The great college athletic conference shake up of the past year isn’t quite over yet, and it’s working its way down to the mid-majors.This morning, Florida International University announced that it’s leaving the Sun Belt conference behind, and is moving on up to Conference USA in 2013. FIU could be…
You think South Florida has the state’s most corrupt local officials? Not all the time. The stink of corruption likes to settle itself evenly across this great state.Mark Bellinger, the director of the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council, resigned this week after the local sheriff’s office announced an investigation into…
Back in 2010, José Luis de Jésus Miranda, leader of a Miami-Dade-based cult and the self described Antichrist, told us that the world was going to end on July 1st, 2012. Apparently the man who has a “666” tattoo on his forearm and openly refers to himself as “The Man…
Your favorite Taiwanese animators, the folks at Next Media Animation, have created a faithful take on the last game in the Heat vs. Knicks series.Yes, we do recall LeBron James literally being on fire and jumping off the backs of Knicks players. That is exactly how it happened…
We’re just weeks away from the start of South Florida’s wet season. Which, not to bum everyone out, means it’s almost time for our daily mid-afternoon rain showers. Meteorologists predict that this summer could see even more rainfall than average this year. In terms of water levels and such, that’s…
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In the middle of the Heat’s series against the New York Knicks, Chris Bosh flew home to Miami last night for the birth of his first son. Jackson Bosh was born at 3 a.m. this morning, just shortly after Daddy Bosh’s private plane landed in Miami at 2 a.m. Bosh…
It’s been more than a week since Ryan Tannehill officially became the Dolphins QB of the future. The pick was supposed to inspire excitement in the Dolphins fan base, but so far it has mostly caused excitement in the pants of geeky sportswriters across the web. That is, of course,…
Most polls of Florida voters taken in the past few months have shown President Barack Obama with a slim but definite lead over Mitt Romney, but now that Romney is all but the official nominee it seems that he’s now taken the slimmest of leads in the Sunshine State according…
Usually perverts like to keep their kinks to one genre or another, but apparently Eric Antunes’s twisted sexual appetite wasn’t fulfilled by just one form of deviance. Police busted Antunes, a Clearwater resident, after getting a tip he had child pornography, but then also discovered he’d been cheating on his…
Thirteen people will be charged in connection to the death of Florida A&M University band member Robert Champion. Eleven of the 13 suspects will be charged with felony hazing, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of six years behind bars. The other two will face misdemeanor hazing…
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Junior Seau, the 12-time Pro Bowler, who played for the Miami Dolphins for three seasons, has reportedly been found dead at the age of 43 in his California home. According to sources who spoke to gossip website TMZ, Seau may have committed suicide…
Deep Throat, the pioneering 1972 porno film, was partially shot in various places throughout Miami-Dade, and now an infamous mansion that was the setting for two of the film’s most infamous scenes is for sale. It can be yours for the price of $1.75 million…
It’s official: the decision about whether or not to overturn Miami-Dade County’s controversial 23-year-old ban on pit bulls will be decided by voters in August. County commissioners voted 11-1 to last night to put the referendum on the August 14 ballot…
The past few days of rainy weather have been a real test for the new Marlins Park, and the $515 million stadium has not passed with flying colors. The team’s management is now scrambling to fix leaks in the 8,000-ton retractable roof and, because that roof has been closed longer…
This shouldn’t be much of a surprise since our climate makes us a mosquito heaven, but Miami has been named America’s fifth buggiest city. That’s according to a survey compiled by OFF! insect repellent, who of course have a bit of a stake in deciding such things…
If you’re the kind of Republican voter who finds yourself easily swayed by some of the more deafening but dimmer voices in your party, well then boy do we have a quagmire for you. Two of your favorite also-rans from the GOP presidential primary have chosen different sides in the…
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Athletic socks are meant to to protect shoes by sopping up foot sweat. They are perhaps the most utilitarian and least sexy of all clothing, yet the freakier among us seem to get worked up at just the thought of them. Which is fine, as long as the fetish doesn’t involve children. A…
Two Sarasota grandparents found themselves behind bars after hitching their 7-year-old granddaughter’s plastic Hot Wheels car to the back of their SUV and taking her for a ride. We could totally understand how, to a 7-year-old, this would seem like an awesome idea. But two adults probably should have known…
Was there really any question that the Miami Heat are the most “GQ motherfucker” team in sports history? GQ itself seems to confirm this, because their recent “Most Stylish NBA Players Ever” list is dominated by Miami Heat players. And yes, the big three dominates the top five…
