesday and found 61-year-old Piper’s decomposing body. That explained the foul stench neighbors had been smelling. Police believe Piper may have already…
A lot of odd things happen in Florida every week. On Fridays we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: a creepy YouTube confession, a woman who took parenting classes from Don King, and a man who tried to escape police on his hoverboard. Man Creepily Brags About Groping Women…
If you’re staying at a hotel near Ocean Drive or Collins Avenue, you should expect to get ripped off — usually by overpriced shrimp cocktail or colossal margaritas at a sidewalk café. Baltimore Ravens running back Terrance West, however, claims he got ripped off when he was staying at the…
The stadium christened as “Joe Robbie” 29-years ago now officially has its seventh name. After the “Sun Life” naming rights expired last month, Stephen Ross and the Miami Dolphins decided not to return to the most recent generic name, Dolphin Stadium, and have instead picked a new name. Emphasis on the…
Miami may not be considered a city of high manners, but some people get awfully awkward when you ask what exactly it is they do for a living. Not because you’re breaking any of Emily Post’s rules of etiquette by asking, but because they may be admitting to breaking some…
Back in 2003, photographer Kenneth Adelman was working on a project that documented the coastline of California, which includes the cliff of Malibu, which happens to include the home of Barbara Streisand. Adelman posted his photos online, and, well, not many people actually bothered to pay attention to the project…
Angel Nolasco was arrested on charges of practicing dentistry without a license in 2011 you’d figure he’d take the hint and pack up his probes and retractors for good. Sure, the charges ending up being dropped, but that didn’t mean he was free to keep on pulling teeth. Turns out…
Governor Rick Scott is vastly unpopular. Almost half of Floridians disapprove of the job he’s doing, while only 38 percent approve of his work in Tallahassee according to the latest polls. Which isn’t news. His approvals ratings have famously been horrible practically since the moment he stepped into office. Yet, somehow we’ve…
The Office of Congressional Ethics dropped its report on Rep. Alan Grayson today, and found that there is “substantial reason to believe” that Grayson broke the law and ran afoul of House ethics rules while he ran a small hedge fund. Grayson’s campaign has shot back by calling the investigation a “politically…
Waka flakka, flamed out? The synthetic-drug epidemic that has gripped Broward County and spilled over into Miami-Dade more than two years ago may already be over thanks to an unprecedented level of coordination involved in the war on that drug. Flakka, known scientifically as alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, had been floating around for years…
Stray cats riddle Miami-Dade like pigeons in New York or rats in Chicago. Except, you know, cats are cute, and come people can’t help but feed the feral felines, often to the chagrin of their neighbors. It’s a common quarrel, but one that usually doesn’t end in bullets. Then again,…
Everyone is biting the style of drag queens. On Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, A-list celebrities lip-sync for their lives. The Kardashians have prompted millions of copycats to contour their faces with makeup. Middle schoolers are all “throwing shade” at one another nowadays. See? You might chalk it up to the…
The area between Alton Road and West Ave in South Beach is suddenly a booming nightlife hub. Places like Bodega and Foxhole are pulling crowds over from the eastside of the beach, and more venues are in the works. That doesn’t sit well with everyone. Namely mainy residents who live…
Florida International University deserves a slow clap. On Friday, the school pulled off one of the funnier Miami-related April Fools Day pranks we’ve seen in a bit. In a video posted on their official Facebook page, the school proudly announced today a new major focus in Miami-studies, or, as it’s…
Marco Rubio failed to land a top job at a once-great institution that is now a sad, messy parody of its former self (the national Republican party) and is now might just be seeking a top job at another once great institution that is now a sad, messy parody of…
If you’re heading to or from South Beach tonight you really might want to think about taking a cab or Uber. The Miami Beach police department is setting up a DUI checkpoint that starts at 8 p.m. tonight and will continue until 6 a.m. the next morning. The checkpoint will…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week. On Friday, we’re here to bring you the oddest. This week: a Jimmy John’s delivery that really was so fast it will make you freak, a man who drove with his wife on his minivan’s roof for six miles, and…
Miami Beach Police are asking for the publics help in identifying a suspect who allegedly attacked a visiting gay couple at the Whopper Bar in South Beach. The confrontation led to a brawl that was caught on tape by the restaurant’s security cameras. According to police, the incident occured in…
Zaha Hadid, a pioneering architect who became the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, has died at the age of 65 following a heart attack here in Miami. Originally born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid was educated in London and later became a naturalized resident of the…
When the biggest names in Italian fashion show their latest collection they do it in Milan. When they want to slap their name and branding on a condo tower, well, they do it in Miami. The Residences by Armani Casa are under construction up in Sunny Isles. The Fendi Château is…
