News Roundup: Canes Reach WNIT Finals

One man is dead and two others injured after shooters opened fire on a Miami duplex. [CBS4]Two mens’ dead bodies were found in an apartment in the Hammocks. Police suspect murder-suicide. [CBS4]SportsThe lady Canes basketball team blew out Michigan in the WNIT semifinals and are headed for a shot at the title…

Sun Life Stadium Renamed Tampax Bowl Thanks to New Corporate Sponsor

The Miami Dolphins announced last night that Sun Life Stadium has a new name after a sponsorship deal was sealed with the Southeastern Division of Proctor & Gamble. Tampax Corporation — the nation’s leading distributor of feminine hygiene products — now plans to aggressively market season tickets to a female…

Sands of South Beach Contain Traces of Cocaine, New Scientific Study Shows

Apparently, there’s a good reason the sands of South Beach are white. According to a recent report by the National Environmental Study of Recreational Shorelines (NESRS), the section of beach located between South Pointe Drive and Fourth Street is laced with faint traces of cocaine. “It wasn’t something we expected…

The Heat Is in Reach of the No. 5 Spot in the Playoffs

The Heat has been burning through the final stretch of the regular season and is on a five-game winning streak. Luckily, their eight remaining games are against weaker teams that are all mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. That doesn’t mean the Heat should cool down any.D-Wade and company sit in…

Dolphins Don’t Want to Play Any More 1 p.m. Home Games

The average high temperature during the first month of the NFL season in Miami is 87.8 degrees with ungodly humidity. Heat that brutal doesn’t exactly make for a nice day at the ballpark, especially when you’re sitting in one of the many seats at the appropriately named Sun Life Stadium…

Developer Behind SoBe and SoHo Hasn’t Given Up on Wynwood

Both New York’s SoHo and Miami Beach’s South Beach were once forgotten urban districts: SoHo full of warehouses and factories, SoBe home to poverty, the elderly, and all sorts of vice. Then came the cool people and creative class, shortly followed by the developers and eventually the fancy shopping, boutique…

Bossman, Gasman, and Triple H: The Guys Who Smuggled Your Steroids From China

From cocaine to black-market cigarettes, Miami has long been America’s preferred gateway for smugglers. Add Chinese steroids to the list.Last week, Miami feds charged 36-year-old North Carolina resident Eric Davis — nicknamed “Triple H”– with distributing steroids through the Internet. His alleged co-conspirators, Michael “Gasman” Reich and Timothy “Bossman” Tate,…

Hurricanes Are in the Final Four!… of the WNIT!

Your NCAA bracket might be in shambles (Butler? Really?), your Miami Hurricanes got snubbed from the NIT, and your FIU Golden Panthers never had a chance, but there’s still some reason to be excited about postseason college basketball: The Miami Hurricanes women’s b-ball team has made it to the final…