This news story will appear in Wednesday’s issue of New Times. It includes reporting that was published last week on our news blog, and which was referenced without attribution in this weekend’s Miami Herald. Beansprout teenage basketball players from Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High, all wearing purple tracksuits, filled…
So we finally reached Bernard Wright, the sketchy high school recruiter and legal guardian of disqualified-and-then-reinstated Dr. Michael Krop High guard Brian Delancy. This is what he had to say: “Don’t you ever fucking call this number again. You’re a fucking scum bag and if I ever fucking catch you…
Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000, is back in the MMA ring this Saturday night. The Perrine Spartan is the second headline match for the Mixed Fighting Alliance’s event at the U.S. Century Bank Arena located in the south campus of Florida International University. For the past two weeks, Harris has…
We all know Florida takes its high school sports more seriously than, say, its budget — but a baseball coach in Orlando’s hard-nosed attitude has suddenly made him the national face of villainous athletic leadership (sorry Bobby Knight.) Coach Mike Bradley’s crime? Cutting Anthony Burruto, a double amputee with serious…
Controversial but undeniably talented former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton is taking the unusual step of hosting his own Pro Day in San Francisco today, but will only open the display to the media and not NFL scouts. It’s the latest odd PR step in a career that’s been full of…
On yesterday’s Dan LeBatard show on 790 The Ticket, sometime New Times strip club expert Disco Rick provided intimate details about Rick Ross’ infamous birthday party earlier this month at King Of Diamonds. Using the tenacious reporting chops that helped him break the University of Miami Pell grant scandal in…
Judge Spencer Eig this afternoon granted an emergency injunction to Dr. Michael Krop High’s basketball team, allowing the number-one-ranked squad to join three other teams in the playoffs despite eligibility issues surrounding 19-year-old guard Brian Delancy. Eig ruled that it would be “fundamentally unfair not to allow these students to…
Turns out that the Hurricanes will net a new QB this year after all: former Michigan starter Tate Forcier. He’s announced his decision to transfer to Coral Gables today. Forcier was a four-star recruit coming out of high school, but thanks to injuries and other complications failed to deliver for…
Lil’ Wayne may be the rap world’s biggest bandwagon fan (how is a guy who grew up in New Orleans and spends his downtime in Miami Beach such a Packers fan anyway?), but apparently he’s now back on good terms with the Heat. All it took was a nod from King James…
It may not being showing too much on the college field lately, but the University of Miami still has a knack for sending its players to the NFL. In fact, nine former ‘Canes have been invited to the NFL scouting combine. That’s more than any other school except for North…
Lets get ready to rumble! No seriously, we need to get ready to rumble. It’s just been announced that Miami is playing host to professional wrestling’s biggest event WrestleMania in 2012. It’s not quite another Super Bowl, but hosting the event means an economic boon for the city as well…
At three this afternoon at a Downtown courthouse, attorneys representing Dr. Michael Krop High will argue that the disqualification of one of the school’s basketball players over an immigration issue is illegal. Whether Florida’s number-one ranked high school team qualifies for the playoffs hangs in the balance. But Riptide has…
Dr. Michael Krop High School’s basketball season has been dashed due to a player’s eligibility issues, and the school’s last-ditch appeal will be hear in court at 2 p.m. today. If this were a Disney movie, this is when the students would burst into impassioned speeches to melt an old…
We’re pretty sick of trying to follow the Randy Shannon job hunt as apparently interest from Texas and UCLA lead nowhere, but according to an ESPN reporter Shannon is going to interview for the defensive coordinator position at Maryland. Yes, Maryland would be a rival ACC school. Yes, Miami and…
The Pittsburgh Steelers may not have won the Super Bowl, but the real losers seems to have been the Black Eyes Peas. The questionably talented group helmed the halftime show’s first foray back into Top 40 pop since Janet Jackson’s affaire du nipple a few years back. They may have…
Last Friday, touted quarterback Jacoby Brissett made a somewhat head scratching decision to sign with the Florida Gators over the Miami Hurricanes, and his mother is not happy about it. Both schools have new coaches, but apparently Al Golden has his mother-wooing game on lock, while Will Muschamp needs to…
Miami isn’t in the Super Bowl, and the Super Bowl isn’t in Miami. So it’s hard for us to get overly excited about the game. Last year we played host, and thanks to a certain amount of cultural affinity, a feel good story, and a strong presence of former Hurricanes…
Al Golden was hoping for one more coveted player to really make his inaugural recruiting class shine, but it appears that four star quarterback Jacoby Brissett of Palm Beach Gardens’ Dwyer High will announce his intentions to play for the Gators instead this year. Brissett was one of those kids who wanted…
LeBron James’ probably won’t be staring in any Cleveland tourism commercials anytime soon, but it doesn’t seem that his controversial move to Miami has impacted his commercial value any. James has been shilling for State Farm insurance since 2008, and his latest ad with the company has him dancing for…
With the addition of Chris Bosh to the Eastern Conference’s reserve roster your Miami Heat big three are all officially all stars. Yeah, the Boston Celtics have more All Star players (four on the reserve roster), the Heat have the most in the starting line-up. Of course with two teams…
There is one universal truth that Orlando Magic general manager Otis Smith must come to realize. And that is, don’t make LeBron James angry. Otis Smith wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. During the off-season, Smith smugly questioned LeBron’s competitiveness after King James decided to sign with Miami. And clearly,…
You, yes you Miami-Dade and City of Miami tax payer, paid for the majority of the cost for the Marlins’ under construction stadium. So perhaps you’d like to check in on how the thing is coming along. Surprisingly the project seems to be coming along on schedule, and while we’re still not sure…
