Since 1980, the Pro Bowl has been played in Honolulu, Hawaii, the week after the Super Bowl, but buzz during the past couple of years has indicated NFL bigwigs aren’t happy with the status quo. They nixed a plan to move this year’s Pro Bowl to a week before the Super Bowl at…
Art dealer Giuseppe Concepcion was arrested in Miami this Friday on charges of wire fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property. Between 2005 and 2006, Concepcion sold forgeries of works by celebrated artists at Proarte, a Miami gallery with a sister site in New York. Concepcion allegedly acquired the original…
As the economy has tightened, Pretty in the City has noticed a distinct correlation between crowds at high-end department stores and the rise of female-centric shopping events and trunk shows. As the crowds able to afford splurges at Neiman-Marcus and Nordstrom’s continue to shrink, more of these fun “girls just…
In a move that will surely up the intelligence of local radio listeners, Bubba the Love Sponge’s morning radio show will be broadcast on 93 Rock starting early next year. Bubba’s shtick makes Howard Stern look like the Duke of Windsor, and he has been accused of sensationalizing an on-air pig-killing as well as…
Ten teams of college kids (and reps from one high school and two architectural firms) gathered Sunday on Key Biscayne. From noon to 3:30 about 150 people dug and sculpted some incredible stuff at Crandon Park. It was the tenth time the Miami chapter of the American Institute of Architects…
The Miami Herald and teevee stations covered the news in the same human-interest tone they would a water-skiing squirrel. “Isn’t it just adorable that Little Miss Hialeah gets to play city council member with the big boys?” The Herald brushed aside questions of nepotism and conflicts of interest. Largely, they…
The Patriots punted once in the entire game during yesterday’s 48-28 win over the Dolphins. Once. New England’s offense totaled 530 yards — the most the Dolphins defense has allowed since 1995. You could still catch brand new episodes of Seinfeld the last time the Dolphins allowed that many yards…
Art Basel is a little more than a week away, so there will be plenty to do. But until then, this upcoming weekend you’ll probably be dealing with unwanted relatives and incompetent airport employees — sounds like fun. Here is what you miss over the weekend:Heir to the Throne at…
Gunnery Sgt. Marcelo R. Velasco, 40, of Miami died in Iraq last week. He is the 4,202nd US Troop to be killed in this war. [Defense Link]Do these people have any sort of heart? Do they have any sort of sense of what’s right for society beyond responding to their…
Rich Sanchez and his CNN show certainly have caught the twitter bug, and now another former Miami fixture is twittering his thumbnails off, too. Our New Times brethren in Phoenix report that the 7’1 superstar has his own twitter account, and apparently it’s legit. Shaq is really into twitter, but…
Ugh, it is football post time again. After the Canes’ face plant last night, we’re a bit down on the sport. Seriously they had it all before them – a return to national prominence and the ACC title and what do they do? Give up more rushing yards than they…
Poor Charlie Crist. Sure, he went out of the way to let it be known he wouldn’t mind being John McCain’s personal vice president, but he hasn’t done anything that indicates he really wants to stage his own presidential campaign in 2012. He must seem like a natural to the…
Obama’s fast rise had as much to do with his natural charisma and thoughtful, powerful speeches as the fact that he wasn’t Hillary Clinton. The former first lady a year ago seemed like a lock for the White House, but the anti-Clinton factions in her party needed a superstar challenger…
Miami’s foreclosure fiasco rages on, and its latest victim is a familiar face. Rapper/producer Wyclef Jean took out a $2 million mortgage to purchase and renovate a Miami Beach spread but failed to keep up on payments, according to the Palm Beach Post’s Jose Lambiet (who apparently doesn’t know much…
Let’s give actress Joan Collins a break. She’s 75 years old and British, plus for whatever reason, CBS’s Early Show decided to play a cutesy game where the only cities ID’ed had something to do with the TV program Dynasty (which I understand to be some sort of Gossip Girl…
There needs to be some kind of drinking game tied to breaking news alerts that tell us how grim our financial futures are. It began this morning on the Herald’s website with the news that employment in Florida is at a 15-year high and that it could get worse by…
The sad story of Abraham Biggs, the Pembroke Pines teen who commited suicide live on webcam, just broke locally, but details began emerging from various Internet sources late yesterday afternoon. Valleywag reports that Biggs was a regular user of Justin.tv, a lifecasting site, often transmitting the scenes from his life…
Is there any extra duct tape lying around the Dolphins locker room? How about a ball gag? Because there are times when Joey Porter just needs to shut up. Porter was sharing his deep thoughts on the Michael Vick case and decided Vick should be given another shot in the…
Diaz says the cabinet rumors are just rumors. [Naked Politics] Unfortunately this isn’t the first time we’ve heard something like this, but a 19-year-old in Broward committed suicide using drugs on webcam. [Local10] Condo sales in downtown might be rebounding, but not for long. [Herald] Gas prices continue to get…
Old photo, same result Ah, the resurrected Miami Hurricanes football program. Ranked in the top 25 again! Headed to the ACC title game! Unable to stop some one-legged homeless guy from Atlanta from busting off a 15-yard run! There are many ways to prove that the AP voters have overranked…
Just yesterday the Transportation Security Administration named Miami International Airport the best airport of the year. Today Travel + Leisure cobbled together some statistics and named MIA the third-worst airport in America. TSA’s award was primarily for improved security measures, while T+L took into account a broader picture. We guess…
Of all ballots cast in Florida November 4, John McCain actually led Barack Obama by five points, according to a new Associated Press study. Wowza. But Obama led the Maverick by 11 percentage points in early and absentee voting, thus winning the state. Nearly one-third of all votes cast in…
