Remember that time a superideological politician held a town hall and a lot of people from the other end of the political spectrum showed up and yelled not such nice things at him and he decided to completely change his political outlook overnight and everything worked out in the end?…
An argument between two students yesterday afternoon at Miami Norland Senior Senior High School turned violent when one student pulled out a gun and shot the other in his rear end. The 17-year-old victim is recovering, and his injuries are not life-threatening. However, the student who shot him has so…
Title IX is a wide-ranging law ensuring equality based on gender in all areas of education and other federally assisted programs, but it’s most controversial when applied to high school and college athletics. Many universities have tried some tricky tactics to make sure their athletics programs are in compliance with…
Sports dads are the worst. They’re boorish creatures who stalk the sidelines of youth athletic fields, yelling at their kid’s coach, cursing the referee, and heckling the other team. They know no shame, and sometimes they get violent.Robert Rodriguez is charged with punching Miami Springs High School baseball coach Jason…
Any woman who has wobbled in stilettos knows it takes a real man to walk a day in high heels, but apparently a Florida high school won’t stand for any light gender-bending in its halls. A male student at Riverview High School was sent to the principal’s office not because…
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The number of deal-of-the-day websites continues to expand in South Florida at an annoying rate, and it was only a matter of time until someone tried to tailor the deal-site trend to the nightclub world. Recently, Venugo — more akin to hotel sites such as Expedia than Groupon — launched…
Add the position of Miami-Dade Transit director to the increasing number of county jobs the new mayor will have to fill when he replaces recently recalled Carlos Alvarez. Harpal Kapoor, the current director of Miami-Dade Transit who was appointed by Alvarez in 2007, has decided to step down from the…
Oh, how we long for the loss of former Congressman Alan Grayson. He was the best source in Florida politics for “Wait, did that really just come out of his crazy mouth?” stories.Luckily, Rep. Allen West has picked up the slack in that department. The loudmouthed Tea Party Republican from…
Florida is undergoing a radical conservative transformation under Gov. Rick Scott, but one of his top proposals seems to be a bridge too far and too soon even for the Republican supermajorities in the state House and Senate.Even at a time when billion-dollar deficits have become the norm for Florida’s…
Their existence was as brief as their uniforms. The Lingerie Football League’s Miami Caliente (which was technically the best professional football team in town over the past two years — it actually made the playoffs) appears to have quietly folded. The Juice reports their website is gone, they don’t appear on…
One of the many devilish brilliances of the nightlife industry is that customers end up making buying decisions when they’re already a little drunk. What’s another $14 gin and tonic when you’ve already had a few $14 gin and tonics? In fact, why not buy the whole place a round?…
Last month, Hurricanes coach Al Golden took a bit of Internet heat for posting a quote from former Canes star Michael Irvin all over the team’s facilities. After all, the guy’s past off-the-field trouble makes Brandon Marshall look like a Boy Scout. However, Golden seems enamored with the team’s legacy,…
Between Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, and Fergie, the Miami Dolphins owners’ box has more musical talent than a Now! That’s What I Call Music CD. In fact, besides Stephen Ross and Wayne Huizenga, the Williams sisters are the only “owners” without a musical connection. Apparently, though, that’s about…
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Back in 1987, writer T.D. Allman declared in the title of his book that Miami was “The City of the Future,” and over the next two decades, our metropolitan area largely made good on the moniker through impressive growth and increasing economic importance. Twenty-four years later, though, Miami is looking…
Late Friday night, talented but troubled Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall wound up at Broward General Medical Center, while his wife, Michi Nogami-Marshall, was held in jail for allegedly stabbing the superstar in the gut. Today the Broward Sheriff’s Office released the 911 call Nogami-Marhsall made from their Southwest Ranches home…
Rick Scott wants to run Florida like a business, but he seems ideologically driven to make sure the state isn’t in the business of much. Fresh off a Pulitzer win for investigative reporting, Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune yesterday filed a shocker claiming Scott aims to kill Citizens Property Insurance,…
Thursday brought the strange and tragic news that a 2-and-a-half-year-old boy might have fatally shot his mother while playing with a handgun in Miramar. Now, as the investigation continues, some friends and relatives of the victim, 33-year-old Julia Bennett, aren’t buying the original story and believe that the boy’s father,…
The Miami Heat’s big three are under such close media scrutiny they can barely blow their noses without it being reported, but Chris Bosh might have been able to keep his wedding to Adrienne Williams a few weeks ago under wraps. Although public records indicate Bosh tied the knot, he’s…
We cannot fathom a world where former SNL star and proud Miami native Victoria Jackson didn’t go on her weird rants about her strange political beliefs. I mean, we don’t agree with anything she squeaks, but we will fight to the death for her right to squeak it (and, of…
Just a year after the BP oil disaster in the Gulf and just in time for Earth Day there are reports of oil washing up on the beach at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne. Oil has also been spotted on the shores of John U. Lloyd…
