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Miami Herald Sportswriter Continues His Racist Attacks on Colin Kaepernick

By Jerry IannelliAugust 4, 2017

Black athletes who have fought for civil rights have always taken a huge hit. In 1967, Muhammad Ali convened the famed “Ali Summit” in Cleveland, a gathering of black superstars who were opposed to the Vietnam War, including basketball’s Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and football’s Jim Brown. Ali’s manager, Herbert Muhammad, begged Ali not to oppose the draft because the backlash would kill the boxer’s earning potential. Sports officials had already threatened to revoke Ali’s boxing license.

Marco Rubio Writes Breitbart Op-Ed After Slamming Site as “Not a Credible Source”

By Jerry IannelliAugust 4, 2017

Just last year, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called Breitbart News — the cartoonishly racist conservative news site that birthed Steve Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Ben Shapiro — “not a credible source.” In February 2016, Rubio told Fox News that Breitbart is a website that peddles “conspiracies.” (For once, he wasn’t lying.) Breitbart responded by bashing Rubio throughout the 2016 election cycle.

Curbelo to Host Immigration Forum Sponsored by Company That Profits Off Deportation

By Jerry IannelliAugust 3, 2017

The Virgina-based company Libre by Nexus has an obvious financial incentive to make sure the United States continues deporting increasing numbers of immigrants: It offers steeply priced bail bonds to people trapped in immigration court. Over the past few years, Libre by Nexus has been accused of exploiting immigrants trapped in the nation’s kangaroo-court deportation system…

Five Reasons Miami Dolphins Can Win the Super Bowl This Season

By Ryan YousefiAugust 2, 2017

You read the headline, so you’re either here to scoff at the notion that the Miami Dolphins could be the last team standing on Sunday, February 4, after Super Bowl LII in Minnesota concludes, or you’ve happily arrived at the official Fins hype party, six-pack in hand. Either way, welcome to a place where positive words are about to be written about the Dolphins football team. Yes, it must be August.

Miami Is Totally Underwater Right Now Thanks to Tropical Storm Emily

By Jerry IannelliAugust 1, 2017

Well, uh, don’t drive in Miami right now. Thanks to the remnants of yesterday’s Tropical Storm Emily (which has since weakened to a depression), most of Miami Beach and a big chunk of downtown Miami sit under something close to a foot of water. Cars can’t move, trees have fallen into roads, and a flash-flood warning has been issued for Miami Beach until 5:45 p.m.

Florida Cops Give Black and Hispanic Drivers Harsher Speeding Tickets

By Jerry IannelliAugust 1, 2017

In Florida, speeding tickets cost a heck of a lot more if you’re driving more than 10 mph over the speed limit. As anyone who’s ever been pulled over knows, the interaction with an officer can sometimes resemble a negotiation: If you play your cards right, you could get off with a warning or perhaps a cheaper ticket for, ahem, getting caught driving exactly 79 mph on the highway instead of 80.

Tropical Storm Emily Will Drench Miami Today

By Tim ElfrinkJuly 31, 2017

Unless you really hate the prose of Brontë or Dickinson or can’t stand Post’s advice, history is light on villains named Emily. Until now! Tropical Storm Emily is poised to wreck plans and generally be a pain in the ass from South Florida to Tampa Bay this week.

The Most Famous Serial Killers in Miami History

By Jerry IannelliJuly 30, 2017

So, uh, bodies might be buried in the backyard of a historic pump house on Miami’s Upper Eastside. The building, which was built in the 1920s, at one time was the home of serial killer Robert Bowman, and a New Times feature story published this week details that when cops were questioning Bowman in 1982 over the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl from Ohio, Bowman said he had killed someone else and buried the body behind the pump house.