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Everybody’s Doing the Fish

How Russell Faibisch Built Ultra Music Festival — and Whom He's Battled Along the Way

Jeffrey Loria Wrote Everyone A Letter, All Is Well Again!

Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has had just about enough of all the criticisms and finger-pointing at his taking a giant heaping dump on South Florida and baseball in general, thank you. So it's time to tell HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. And so he did. Loria took out a full page ad in the Sunday morning edi ... More >>

Ryan Braun, Francisco Cervelli Confirm They Were Clients of Tony Bosch

On Tuesday, a week and a day after Miami New Times published online a report describing hundreds of pages of records from the office of a Coral Gables clinic, Biogenesis, the first professional baseball players have acknowledged involvement with owner Anthony Bosch. In statements issued Tuesday to ... More >>

Jeb Bush Tried to Buy the Miami Marlins

The Miami Marlins held a fan/player meet-and-greet at the Hollywood Dave & Busters last night where they literally could have dressed the guy who hands out prize tickets in a suit and told people he was one of the new players and no one would have batted an eye. Meanwhile, word from the Miami H ... More >>

New Times' Biogenesis Story: Extraordinary Attention and Denials

A story broken yesterday in New Times Broward-Palm Beach and Miami New Times has received astounding national and international attention.The piece, which employed hundreds of pages of handwritten notes to show that major sports stars had received performance-enhancing drugs from a Coral Gables clin ... More >>

Top Ten Films Shot in Fort Lauderdale

Everyone knows Miami is the place Hollywood goes calling when it wants sexy done right. Various films, from The Godfather, Part II to Scarface to Pain & Gain, have been shot in the Magic City. But what many don't know is that a lot of films were also shot in Fort Lauderdale. And we're not just ... More >>

Miami Marlins Have Traded Everyone: Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, Emilio Bonafacio, and Maybe More

After swindling the entire city of Miami, then building their tax-laden $560 million stadium and promising everyone they were going "all in," the Miami Marlins have decided to gut their roster and trade away ace pitcher Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Jose Reyes, John Buck, and Emilio Bonifacio to ... More >>

Gay Athletes Go Public

Ozzie Guillen Fired By the Miami Marlins

In keeping with the long and storied tradition of blaming the managers and never, ever the decision making by the ownership and front office, the Miami Marlins have announced that they have fired manager Ozzie Guillen. Marlins baseball operations president Larry Beinfest released a statement: "Aft ... More >>

Miami Marlins Keep Lying About Stadium

Miami Marlins "Aggressively Seeking to Replace" Ozzie Guillen, According to Report

The Miami Marlins are a damn mess. They traded away a bunch of good players for a bunch of not-so-good players. They've had horrible attendance all year. They've lied about the stadium from the word GO. And now, thanks to a terrible owner, a horrendous general manager, and a stripped down talent ... More >>

Larry Beinfest to be Fired by Miami Marlins Next Week, According to Report

The Miami Marlins had what you might call a bit of a crappy season. Even though they entered this year super excited about their brand new stadium, their brand new $100 million payroll, their brand new shortstop, their brand new closer, their brand new manager, and being featured on Showtime's The F ... More >>

Obama: "We Win Florida, We Win The Election"

President Obama was in Florida yesterday during a bus tour, hitting up Melbourne, West Palm Beach, and inexplicably getting a bear hug from a pizza guy. Obama spoke to roughly 6,000 people at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, telling them that if he can win Florida, he will win the election. ... More >>

How to Speak Republican: Leaked Document Reveals the Secrets of the GOP's Coded Language

Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer Begins His Next Chapter

Casey Anthony's Lawyer Writing Tell-All Book; You Can Pre-Order It

Texas-based BenBella Books announced yesterday that Jose Baez, the South Florida attorney who successfully defended Casey Anthony on murder charges, will be releasing a book in July that "exposes shocking, never-before-revealed, exclusive information from the trial of the century."Although the annou ... More >>

Logan Morrison's Obnoxious Twitter Feed Is Exactly What's Great About Baseball

​There are a lot of ways to describe Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison's attitude. Brash, maybe, or better yet, obnoxious. Some would say inappropriate, and the Marlins brass would most certainly add unprofessional. Take a look at his much-followed Twitter feed and you'll see posts that are all of ... More >>

How Insiders Use the College Bowl System to Loot American Universities

Marco Rubio Butt-Kissing Won't Help GOP Candidates Win Florida, According to Poll

​There's been a common theme among this year's GOP presidential candidates -- firmly planting their lips on the buttcheeks of Sen. Marco Rubio and dropping his name as a potential running mate.If that's a ploy to win Florida in a general election, it won't help, according to survey results release ... More >>

David Bogenschutz and Ex-Broward Judge Ana Gardiner Possibly Engaged, According to Report

mariahburton.blogspot.com​About a year after former Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner resigned from her post amid a Judicial Qualifications Commission inquiry over allegations of a relationship with a former prosecutor, she's now reported to be engaged to the lawyer who defended her through ... More >>

Losing Battle: Fort Lauderdale's Most Elite School -- Pine Crest -- Reels From 99 Days of Ill-Fated Leadership

Jack McKeon Making a Comeback as Marlins Skipper

25yearsofbaseball.com​Trader Jack is back.Jack McKeon, manager of the 2003 Florida Marlins World Series-winning club, is taking back his old post at the age of 80.Edwin Rodríguez called it quits on the Fish, who have lost 11 straight amid a 1-19 record in June and a 32-41 record on the season -- ... More >>

Moquila to Be Reborn in Boca

​Moquila is dead! Long live Moquila!  Perhaps that's being a bit over-dramatic, but it's true. The old Moquila has bit the eternal agave. But come June 14, the new Moquila will be born in the same space on Southeast Mizner Boulevard, albeit with a new owner, chef and menu. In order, that woul ... More >>

Did Bobby Kent Invent "Da Da Da Da Da Da Charge!" or Steal It?

Bobby Kent​You know at a stadium, when they play that "Charge!" thing over the PA? It's the kind of annoying tradition that people never stop and think about -- and certainly people never wonder who first came up with it.Well Bobby Kent (pictured), co-owner of Pompano Beach's Hollbrand Music Publi ... More >>

UPDATED: Leyritz Acquitted of DUI Manslaughter

Associated Press No more tears for Leyritz.​UPDATED: Judge Marc Gold just issued a directed verdict in the former baseball star's favor on the DUI manslaughter charge, a reliable courthouse source tells me. But Leyritz may still be convicted of a second mansla ... More >>

Charlie Crist Sends Pitch Sailing in Giant Metaphor of His Campaign

Things already looked piss poor for Gov. Charlie Crist. The most recent poll had him down 12 points, and some speculated that Marco Rubio had the Senate race locked up.But Crist had political gold awaiting. The Tampa Bay Rays had invited the light-footed governor to throw out the first pitch in game ... More >>

Joe Girardi: A Big Fish Who Left Our Small Pond

PhotobucketFormer Marlins manager, now as a NYY​For a third-hand manager, Joe Girardi's doing pretty well for himself.  In 2006, the Marlins fired the feisty Girardi after he got a verbal altercation with team owner Jeffrey Loria. Then Girardi's longtime team, the Chicago Cubs had a chance to ... More >>

The Naked Truth

Waterfront Plunge

It's better down where it's wetter

Not Normel

Eric Goertz did a lot of damage with his spray cans. But he's not the big tagger fish cops sought.

Got Game?

At this bar, you can watch baseball. The food is competitive too.

A Single Hair

After a severely flawed trial, Michael Rivera was convicted of killing a little girl. New DNA evidence may help him.