The Monday Night Football Guys Think Highly of the Miami Dolphins

ESPN’s Monday Night Football analysts Ron Jaworski and Jon Gruden held a conference call today to preview the upcoming season and both think the Miami Dolphins are going to beat the odds and play well into January. While pretty much the rest of the planet thinks Miami will finish third…

CEO of Penthouse Magazine Holding Fundraiser for Charlie Crist

There’s already the rather loose connection of Governor candidate Rick Scott to Playboy Mexico, and now it seems there’s a more direct connection between current Governor and Senate candidate Charlie Crist to the raunchier Penthouse magazine. According to Politico, the CEO of the adult brand will be holding a $500-per-person…

The Five Real Reasons That Cop Just Pulled You Over

On the police report, it will say something like “observed vehicle swerving erratically. Issued verbal traffic warning. Officer detected aroma of marijuana.” But in reality, says Ofc. Frank Adams– the renegade 15-year Miami-Dade veteran who this week claimed to New Times that he watched his fellow officers severely beat an…

Unions Slam Mayor, Commission Over Proposed Pay and Benefit Cuts

They packed City Hall by the dozens this afternoon — the firefighters in bright yellow, the police in dark blue, the general service workers in civvies. They beat the floor, pounded the windows and whistled while their leaders excoriated the Miami City Commission over its proposal to slash salaries and…

Rumblings: Bud Chiles to Exit Governor’s Race

As we put it last week “Lawton ‘Bud’ Chiles will run for governor until he realizes what everyone knows: he can’t win.” Now there’s considerable rumblings that the Independent candidate whose main qualification is that he shares a name with his late father, Gov. Lawton Chiles, is set to announce…

Koran Burning Church Produces N-Word Laced Video About Racism

We predicted that Gainseville’s Koran-burning Dove World Outreach Center would soon take the title of ” most insane thing purporting to be a Christian church in America.” Looks like we right. Here’s a video the church produced in which their white members repeatedly use the N-word. Literally, it is about…

Speedos and Bikinis Will Soon Be Appropriate Office Attire

We’ve always figured the dress code in many Miami offices is a bit more relaxed than those in the rest of the country. Partially for cultural reasons, but mainly due to climate reasons. (Ever try wearing a three-piece Italian wool suit in this humidity?) Though across the country office workers…

Miami Central and Northwestern High Quarterback Duel

It’s 7 p.m. on a Thursday, and Traz Powell Stadium is buzzing. Helmets crunch and penalty flags fly as two local high school teams — the Northwestern Bulls and the Norland Vikings — slug out a preseason game. In the stands, a thousand fans are fixated on Northwestern quarterback Teddy…

The Craziest Things Said During the Summer of LeBron

LeBron James tore a hole in the fabric of the universe when he announced on live television he was joining the Miami Heat. And wow, did people say some really dumb/crazy things about it. Here’s our compendium, in roughly chronological form, of the looniest and most mind-melting quotes from the…

Old People Hate the Tanning Tax

Vanity Fair and 60 Minutes have come together to commission a wide ranging poll that includes questions on the ability of Sarah Palin to be President (most don’t think she can) and whether or not people would still see a Mel Gibson movie (most would). Though perhaps ones of the…