What does a celebrity do when they need a quick jolt of publicity to revive a fading career? Reality TV, of course. What does a sports team desperately in need of some public goodwill and attention do when they’re being overshadowed in their own city? Apparently, the exact same thing.The…
Miami-Dade County already coughed up $376 million to help build the new Marlins Park, but now the County government and Marlins brass are in a fight over about $1.7 million in non-construction costs related to the project. The Marlins actually tried to charge the county for a nearly $11,000 bill…
Despite disputed reports of a 2,000-person arrest quota, Miami Beach Police only cuffed 321 people during the three-day Memorial Day weekend. That’s slightly down from 332 arrests last year, and the vast majority of those arrests were for misdemeanors. Crowd numbers too seemed to have been down as well. We…
So a naked a man was shot and killed by City of Miami police yesterday after he was caught literally chewing off the face of another man on a sidewalk near the MacArthur Causeway. That’s really all you need to know to send your head off into a tizzy, but…
Dr. Zachary Bird, 41, was driving along a Central Florida road early Sunday morning, likely under the influence, when his car nearly sideswiped a Florida Highway Patrol captain’s car. That’s horrible enough, but it was Bird’s outrageous actions caught on videotape after his arrest that are making news.Once placed in…
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Can we try to keep our internet memes to fun things like cats and bastardizations of Disney characters? Because the sad, avoidable homicide of an unarmed Miami Gardens teenager should really not be grounds for memedom.And yet, apparently a new Tebowing-like craze called “Trayvoning” has emerged on the internet…
Despite reports the University of Miami had reached out to the Big 12 conference to gauge interest in a possible move in case several ACC members leave for more Midwestern pastures, athletic director Shawn Eichorst has broken his silence on the matter. He laims the U is “committed to the ACC.”…
Last night’s sloppy game between the San Francisco Giants and the Miami Marlins saw pitching so bad the score ended up in NFL territory. Naturally, the Marlins ended up as the sloppiest team on the field and lost the game 14-7. They also almost lost Logan Morrison’s pretty little face…
Many believe that Carlos Gimenez’s endorsement from several gay rights groups in the Miami-Dade County mayoral election helped propel him to a narrow victory over Julio Robaina. So why the hell was he speaking at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Family Coalition, a fringe organization most notable for opposing…
The first high-profile arrest of Miami Beach police’s pumped-up presence heading into Memorial Day weekend or just a coincidence?New Yorks Knicks player J.R. Smith was arrested on South Beach on a warrant for not having a valid driver’s license last night around 9…
In a $1.8 million effort to control crowds (and, lets be honest, discourage Urban Beach Week festivities from happening in the future), South Beach will resemble nothing short of a police state this weekend. Though, The Miami Herald’s Miami Beach reporter David Smiley tweets that “projected Memorial Day weekend Miami…
Is there such a thing as reading too much into the schedule of a book tour? Maybe, maybe not, but the Associated Press just got a hold of Marco Rubio’s touring schedule to promote his upcoming memoir, An American Son, and, well, what do you know, it hits up a…
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Every once in a while, whatever deity-like being that controls crime in Florida (some religions refer to him as Saint Crackerious of Tallahassee) takes out three hats. One contains the names of every Florida town, the next holds the names of a fast-food restaurant, and the other has a series…
Kyle Morrison, 22, has been arrested for trying to storm the American Airlines Arena court without pants during the Miami Heat’s win against the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night. He now faces charges of disorderly conduct, resisting an officer with violence, battery on an officer, trespassing, and indecent exposure. Apparently the guy…
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is taking his political follies to the international level.King Juan Carlos I is feeling the fallout of one of the biggest controversies of his life for going on an elephant hunting trip in Botswana. It’s a touchy subject in the country right now. Scott is on…
Another day, another poll, another outcome. Yesterday, Qunnipiac released a poll in Florida that found Mitt Romney had taken the lead in Florida, and today they’ve released a poll showing that Bill Nelson and Connie Mack IV are now tied in the Senate race. Though, today also saw the release…
Ever notice how New Yorkers have such strong opinions about what makes a person a “real” New Yorker? (The answer: You have strong opinions about what makes one a real New Yorker.) The phrase “Real New Yorker” has 802,000 Google results. The phrase “Real Miamian” nets only 347 results.We’re a transient,…
Who knows what goes through a basketball player’s mind when he spends the vast majority of the time sitting on the bench during such a heated and important playoff series. Perhaps the Miami Heat’s Dexter Pittman thought to himself, “Man, the whole world is watching this series, and ain’t no…
Let’s not put the cart before the horse, but there are other Miami matters to think about besides whether or not the Hurricanes leap to the Big 12 or stay relegated to the ACC. And that’s mostly the fate of the Orange Bowl. The game has already lost a lot…
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