Title IX is a wide-ranging law ensuring equality based on gender in all areas of education and other federally assisted programs, but it’s most controversial when applied to high school and college athletics. Many universities have tried some tricky tactics to make sure their athletics programs are in compliance with…
Sports dads are the worst. They’re boorish creatures who stalk the sidelines of youth athletic fields, yelling at their kid’s coach, cursing the referee, and heckling the other team. They know no shame, and sometimes they get violent.Robert Rodriguez is charged with punching Miami Springs High School baseball coach Jason…
Any woman who has wobbled in stilettos knows it takes a real man to walk a day in high heels, but apparently a Florida high school won’t stand for any light gender-bending in its halls. A male student at Riverview High School was sent to the principal’s office not because…
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The number of deal-of-the-day websites continues to expand in South Florida at an annoying rate, and it was only a matter of time until someone tried to tailor the deal-site trend to the nightclub world. Recently, Venugo — more akin to hotel sites such as Expedia than Groupon — launched…
Add the position of Miami-Dade Transit director to the increasing number of county jobs the new mayor will have to fill when he replaces recently recalled Carlos Alvarez. Harpal Kapoor, the current director of Miami-Dade Transit who was appointed by Alvarez in 2007, has decided to step down from the…
“If you prick a baller, does he not bleed?” — William ShakespeareProfessional athletes are finely tuned machines: millions of dollars’ worth of ESPN-highlight-generating speed, torque, power, and finesse. But behind the oversize egos and titanic Twitter followings, pro ballers are flesh and blood like the rest of us. Case in…
For the past four years, Edgard Dixon has patrolled Dinner Key, catching bike thieves, protecting Miami City Hall, and even helping to nab a fugitive who was hiding out near the docks. But despite a promotion to captain, the 61-year-old private security guard says his employer, Kent Security, pays him…
Oh, how we long for the loss of former Congressman Alan Grayson. He was the best source in Florida politics for “Wait, did that really just come out of his crazy mouth?” stories.Luckily, Rep. Allen West has picked up the slack in that department. The loudmouthed Tea Party Republican from…
Florida is undergoing a radical conservative transformation under Gov. Rick Scott, but one of his top proposals seems to be a bridge too far and too soon even for the Republican supermajorities in the state House and Senate.Even at a time when billion-dollar deficits have become the norm for Florida’s…
Their existence was as brief as their uniforms. The Lingerie Football League’s Miami Caliente (which was technically the best professional football team in town over the past two years — it actually made the playoffs) appears to have quietly folded. The Juice reports their website is gone, they don’t appear on…
One of the many devilish brilliances of the nightlife industry is that customers end up making buying decisions when they’re already a little drunk. What’s another $14 gin and tonic when you’ve already had a few $14 gin and tonics? In fact, why not buy the whole place a round?…
Lawyers for RK Netmedia, owner of RealityKings.com, claim that a hardcore film featuring actress Bieyanka Moore was pulled off the porn site immediately upon being tipped that she may have been a 15-year-old runaway. But on the internet, it’s nearly impossible to put such a genie back in the bottle…
If you’re going to rip off your own mom for ten grand, you might as well get your money’s worth, right? So goes the tale of Miriam Garmas, a 34-year-old from Stock Island who police say committed the perfectly stereotypical South Florida crime by defrauding her mother out of more…
Dhafir Harris, AKA Dada 5000, and his backyard fights circus gets put under ESPN’s microscope tonight. The sports network’s news magazine show E:60 is featuring the Don King of bareknuckle, no rules brawling tonight at 7 p.m.Even though it has been two years since New Times featured Harris and introduced…
In this week’s New Times, we unravel the mysterious double life of Ronald Miranda AKA Richard Gamble.Back on November 15, 1980, Miranda allegedly mowed down the man he found sleeping with his wife in the small town of Los Banos, California. Thirty-one years later, Miranda — with a new name and…
Last month, Hurricanes coach Al Golden took a bit of Internet heat for posting a quote from former Canes star Michael Irvin all over the team’s facilities. After all, the guy’s past off-the-field trouble makes Brandon Marshall look like a Boy Scout. However, Golden seems enamored with the team’s legacy,…
Between Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, and Fergie, the Miami Dolphins owners’ box has more musical talent than a Now! That’s What I Call Music CD. In fact, besides Stephen Ross and Wayne Huizenga, the Williams sisters are the only “owners” without a musical connection. Apparently, though, that’s about…
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Back in 1987, writer T.D. Allman declared in the title of his book that Miami was “The City of the Future,” and over the next two decades, our metropolitan area largely made good on the moniker through impressive growth and increasing economic importance. Twenty-four years later, though, Miami is looking…
Late Friday night, talented but troubled Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall wound up at Broward General Medical Center, while his wife, Michi Nogami-Marshall, was held in jail for allegedly stabbing the superstar in the gut. Today the Broward Sheriff’s Office released the 911 call Nogami-Marhsall made from their Southwest Ranches home…
