If Florida A&M’s goal was to come out and get completely annihilated in the most humbling way imaginable, then mission accomplished because The U came out and crushed the Rattlers 45-0 last night. The defense recorded eight sacks, Jacory Harris tossed three touchdowns, Leonard Hankerson caught six passes for 115…
Aida Fernandez is staging a hunger strike in a tent on her Hibiscus Farm in the protected wetlands of South Dade near Chekika Park in the Everglades. We found her event through a hand-painted neon sign posted on an electric pole and decided to check it out, cause hey, a…
Quotas to police chiefs are like mistresses to politicians: Nobody wants to get caught with one. No cop brass wants to admit that they’ve boiled the delicate art of policing– where discretion and fairness is key– to a crude numbers chase…
They grow their boys a little bigger here in Georgia. But as our mother always told us, size doesn’t matter. Right? The speedy Miami Central Rockets start their season tonight against the heavy (hitting) Camden County Wildcats in Kingsland, Georgia. A loss would cost either team valuable momentum as well…
So earlier today a pygmy sperm whale washed up along the shores of Delray Beach. Sixty-year-old Chris Hogan who was on the scene decided the best thing to do in the situation was take out his pocket knife and cut off the whale’s tail. Now he’s admitted that he done…
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LeBron James may be headed back to Ohio soon. The Heat star tweeted today he may make an appearance at next Saturday’s game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Miami Hurricanes, but he’ll be rooting for OSU.We wish LeBron would stop trying to re-ingratiate himself with Ohio sports fans. He’s…
Bad news for the Miami Herald: its top political reporter, Beth Reinhard, is heading to D.C. to write for the National Journal magazine. Reinhard, a South Florida native who has been with the Herald since 1998, will be the Journal’s new chief political correspondent.The only good news for the Herald?…
The belief that Marijuana use will lead to dabbling in harder drugs is overblown claims a new study that followed 1,286 young adults enrolled in the 1990s in Miami-Dade public schools. Researches from the University of New Hampshire who conducted the study are now urging policy makers to reconsider some…
Between 2008 and 2009 Florida’s population shrunk for the first time since World War II. The net loss of 58,000 residents was attributed to the recession and real estate woes. Now, the University of Florida says Florida’s population is back on the rise, and says that may be a good sign…
It’s a super sized King Deal. Burger King, one of the largest companies headquartered in Miami-Dade and second largest fast food chain in America, has agreed to sell itself to 3G Capital Management Inc., a New York-based private investment firm backed by several Brazilian businessmen. Burger King decided to put…
Say what you will about the LeBron to Miami soap opera, but from the Mistake on the Lake to the Magic City, it’s inspired some of the finest trash talking since some guy in Brooklyn invented the “Yo Mama” joke. The best insultologists among us aren’t content with simply talking…
More often than not, baseball brawls are lame. A pitcher plunks a batter, the batter charges the mound, the pitcher readies himself for the fight and then the players start aimlessly swinging like two preteen girls fighting over a Justin Bieber t-shirt at the mall. Arms flailing, hands flapping, heads…
According to several sources, Rick Scott is expected to announce state Rep. Jennifer Carroll as his running mate today. Looking just at her identity and life story, she’s an explosive pick: the first African American woman elected to the state legislature as a Republican, an immigrant from Trinidad, a 20-year…
Commissioner Marc Sarnoff cited for violating city code
LeBron James and crazy quotes
Miami-Dade high school quarterback rivalry begins early
Miami-Dade cop Frank Adams: Colleagues lie
Jeff Greene is feeling seriously bitter these days: not only did Kendrick Meek absolutely crush him in the Democratic Senate primary last week, but he looked like a total jerk when only 35 people showed up for his election night party. Couldn’t he have at least paid a few extras…
The University of Miami has a lot of recent rankings to celebrate. They recently overtook UF to become the , and the football teams starts off the season at a respectable number 13 in the AP pre-season rankings. Now college site Uningo.com has ranked the Coral Gables school as one…
The NFL season hasn’t even begun yet, and the Dolphins are already embarrassing themselves on the field. Defensive end Kendall Langford lost a 2.5 caret diamond earring (honey, those must be fierce) and had about nine fellow Fins searching the ground for the bling.If only the Fins would work so…
Clownish convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein made a habit of making large donations to several local charities to pump up his credibility and be able to rub shoulders with big wigs. Now he’s serving a 50 year& sentence for his scheme that ripped investors off to the tune of $1.2…
