One conspicuous absence from the Miami Marlin’s big celebration on Friday to officially unveil their new name, logo, uniforms, color scheme and stadium: Billy the Marlin. Usually a centerpiece of most team events, the world’s only fish with feet was nowhere to be seen, leaving some to wonder if the mascot wasn’t making the move…
While gang activity is nowhere near as prevalent in South Florida as it is in South California, it should come as little surprised that Miami-Dade has one of the highest gang populations in America, the highest in the Southeast, and the second highest on the entire East Coast. …
Bills filed in the Florida House and Senate would take direct action at the activities of the Westboro Baptist Church. The Kansas-based fringe church, classified by many experts as an active hate group, is well known for protesting military and other high profile funerals with signs reading “God Hates Fags,”…
According to a report from Fox Sports, the Marlins have extended a six-year contract to Jose Reyes worth $90 million. That would make him far and away the highest paid player in the franchise’s history, and if true is an indication that owner Jeffrey Loria really is willing to put…
You’d think local Fox affiliate WSVN, innovators of the “If it bleeds it leads” local news format, would thrive on having a strip club located right next door to its studios. Though, last night the station aired what basically amounted to an on-air editorial against plans to put a strip…
Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones beat bribery and grand theft charges, and returned to office. Now we’ll see if she proves as invincible in civil court. Two former witnesses in the criminal case, who claimed that she used forgery to divert a $25,000 grant that was supposed to go to their…
Next time you barricade yourself inside a parking garage with an AK-47, keep an eye out for the flying garbage can. It weighs about 18 pounds, can hover in midair, and is loaded with video cameras to send precise footage of your every move back to cops swarming on the…
After beaching herself in the Florida Keys in May, a female pilot whale named “300” developed severe scoliosis during his rehabilitation at Sea World in Orlando. So, SeaWorld teamed with a Florida orthopedic surgery to create a special back brace for the whale…
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Will we have to wait until 2013 to see if LeBron James can make good on his promise of bringing back the NBA Championship to Miami? It’s looking more and more like that may be the case.Today, the NBA Players Union have rejected NBA Commissioner David Stern’s latest offering and…
Hugo Chavez is no stranger to conspiracy theories. Shortly after a January 12, 2010 earthquake destroyed much of Haiti, one of his spokesmen claimed the disaster was the result of the United States testing a secret weapon ultimately intended to destroy Iran.On Wednesday, Chavez announced that his navy had spotted…
Sure, this tragic tale took place in Switzerland, but Miami is home to almost as many dolphins as it is to techno DJs, and it’s a sad reminder that the two should never, ever be mixed.The Connyland aquarium and amusement park decided it would be a good idea to host…
With a belly full of pizza, Lauderhill Police Officer Kristopher John Bieger, 30, was taken into custody on charges of premeditated attempted murder after he shot 10 rounds at another officer who just so happened to be his ex-girlfriend. But, hey, at least Bieger managed to get two more slices…
A candidate making a pit stop for cafecitos at Versailles isn’t exactly hot news, even for a guy improbably still leading the GOP after a month fending off more sexual harassment accusations than Gene Simmons’ tongue. The Cuban landmark is such a de facto stopover for White House wannabes, the…
Well that about wraps it up for the first overall pick. The Miami Dolphins were able to both grab an early lead and then not vomit all over it by taking down the vaunted indomitable unconquerable mostly shitty Washington Redskins 20-9 yesterday at Sun Life Stadium.The win snaps a seven-game…
When Stephanie Kienzle, a North Miami Beach activist and blogger, saw the official senior class shirts that the proud grads of 2012 would be rocking around NMB High’s hallowed hallways, she did a double take. Then she jumped online to kick up a shitstorm that in the past two weeks…
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez had one crappy week.First, reports surfaced that he is, in fact, not cancer-free but rather has only a few months to live. Then the kidnapping of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos drew attention to the horrible insecurity in Venezuela just as Chavez gears up for next…
Last year, George W. Bush headlined the Miami Book Fair International. While this year’s edition offers no presidential names on the bill, another former commander-in-chief is preparing for a literary visit to Miami this Fall. The Coral Gables location of Books & Books will be hosting Bill Clinton. He’ll stop…
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It’s almost that time of year again when race fans across the nation descend on Homestead for the last race of the NASCAR season. This year they’ll be joined by First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden, meaning that very likely Michelle Obama will become the first black…
The Marlins will officially unveil their new logo and uniforms tonight at 9. (That they didn’t hold the event at 11:11 this morning seems like a loss, but oh well.) The logo and alleged mockups of the uniforms have already leaked, but Uni-Watch apparently has the first actual picture of…
Don’t feel bad about not having much love for Dolphins coach Tony Sparano. NFL players don’t like him much either.The Sporting News polled 111 current players on which coach they’d least like to play for, and Sparano came in second, just one vote behind NY Giants coach Tom Coughlin…
