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New Times Says No to MLB

New Times Says No to Major League Baseball

Sorry, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig. We won't hand over records that detail the inner workings of Biogenesis, the controversial Coral Gables anti-aging clinic that allegedly supplied prohibited drugs to six professional baseball players, including Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez.The reasons are manifol ... More >>

A Miami Clinic Supplies Drugs to Sports' Biggest Names

See also: "The A Rod Files: Every Mention of the Yankees Slugger in Tony Bosch's Records"

As A-Rod Battles His Neighbor, Miami Beach's Film Renaissance Hangs in the Balance

Yunel Escobar, the Marlins' New Shortstop, Was Recently Suspended for Gay Slur

Well, this seems rather fitting. The owner of the Marlins, known for insulting the South Florida community by lying and then gutting the ball club, just traded for a guy who is known for insulting the gay community. It's like assholes just gravitate to each other. Yunel Escobar, Miami's new short ... More >>

Copacabana Supper Club in Fort Lauderdale: Nightlife as It Once Was, and Could Be

Alex Rodriguez Might Be Traded to the Marlins, According to Keith Olbermann

According to former ESPN/MSNBC/Current TV personality, Keith Olbermann, the Miami Marlins have been in discussion with the New York Yankees on a possible trade for third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Olbermann says his sources claim that one possible scenario would be for the Yankees to pay for a portion ... More >>

A Big Piece of FLIFF: Gregory von Hausch Keeps Broward's Film Scene Alive

Marlins Are on Pace to Draw the Fewest Fans Since the 1990s; Also They're Trading Everyone!

On the heels of the Miami Marlins' trading away Hanley Ramirez to the Dodgers and Anibal Sanchez to the Tigers and working on a possible deal to send Josh Johnson to the Rangers comes a Forbes report that the Fish are on pace to set the record for drawing the fewest fans to a first-year ballpark sin ... More >>

Jose Canseco Returns to Major League Baseball -- to Sell Old Milwaukee Beer (Video)

South Florida's favorite 'roid-pushing, Twitter-pontificating baseball meathead has made a triumphant return to major league baseball: During the MLB All-Star Game on Monday night, the Kansas City TV market got to see Miami's son, Jose Canseco. The first 40-40 man in history was there, right in the ... More >>

Ozzie Guillen Is Trying Really Hard to Memorialize Kevin Hickey in English

Kevin Hickey, a former pitcher and assistant with the Chicago White Sox, died earlier today at the age of 56. The Chicago Tribune has a short story about Hickey, whom White Sox GM Roland Hemond called "a South Side kid made good."Hickey, after playing softball and semi-pro baseball, was discove ... More >>

Baseball Star Johnny Damon Gives UF Money to Build Lab on Remote Viking Island

As far as mash-ups go, this is one for the books. Johnny Damon -- the former long-haired, free-rocking, super-awesome Boston Red Sox outfielder turned short-haired, lame-o Yankee turned Cleveland Indian, ugh, Cleveland -- has decided to donate a bunch of money through h ... More >>

George Zimmerman Has More Support Than the Miami Marlins, New Florida Poll Finds

Public Policy Polling decided to pick Florida's collective brain last week, and results released yesterday shed light on some very interesting trends. The most interesting: 26 percent of Floridians polled said George Zimmerman is innocent of the second-degree murder charges filed in the February kil ... More >>

Logan Morrison Serves as the Wild Child for the Already Loony Miami Marlins

NYY Steak in the Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek: First Look

Meet your meat at NYY Steak. ​Would a former New York Mets star dine in a Yankees themed steak house in a casino in Coconut Creek? This is the question my dinner guest and I mulled over for the latter part of our meal at NYY Steak in the Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek on Thursday night. For the ... More >>

NYY Steak Opens in Expanded Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek

​If you're still riding high on NY pride after the Giants' big victory in Sunday's Super Bowl, you may want to give a look at the newest steak house to hit Broward County. The recently unveiled $150 million expansion of Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek includes the first Florida location of high-e ... More >>

Bucky Bleeping Dent: A Yankees Villain Just Too Damn Nice to Hate

That's Reggie Jackson on the left, the guy who's supposed to win you the game. And then the other guy, yeah, that's Bucky.​Growing up in southern New Hampshire as I did, kids knew there was one way to curse around parents and teachers. You put Bucky before the four-letter word and then Dent afterw ... More >>

The Formulas Work in "Moneyball," Starring Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman

Did Ryan LeVin Buy His Way Out Of Prison?

