The constant college football recruiting race knows only the bounds the NCAA places on it, and the body says nothing about how old a potential player has to be to start getting attention from coaches. In fact, recruiting mega-website Rivals.com now has profiles on players in the sixth grade! New…
If you’ve ventured into the comment section of any news article about the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in recent weeks you’ve probably ran into some angry banter about Superdelegates. Well, Rep. Alan Grayson, ever attuned to the internet grassroots, had decided to use the controversy to his Senate…
When the news broke last night that Obama will head to Cuba next month — becoming the first sitting president to visit since 1928 — it swept through Miami like a tropical storm. Pot-banging protesters stormed the streets of Little Havana, molotov cocktails were flung at consulates of nations friendly…
Miami cyclists finally have a reason to celebrate. The main bicycle link between the mainland and Miami Beach, the Venetian Causeway, will reopen in a little over a week after a nine-month closure for repairs. Karim Nahim, the manager of the Miami Bike Shop, says the store is already feeling…
Miami has so many weird real life tales that there’s no need to make up fake ones. Yet humans love a good urban legend. Though they may not be factual, our best local tall tales do tend to reflect the culture of Miami, with everything from Hurricane Andrew to cocaine…
Martin Gottesfeld’s hands apparently weren’t as nimble with the jib and spinnaker of a sailboat as they were with his keyboard. The 31-year-old is suspected to be behind a high-profile hacking attack against a Massachusetts medical center and apparently had tried to flee. He and his wife were traveling in…
Usually when the NRA and other gun groups say jump, Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature says “How high and how many guns should we carry when we do it?” But there’s a few gun fantasies that are just a bridge too far for even some Floridians. Yesterday, Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla,…
Just after midnight yesterday, 911 dispatchers in the Florida Keys received a barrage of odd calls: A backhoe, witnesses said, was wildly flinging boulders across the Seven Mile Bridge and into the water. Thus began America’s strangest police chase of the year. Over the next three hours, a small army…
Jeb Bush, who is currently sitting in last place in national polls of all remaining major Republican candidates, just tweeted a picture of what’s assumedly his personal gun (you can tell, because it has his name embossed on it) with the word “America.” It’s a truly bizarre Tweet, that underlies the…
The U.S. Transportation Department today announced a historic deal reestablishing direct commercial airline service between American and Cuba. The agreement will allow 20 flights a day between America and Havana, and 10 flights each to the rest of Cuba’s nine other international airport. That’s a total of 110 flights a…
2015 was a record-breaking year for hit-and-run accidents in the state of Florida last year. The Florida Highway Patrol reports that the state had 92,623 hit-and-run accidents last year, about an 8,000 accident rise since 2014. That resulted in more than 19,000 injuries and a total of 186 fatalties. 18,345 hit-and-runs…
It wasn’t just multi-million dollar super yachts clogging the waterway at last weekend’s Yachts Miami Beach event, located on a 10 block stretch west of Collins Ave. in mid-Beach. Volunteers on standup paddleboards and in kayaks picked buckets full of styrofoam out of the water surrounding the event, too. Tracy…
Vancouver has one of the most stunning skylines on earth, a jagged expanse of skyscrapers framed by sparkling waterways and the towering North Shore Mountains. It’s a city fit for any ad campaign. Except that Vancouver is indisputably in Canada. So it’s a poor choice to use Vancouver’s lovely but…
It’s no secret that the Democratic “establishment,” at both the state and national level, would much rather Rep. Alan Grayson stay out of the race to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate. They’ve always preferred Rep. Patrick Murphy. He’s got the backing of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and a host of…
Are you still tagged in Facebook photos from that time you went to a drunken “Anything But Clothes” party in college? Have a habit of tweeting out your strongly worded controversial political opinions? Maybe your Instagram is literred with a few thirst-trap picture? Sure, we’ve all posted some things on…
“The most difficult thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much easier to be selfish.” — Pat Riley Arguably the most memorable, and consistently-sports-relative part of Pat Riley’s book The Winner Within is a portion where he speaks about an…
U.S. Senate members have a few pretty important responsibilities that are part of the job description. They’re supposed to vote on legislation, of course, and ratify treaties and international agreements. And on the rare occasion that a spot opens up on the Supreme Court, they’re supposed to work with the…
Florida’s Democratic voters just can’t seem to catch much of a break. The State and National Party loves to select milquetoast candidates for state-wide races while discouraging any real primary race, only to see those candidates — Alex Sink, Charlie Crist, et. al. — fail in general elections. Marco Rubio…
Alot of weird things happen in Florida. On Friday we’re here to bring you the oddest. This week: the stats on escaped wild animals in Florida, an alligator flung through a Wendy’s window, and a criminal 8-year-old. Florida Has an Exotic Animal Escape Problem It seems like every other week…
Separating fact from fancy in the David Beckham MLS story is about as easy as keeping Zlatan off the score sheet. Even though Beckham has secured MLS approval for a privately built stadium in Overtown, his group still has yet to buy all the land, nail down construction plans or…
Miami Beach Philip Levine, known for his acute attention to quality of life issues in his town and his often cagey relationship with the local press and social media critics, decided to try his hand at crafting his own social media moment yesterday afternoon. Traffic is undoubtedly a major issue…
If the X-men or anyother self respecting superhero team had a luxury yacht, we’re pretty sure it would look like the Silver Fast. Designed and built by Burgess Yachts, the 253 foot superboat is both the world’s largest and fastest aluminum yacht. It’s making it’s debut this weekend in Miami during the…
