Five Amazing Things Chris Bosh Could Do After Basketball

Chris Bosh’s latest bout with blood clots has us seriously spooked, because less Chris Bosh is always a terrible thing. We aren’t just talking basketball here, we’re talking about in life. Miami needs more Bosh, everywhere, always.  Whether it be in ten years, or ten months, one day Chris Bosh is…

Pepe Billete Takes On Cristina Saralegui Over Hypocrisy

Until February 5, Pepe Billete — the nation’s best-known profane Cuban-American puppet — was the top gun on Cristina Radio, a satellite station that launched on Sirius XM in 2011. Then he got a pink slip. Pepe Billete Uncensored was a funnier-than-hell conglomeration of “political satire, sports, and pop culture…..

NFL Star Devonta Freeman’s Success Inspires Liberty City

After only his second season, Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman was named captain of his squad in the Pro Bowl last month. Also on the team were Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David, two Miami Northwestern Senior High alums. In the year that…

Hassan Whiteside’s Monster Week Silenced All the Doubters

At some point over the last week — as Hassan Whiteside dropped three-straight Drake diss-track-games on New Times and other “haters” Meek Mill-asses — I realized I somehow had become the “they” DJ Khaled so often warns his fans of. I most definitely played myself.     Recently when asked…

Miami Heat Is Better Without Hassan Whiteside on the Court

The Heat have done everything possible to co-exist with the phenomena that is Hassan Whiteside. They’ve coddled him in ways they’ve rarely done for any player. They’ve structured contracts — including that of their franchise star — to ensure that they could remain in a position to break the bank…

How to Fix the Miami Heat Right Now

Lets not beat around the bush here — unless something big changes, the Miami Heat aren’t going to be playing basketball late into the NBA playoffs. As of right now, we aren’t even sure they will be in the NBA playoffs. Thankfully, the season is young, and there is still…

Why You Shouldn’t Register as an Independent Voter in Florida

It’s all the rage to register with no party affiliation in Florida. Independents now represent 24 percent of the electorate in the Sunshine State. Taking third party registrants into account, that means 27 percent of Florida voters aren’t affiliated with either major party. That’s a dramatic shift from just two…

Bill Cosby Doesn’t Deserve the Black Community’s Support

Bill Cosby’s fall from grace is a lesson for all black celebrities who want to forget their origins. Last month, the 77-year-old comedian was arrested and criminally charged in Pennsylvania for allegedly raping a Temple University employee in 2005. In the past two years, more than 50 women have accused…

Don’t Expect Miami Dolphins Fans to Be Excited About Their New Coach

It’s January, so you know what that means, Miami Dolphins fans; Introductory press conferences! Ah yes, a tradition like none other. Backdrops and promises. It’s like our own little holiday.  If you’ve been a Dolphins fan for long enough, you’re starting to look at press conferences in a different way…

Pork ‘n’ Beans Should Be Made Safer for Residents, Not Razed

Miami-Dade County leaders are ramping up the propaganda to justify gentrification of Liberty City, one of Miami’s oldest black neighborhoods. At a news conference last week addressing a string of shootings at the complex, county Commissioner Audrey Edmonson used the opportunity to lobby for a new plan to redevelop the…