Heating Up?

Nets prove formidable foes WED 5/4 Midway through this NBA season, the Miami Heat boasted the top record in the league, Dwyane Wade looked to be the second-best player from his draft class, and Shaq was the sole name on everyone’s very short list of MVP candidates. Over the past…

Chaos Ensues

Ladies’ nights typically consist of cheap drink specials, mud/Jell-O wrestling, or a Girls Gone Wild combination of the two. Most women have come to realize that perhaps these promotional evenings serve XY chromosomes better than the XX. In retaliation, estrogen-fueled droves of dames have been taking the high road for…

Wine Not?

TUE 4/12 If you’re more of a boozer than a foodie, think of this as the opportunity to reform yourself — while still catching a decent buzz. The Himmarshee Bar and Grill (210 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale) will school you in the finer points of quaffing during complimentary winetastings…

Pro Volleyball

FRI 4/1 The 2005 Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) season is here. It’s time for the best and brightest in the world of beach volleyball to serve, set, and spike on the Fort Lauderdale sand. The AVP Nissan Series Fort Lauderdale Open begins Friday on North Side Beach adjacent to…

Bat Boys

Spring training continues THU 3/24 Grapefruit League Spring Training is in full swing in this, the third full week of exhibition baseball. No more one-and-done games for the stars, in which they get a single at-bat cameo and a couple of measly innings in the field. There are fewer split-squad…

Embrace the Abyss

Josh Kornbluth shows us how to really live THU 3/24 What a charmed life Josh Kornbluth leads. You know you’ve arrived when you’re cashing in on your own IRS disaster. Who would you envy more? The man smiling with four aces? Or the man smiling in the face of a…

Stargazing

Celebrities, stars, and Sin FRI 3/18 Celebrities are just like you and me — they put their pants on one leg at a time. It’s just that once their pants are on, they make gold records, catch touchdown passes, and emit immeasurable cool. That’s why, when a chance to rub…

On the Ball

Globetrotters rock the striped shorts in Boca MON 3/7 If you’re wondering why the Harlem Globetrotters didn’t make it to the NBA playoffs last season, it’s because the Globetrotters aren’t in the NBA! In fact, they’re not in any league — they just play the same old team — the…

A Hot, Sweaty…

Tax write-off! FRI 2/24 Ever have that dream in which you’re trapped in a smoky room when suddenly the door is kicked open and you feel your limp body being lifted to safety by strong, sweaty arms? If you haven’t, you should. It’s hot — firefighter hot! Turn that fantasy…