Every year the ACC asks a cadre of local and national media members and representatives from member schools to make their preseason pick for who will win the Woman’s Basketball title. Every year since 1995 either Duke, North Carolina or Maryland has won. Well, not this year.The University of Miami…
We’re just surprised it took Stephen Colbert so long to give his opinion on Florida’s dwarf tossing ban. You might remember state Rep. Ritch Workman caused a hubbub by suggesting the ban should be repealed because it’s an example of “Big Brother government” that prevents “dwarfs from getting jobs they…
Even though the Occupy Wall Street movement entering its second month, and similar protests popping up around the globe, most politicians are remaining mum. Those of the Republican variety, in most cases, have been pretty flippant. Take Herman Cain’s “if you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame…
Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz wants “Pot Pops” out of local stores before Halloween. Though, the only high the candy provides is of a sugar variety. The controversial candy contains no THC, but comes in either lollipop or ring pop form candy shaped like a marijuana leave, while a cartoon…
Just ask those French malcontents belting out “La Marseillaise” after they stormed the Bastille — it ain’t a real revolution until you’ve got good song to rally the masses.Enter local rapper La Guardia, who picked up a mic a few weeks back after catching video of the Occupy Wall Street…
Watching the Miami Dolphins is like opening a gift and expecting something other than a box full of dicks. And that box full of dicks is now 0-5 after a 24-6 loss to their hated rival New York Jets on Monday Night Football.So the bad news is, the Dolphins remain winless…
Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night would deter Postal Service workers from their appointed rounds, but thugs will. Three times in the past two weeks, mail carriers have been robbed with two incidents in North Miami, and a third in Miami Gardens. Two of the incidents involved beatings,…
“I slept here last night during the Occupy monsoon,” protester Eduardo joked about his time of damp tent living. The torrential rains and some flooding of the campsite didn’t keep 60 people from spending the night outside. The numbers have increased, and new tents were being pitched this afternoon.On this,…
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Isiah Thomas is no longer the only NBA legend shuffling around Florida International University. New York Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire is spending his free time during the NBA lockout attending classes at the school…
The Occupy Wall Street movement hit Florida in full force this week, with protests taking place from big cities like Miami to one-percenter retirement meccas like Naples. Naturally, college town Gainesville got in on the action, and held a demonstration in Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Bo Diddley’s son was actually…
Want to figure out what this whole Occupy Miami hubbub is about but are either busy slaving away at your cubicle for your one-percent master or a little adverse to rain? Well, good news, the occupation will be televised. Err, or streamed online rather. Watch the live feed below…
As if public transportation in the city wasn’t hellish enough, two passengers are recovering from a bizarre stabbing incident that occurred yesterday around 6 p.m. on a Metrobus. Details are still sketchy, but the incident occurred while the bus was traveling westbound on the MacArthur Causeway…
In news that shouldn’t surprise anyone, The Miami Herald reports that Stephen Ross is mentally preparing to send a pink slip to both Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano and general manager Jeff Ireland. Interestingly however, Ross apparently has a bit of “Suck for Luck” fever, and is hoping to bring…
“Where is Julio Llanessa!” screamed the lawman’s voice on the phone. Ivanhoe Smester was baffled. The Dominican immigrant hadn’t spoken to his childhood friend in more than a year, even when Llanessa was arrested for mortgage fraud. So why were U.S. Marshals calling him now? Unbeknownst to Smester, Llanessa and…
It appears the greatest threat to Occupy Miami’s tent city outside Stephen P. Clark Government Center, at this point, is the rain. After only one night, the dedicated activists are forming a little community complete with a medical tent, security teams, and clean up crews.Between 30 and 40 people slept…
Thanks to unbelievable unemployment rates, two U.S. wars that went nowhere good, and about a million other awful current American realities, what was once comfortable enough has become unbearable.Economic inequality and the corporate influence over governmental affairs have pushed those in New York, Chicago, and DC to give up the…
Echoing the ongoing “Occupy” movements from Wall Street to San Francisco, hundreds of sign-waving, drum-beating, flyer-hawking protesters gathered in Bayfront Park this afternoon, drawing supportive honks from cars pouring down Biscayne Boulevard and bewildered stares from tourists popping shrimp at Bubba Gump.The energy around the Torch of Friendship was palpable,…
Miami-native and SNL alum turned Tea Party sideshow attraction (and Riptide semi-obsession) Victoria Jackson decided to hit up the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City. Armed with a cheap digital camera, she decided to talk to the protesters about our Marxist president and capitalist Jesus. One of the…
Even a day after paparazzi pics of two of the Charlie’s Angels cast members engaging in some sapphic lip locking action probably-not-coincidentally leaked, ABC has canceled the Miami-set reboot of the classic franchise. Unlike a host of other Miami-set shows however, Charlie’s Angels actually filmed here, so the cancellation if…
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LeBron James is apparently so bored during the lockout that he’s having fun hinting at an NFL career. Of course, the fact that LeBron isn’t playing basketball right now has created a LeBron-sized news hole, and apparently we’re all just going to run with these NFL fantasies. In fact, trading…