Broward Sheriff's OfficeRyan LeVin​Ryan LeVin -- the hard-partying, Porsche-driving, Brit-killing douchebag -- managed to escape prison time in his sentencing yesterday.Judge Barbara McCarthy sentenced LeVin to two years house arrest, ten years probation, and 1,000 hours of community service ... More >>

Turf Wars

Batter Up, or New York’s Not So Finest

Brazilians in South Florida Spend Millions, but They Aren't the Only Foreigners to Thank

farm3.static from Flickr.com​Shop till you drop has a whole new meaning. At least for Brazilians, that is. With a strong currency and booming economy, they've been flocking to Florida for lengthy shopping sprees, buying everything from designer jeans and handbags, to cheap shoes and cosmetics ... More >>

LeBron James Jerseys Go From Cleveland to the Backs of South Florida's Homeless

Tonight: World Series Watch Party at Duffy's

ajleon​It's October -- the time of year when the Florida Marlins either go to the World Series or end up with their best players being traded away and fans bitching about evil owner Jeffrey Loria. Tonight, it's the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants who are meeting at AT&T Park in Californ ... More >>

Nelson Diaz Went From Cuba's Best Ump to Just Another South Florida Transplant

Don't Eat at the Concession Stand, LeBron: Florida Stadium Food Worst in Health Code Violations

flickr.com​ESPN recently released a comprehensive study of concession food preparation conditions at all major professional sports stadiums and arenas in the United States and Canada. Specifically, it lists and ranks stadiums by the percentage of food or beverage vendors at each location cited for ... More >>

Steinbrenner's Fort Lauderdale Freakout

​As soon as we heard about the death of George Steinbrenner, we couldn't help but think about his Fort Lauderdale connection. After all, the Yankees did spend 33 spring-training years down here. Not all of those were good years, if memory serves, since more than once did ol' George pull one of tho ... More >>

For Polo Mogul John Goodman, Other Celebrity DUI Cases Offer Hope of Minimal Punishment

Facebook.comScott Wilson, 23, drowned in a canal after Goodman's Bentley crashed into his car.​As polo mogul John Goodman faces vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter charges for the Wellington car accident that led to the death of 23-year-old Scott Wilson, many wonder if he'll receive special le ... More >>

Stanton to the Rescue?

Weston Retiree Was Drafted Before Derek Jeter

Photobucket: Rocket1124Jeffrey Hammonds retired in 2005.​It's the second day of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, which must bring a wave of nostalgia for a Weston retiree named Jeffrey Hammonds. Eighteen years ago, he was the Stanford University outfielder selected as the fourth pick in th ... More >>

A Golden Ticket

Lauderdale High School Baseball Stars Taking Different Paths to Big Leagues

Flickr: jajohnson19Eric Hosmer​Eric Hosmer and Deven Marrero starred at first base and shortstop, respectively, for a 2008 American Heritage School team that won a state and national title. They were separated by a year, but both players were heavily recruited by the nation's elite baseball progra ... More >>

Top Five Foodies to Follow on Twitter

In the world of instant gratification, Twitter provides us with more quick and up-to-date information than we can actually swallow. With more than 50 million tweets per day, keeping up with the traffic has proven to be difficult. Since it's next to impossible to follow every foodie in the Twitterve ... More >>

Yankees' Whitey Ford Watching Series From Lauderdale Home

PhotobucketYanks pitcher Whitey Ford during his heyday.​They wear Speedos when it's 50 degrees. They're pushy in person and even pushier in a car. Then there's those nauseating accents... With November, the snowbirds are back in town, and the New York variety have something to celebrate: Their bel ... More >>

The Manatees, Baseball's Premier Fat-Guy Dance Squad, Shake Two Tons of Booty for Marlins Fans

I’m the Ross

Bombs Away

Bear Market Bruisers

Fish Stick?

Tales From the Serial Bowl

Marlins Vs. Mets

We Have Mets the Enemy

Rays Gun

Spring Sprang Sprung

Tiffany Lamps Are A Girl’s Best Friend

Boston's on the Beach

Preseasoning

Your 2007-08 Heat: Winless when it doesn’t count

Bronx Cheer for Boston's

The grub here will launch you toward the House that Ruth Built

Another Fins Fan

Fins Dockside

Keeping It Legal

Wonton Desires