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Clinic Owner to Testify Against Alex Rodriguez, Baseball Players in Performance-Enhancing Drug Scandal

New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez -- baseball's highest-paid player-- is reportedly facing a 100-game suspension from Major League Baseball if found to have used performance-enhancing drugs. About 20 athletes, including Milwaukee Brewer and University of Miami alum Ryan Braun, will reportedly ... More >>

Acting President of FAU Pushed Chick-fil-A Stadium Naming Deal, Former A.D. Says

"Can't anybody here play this game?" -- Baseball manager Casey Stengel, about the 1962 New York Mets, whose 120 losses are the most by any MLB team in one season in the 20th century. See also: - Chick-fil-A Stadium: FAU Considered Homophobic Firm Hapless Florida Atlantic University president Mary ... More >>

Everybody’s Doing the Fish

Pain & Gain Star The Rock Lives in Broward County: 8 "Celebrities" Who Could Be Your Neighbors

Miami, Florida and Hollywood, California are known for the best places to spot celebrities. Oohh there's Jon Hamm. Ooh look, George Clooney! Pfft. Whatever. We all know the sexiest place on the planet is Broward friggin County. Know who else knows that?The Rock. He lives there. Other celebritie ... More >>

When Jay Miscovich Found a Multimillion-Dollar Haul of Emeralds, Mel Fisher's Treasure-Hunting Family Attacked

Obama and Tiger Woods Play Round of Golf in Palm City

Being president is tough. You have to fix everything, congress is constantly blocking every decision you make, and people and news networks accuse you of being a dirty socialist tyrant all the live long day. But then you also get to play golf with Tiger Woods, so it all evens out. Barack Obama met ... 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 >>

Wayne Huizenga Gets a Boulevard Named After Him in Fort Lauderdale as a Birthday Gift

When you celebrate a birthday, your friends buy you a Hallmark card and make fun of you for being old and then take you out for drinks. But when rich people celebrate a birthday, their friends name a whole street after them. Business magnate; Waste Management and Blockbuster founder; onetime owner ... More >>

Connie Mack Closing Gap With Bill Nelson, According to Poll

According to a new Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, it seems that Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy The Fourth is gaining on Sen. Bill Nelson. What once seemed like an insurmountable lead has shrunk with Connie Mack now down by only three points, 47 perce ... More >>

Gay Athletes Go Public

Free Taco Bell For Stolen Bases During World Series: The Promo (and Series) Start Today

When the Tigers blew the Yankees out of the running for the 2012 MLB World Series, lots of South Florida baseball fans probably checked out of the event altogether. But even if you're not rooting for the Tigers or the San Francisco Giants, Taco Bell has devised a reason to keep people invested in th ... More >>

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 "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 >>

Cuban Radio Is Dying Because of Aging Hardliners and Miami's Changing Market

South Florida Dining Events This Weekend: Hang With Steve Martorano and More

It's the calm before the storm of season; a relatively quiet weekend in the South Florida dining scene. But if your appetite for entertainment won't be satiated by sitting home and watching the 2012 Olympics (Still with that?) there are a few reasons to head out the door. After the jump, find a list ... More >>

Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer Begins His Next Chapter

Take Me Out to the Ball Game — Seriously

The Sun-Sentinel is Now Owned by JPMorgan Chase and Some Hedge Funds; God Help Us All

Previously: What if new Sun-Sentinel owners decide to sell?If you hadn't noticed, it's a hell of a time to be in the newspaper business. Last month, we wondered aloud about the imminent sale of the Tribune newspaper company -- which includes our local beacon of truth and coupons, the Sun-Sentinel -- ... More >>

Sid Rosenberg Returns for WFAN Radio Segment

See also: Sid Rosenberg Arrested for DUI, and His Addictions, in His Own WordsEmbattled South Florida radio host Sid Rosenberg made a guest appearance at one of his old haunts earlier today: He called into New York radio station 660 WFAN as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations -- he traded st ... More >>

Marlins Outfielder Mike Stanton No Longer Mike Stanton

​The man in right field for the Miami Marlins has "Stanton" written on the back of his jersey, but the name on his baseball cards will be changing, according to the Associated Press.The Home Run Artist Formerly Known as Mike Stanton would like it to be known that he wishes to be called Giancarlo S ... More >>

Robert Childs' Top Five Videogames in Honor of Retro Arcade Night

​Gamer nerds and just plain old nerds will all be thrilled to know that "Retro Arcade Night" is back at Arcade Game Sales this Friday. After its December debut, gamers weren't done playing their favorite classic videogames. Robert Childs, founder and owner of Arcade Game Sales, is the guy who ... More >>

How Insiders Use the College Bowl System to Loot American Universities

Anheuser-Busch's New Arrivals: Bud Light Platinum and Baby Clydesdale

Anheuser-BuschLaRussa and mom, Pam grazing in the fields​Beer giant Anheuser-Busch has announced that they will debut Bud Lite Platinum in January.The new brew will contain 6% alcohol by volume, making it a higher alcohol content than the current Bud Light, which contains 4.2%. We're sure this wil ... More >>

Florida Panthers Draftee Rocco Grimaldi Not a Big Fan of Boobies

​Rocco Grimaldi, drafted 33rd in this year's NHL draft by the Florida Panthers, loves Jesus -- there's no doubt about that.As far as boobies go, Grimaldi would prefer the ladies keep those bad boys covered up. And he's expressing his grievances on Twitter.Whereas Florida Marlins outfielder Logan M ... More >>

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

Baseball and Brews: Beer Sampling and Game at Roger Dean Stadium Saturday

​What's a George Steinbrenner without a Billy Martin or a Tom Glavin without A Greg Maddux? Probably like a baseball game without beer.You can assure a happy marriage of the two Saturday night at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, when Baseball and Brews comes to the same field that hosts the popular ... More >>

Gary Carter, Despite Brain Cancer, Returning as Palm Beach Atlantic University Skipper

metsmerizedonline.comGary Carter next to his Hall of Fame bust.​Using the catch phrase of Chicago Cubs/Arizona Diamondbacks legend Mark Grace, Gary Carter is "big league."Carter, the Hall of Fame catcher who spent the majority of his career playing for the Montreal Expos and New York Mets, is retu ... More >>

Total Recall: Can It Happen in Broward?

As we watch the images of the common folks -- and multimillionaire Norman Braman -- celebrating in Miami over the successful recall of Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas, it's easy to wonder: Can it happen here? Can the people in Broward County dump the co ... More >>

Bernie Madoff Breaks His Silence, Says Banks and Hedge Funds Turned a Blind Eye

via www.jamesallen.com​Bernard Madoff, the Ponzi villain with Palm Beach roots in real estate and scorned investors, told the New York Times that banks and hedge funds handling his fortune turned a blind (an perhaps unlawful) eye to his criminal schemes. The Times article is based on a prison inte ... More >>

Experts Say a Deputy's Tale About Getting Shot Doesn't Add Up

The Futility of Using the Blackhawks "Blueprint" With the Florida Panthers

Flickr: van-murphThe Panthers present a much bigger challenge than Tallon had with the Hawks.​Last week former Chicago Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon was hired for the same position by our humble Florida Panthers. Tallon's stock is high, if only because the Hawks team he assembled is now o ... More >>

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