Oh, Giancarlo. That power. Last night, the rest of baseball-watching America figured out what we already knew: Giancarlo Stanton is pretty much the strongest dude in the sport. So what if our beloved fauxhawk-wearing monster didn’t win the Home Run Derby — that honor would go to Yoenis Cespedes, the…
As of Monday morning, Miami Beach Police Sgt. Bobby Hernandez confirmed detectives are still trying to discern exactly what happened at Cameo Saturday night and whether the Pouncey brothers were involved in an alleged assault. An incident report was released in which two victims are named: a 32-year-old female named…
Did you even watch, bro? During yesterday’s World Cup Final — Germany beat Argentina 1-0, by the way, if you’ve been in a dark room with nothing but good memories and your tears since LeBron James announced he was, you know, never mind — a young man bolted onto the…
A man says Dolphins center Mike Pouncey and his brother Maurkice assaulted him at Cameo Nightclub in Miami Beach last night, where the often-troubled Dolphins center and his twin behemoth brother were holding their annual birthday bash. UPDATE 2: Here’s our Monday morning update on the investigation, including the incident…
Police in Ocala yesterday responded to a public call about an apparently crazed woman doing yoga in the middle of a road. On their way to the scene, someone else phoned 911 to inform them the lady had begun “stripping in the streets,” according to the probable cause affidavit. Wearing…
Back in April, residents of Lake Mary (a small Florida town outside Orlando) said they’d seen a neighbor feeding a black bear. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) workers went to see what was up, only to find several bears responding to officers, looking and expecting food. A number…
Eddie Wayne Davis, from Polk County, will be the seventh execution in the State of Florida so far this year when — at 6 p.m. today — he’s injected with midazolam hydrochloride, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride. In 1994, when Davis was 25, he was in a community development in…
Some backstory: Michael Irvin, former Miami Hurricane legend and ESPN NFL analyst, is tight with Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon. The young wideout has had a history of substance abuse troubles with marijuana, and he’s facing a potential yearlong ban for multiple failed tests. Cris Carter, a former Minnesota Vikings…
One day after it was pointed out that we live in the most dangerous state in the country for lightning strikes, well, lightning struck. Nick Carman, a 25-year-old from Cooper City, was sitting in a tree yesterday at about 1 p.m. when he was struck and sent sideways from the…
Earlier today, Broward and Fort Lauderdale officials, All Aboard Florida reps and architects spoke about the upcoming passenger rail service. The original All Aboard plan called for service from Miami to Orlando, but the trains will stop only in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach beginning in 2016. “As…
This past July 4 holiday, a South Florida man was struck by lightning while grilling in his back yard. He fell into a canal and family members told a local news station he couldn’t feel his legs. He survived, but so far this year in Florida, four people have been…
Meet the newest threat to Florida’s face. The Argentine Black and White Tegu Lizard — native to Argentina and parts of South America — was found in Florida first back in the early 2000s. Thanks to an ability to withstand cold and reproduce rapidly, the lizards aren’t going away –…
A 20-year-old South Florida woman named Melissa Acosta and one other woman (unidentified for now) were detained in Cuba this week for allegedly trying to smuggle in synthetic weed. El Nuevo Herald reported that Acosta’s mother — Jenny Valdes — had told a local CBS affiliate that her daughter has…
A Florida gentlemen’s club — Bliss Caberet in Clearwater — is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a suit that alleges that the club’s owner maintains racially discriminatory practices. After a black bartender was hired, according to the suit, club owner Michael Tomkovich instructed a…
Last night, ESPN business reporter/professional troll Darren Rovell tweeted out a photo supposedly taken by a waitress at Upper Deck Sports Bar and Grille in Hallandale Beach. The picture was of a nearly $70 bill, left with no check and the words “Boy’s Don’t Tip” scrawled in cursive. And the…
For more than a decade, Florida has had a prescription pill problem. In 2010, 89 percent of all Oxycodone sold in the country came from here and at the same time, 98 of the 100 doctors who prescribed the greatest amounts of Oxycodone from their offices did so from Florida…
Earlier this month at InventHelp’s INPEX 2014 — the largest invention trade show in the country, held in Pittsburgh — medals were given out in 40 categories, with more than 300 inventors vying for the hardware. A Boca man named Mart Goodall took home a gold medal in the Sports…
Adam Kuperstein and Channing Crowder host the 1-3 p.m. midday show on 560-WQAM in South Florida. And over the last weeks and months as we creep ever closer to that glorious day when LeBron returns makes his decision, Kup (as he’s known) and Crowder (a colorful and honest former Miami…
Earlier today, newly drafted Miami Heat point guard Shabazz Napier appeared at a news conference and was introduced by Pat Riley, who told the media there would be no questions about free agency, then retreated to his office to work on getting LeBron back. Head Coach Erik Spoelstra and Napier…
Earlier today the lawsuit George Zimmerman had filed against NBC — and three reporters, on the basis of defamation — was dismissed by Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Zimmerman filed the suit in 2012 and accused the outlet of “yellow journalism”. This came after NBC…
Remember Jim Carrey’s 1998 hit The Truman Show? As pointed out by Justin King, the movie was filmed in a hushed and peaceful Northwest Florida town: “Walton County is a part of Florida that is so crime-free, you can leave your doors unlocked. When Hollywood location scouts were looking for…
Ah, the Fourth of July. Fireworks, hot dogs, family, and ‘MERICA, dammit. It’s fun. But if you’re in Florida, it’s also dangerous. Down here, we look for illegal fireworks (that would be anything that flies through the air or explodes), and often we have too much fun take shit too…
