Opinion & Commentary

For more than a decade, African-American tourists have returned to Miami Beach for Memorial Day weekend even though it becomes a military green zone. Every business, from the valet parking stands to the hotels, gouges those who visit and makes them feel unwelcome. Past and present city leaders have shown…

Hey, remember the Miami Dolphins? The greatest football team? The one that takes the ball from goal-to-goal like no ones ever seen? The one that’s in the air, on the ground, and always in control? No? OK, how about the team that last won a playoff game when Ryan Tannehill…

Spoiler alert; The Miami Heat season is over. I’m sorry if you were binge watching and this ruined everything for you, but the rest of us can’t sit around and wait for you.  Lots of good came from the 2015-16 Miami Heat season, but then again, lots of bad came…

Now that the Miami Heat’s body is cold, we can officially call it a season and get to work on what the team needs to do to come back even stronger next year. Not only does the NBA offseason feel like the shortest of any sport, but the offseason itself…

“The lesson here,” says recently retired Miami Herald photographer Walt Michot, “is put on your belt  when you get out of bed.”  Michot didn’t have his belt on yesterday around 8:30 a.m. when he spotted a guy in his backyard. His pants drooped toward his knees as he held a…

This past April 23, Mark Walton, a 19-year-old University of Miami running back, was arrested for drunk driving after he failed road sobriety and Breathalyzer tests. Miami Police may have targeted Walton, local media outlets report. The former Booker T. Washington High star is suspended indefinitely from playing for the…

If there’s one thing your Miami Heat have proven this post-season, it’s that they die hard. And now, after Goran Dragic and Dwyane Wade combined their nut-stomping powers to lead the Heat to their 103-91 Game 6 win over the Toronto Raptors, they have a shot at making history on…

Fresh off a performance for the ages from Dwyane Wade in Monday night’s Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat fans went into Wednesday night’s Game 5 all: But after the Heat got slammed by the Raptors 99-91, and suddenly find themselves on the…

Imagine if Mick Jagger left the Rolling Stones but he wasn’t allowed to sing any of the band’s songs or say he had been part of one of rock’s greatest acts. What if Dr. Dre and Ice Cube couldn’t call themselves former N.W.A. members or perform the work that skyrocketed…

All throughout Sunday and into Monday, Dwyane Wade had to deal with the yammering of a million whining gravy-on-french-fries-eating Canadians about how he supposedly disrespected their national anthem on Saturday afternoon. So, on Monday night, Wade proceeded to make things worse for those hosers by tearing out their collective hearts through…

In case you missed it over the weekend, Dwyane Wade really pissed off some Canadians. I know. Scary, eh?On a scale of zero-to-holy-shit-worried, saying you pissed off some Canadians ranks somewhere below your wife saying if you don’t leave the house soon you’re going to miss the previews before the…

The Miami Heat managed to cough up a golden opportunity to take a 2-0 lead in their series against the Toronto Raptors by going down 96-92 Thursday night. It was a frustrating loss on all accounts, particularly since the Heat set a new NBA playoff record with 22 turnovers. And…

While April and May have most Miami sports fans dedicating their attention to the basketball team in town, last week, for a few hours at least, the Dolphins got some play. There were some surprisingly interesting things to come out of the NFL Draft, some of which had to do…

The Miami Heat took out the Toronto Raptors 102-96 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal despite multiple efforts to shoot explosive diarrhea from a T-shirt cannon onto the bed and let it all slip away. But Dwyane Wade, Prince’s all-time favorite NBA player, simply would not let this…

Miami-Dade commissioners will decide soon whether to hire condo king the Related Group to redevelop the county’s oldest public housing project, Liberty Square. But one county commish, Audrey Edmonson, is going to bat for Atlantic Pacific Communities, the firm that ended up in second place. Last week, Edmonson claimed she…

Normally, your average Miami Dolphins sixth round draft pick wouldn’t exactly move the fan bases attention needle past a “Huh, cool.” But Texas Tech wide receiver Jakeem Grant, whom the Phins took 186th overall this weekend, is apparently not your average dude. Grant, all 5’6 of him, is a firecracker…

The Miami Heat’s season is on the brink. And it got there thanks to an inexplicable no-call at the end of Game Five from the referees on a blatant foul against Dwyane Wade.  With 4.5 seconds remaining in the game and Miami down by two, Goran Dragic saw his three-point…

Happy NFL-Draft Eve, Dolphins fans! Hold onto your butts, because the next chapter Miami Dolphins draft history is just a day away. It’s like the day before a new season of House of Cards lands, except it’s been going on for fifty seasons, Kevin Spacey retired years ago, and things…

Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco recently cast a deciding vote against hosting Fidel Castro’s Cuban consulate in Miami Beach. Now Grieco is acting like a dictator himself. Two weekends ago, the commissioner lost it over the giant mess left behind by people who participated in the annual Floatopia. In front…

Here’s a fact: The Miami Heat have not won a playoff game since Prince died.  Think about it. Here’s another fact: The officiating in the Heat’s first round series against the Charlotte Hornets has been decisively skewed towards the Hornets in a series that is now tied at 2-2. Coincidence?…