Sure, sequels are never as good as the original, but enough folks in sports media seem desperate to paint Oklahoma Thunder Forward Kevin Durant’s upcoming free agency as the sequel to LeBron James’ “Decision” saga. Especially giving OKC’s ouster from the playoffs last night at the hands of the Golden…
Financial schemes are so common in Miami that not even one of the area’s most respected research institutes is safe from fraudster’s sticky fingers. The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, the University of Miami’s highly regarded Virginia Key-based oceanography school, was embezzled out of $2.3 million over a…
While the general consensus is that the calamity and controversy surrounding Urban Beach Weekend has continued to calm down since its peak in 2011, the arrest totals in Miami Beach over the 5-day Memorial Day weekend period were slightly up from last year. Police made 195 total arrests in Miami Beach…
Before it was the Flintstones mobile, it was actually the Pimpstones mobile, because this is Florida and a regular Flintstones car still isn’t weird enough. “We were coming to Fantasy Fest, and we decided we were going to be the Flintstones. Actually—” Lisa Bowman stops and corrects herself. “Actually, the pimped-out…
As Marco Rubio’s campaign buckled under a Donald Trump tsunami back in February, the Miami senator tried a last ditch maneuver to stem the tide: He started outright mocking a guy famous for brutally making fun of his opponents. Rubio — correctly — called him “orange” and a “con man.”…
Mention Miami today to an out-of-towner and a few images immediately pop to mind: Crockett and Tubbs in glorious pastel, white sand beaches and lots of extremely attractive people in scant clothing bathing in the sun. Miami is sexy. There is no denying it. But at heart the Magic City…
In 2020 Miami will host the Super Bowl for a record eleventh time; that’s for sure. It’s still a question though, whether South Florida will benefit from hosting the game.. After being turned down since 2010, Stephen Ross and his self-financed $450 million stadium upgrade finally lured a Super Bowl…
Four years ago, Stefanie Voigt, an underwater cinematographer, moved into a new apartment on a small island called Belle Isle in the Venetians on Miami Beach. Her building overlooked Biscayne Bay, her rent was affordable, and her neighbors were friendly and welcoming. It was pretty much the ideal living situation…
One of Miami’s most treacherous roads may be getting a serious safety upgrade, in the form of a 10-foot protected path for use by cyclists and pedestrians. The Julia Tuttle Causeway, a six-lane divided highway that connects Midtown Miami with Miami Beach, posts a speed limit of 55 miles per…
The University of Miami’s Health System has a department dedicated to gender confirmation services for transgender individuals. “Our goal is to help… make your transition as comfortable and easy as possible,” reads the department’s website. Though, if patients who sought help at the center then enrolled as students at the…
Miami is a city that thrives on youth. Who else but the young is supposed to fill up the decks of party yachts, regularly dance until five in the morning, and still look good frolicking on the beach the next day? Yet, Miami is not a city where the young…
Chances are you didn’t miss the Marlins being in the news this week for suing their own fans, but if you did, that’s a thing that is happening. What you may have missed is some Marlins news within the news, literally; Marlins TV host Craig Minervini went all cyber-Anchorman-feuding with…
On Wednesday, March 16, at a self-described “strip mall watering hole” out in Doral, someone made a terrible decision to perform a little song called “My Sacrifice.” It wasn’t just the fact that it was a Creed song that made the selection such an awful choice. Instead, it appears someone…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week. On Friday, we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: discussion of transgender students’ rights hits a new low in Florida, a woman voluntarily shows a cop a video of her buying cocaine, and a man tries to pull…
Since the Nineties, Memorial Day Weekend in Miami has been synonymous with Urban Beach Week, the legendary hip-hop festival that inspires nonstop partying across South Beach. But 2016 may go down as the last time festival-goers got to enjoy the beach all by themselves. Next year, the beats may be drowned…
Donald Trump’s two-pronged line of attack against Marco Rubio was that he was a tool of the Republican establishment with an abysmal attendance record as a U.S. senator. The line of attack worked so well that Trump shellacked Rubio by nearly 19 points in Florida. Rubio’s home-state loss was in…
To see it is to love it: On Thursday morning, Key West Police issued a photo of a glorious, real-life Flintstones car, complete with a dinosaur bone-shaped window and zebra upholstery. But this was no silly “Hey, check this out!” type post. The vehicle was parked illegally across from the…
In August, Florida voters will decide on a proposed amendment that would provide property tax cuts for anyone who wants to buy solar panels or other renewable energy equipment. If passed, it could lead to a lot of Floridians looking into installing solar panels on their roof. Though, tax breaks…
Miami is a city that seems to reinvent itself every ten years or so. Change is a constant. Neighborhoods are always reinventing themselves. Cranes and jackhammers are always busy erecting new buildings. We’re so used to it, sometimes we don’t even notice when it happens. In fact, looking back just 10 years…
King of Diamonds is arguably the hip-hop world’s most famed strip club. It’s a 50,000-square-foot warehouse packed with more than 200 dancers, some famous for clinging to the rafters before spiraling down a pole as dollar bills fall like a summer downpour. “It’s like going to a party at LIV,…
New Miami Hurricanes head coach Mark Richt didn’t come to Miami to build his resume, he didn’t come simply for a paycheck, and he didn’t come to mess around. He came to rebuild a legacy, and in case anyone doubted that, Richt reportedly plans to donate $1 million of his own money…
Chicago-based LaSalle Investment Management dubs itself as “one of the world’s leading real estate investment managers” and their mega-profitable flip of Miami’s most iconic skyscraper certainly proves why. The firm announced today that they’ve sold The Miami Tower for a cool price of $220 million. LaSalle originally purchased the property then…
