After the surprise and sudden dissolution of Miami’s big three last summer everyone involved tried to keep their head held high about it, publicly at least. LeBron James was returning home. The Heat still had a strong core of talent. Of course, fast forward to nine months later, and LeBron…
Marco Rubio has apparently caught up to science, psychology and common sense this weekend, and bravely affirmed his belief that he doesn’t think someone’s sexual orientation is a choice. “Sexual preferences are a choice for the vast and enormous majority of people. In fact, the bottom line is, I believe…
Miami’s dire record of fatal incidents involving cyclists added another deadly incident last night. A man on a bicycle crossing the Julia Tuttle Causeway was hit by a car, flew off his bike and plunged to his death in Biscayne Bay around 11 p.m. last night. The driver — who…
Disciplinary paddles and a “Wall of Shame” might sound straight out of hazing rituals in a frat house basement. But according to one former employee of North Miami-based Kent Security, a manager in the company used both — along with other humiliating intimidation tactics — against guards working at a…
Victor Mooney’s voice lowers and soars like he’s performing a one-man theater show. Sitting inside a hot, windowless room on the second floor of the Merrill-Stevens boatyard, not far from dozens of million-dollar yachts bobbing in the Miami River, Mooney is a youthful-looking 49, with a shaved head, broad face,…
Hillary Clinton was doing pretty good in Florida before she actually officially announced her race. Most polls showed her ahead of local boys and possible Republican opponents Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, but in the week since Clinton announced her candidacy a day before Rubio’s her momentum hasn’t exactly swelled…
People thinks of Miami and drugs and they instantly think of cocaine, but the truth is the city’s preferred illegal substance is marijuana. We just keep it on the down low a bit more. This isn’t like Seattle or Portland where everyone who smokes pot instantly grows dreads and decides…
The Miami Marlins annual parade of mediocrity has gotten off to a start that’s downright terrible even by their standard. The team is 3-10, the second worst record in the league, with notable pitching problems. Well, we all know on of Jeffrey Loria’s favorite things to do, besides waste taxpayer…
Ah, Earth Day. A perfect time to put throw some jam band vinyl on the record player, get out those old hemp necklaces and pay a visit to the local farmer’s market. And, if you’re in South Florida, to spend a few moments pondering how mankind’s wanton destruction of its…
Let’s hope that Micky Arison has been paying close attention to Miami Heat Twitter this weekend instead of watching the playoffs that his team is frozen out of for the first time in four years. Because with the NBA Draft looming as the Heat’s biggest moment in 2015, an extremely…
In the fight for a Jewish state 67 years ago, Charles Winters took part in a clandestine mission to equip Israeli freedom fighters. Winters helped supply the Israelis with military planes, including three B-17 bombers dubbed “the Hammers” that strafed Egypt during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. While the Boston-born…
Dear ladies of Metro Miami-Dade, please be aware that your aunt’s problematic fav, jazz singer Michael Bublé, is currently in the area and may very well be apt to post creep shots of you on social media and body shaming you in the process. Bublé has already e-victimized one woman,…
Burnie, the Miami Heat’s anthropomorphic flame mascot, may be one of the most enduringly popular parts of the franchise, but one local elementary school teacher is taking the team to court after claiming that Burnie injured her during an event. That teacher, Susan Sanchez, claims she volunteered to participate in…
Sábado Gigante, the world’s longest running variety show and an iconic part of Spanish-language broadcasting, has announced it will end its 53 years run in September. Originating in Chile, the program has taped for thirty of those years in Miami. The final broadcast is scheduled for September 19th. No official…
Biking along a tranquil, green path in South Miami sounds pretty enjoyable. Next to a series of massive, 10-story nuclear power transmission lines? Perhaps not so much. That’s a real possibility facing the Underline, a project to transform the underutilized land below Miami’s MetroRail from the Miami River to Dadeland…
For decades, some of the most wanted fugitives in American history have found sanctuary on an island just to the south, where the Castro regime has refused to hand over a motley crew of hijackers, cop killers and bomb makers. But that safe haven may be about to end. Congress…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and we’re here every Friday to share the weirdness with you. This week a man high on Florida’s latest favorite drug, Flakka, attempts to have sex with a tree, a man found sleeping on the beach turns out to be…
Hurricane season 2015 starts in just a few weeks and so far, most experts are forecasting another sleepy storm period in the Atlantic. But another study out this week makes it clear that it would only take one monster ‘cane to wreak an insane amount of damage in booming South…
We’re number ten … in the reverse standings! Last night the Miami Heat played one of the weirdest games in basketball history, a game that would have made James Naismith regret ever inventing the game if he had would have risen from the dead and purchased a ticket to the…
Ocean Drive could be about to see last call. At yesterday’s Miami Beach city commission meeting, mayor Philip Levine proposed banning outdoor alcohol sales throughout the city after 2 a.m — meaning no more late night $40 margarita bowls and $19 mixed drinks at bustling sidewalk restaurants or outdoor bars…
The staccato synths and back beat thundered through the Freedom Tower just after Marco Rubio wrapped up his big speech on Monday announcing that he’s joining the race for the White House. Staffers and supporters cheered and danced as the familiar lyrics blasted out: “We belong to something, we belong…
Dane Christensen, a 25-year-old documentary filmmaker, is accustomed to onlookers being unfamiliar with his drone. He has traveled with it across North America from Hawaii to Mexico to film weddings, documentaries, short films and more, and most don’t know what to make of the flying robot. But until last month,…
