It’s been more than 20 years since Miami New Times columnist Jim DeFede wrote a series of columns that called Miami Heat owner and Carnival Cruise Line chief Micky Arison “a greedy corporate pig.” Since then, the newspaper has written hundreds of stories about Heat championships, charities, and kind acts…
Most Miami Dolphins fans haven’t even considered that their team could contend of a Super Bowl this season; hell, everyone is just happy the vibe around the team is they are destined for the playoffs — but could the improbable become a reality? Probably not! Now that we have set…
It’s been over half-a-decade since Stephen Ross purchased the Miami Dolphins from Wayne Huizenga, and it seems as if slowly-but-steadily, he has finally turned around the franchise. Heading into the 2015 season everything feels very new car smell around the team, and it allcomes directly from Stephen Ross’s hard work. Dolphins…
Just one final tune-up game stands between the Miami Dolphins and the regular season; so it’s time to stop speculating, and start assessing truthfully what the team has before the live bullets start to fire. This preseason has been overwhelming positive for a franchise and fan base not exactly accustomed…
Al Golden is out of excuses. As the coach’s University of Miami Hurricanes gear up for the September 5 opening home game versus Bethune-Cookman University, there’s little reason to believe the team will make the national championship playoffs. Last year, UM’s marketing team came up with a clever slogan about…
Judging by his training camp and preseason performance; Ryan Tannehill is about to open an entire can of whoop ass on the NFL. Tannehill has looked legit thus far in practice, and has been near perfect in his limited preseason drives. The Dolphins quarterback seems ready to take the huge…
Though school begins this week, three boys from Overtown won’t get a fresh start. Earlier this month, Ernest Rowell and Khalib Newkirk were arrested for the murder of 10-year-old Marlon Eason. According to police, either Rowell, who is 18 years old, or Newkirk, who is age 15, opened fire back…
There are always new Japanese restaurants opening in Miami, but no matter how many join the ranks, there are few viable options. Just take a look at Eater Miami’s recent list of so-called “essential” sushi restaurants. For the most part the group is a laughable assemblage of transplants and middling…
With college football season three weeks from kicking off, Miami Hurricanes fans are in two camps: believers and non-believers. And let’s be honest, most fans are playing musical chairs, switching from optimism to cynicism at the drop of a hat. Will this really be the year the team takes a…
Donald Trump has hijacked the Republican Party’s conservative base. Fox News and the other billionaires funding Trump’s GOP opponents can’t do anything to stop him. The more outrageous Trump gets, the more popular he becomes. After insinuating that Fox News personality and Republican debate moderator Megyn Kelly was hard on…
The 2015 Miami Marlins baseball season has been a dumpster fire — arguably the worst ever in team history — and it’s only going to get a lot worse before it gets any better. Everything that could go wrong for the Fish this season has. It’s throw-in-the-towel time for the team,…
The long, tedious summer wait is finally over: tonight the Miami Dolphins play the Chicago Bears, in an actual football game, in which people will reportedly keep score. Sure, it’s just the preseason, but have you watched the Marlins lately? Any Miami Dolphins football beats that, even if it’s not…
In January, as part of President Obama’s $15 billion plan to expand Head Start, Miami-Dade was awarded $290 million in federal funds to “provide opportunities for low-income children and their families.” Eight months later, county officials haven’t provided any details about these “opportunities.” We don’t know how the $290 million…
As we near the three quarters mark of the baseball marathon, there’s a fair argument to be made that the Miami Marlins are having their worst season ever, which is really saying something with a franchise that once endured a 108-loss season. So what went wrong in 2015? That’s a…
When the Miami Dolphins signed Ndamukong Suh to a record breaking deal that will pay him approximately $114 million with $60 million in guaranteed money, most fans knew what kind of player the team was getting. In a day and age where large contracts are commonly given to questionable players, Suh…
As if it wasn’t hard enough to stand on stage in front of a stone-faced crowd and tell jokes, women comedians in Miami have to deal with misogynistic jeers, too. In a scene long dominated by men, sometimes the heckling even comes from fellow male comics. When 25-year-old Dominique Gelin…
As the 2015 Miami Dolphins training camp kicks into high gear, Fins fans’ annual preseason cockiness reaches stratospheric levels. Just recently, a Harvard University study pegged the Dolphins — owners of an 8-8 record last year and a seven-year playoff drought — as the AFC’s Super Bowl representatives. Emory University,…
The Miami Marlins’ owners have always been the worst — but this season the front office is finding new and exciting ways to break what most thought were untouchable high scores of awfulness they set over the years. As the trade deadline dust settles, Marlins fans are still trying to figure…
Not eating food for three days can be the worst. Except for when you rid your body of all the built up toxins and instead fill it with much needed nutrients from pure fruits and vegetables, resulting in some weight loss but also a I feel pretty good about myself…
Like many other Cuban Americans in Miami, Neyda Borges was shocked to hear President Obama’s December announcement that the U.S. would re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba. The 34-year-old teacher, who works at Miami Lakes Educational Center, immediately turned on CNN in her classroom. Down the hall, two teachers with opposing…
On August 4, my memoir, The Book of Luke: My Fight for Truth, Justice, and Liberty City, will go on sale. I hope many young African-Americans who think the odds are stacked against them will read it and be inspired. I wrote the book, which is previewed in this week’s…
Miami Dolphins fans, there is officially a very faint light at the end of the tunnel: In roughly 72 hours, Dolphins training camp jumps off in Davie. If this offseason felt longer than most, it’s because there was no Miami Heat playoff run and the Marlins are terrible. So even…
