Can Mark Richt Lead the Hurricanes Back to Glory?

In many ways, Mark Richt is unlike any head coach the Hurricanes have hired in their recent history. He’s not a coordinator getting his first shot at the captain’s chair, nor is he a promising talent plucked from a mid-major. The man has spent 15 years coaching in College Football’s…

This Might Be the Overtown Lot Where Beckham Builds a Stadium

With plans to build a Major League Soccer stadium in Little Havana now seemingly dead, reports suggest that David Beckham and his business partners are now considering a plot of land in Overtown.  “I think we have found a site,” team partner Tim Leiweke told CNBC last week. Well, Miami’s…

Publix Bans Cop Caught Threatening Handcuffed Man With Taser

Miami Police Officer Vincent Miller has misused his Taser twice in the past two years while working off-duty at the Publix at 17th Street and Biscayne Boulevard. In 2013, he needlessly Tasered a homeless man and then tried to cover it up. Then last year — in a case New…

Britto Is Hosting an Art Basel Fundraiser for Jeb Bush

There’s tons of exclusive parties in Miami this week, but not every single one of them will have New York hipsters trying to crash them. Take for example a fundraiser for Jeb Bush, Miami’s somewhat now embarrassing presidential candidate, hosted by Romero Britto, Miami’s somewhat now embarrassing celebrity pop “artist.” …

Barry Bonds Might Be Marlins’ New Hitting Coach

Jeffrey Loria is the most despised team owner in Major League Baseball, not just among local fans — who he’s spent years antagonizing with brutally bad rosters and a highway robbery stadium deal — but also among fellow owners and league officials. Barry Bonds, meanwhile, left the game in 2007…

Bill Would Bring Back Elected Position of Miami-Dade Sheriff

In almost every other county in Florida, voters directly elect a sheriff to head up the county’s law enforcement office. Not in Miami-Dade. Back in 1966, voters here decided to abolish the position after years of suspe cted corruption in the department. Since then a Police Director, now appointed by…

Save Allison Park, Last Mid-Beach Green Space, Building Plan Critics Say

A petition drive is building steam to stop construction of a Wellness Center on one of Miami Beach’s last oceanfront respites, Allison Park Park — at 65th Street and Collins Avenue. The three-acre-park is among the city’s smallest. The Sabrina Cohen Foundation, a group focused on helping people with disabilities,…