FAMU Rattlers @ Miami Hurricanes, Saturday 7pm on ESPN 306 and WVUM 90.5 FMThe Fins will play Monday, but first will come the Canes vs. FAMU game this Saturday. Let’s hope the latter doesn’t turn into a notable matchup. There are a few story lines, but mostly “yawn.” The most…
After the Seventh Floor Crew’s smash hit “If Your Ho Only Knew,” and “Orange on one side, green on the other,” the Miami Hurricanes continue to be the best rap posse in college football. Rivals.com is hosting the “world premiere” of a new song by former players Gerard Daphnis and Dinavon “X1” Bythwood,…
Alan Grayson continues to be our favorite hot liberal mess who is not apologizing for it. Seriously, he will not apologize. Alan Grayson, will you apologize?”I will not apologozie. I will not apologize. I will not apologize for a simple reason.”See!The Orlando Democrat took the House floor again yesterday to…
On what planet is it considered a joke to shoot at a target representing a sitting U.S. congresswoman who happens to be a mother of three and a breast cancer survivor? To what audience is that a knee slapper? Really?Apparently at the comedy club known as the Southeast Broward Republican…
A local wedding dress shop owner gave away 100 gowns to brides who just lost their jobs. [Herald]Manny Diaz’s plan to remake Virginia Key has been pushed back, meaning it won’t come to fruition while he’s in office. [Herald]Carnival is coming to downtown Miami this weekend. [SFLTimes]Channing Crowder says Jets…
Jay Leno is in primetime. Dave Letterman got caught having a threesome with Grinder Girl and Hoola Hop Lady. Conan O’Brien keeps seriously injuring himself. Jimmy Fallon is Jimmy Fallon. So that means that Carson Daily is the new king of late night …after Craig Ferguson, and various people on…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez loves celebrities. He was Oliver Stone’s date to the Venice International Film Festival, could probably convince Sean Penn to agree to be held captive and perform a stage rendition of his parts in Simple Jack I Am Sam, and is perhaps the only known person on…
I’m not exactly sure what the symbolism is of sitting on a Cuban flag, but here it is from Adrian Salgado’s Flickr…
Just last week we pretty much concluded, “Well, we might never get an Olympics, but at least we get to host tons of Super Bowls and BCS championships.”But now, according to The Herald, the NFL is calling into question our ability to host future NFL games, and rubbing it in…
City of Miami Commissioners may have promised to keep taxes low, but they’re upping most fees by 5%. The includes parking. [Herald]Michelle Obama is expected in Miami next week, and will be the featured speaker at a luncheon at the Freedom Tower. [CBS4]Upside to the recession? Since travel is down,…
There’s nothing quite like a little lighthearted controversy when you’re trying to get PR. So luckily for the author of the upcoming South Beach tell-all Miami Babylon, Gerald Posner, some behind-the-scenes bitch fights made it to the New York Post this morning. Icon Brickell developer Jorge Perez agreed to hold a shindig…
Travel + Leisure unleashed its annual survey of American travelers, and the magazine seems to think people in Miami are both hot as hell and dumb as hell.The Big Orange took first place for most attractive people and second for most stylish city, and let me tell you I can’t…
It looked, for a hot second at least, that Tropical Storm Henri might become something of a problem Floridians, but forecasters now say the system is losing strength fast and will dissipate by tomorrow.We’re thankful the storm will not go around selectively blowing down trees in the yards of people…
Florida Congressman Alan Grayson continues to be a hot liberal mess and not apologize for it.The Orlando-area Democrat, who came to national attention for suggesting that Republicans want everyone to “die quickly,” recently sent this Photoshop job to supporters while asking for money, natch. Let’s hope he got permission from nonnie9999…
Father David Dueppen has admitted he is indeed the father, and in this case, not in the priestly sense.According to CBS4’s Jim DeFede, the Catholic priest admits to fathering a child with former stripper Beatrice Hernandez, and now he wants 70 percent custody and demands that the child’s last name…
If you asked us a few months ago which Miami mayor would make a Senate run, we would have guessed Manny Diaz. Boy, would we have been wrong. Maurice Ferre, who was mayor from 1973 to 1985, has officially thrown his hat into the ring to challenge Kendrick Meek in…
Mayoral candidate Tomas Regalado has been accused of not being able to handle his personal finances (he claims to be worth only $5,000 and once had his wages garnished for not paying taxes), but his campaign manager is doing a good job with his war chest. He’s consistently out-raising challenger Joe Sanchez…
Dick Armey, the former Republican House majorty leader who’s not currently making an ass out of himself on Dancing with the Stars, was in Palm Beach Gardens today speaking to teabaggers, um, Tea Party activists. According to the Palm Beach Post, Armey told the crowd of conservative activists to keep up the…
Mental_Floss has an interesting little list making the rounds (in case you didn’t know, the future of journalism is here, and it is lists, lots and lots of lists): 11 Things Wal-Mart Has Banned.One of the items stemmed from a complaint at a Miami Wal-Mart in 1995. The mega-chain was selling…
