When Al Golden got canned as the Miami Hurricanes head coach, the general feeling was that he was a decent guy who just couldn’t get it together and live up to the hype. “Coach Golden has led our program through some very difficult times and he has done so with…
Marco Rubio’s decision to run for reelection was highly orchestrated. He wanted to make it seem like other Republicans politicians were basically begging him to get into the race. According to one report, he even tried to get Sen. Ted Cruz to send out an e-mail blast publicly asking for…
One of Rafael Pedroza’s earliest acting credits was a burglar on the Colombian soap opera Me Amaras Bajo La Lluvia (or, in English, You Loved Me in The Rain). Now he’s a suspect in a real life robbery here in Miami-Dade. Sunny Isles Beach Police are on the hunt for…
The poll numbers for Donald Trump among Hispanic voters are dire. Just last week, ABC found that 90 percent of Latin voters nationwide have a negative view of the Donald. Among Florida Hispanics, Hillary’s lead has polled as high as 51 percent. So as Miami’s own Latinas for Trump group…
Today, a committee in Tallahassee will meet to decide the winner among three finalists for a new statue to represent Florida in the U.S. Capitol Building. Those finalists — who are all perfectly respectable choices — were picked by ordinary Floridians in a monthlong online survey. But we know…
About a year ago, 21-year-old Oscar Yglesias started filming a cop after his mom got pulled over in traffic. The officer was not a fan of the camera. According to Yglesias, the cop threatened to ticket them for cutting him off. “It was actually the opposite. He cut us off,”…
Floridians often joke about Publix being our one shared pride as a state. Whether Republican or Democrat, North Floridians or South, white, black, Latina or otherwise, it seems the one thing that the vast majority of Floridians can completely agree upon is that we love a good Publix supermarket. Shopping there…
Marco Rubio announced this morning that he’s running for Senate after more than a year of not only swearing he wouldn’t run for reelection but openly decrying the work of the legislative body itself. It’s a flip-flop so big that Shaquille O’Neal could happily wear it to the beach. Though,…
Migdalia “Milly” Cowan and her husband, Alex Paez, were regulars on the national bodybuilding circuit, traveling cross country to flex while glistening in Speedos. But while they competed, prosecutors say, they left their horses — which they used as props in muscled photoshoots — to starve back on their South…
When it comes to texting, Miamians have an outlook similar to the one Jay-Z takes about hookers on his hit “Big Pimpin'”: “I got no patience / and I hate waiting.” When a Miamians texts you they expect an almost immediate reply. More so than anywhere in the nation. At…
Heat fans have been on a roller coaster of emotion this week watching King James win a title in Cleveland. Some were happy for LBJ. Others joined #TeamPetty to root hard against the Heat’s former savior. Wherever you land on the spectrum, the simple fact is that LeBron wouldn’t…
Davone Bess’s latest bizarre confrontation with police started as a simple, routine traffic stop and then quickly escalated to a standoff with a SWAT team. Bess, best known as a former player with the Miami Dolphins, is behind bars today in Maricopa County, Arizona and facing three felony charges after the…
London is one of the greatest cities in the world. It’s got centuries of history, non-stop culture and great architecture. You know what it doesn’t have? Particularly great summer weather and a beach. So this summer, Londoners looking for a bit of subtropical thrill can get a small taste of…
Donald Trump’s growing Florida problem isn’t complicated. The Sunshine State is the most diverse of the big swing states up for grabs in November’s election. More than a quarter of residents here are of Hispanic descent, and another 15 percent or so are black. Over the last month, Trump practically…
Around 9:30 one night back in March, residents in a Palmetto Bay neighborhood called police about a man who was outside apparently smashing car windows and puncturing car tires with a pick-axe. Officers quickly arrived to investigate and soon traced the suspect, 25-year-old Ethan Rincon, to his home on Southwest…
For Miami condo developers there’s no such thing as too many balconies too high up in the air. Unfortunately, when the weather gets rough and the winds starts to gust, all those high-rise balconies can prove dangerous. Especially when patio furniture isn’t properly secured. On Saturday, the inclement weather apparently…
Just over a week after the most deadly mass shooting by a lone perpetrator in American history occurred in Florida, a state politician has decided to bring attention to his congressional campaign by giving away a version of the weapon used in the attack. State Sen. Greg Evers, who…
Florida’s coral reefs are already in big trouble. Scientists around the globe have noted serious problems for the delicate but vital ecosystems, especially from “bleaching,” a process that occurs when high heat and sunshine causes devastating effects. But that’s not the only threat reefs in Florida face. A Florida Keys study…
The internet can be like one permanent, painful Thanksgiving dinner where everyone has had one too many glasses of wine and just decides to unload and fight about everything. No subject seems to be safe from concern trolling. Maybe some of this discussion can be enlightening, if not necessary. Sometimes…
Rep. David Jolly, who had a nominal lead among announced candidates in polls for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, has dropped his bid for the higher house. Instead, he’ll try to keep his seat in the House of Representatives. The move comes as anticipation grows that Marco Rubio will announce his…
A Facebook posting declaring “I am not Orlando” has gone viral. The original posting, made by someone in California, has been shared close to 15,000 times. Screenshots of the post have popped up on Tumblr. One version has racked up more than 32,000 notes. It’s spread to places like Twitter,…
Normally on Fridays we use this space wrap up all the weird “Florida man” stories of the week, but this has been an incredibly devastating and depressing week for the Sunshine State. So, for this week and this week only, we’ve decided instead to bring you all the happy and…
