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It seems all millionaire athletes, including LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, like to bring longtime pals into their financial fold. What better way to show you haven’t forgotten your roots?…

In the ultra competitive, bruising world of professional wrestling, a viciously creative signature move is what separates the stars from the understudies.Joey “The Portrait of American Horror” Saint, clocking in at 400 pounds, and Brian “The Beast” Brody, who packs 200 pounds, combine to form a fiendishly diabolical human smash…

The 2011 Miami Hurricanes Schedule has been released, and despite some rumors, they won’t be opening the season against Florida State. Though the opener could be even more interesting as they’ll travel up to Maryland for a Monday night game on September 5 to be broadcast on ESPN. Yes, former…

Fifty seconds. That’s how quick Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000, dispatched Timothy Papp Jr., an Oklahoma MMA fighter with more experience than the Perrine Spartan. Prior to stepping into the ring with Papp, Harris told New Times, “I need to inflict pain on him real quick so people know I…

When Scottie Pippen sits down to watch TV, he doesn’t see much difference between Two and a Half Men and a Miami Heat game. We guess LeBron is Charlie Sheen, Wade is John Cryer, and Chris Bosh is apparently that chubby kid who’s awkwardly aged in front of America. In…

We never did believe that the number-one-ranked Krop High basketball squad’s eligibility shenanigans stopped with Brian Delancy’s phantom residences. So over the weekend, we headed to addresses listed in the Miami-Dade School District database for 19-year-old Angel Rodriguez — Krop’s star guard and Puerto Rico transplant, already committed to Frank…

The Miami Heat entered today’s game against the Boston Celtics with a chance to take sole possession of first place in the East. They also entered the game riding a pretty nifty eight game-winning streak.But those things quickly turned to the proverbial mound of cat turd as the C’s held…

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…