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Music Is the Sex in Iron Maiden's Metal Marriage

Lady Gaga to Make Stadium-Sized Return to South Florida

Spate of SoFla Bank Robberies is Dramatic, but Not Unusual

​This past week saw a series of headline-friendly bank robberies in South Florida. Two of them involved bomb threats scribbled on notes, in which the offenders were arrested within minutes of the attempted robberies. The most recent, at the BankAtlantic branch on Fairway Drive in Deerfield, was mo ... More >>

Former Football Player Provides Top South Florida Sports Highlight of the Weekend

Esther Lin/StrikeforceFormer Heisman trophy winner, 47-year-old Herschel Walker, pounded 26-year-old Greg Nagy for 12 minutes before the TKO.​The Pro Bowl is inarguably the worst event in professional sports. The game of football, replete with epic playbooks, chemistry that takes years to build, a ... More >>

Herschel Walker Will Make MMA Debut In Sunrise

flickr.com​Herschel Walker may be the greatest athlete of our lifetimes, a modern-day Jim Thorpe of sorts. Now Walker, who will turn 48 next year, is bringing that athleticism to South Florida. And by "athleticism," of course I mean some blend of Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, and ballet ass-kicking abil ... More >>

Fans Schmans! Florida Panthers Will Try to Make Playoff Run Without Home Crowd

Last night your forgotten Florida Panthers did something they've been doing a lot lately: They went on the road and beat the hell out of someone. In this case, the Buffalo Sabres, 6-2. It was the team's fourth victory in the last five road games. Suddenly, a team that started the season by winning j ... More >>

Hallelujah

Concert review: Leonard Cohen at BankAtlantic Center.

In Fort Lauderdale Post-Naugle, Hockey Players Encouraged to "Bond" on the Beach

Flickr: Peter EllisTraditionally, the Flyers' "team bonding events" involve pummeling men with different jerseys.​The Philadelphia Flyers just arrived in town to play our Panthers -- on Friday night. That means the team has four days and three nights to kill before they suit up in the BankAtlantic ... More >>

Your Undefeated Florida Panthers!

​Looks like the Panthers like playing in front of big crowds. In Helsinki, they won their opening game of the season against the Chicago Blackhawks, a team that's a fashionable pick to win the Stanley Cup.David Booth overcame the Juice jinx, scoring the tying goal with less than three minutes left ... More >>

Kimbo Slice Is Coming Back!!

flickr.com He's mean-looking, but how will he fare against the big boys? The last time we saw Kimbo Slice (aka Kevin Ferguson) he was on his knees at the BankAtlantic Center​ getting punched in the head by a pink-haired smoothie salesman. In 14 seconds, it seemed his mixed martial arts  ... More >>

More Losses, No TARP $ for BankAtlantic

Pretty sparse and mellow for a bank run... Oh! It's just a Panthers game at the BankAtlantic Center. Fort Lauderdale-based BankAtlantic is, like most big banks, getting crushed by home loans that aren't paying -- the dreaded "toxic assets." But unlike the biggest banks in the nation, BankAtlant ... More >>

If It's Late June, It Must Be Time for the Panthers to Ditch Their Best Player

Flickr User: Burns!Will the last Panther fan in South Florida please turn off the lights in the BankAtlantic? Late Friday, star defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was traded to the Calgary Flames for... well... nothing.As a hockey fan who wants to see the team thrive in South Florida, I tried to give manage ... More >>

Caution: You Are Now Entering the Double-Entendre Zone

Flickr User: Burns!Will the last Panther fan in South Florida please turn off the lights in the BankAtlantic? Late Friday, star defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was traded to the Calgary Flames for... well... nothing.As a hockey fan who wants to see the team thrive in South Florida, I tried to give manage ... More >>

BankAtlantic Seduced by Lingerie, Not Lacrosse

Flickr User: misterand3rsonFor the attention of sports fans, lacrosse must compete with her.When I heard that there would be a lingerie football franchise in South Florida, the Miami Caliente, who would be playing their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, my first thought was of the terrify ... More >>

Does Kemp's Death Alter Deal for Panthers?

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Gadfly Chaz Stevens brought down a couple Deerfield Beach politicians

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Last Night: Coldplay at BankAtlantic Center

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Last Night: SummerFest 2008 at BankAtlantic Center

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Last Night: The Cure at BankAtlantic Center

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Come Get Funky With Obama

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Last Night: BB King at the BankAtlantic Center

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Last Night: Foo Fighters at BankAtlantic Center

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Free Art!

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Last Night: Beyonce at the BankAtlantic Center

Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

Deck the Halls With Waste and Folly

Just don't ask too many questions about a sweetheart trash contract in Florida's most complacent city

Deck the Halls With Waste and Folly

Just don't ask too many questions about a sweetheart trash contract in Florida's most complacent city

Ramp Vamps

A spooky skate session

Selected Events for the Week of October 27, 2005

A spooky skate session

Junior Mints

A spooky skate session

The Matrix: Unloaded

Hank Asher's just the guy to set up a futuristic terrorist-tracking system, but the cops don't trust him