Watch LeBron James Sing “Back That Azz Up”

Miami Heat forward Shane Battier hosted the third annual South Beach Battioke event Monday night, where Heat players are given the opportunity to grab a mic and sing karaoke as loudly and poorly as they want. The event, which was held at the Fillmore Theater in Miami Beach, and raised…

Charlie Crist Says He’ll Vote for Medical Marijuana

Former Florida Governor and Currently Running To Be Florida Governor Again, Charlie Crist, says that he will vote for the legalization of medical marijuana in Florida. On Monday, the Florida Supreme Court approved to have a constitutional amendment to legalize medical weed be put on the ballot this November. In…

Snow in Florida? Forecasters Issue Winter Storm Warning

We tried to warn you people! Now it may be too late! The Snowpocalypse is headed straight for us, and forecasters are saying that Florida might get pelted with ice, sleet and maybe even snow. The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for northern Florida, particularly the panhandle…

Rick Ross Shooting One Year Later: Investigation Remains Open

The time does fly. It was just a year ago today that the thug life fantasies of one of rap’s biggest names (not to mention biggest guts, not to mention biggest bullshit artists?) came to life in a blast of gunfire on Fort Lauderdale’s poshest street. Rick Ross (aka Ricky…

Florida Supreme Court Approves Medical Marijuana Initiative

In the week the Super Bowl is being played by two cities (Seattle, Denver) in states that legalize pot, Florida just got that much closer to being a part of the blaze. The Florida Supreme Court has approved to have a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana be put on…

Pet Sales Slowly Being Banned in Broward and Palm Beach

Cities in Broward and Palm Beach are slowly adding their names to a growing list of places in South Florida that ban the commercial sale of pets. According to the Sun-Sentinel, Coconut Creek just became the latest municipality to get on the no-pets-sale bandwagon, in an attempt to curb overbreeding,…

Trey Radel to Resign from Congress, According to Spokesperson

Well, that’s apparently all she wrote for the “Hip Hop Conservative.” Rep. Trey Radel is expected to resign from congress, a spokesperson for the congressman says. Radel, who reps the 19th Congressional District in the Fort Myers-Naples area, was arrested on October 29 for “unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally” possessing “a…

Rick Scott To Ask For More Money For Public Schools

Gov. Rick Scott is expected to ask for more money for schools on Monday. His aides are calling his morning presser “an historic announcement,” though he did this last year, and is expected to ask for less this time around. Scott will be hitting up S.D. Spady Elementary School in…

Mug-Shot Monday: Kanye Nickname Generator Edition

You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to this week’s Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Note: On Mug-Shot Mondays, we don’t put the names associated with the shots. This…

Florida Man Eats Bag of Cocaine in Front of Cops

A Florida man sat in his car, pulled out a bag of cocaine, ripped it open like a bag of Tostitos, and began eating the coke. All in full view of police officers. Gainesville police say they spotted the man sitting in the passenger seat of a car parked in…

Blackfish Filmmakers Challenge SeaWorld to Debate

The filmmakers behind Blackfish and The Cove have challenged SeaWorld to a public debate on the issues the documentary has brought up and the park’s assertions that it’s nothing but propaganda from a group of extremists. The Oceanic Preservation Society has put out a news release and thrown down the…

LeBron James Shows Support for Richard Sherman on Twitter

LeBron James has jumped in on the Richard Sherman controversy via Twitter, and officially backed the Seattle Seahawks cornerback on Thursday morning. Sherman has been in the middle of an internet-driven maelstrom ever since his post-game interview following last Sunday’s NFC Championship game when he yelled at the camera about…