Miami FC, South Florida’s chronically anonymous professional soccer team, has tried everything in its quest to get fans interested. It signed the greatest player ever– ten years and a thousand mistresses past Romário’s prime. It picked up two Cuban defectors in a clear bit of pandering to the Cafe Versailles…
After turning in a few lackluster performances of late, the never-ending news cycle and knee-jerk brigade turned its attention to Dwyane Wade and his sudden and abrupt downfall as a the alpha dog on this Miami Heat team, while LeBron James took center stage as The Man With The Biggest…
Miami Beach will mostly be underwater in less than 90 years according to a new report out of the University of Arizona. The new reports suggest that by 2100 more than 10 percent of Miami’s land mass could be underwater thanks to an estimated 1 meter rise in sea levels…
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Jeb Bush’s name keeps coming up when people discuss possible Republican presidential candidates in 2012, even though he’s said time and time again he won’t. Probably because he’s said he think President Barack Obama can probably still win re-election. Well, according to a Fox News poll Bush is erring on…
With ESPN scheduling Miami’s season opener against Maryland for its sweet Labor Day night spot, it seemed the drama would be that former Hurricanes head coach Randy Shannon would be on the opposite sideline coordinating the Terrapin’s defense. Now, according to the Baltimore Sun though an agreement was almost in…
The American Conservative Union, the group now headed by Miami lobbyist Al Cardenas, has released their 2010 ratings of congress and they’ve deemed the three Cuban-American Republicans who represented much of Miami-Dade county not conservative. In fact, Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart were the only Republican congressmen…
Former First Lady of Florida Carole Crist may not be the newest member of the Senate Spouse’s club, but she’s sticking by her man. In fact, despite plans by the couple to split their time between Miami and Tampa Bay, she’s put her fancy Fisher Island condo on the market…
A truly strange murder case sprouted along I-95 yesterday when rescuers — who had just saved a man and a boy suffering from chemical fume exposure in a pesticide truck — found a corpse in a bag stuffed between containers of hazardous chemicals in the back.The truck belongs to a…
It seems all millionaire athletes, including LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, like to bring longtime pals into their financial fold. What better way to show you haven’t forgotten your roots?…
In the ultra competitive, bruising world of professional wrestling, a viciously creative signature move is what separates the stars from the understudies.Joey “The Portrait of American Horror” Saint, clocking in at 400 pounds, and Brian “The Beast” Brody, who packs 200 pounds, combine to form a fiendishly diabolical human smash…
Despite the fact the rest of the country has recently been a veritable snow hell while Florida has remained largely frost free, a new poll finds that more than one out of every five Floridians is thinking about moving out of state. That’s probably because almost two-thirds of Floridians think…
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The 2011 Miami Hurricanes Schedule has been released, and despite some rumors, they won’t be opening the season against Florida State. Though the opener could be even more interesting as they’ll travel up to Maryland for a Monday night game on September 5 to be broadcast on ESPN. Yes, former…
Bob “Kooch” Kuechenberg, a Miami Dolphins legend who played for the unbeaten ’72 team and racked up six Pro Bowl selections, has been busted for a DUI. The arrest comes after he side swiped another vehicle while trying to make a lane change on a stretch of I-95 in Broward…
Fifty seconds. That’s how quick Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000, dispatched Timothy Papp Jr., an Oklahoma MMA fighter with more experience than the Perrine Spartan. Prior to stepping into the ring with Papp, Harris told New Times, “I need to inflict pain on him real quick so people know I…
For those of you all alone today, just remember it could always be worse. Your Valentine could be a psycho who threatens to cut off your head after strangling you with a belt. That’s basically what happened in Key Largo yesterday, and now 33-year-old Nathan Hemby sits behind bars…
When Scottie Pippen sits down to watch TV, he doesn’t see much difference between Two and a Half Men and a Miami Heat game. We guess LeBron is Charlie Sheen, Wade is John Cryer, and Chris Bosh is apparently that chubby kid who’s awkwardly aged in front of America. In…
We never did believe that the number-one-ranked Krop High basketball squad’s eligibility shenanigans stopped with Brian Delancy’s phantom residences. So over the weekend, we headed to addresses listed in the Miami-Dade School District database for 19-year-old Angel Rodriguez — Krop’s star guard and Puerto Rico transplant, already committed to Frank…
Like werewolves drawn to milky lunar light, they gather next to the sea every 29 days or so: drummers with Rasta dreads, teens with cartons of Miller High Life, chanting Yoruba and Santería worshipers, and twirling fire dancers.Miami Beach’s full moon drum circles have drawn a unique crowd for years…
When Shock nightclub opened on South Beach last November, visitors were treated to quite a show: women in can-can costumes brought customers flaming drinks. Leggy models reclined on kinky red leather couches listening to the club’s cutting-edge sound system. Shock’s founder, Julien Manival, bragged that he wanted his patrons’ heads…
The Miami Heat entered today’s game against the Boston Celtics with a chance to take sole possession of first place in the East. They also entered the game riding a pretty nifty eight game-winning streak.But those things quickly turned to the proverbial mound of cat turd as the C’s held…
