The way Booker T. Washington High football coach Tim “Ice” Harris tells it, police sometimes stop his players on their way home from practice. Then the cops force these amazing young athletes to lie on the ground. Officers just assume they’re criminals. Ice’s description of his players’ treatment was just…
One white lady talked about how unfair it is that black parents have to teach their kids how to act in front of cops so they don’t get shot. “I don’t have to teach that to my son,” she said. “Something has to change.” Then another white woman said it’s…
In the first quarter of yesterday’s Dolphins loss to the Seahawks, Ryan Tannehill let loose a bomb in the general direction of a wide open, streaking Kenny Stills. Nothing but green grass stood between Stills and a touchdown. Dolphins fans everywhere stood to their feet in expectation of a huge…
For the past week, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has faced relentless criticism for refusing to stand during the singing of the National Anthem before games. He’s protesting police brutality and oppression of African-Americans in this country. Kaepernick haters include college football analyst Paul Feinbaum, NFL commentator Rodney Harrison,…
This Sunday, a brand-spanking new Miami Dolphins season kicks off at 4 p.m. in Seattle. When the game starts the Dolphins will be tied for the lead in the AFC East. This is news because it does not happen often. Only once (in 2008, when Miami won) has a season…
African-American pundits such as Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson and columnist Charles M. Blow have taken some hard whacks at Donald Trump’s recent attempts to court black voters. But talking heads like these are completely out of touch with everyday African-Americans. Trump is 100 percent correct when he says…
Back in April, President Obama invited Nicki Minaj, Chance the Rapper, Ludacris, J. Cole, and Common — oh, and Miami resident DJ Khaled — to the White House to discuss criminal-justice reform. A White House official told Time magazine the president had selected these artists because of the work they…
If you’re a Dolphins fan under 40, you remember when your hatred for the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills was strong enough to need professional therapy. Your Monday moods were greatly impacted by what happened at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Finding out that your sister was dating a Jets…
When it comes to reporting on crime and other bad things happening in Miami, local TV stations do not provide fair and balanced coverage. In fact, mainstream news organizations are out to destroy African-American communities. Consider this: Last week, 26-year-old Lazaro Manuel Arencibia was shot in the abdomen at a…
Charles Kinsey, the latest unarmed African American man to be shot by a police officer, sued North Miami police this week after a cop’s bullet tore a hole through his leg on July 18. Video footage of Kinsey lying on the ground with his hands up in the air, pleading…
You’ve seen the cranes, towering over Dolphins Stadium as you cruise past on the Turnpike. You’ve wondered what exactly the home of Fins and Canes fans will look like when it’s finished, and you’ve heard the ominous rumblings that $425 million face lift won’t even be ready in time for…
Last week, Miami Dolphins former No. 3 overall pick Dion Jordan was conditionally reinstated by the NFL from a drug suspension. Jordan’s return means the Dolphins could potentially see him on the field Week 1, which would be his first regular season game December 2014. That’s good news, right? Well,…
During next year’s Memorial Day weekend, Miami Beach will return to segregation days, when black people weren’t allowed to stay in the city’s hotels and had to leave by sundown. As Miami New Times staff writer Jessica Weiss first reported in May, the city plans for 2017 an air and…
Put your very well earned dislike for Jeffrey Loria and David Samson aside, Miami. Because something extremely cool is brewing down at Marlins Park. Namely, 42-year-old Ichiro is chasing history wearing the orange and black of the Miami Marlins. Ichiro is just four hits shy of the magical 3,000 milestone. With…
Less than a week after five Dallas law enforcement officers were killed by a lunatic gunman, the nation is again reeling from a deadly confrontation between cops and an ex-military extremist. This past Sunday, former Marine Gavin Long gunned down three officers in Baton Rouge, a city on edge after…
Miami Heat fans are finally coming to grips with the idea of Dwyane Wade in a Chicago Bulls jersey. So fans can now turn their attention to the status of the final remaining member of the Big 3: Chris Bosh. But it’s starting to seem like the more we learn…
In the past two weeks, Miami Beach politicians and some residents have lost their minds over plans to open a club called King of Diamonds on Ocean Drive, the main drag of South Florida tourism. Race may or may not be what’s causing the uproar. In Miami Gardens, there’s a…
Thank you, Dwyane Wade. Thank you for the thirteen years of unforgettable and unimaginable memories. Just when we thought it couldn’t possibly get any better, it always did. Many teams in many towns will win championships in the future — maybe even ours — but nothing will ever top the…
Dwyane Wade bolting for Chicago is Pat Riley’s biggest fuck-up as Miami Heat president. If the franchise were one of team owner Micky Arison’s cruise ships, it would be one of those boats in which everybody gets the shits from food poisoning. Pat should have put some respect on Wade’s…
In 2010, Miami was certain that Dwyane Wade was going home. The Chicago Bulls were riding high with a young Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah and Wade was itching to return to Illinois. Burnie was even on suicide watch on a platform outside the AA as the team begged Wade…
Two years ago, then-free agent Dwyane Wade ended another game of chicken with the Miami Heat by posting these words to Instagram: “Home is where the heart is … My home, my city, my house … #HeatLifer.” At the time, the Heat needed him more than he needed them. After four straight trips to…
Close your eyes and consider the “Miami aesthetic.” You’re probably seeing a crazy screensaver-like melange of palm trees and flamingos floating by in a sea of unapologetically bright pastels. Perhaps the pink and teal of the Miami Vice logo are prominent. The geographic whimsy of Art Deco and Miami Modern…
