The NCAA is learning that it’s hard swing around the morality stick when you’re own ethics are under question. After the organization dropped official allegations on the University of Miami athletic program last week, head Hurricane Donna Shalala came out with some choice words of her own, calling on the…
The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times’ crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e. picnic, lightening.)…
Last week in federal court, the mastermind behind one of the country’s largest synthetic drug production outfits ended what could have been a bruising legal drama by pleading guilty. Dyan Harrison was the top guy behind Mr. Nice Guy, a synthetic-weed brand on the kush-end of the scale in terms…
Last night in Coral Gables, the UM men’s basketball team extended its winning streak with a last-minute, stress-inducing decision over Virginia. Unlike high-wire finesse wins over Duke and UNC, the Hurricanes recent match-ups against ACC competition like Florida State, Clemson, and now Virginia have all been mud-splattered and grimy, tough…
The Miami Hurricanes are now the second-best college hoops program in the country. Better than Duke, UNC, Florida, Louisville, and all the other usual suspects, according to a hot-off-the-press AP poll. Does that sound weird to you? All season, Jim Larranaga’s senior-hearty squad has been defying expectations, particularly on the…
Floridians, you wonderfully crazy bastards, what will you do next?Look, we all know that the by-the-books approach to nuptials is nice in a kind of vanilla ice cream sort of way… but really, if you’ve seen one of those, you’ve seen them all. Sometimes, the bold among us steer their…
The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times’ crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., darts, board, hangover-shaky hands.)…
Next time you swing by grandma’s for some of her world-class oatmeal raisin, the cookies might not be the only thing that’s freshly baked. South Florida’s all-powerful Social Security set has possibly had increased exposure to the wonders of medical marijuana thanks to a new informercial. Since November, “Should Grandma…
So what exactly does a public display of behind-the-wheel pocket hockey have to do with six murdered cows and a 911 call about a cat being denied access to a strip club (that is, besides being the mise-en-scène for your next ‘shroomed out mind-movie, and you’re very welcome)? Easy, all…
By halftime on Saturday at the BankUnited Center, while most of the sold-out crowd was twisting out their necks trying to get an eyeful of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade courtside, the national beat writers and TV analysts holed up in the media room were already tossing around the question:…
At some point, a Carol City-bred corrections officers named William Leonard Roberts II stepped inside a phone booth and popped out as Rick Ross, a slow-jawing hip-hop He-Man. Although the Bawse preaches a drug-slinging, drive-by braggadocio, the gangster lifestyle — as the media and haters have been quick to point…
The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times’ crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., taking the square root of the Sun Life Stadium upgrade price tag . . . err . . . which button is…
So like we were totally in traffic court the other day and who comes up as the presiding robe on my docket but ugh omg Judge Sanders — right, the same creep-o who was jamming up my Facebook page with friend requests last spring break. I know, totally f-king awkward,…
Riding a nine-game winning streak and perfect 8-0 ACC score card, the University of Miami’s men’s basketball program hit another milestone yesterday: a spot on the Associated Press’ top 10. According to the number crunchers, the team is currently the eighth best in the country. Those new bragging rights are…
Even though she’s been out of custody and ducking underground for the last year and a half, it’s been a busy few weeks for America’s most hated parental unit. The latest updates came with a one-two punch: first, word that an appellant court had decided to drop two of the…
The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times’ crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., charting where all those 18 shell casings fell on Las Olas, then comparing with a map of the zodiac)…
The information swirling around about the Rick Ross shooting right now is fat on rumor, light on facts. But among the speculation passing from mouth to mouth is that the gunfire directed at the rap mogul was connected to his well-publicized beef with the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago-based gangbanger outfit…
Since his arrest on dubious drug charges back in 2009, reggae superstar Buju Banton has been caught up in a rolling legal circus. His first federal trial closed with hung jury. A second ended with a guilty verdict and a ten-year sentence; the follow-up appeals go-around might land the defendant…
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has confirmed that the Bawse was behind the wheel of the Rolls-Royce that crashed into a downtown storefront following gunfire on Monday morning. The police have also ID’d who was riding shotgun: Shateria L. Moragne-el. A quick dip into the backwaters of pop-culture gossip shows…
We’re pretty much at the middle mark for the first-ever Florida Python Challenge, the dubious public service free-for-all the state cooked up to control the dangerous number of Burmese pythons slithering around the state. The challenge started January 12, when some 800 hunters went head-first into the Glades looking for…
Two charges down, two more to go — that’s the tally for Casey Anthony the horrible human being Florida mother woman who wiggled her way out of murder charges related to the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Today an appeals court tossed out two of Anthony’s remaining convictions, charges for…
The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times’ crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm. (i.e., “Is that a rhino in the Magic Eye? Can you see the rhino? No, not a kiwi, a rhino. Just give me…
