Breaking News – The Tuna Fires Cam Cameron

The Cam Cameron era is over. He and his talking penis have been fired. Bobby Knight and his friendship with Bill Parcells clearly wasn’t enough to save Cam’s ass from the inevitable. It’s 1-15 and done. It’s kinda sad, really. Like when a goldfish dies. You knew it was coming…

Albums on Tap for Early 2008

Well 2007 is over, done and almost forgotten. So stop looking back on the year that’s past and take a look at what you have to look forward to from the music world in just the first couple months of 2008. Here’s a look at some of the first albums…

Michigan Leaves the Gators Maize and Blue

I was resigned to defeat. I was sure my alma mater, University of Michigan, would lose by 20 points or more to the fast, option-running Florida Gators. I was so sure of certain defeat that as 1 pm. approached New Year’s day, I told my friend to hurry up so…

Meet the New Nerdy White Dude, Same as the Old Nerdy White Dude

With Randy Mueller no longer around, reports have been surfacing everywhere that Bill Parcells is targeting Dallas Cowboys VP of Scouting, Jeff Ireland (awkward looking gent shown above) to take over the GM job for the Dolphins. Ireland is highly regarded around league circles as a dude who knows his…

Shine On You Crazy Mormon

Cam Cameron is going to get fired. Not so much because he’s an idiot. But because he refused the will of God. Cameron defiantly decided against starting John Beck against the Bengals in the final meaningless regular season game and, instead, started Cleo Lemon because he gave us the best…

Most Viewed and Commented Stories from 2007

Most Viewed Sex Offenders Set up Camp – The New Times’ Isaiah Thompson broke this story about sex offenders being placed under the Julia Tuttle Causeway by probation officers. Dade Disclosure – A tale of an affair between two workers at the Miami-Dade County’s planning and zoning department, that led…

Five Songs About New Years

Ah, the New Year. Time of transformation, time of bubbly-spawned magic, time of awkward passes and resolutions you mean at the time. While you’re preparing for the long sled ride down Hangover Hill, here’s some topical listening material. — Jeff Shaw 5. Death Cab for Cutie, “The New Year” “So…

Drugstore Diner

In my review last week of S & S Diner at Allen’s Drugstore, I wrote that “way back when our grandparents were eating better/worse than we, it wasn’t unusual to have eateries located within pharmacies”. Tim Hogle, owner of Tantra Restaurant & Lounge, saw the article and forwarded me this…

Drugstore Diner

In my review last week of S & S Diner at Allen’s Drugstore, I wrote that “way back when our grandparents were eating better/worse than we, it wasn’t unusual to have eateries located within pharmacies”. Tim Hogle, owner of Tantra Restaurant & Lounge, saw the article and forwarded me this…

Spence-Jones Looks for Support in Familiar Places

Last night, sometime after 6 p.m., Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones and more than three dozen of her supporters engaged in a spiritual cleansing inside the New Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Liberty City. In case you are not up to speed, Spence-Jones is facing possible criminal charges based on…

Dennis, Hillary not quite twins?

Do you think Dennis or Hillary could be twins? Or that Huckabee and Giuliani are cut from the same cloth? That’s what we thought. If you want to show how different the candidates are in the Florida presidential primaries on Jan. 29, you must be registered to vote by Dec…

New Year’s Dinner Options

New Year’s Eve, like Valentine’s Day, is what folks in the restaurant biz refer to as “Amateur Night” — meaning the patrons who frequent eateries on these occasions are not necessarily the most serious diners. That said, some of our local chefs have come up with seriously creative menus for…

New Year’s Dinner Options

New Year’s Eve, like Valentine’s Day, is what folks in the restaurant biz refer to as “Amateur Night” — meaning the patrons who frequent eateries on these occasions are not necessarily the most serious diners. That said, some of our local chefs have come up with seriously creative menus for…

Burnout Looking Good, Needs Tweaks Before Release

So my friend downloaded the latest Burnout Paradise demo from Xbox Live, and I can say that the game is shaping up quite nicely. EA better not just stop at the demo, though. I’d hate to see this series go to crap. My friend played it first, and the first…

Grass Chef Heads For Greener Pastures

Howie Kleinberg and Michael Jacobs have a lot in common. Both chefs are fairly big guys, and have been cooking locally for many a year (Jacobs was originally top toque at Tantra in 1997). Kleinberg started up the kitchen at The Food Gang in Surfside, which for all its glowing…

Grass Chef Heads For Greener Pastures

Howie Kleinberg and Michael Jacobs have a lot in common. Both chefs are fairly big guys, and have been cooking locally for many a year (Jacobs was originally top toque at Tantra in 1997). Kleinberg started up the kitchen at The Food Gang in Surfside, which for all its glowing…

Dear Cleo, So Long and Thanks For All The Suck

Hi Cleo Lemon. Hello. How are you? Let me first just say, thanks for all the memories. It’s been real. You had some decent games for us here and there over the last couple of seasons. Hell, you helped us avoid infamy by leading us to our first and only…

Cheap Eats: Hops Grill and Brewery

Where: Hops Grill and Brewery , 1155 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, (954) 441-4599 What $15 Gets You: Smothered Chicken Marsala, side of vegetables, side of fries, and a drink of your choice. The food at Hops wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. It was standard. Keeping in mind that…

Cheap Eats: Hops Grill and Brewery

Where: Hops Grill and Brewery , 1155 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, (954) 441-4599 What $15 Gets You: Smothered Chicken Marsala, side of vegetables, side of fries, and a drink of your choice. The food at Hops wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great either. It was standard. Keeping in mind that…