Just when the city of Cleveland thought the Cavaliers losing in the NBA Finals was all for naught, Nike comes along and saves the day with quite possibly the cheesiest LeBron James ad of all time. The excuse-filled piece of television is borderline embarrassing for all parties involved, including the…
Today’s biggest news may just hit Miami harder than any other city in the world. Pope Francis has released his Encyclical, “Laudato Si’” on the Good of the Common Home. It states that It is time to change the way we act toward the earth. It starts out thusly, defining…
It’s not that hard to say: “The Miami Heat.” That’s the name of the team that LeBron maybe-kinda-probably-on-purpose couldn’t remember during a Finals interview. It’s been almost a year since LeBron left the Heat, yet it seems as if subtle shots — from both sides — are getting more and more frequent…
It’s the time of year when DB Bistro goes a bit casual Americana and bizarre things happen. Among them: six types of house-made sausages floating around three-course whole hog feasts for up to eight people, and pistachio and raspberry baked Alaska’s flambéed tableside. In other words, the DBGB pop-up is…
Dwyane Wade continues to drop hints that he’s leaning toward opting out of his Heat contract, and seems to be increasingly considering leaving Miami. The dispute, at heart, is all about money: Not just money, but promised money. Wade took some pay cuts to help assemble the Big Three teams and…
Caitlyn Jenner’s coming-out party doesn’t help the transgender community move forward. Though Caitlyn, formerly known as Bruce, is on the cover of Vanity Fair and stars in her own E! reality show, it’s clear the onetime decathlon champion is just looking to cash in on her transition from a man…
Today’s top hip-hop artists have no sense of righteousness. During the golden era of rap from the 1980s to the 1990s, there were so many of us really speaking to the black experience. Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice-T, NWA, and 2Pac were just a few of the acts that…
The deep dish-or-New York-style pizza debate isn’t an easy cut. More so when the former at South Beach’s Pi Pizzeria comes with a piece of cardboard astray under a thick layer of tomato sauce. It came with a thousand apologies, an offer of a new pie, and ended up taken…
Miami sports fans need to tune in to The Andy Slater Show on 940 WINZ-AM. I’m not saying that just because I’m a guest host on his daily show today, which airs from 2 to 4 p.m. Slater is changing sports talk radio by doing old-school, shoe-leather reporting. He’s the…
We recently disclosed the top ten Cuban sandwiches in town.The Cuban spring roll at Ball & Chain was left out. But it is still one of the primary takes on a classic redone. “You can get amazing Cuban food on practically every block down and up Calle Ocho,” says owner Zach…
More than a week after Miami Beach cops were busted sending one another racist and sexist emails, there’s been zero outrage from so-called civil rights leaders and activists. No one protests the racism polluting police departments across the nation until the body of a young black male is lying dead…
Go to any African-American neighborhood, whether it be in Miami or Baltimore, and chances are you won’t find anyone under 30 who knows that a runaway black slave, Crispus Attucks, was the first casualty of the American Revolution. And likely no one will know that African-American businessmen were the first…
Two of Miami’s largest real estate development companies are facing off to see who can turn Doral from a drive-by traffic jam into a bustling, quasi-urban hub. The first, the Shops at Downtown Doral, comes form Codina Partners and Lennar Commercial and promises another outlet of Coral Gables’ Bulla Gastrobar…
One of the most well-known models for dealing with loss is “The 5 Stages of Grief,” developed by a doctor named Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. If you’re a Heat fan, chances are good you’ve spent the past twelve months living all five without even realizing it. From the departure of LeBron James, to…
You’d think President Barack Obama could do a better job of relating to the plight of young African-American men in today’s society. In the wake of the Baltimore riots and national outrage over police treatment of unarmed young black men, Obama last week announced he was launching an initiative, My Brother’s Keeper…
These days, the ritual of getting the mail has devolved into a steady stream of circular and credit card offers making their way from the box to the recycling bin. So finding a real piece of mail, something someone sat down, wrote, addressed, and stamped, can be confusing. Such a…
Watching images of people throwing things at police, setting fires, and destroying property in Baltimore reminds me of the pent-up anger that fueled the 1980 riots in Miami. After an all-white jury acquitted four white officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance agent and former Marine, a three-day rampage…
Draft weekend is done, the Miami Dolphins have reloaded and the consensus is clear: There are no excuses left for quarterback Ryan Tannehill in 2015. That’s not a shot at Tannehill, who has steadily progressed in his first three years in Miami. But after this year’s draft — where the…
For Miami Dolphins fans, tomorrow is a huge day. At this year’s NFL Draft, so much is on the line — the team’s decisions between Thursday and Sunday could go a long way toward making the Fins contenders rather than annual pretenders. So what should Fins fans root for to…
Pat Riley may be one of the greatest executives in the NBA, but he failed miserably this year. The Miami Heat president’s frustration boiled over at his end-of-the-season news conference last week. When a reporter asked about the upcoming free-agency period, Riley took a veiled shot at the now-departed LeBron…
With the NFL draft set to begin April 30, all the talk has centered on quarterbacks Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota, who are projected to be the first and second players taken. But the true breakout star will be former University of Miami running back Duke Johnson. Johnson is a…
Last month, the Children’s Trust, an independently run group funding kids’ programs through a property tax collected in Miami-Dade, announced it had approved dishing out $90 million to 88 organizations that provide after-school services, summer programs, and other assistance to 10,237 boys and girls.
