What do you expect when you take kids who normally spend most of their time in the sleepy little mountain town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and put them in Miami for New Year’s Eve? Probably not good things. In the lead up to tonight’s Orange Bowl, eight players on the Virginia…
I don’t know why anyone would want to live in Southwest Ranches, the bizarre rural-themed town way out in the west part of bumfuck Broward County, but two Dolphins stars of past and present are now in a legal dispute over a home in the area. The Sun-Sentinel reports that…
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Every year, local officials have to remind citizens not to shoot of their guns into the air on New Year’s Eve at the stroke of midnight. Every year, someone does.Last year, someone shot up a bullet and it hit a six-year-old Italian boy in the chest as he was eating…
It looks like Tony Sparano may hold onto his job as the Dolphins head coach after all, and, interestingly, that Bill Parcells still has some sway in the organization. Former Raiders executive Mike Lombardi reported on Inside the NFL last night that sources close to the team say Parcells has…
Rick Scott hasn’t even taken office yet, but perhaps one of his first orders of business should be to get people to like him. Despite winning the election, not very many people actually like Scott. Only a third of Floridians view him favorably while a plurality views him unfavorably. In…
It may be a while before we know all the behind the scenes maneuvering that went down that lead to the Miami Heat retaining Dwyane Wade and signing LeBron James and Chris Bosh, but every once in a while a new piece of the puzzle comes into play. Following the…
Today the Miami-Dade County Commission was supposed to meet to set a date for the election to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez. Problem was only six commissioners showed up, because Commissioners apparently find it OK to act like school skipping children. Which means the commission fell one short of a quorum,…
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This shouldn’t be much of a surprise considering the team went from a one-man show to the sports world’s favorite three-headed demon, but the Miami Heat have seen the greatest boost in ticket sales so far this season across the league. What is surprising is that the NBA as a…
Yesterday’s bizarre mini-explosion on the tarmac of Miami International Airport was not connected to terrorism, the FBI has confirmed. A piece of luggage exploded when workers were unloading it from the plane. Originally, the explosions was though to be caused by an aerosol can but was actually caused by hundreds…
A can of hair spray caused a bit of a scare at Miami International Airport today when it caused a piece of luggage to explode. Workers were panicked when the luggage exploded while they were unloading it from an American Airlines flight. The Miami-Dade bomb squad, airport and fire rescue…
Sorry, Miami. Las Vegas and New York are still America’s favorite New Year’s Eve destinations (at least for Americans who like making cheap hotel reservations online), but a list put out by Priceline.com claims five districts in the Miami area are amongst the top 50 destination for tourists traveling for…
Eric Laakso played his entire NFL career in South Florida, and sadly he died here on Christmas at the much too young age of 53. After playing at Tulane, Laakso was drafted by the Dolphins in ’78 and was the team’s starting right tackle from ’80 to his retirement in…
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Looks like the Hurricanes’ brewing bowl game quarterback controversy has come to an end. Unfortunately, it came at the expense of red shirt quarterback Stephen Morris’s ankle. The Miami Herald reports that Morris hurt his left ankle during the second snap of practice this morning. Looks like Jacory Harris gonna…
No team in the NFL has gone as many years without drafting a quarterback in the first round than the Miami Dolphins. The last time they did the year was 1983 and the man was Dan Marino, which, of course, made drafting a quarterback not much of a concern for…
Trick Daddy may have a gift for capturing the soul of Miami streets in his lyrics, but apparently doesn’t have much of a knack for keeping track of his finances. The Detroit News reports that Trick, real names Maurice Young, has had more than $157,000 in tax liens placed against…
New Miami Hurricanes coach Al Golden isn’t having much luck in retaining star recruits who had verbally committed to the team under former coach Randy Shannon. Albert Louis-Jean, rated by some recruiting services as the best recruit in the state of Massachusetts and the 9th best corner back in the…
At around 2 p.m. yesterday, a maid walked into a room at the Hialeah motel at which she worked and discovered the bodies of five dead teenagers. WSVN reports that police believe the deaths were a result of a tragic accident. Names and identities of the victims have not been…
Most people’s idea of a white Christmas does not involve candy Easter eggs. Then again, Esteban Galtes wasn’t planning to celebrate with wholesome, Vermont-style snow.The 23-year-old Miami resident was caught trying to smuggle approximately $100,000 worth of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport. He had tried to disguise most of…
Charlie Garcia, 30 an 11-year employee at Paul W. Bell Middle School, located in west Miami-Dade, was all set to play Santa Claus for the school’s holiday festivities. Then Broward Sheriff’s Officers knocked on his door. They arrested him for the very un-Santa like crime of possessing child pornography…
