Isiah Thomas has been fired from his job as head basketball coach at Florida International University, according to a statement released by the school. The former NBA star and New York Knicks coach brought big hopes with him to the campus but failed to deliver…
Zot Lynn Szurgot self identifies as “one of those magical people living between genders” according to her website, but was born as a biological male. It’s a point she made quite explicit when police say she walked out of her Gainesville, Florida, home on Wednesday completely nude and shook her…
Tip Drill is back on the scene. Almost two months after a horrific fall while working the pole at King of Diamonds, Miami’s most famous stripper was partying Wednesday evening at South Beach’s Dream nightclub. The fete was looooooooseee!!!Dressed in all black hipster ensemble that included tights ripped at the…
For the third time in a month, a person has committed suicide at Aventura Mall. A still unidentified Hispanic woman in her mid-40s jumped to her death from atop a parking garage at the nation’s fifth largest shopping mall yesterday afternoon at around 2:30…
Apparently public shaming is the hottest parenting trend hitting Florida. Yet again angry parents have forced their kid to stand by a roadway holding a sign after problems at school. The latest kid to get the nontraditional punishment is Tarvon Young, a fifth grade student at the Richard Allen Leadership…
Ozzie Guillen is officially all of Miami’s drunk uncle. He’s the kind of guy who just mutters and complains and yells at your bratty cousins during the day on family trips, and spends the nights getting drunk by himself at the hotel bar.No, really, that’s exactly who he is…
When it comes to big time sports, Miami is primarily a football team thanks to the long and proud histories of the Miami Dolphins and Hurricanes. Oddly, our football teams are stuck in sucksville at the moment, and just about every other major sports team in the region is giving…
Miami-Dade County saw its population grow by 58,331 residents between April 1, 2010 and July 1, 2011 according to the United State Census. That adds up to the fourth largest numeric growth by any county in the country. These estimates also make Miami-Dade the seventh largest county by population in…
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The Miami Dolphins recently switched from Reebok to Nike uniforms, and the minimal changes unveiled earlier this week for the 2012 kits were mostly all in the details. Though, come 2013 the Dolphins uniform change may be a bit more drastic. The team is reportedly considering updating its logo. It’s…
At the Miami Herald, staffers are facing two weeks of unpaid furloughs this year and a hiring freeze has left key jobs unfilled for months. The paper’s parent company, McClatchy, saw revenues drop 8 percent last year while advertising plummeted by 9 percent. So news that McClatchy has handsomely rewarded…
Oneal Morris continues to maintain that she “really is innocent or whatever.” After turning herself in on new charges filed in Broward County, the alleged “Fix-a-flat” butt doctor sent a written plea of not guilty to a Broward judge this morning…
City of Miami police officer Fausto Lopez sure loves driving over 100 MPH, and now he’ll have to do 100 hours of community service because of it. The officer who was pulled over and arrested by a Florida Highway Patrol officer in October in a dramatic stop caught on video…
Here’s another reason why you should never order a salad from a pizza place: a Florida man claims that he discovered an employee’s fingertip in his salad at a downtown St. Petersburg pizza joint. The kicker: he only discovered it after it had already been in his mouth…
Does your daily commute take your through the interchange of the Dolphin and Palmetto Expressways? Well, we’re sorry for your daily dose of traffic torture, but there’s some good news. The Florida Department of Transportation will pay you up to $75 a month to carpool. It’s true!…
Last night, Miami-Dade Police made a gruesome discovery. The body of 35-year-old Renette Emile was found in a bedroom of her apartment in the Jade Winds complex in the 1700 block of Northeast 191st Street. Police now say that her 16-year-old son Kit Durant has confessed to killing his mother…
Everybody can unclench their assholes now.The Miami Heat are fine.LeBron James decided to remind the world once again that he does, in fact, have the biggest dong of them all. Behind a 34 point, 10-assist performance, James led the Miami Heat to a 98-93 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder…
On the opening night of the Marlins new ballpark, a lot of things went right: Parking wasn’t a catastrophe. The weather was South Florida perfection. On national TV, the new ballpark looked damned gorgeous — lime green facades, swimming polls and all. And in the best news of the night,…
Ever casually glance around the supermarket and wonder just how many folks loading milk into their cart are also secretly packing heat? The answer, based on new data from the state, is one in every 17 of them. Or at least that’s how many Floridians now have valid concealed carry…
The Sun-Sentinel is erecting a pay wall on April 9, so expect a mass exodus of readers who don’t want to pony up five bucks a month for mostly routine local news.The once proud Fort Lauderdale-based daily is following the lead of other Tribune Co. owned newspapers like the Los…
An Adopted Miami Shores Woman’s Search for Her Korean Family Pays Off
Miami Cop Michael Ragusa Raped Dozens, New Documents Show
