Has Miami Blown Its Shot at Major League Soccer?

Another Major League Soccer season edges toward a close this weekend as four teams fight for a spot in the final. Tomorrow could be Thierry Henry’s last game. Sunday could be the same for U.S. legend Landon Donovan. No matter which teams make the final, however, the biggest loser could…

Developer to Submit Habitat Conservation Plan for Controversial Walmart Project

The developers aren’t giving up yet. Earlier this week, Ram Realty Services, the West Palm Beach-based developer behind the proposed Coral Reef Commons project — highly controversial because it would develop critically endangered pine rockland habitat — met with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officials and agreed to submit…

University of Miami Is Tops in Churning Out TV Judges

Just three years ago, mega-attorney Roy Black wrote in a candid blog post: “The UM Law School is in a death spiral; we have plummeted in the law school rankings, falling to 77th, while UF is 47 and FSU is 50. This is more than a little embarrassing.” Yes, the…

Parking Authority: No More Pay By Phone Service Fees For Customers

Happy Thanksgiving, Miamians. And here’s something to legitimately be thankful for: No more Pay By Phone parking service fees. Seriously. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday, the Miami Parking Authority (MPA) announced this week, the authority will absorb the $.35 fee that accompanies each Pay By Phone transaction. “As a measure…

Ten People in Sports Miami Is Thankful For

Ah, Thanksgiving. The day our nation sets aside every year to give thanks, stuff our faces with amazing food, and watch football. God bless America! Here in South Florida, we have so many things to be thankful for: the weather, the surroundings, the lifestyle, and, of course, our sports. Beyond…

Brent Grimes: Heart of the Dolphins

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. Glance at Brent Grimes’ resumé before he joined the Dolphins last year and you’d be hard-pressed to…

Dan and David Le Batard: Cultural Ambassadors

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. Lebo, the painter and cartoonist, stares out into the cloudless, azure sky through oversize shades, a Cheshire…

Jeff Ransom: Ancient-History Preservationist

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. When he was a 9-year-old Boy Scout, Jeff Ransom and his fellow troop members got lost in…

Tony Cho: Designing Miami

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. The bright pink and green “For Sale” signs are everywhere in Wynwood, the Upper Eastside, Little Haiti,…

Iñaki Goikoetxea: Jai Alai Superstar

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. In his native Basque Country, Iñaki Goikoetxea frequently gets stopped on the street by fans wanting to…

Avra Jain: Modern-Day Julia Tuttle

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. Just a few yards from the buzz of Biscayne Boulevard, Avra Jain sits by the pool at…

Ana María Polo: TV’s New Judge

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. English-language daytime legal shows usually end in a monetary judgment and the robe-cloaked official dispensing his or…

Alicia Menendez: Fusion’s Breakout Star

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. How can a news show stand out in the age of 24-hour-a-day screaming Nancy Graces and nonstop…

Jose Javier Rodriguez: Master of the Minority

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. After November’s Republican shellacking at the polls, you’d imagine the few Florida Democrats who emerged unscathed are…

Anthony Alfieri: Clean-Up Man

In this week’s Miami New Times, we profile 30 of the most interesting characters in town, with portraits of each from photographer Stian Roenning. See the entire Miami New Times People Issue here. After 45 years of poisoning the mostly black residents of West Coconut Grove, the incinerator Old Smokey…