LeBron James is a huge flopper. You know it. I know it. No question. The state rests its case. Sure, we now live in a world where the stout warriors of the NBA recklessly and ridiculously toss themselves on the ground like skinny Europeans on the pitch, but ‘Bron has…
President Barack Obama welcomed your NBA champion Miami Heat to the White House on Tuesday afternoon, reliving the glory that was the 2012-13 season and Ray Allen’s Game 6 shot and poking fun at Mario Chalmers. Obama, who is known for being a big basketball fan and has hosted LeBron…
The saga of the Pabst Plue Ribbon Festivus Pole has a happy ending. This famous pole, which was built by activist Chaz Stevens and erected in the rotunda of the Florida Capitol as a counterpoint to Nativity scenes on public property, has sold on eBay for $455…
Last week, we told you about the Pompano Beach teen who hooked a protected sandbar shark at the Pompano Beach Pier and then tried to hide it in the bushes so he wouldn’t get in trouble. But, thanks to the power of science and looking at things, it appears that…
SeaWorld was all set to celebrate its 50th anniversary at a swank restaurant in Manhattan’s meat-packing district, but its decision to feature two live penguins walking around like they’re waiters put the kibosh on that whole endeavor. Turns out the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) got ahold…
Orlando-based attorney and pro-medical marijuana advocate John Morgan has put $2.8 million into the effort to get the legalization of medical marijuana on the Florida ballot come November. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Morgan has given the folks at United for Care a $909,000 loan to advance the effort. Morgan…
When Boca Raton Police Officer Lora McHugh entered Sandra Snow’s bedroom around 4:30 p.m. on July 22, 2008, she found the plump 62-year-old lying face up on the bed, a green blanket pulled to her neck. Snow was dead. The officer checked for signs of foul play but found none…
It took almost a year, but Rick Scott has finally named himself a new Lt. Governor. And it’s Miami-Dade Property Appraiser, Carlos Lopez-Cantera. Scott announced his decision Tuesday morning. The Madrid, Spain-born Lopez-Cantera becomes Florida’s first Hispanic lieutenant governor, taking over for Jennifer Carroll, who resigned from the position last…
Orange juice — who doesn’t love it? Cold glass in the morning, with a fifth of vodka in the evening. Nature’s nectar. Well, can you imagine a world without it? Without oranges at all? Cue the sad music, because that just might be where we’re heading, with oranges inching closer…
It’s been more than three weeks since former Cardinal Gibbons teacher Mark Zmuda was fired from his vice principal position at Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish, Washington, for marrying a man. But despite a lengthy winter break, support for Zmuda has not lost momentum. Students continue to protest the…
It’s a modern-day dilemma: You’re in the middle of a fracas. Cops show up. You whip out your cell phone. You hit record. The cops — worried that you might have caught them in unflattering actions, afraid you may have gotten their “bad side,” or just under lots of pressure…
Two people were shot inside a Cobb Theater in the Tampa area, several media outlets are reporting. According to Pasco County authorities, one of the victims was shot for texting during movie previews during a screening of Lone Survivor. The shooting went down at the Grove 16 Cobb Theater at…
As we’ve reported numerous times here on the Pulp, great white sharks really love swimming in Florida waters. They’ve been popping up just miles from different beaches along the Florida coast and have seemed to make our state their top destination around this time of year. Like snowbirds, but with…
A lot of people in South Florida’s biking community were upset to see that Ray Strack, a leader of the monthly Critical Mass bike rides in Fort Lauderdale, got hit by a car while riding to get a loaf of bread on January 2. He is currently home recovering from…
Video footage of a Hollywood teen being held down by her friends and beaten before she was allegedly raped has been obtained by the media. The disturbing video, captured on a cell phone, shows Patricia Montes, 15, and Erica Avery, 16, brutally punching and kicking the victim and threatening her…
Twenty-one neglected horses were rescued from a Davie home this weekend, police say. Sixteen of the horses were taken take to Peaceful Ridge while the other four were taken to Pompano Beach. The horses were living in deplorable conditions on a three-acre property in Southwest Ranches in Davie. A neighbor…
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…
As you may recall, the Miami Heat completely obliterated the entire NBA last year en route to its second-consecutive championship (third overall for the franchise). So, as is custom in this great nation of ours, the president of the United States of America will be honoring the Heat at the…
Palm Beach County is experiencing heavy flooding, power outages, traffic jams, school closures, and just an overall feeling of soggy despair after receiving biblical amounts of rainfall Thursday and Friday morning. According to the National Weather Service, between 13 and 18 inches fell in some western regions of Delray Beach…
The Florida Panthers is the latest South Florida pro sports team that has decided to throw on some rags, put on the fingerless gloves, grab a tin cup, and start chanting. “Alms for the poor!” to the public. Yep. The Panthers — a franchise owned by a billionaire — much…
State representatives made drug law history yesterday when they held the first ever Florida legislative hearing on a specific medical therapeutic use of marijuana. The topic was “Charlotte’s Web” a strain of the demon weed said to be greatly effective in the treatment of pediatric epilepsy. In some folks’ view,…
Welcome to Dania Beach, the best little burg in all of Broward. All those other straight-laced towns up and down the coast, they have their “attractions,” their “travel” “destinations,” their “points” “of “interest.” But over in Dania, they get down and dirty with a special twist. This city was unique…
