As the Miami Heat has hit a stride of domination over the past few weeks, LeBron James has said publicly that he's beginning to enjoy his new "villain" role. (Especially, it seems, when it comes to the King's former kingdom.) And to that end, last night was a fantastic kick...
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Lamberti wants to close the transient loophole.They've been exiled to sleep under bridges and on benches. They've been banned from hanging out in places where children gather. Now Broward sheriff's officials say county sex offenders are lying about being homeless.House Bill 119, a state measure passed last year to prevent...
LeBron James is not a subtle man. Not in the way he plays, not in the way he advertises, not in the way he chooses where to take his talents, and certainly not when it comes to birthday cakes.Last weekend, South Florida's least inconspicuous professional athlete threw himself quite the...
LeBron James' decision to flee his northeast Ohio hometown for the warmth of the Miami Heat this year ripped a hole in the basketball universe. For those who were living under a rock and missed the hype, here are the highlights of his long, strange journey:6.A local comedian enlists Cleveland...
People who keep regular dining hours are not morally superior to people who don't. It just makes you feel like a lowlife when restaurants shut their doors in your face at 10 p.m., after the last of the respectable dinner crowd has finished its daily feeding and trickled out. Dinner...
Calling up an escort is supposed to usher in an hour or two (or, hell, 20 minutes) of pleasure and release. It's not supposed to cause headaches. Sometimes instead of getting a happy ending, you feel chafed -- and not in a good way. Or at least those are some...
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Ever get news that you know is supposed to be bad, but it's actually kind of awesome? Like when your parents are really solemn about getting divorced but you're like, woo, two Christmases? This is one of those times: The Alliance for Worker Freedom released its biannual report that analyzes...
Earlier this week we told you about how the anonymous, dancing FAU student known as "Green Mann" held an official unveiling ceremony. Though it was the middle of the day during end-of-semester exams -- one of the reasons Green Mann kept the ceremony so short -- there were still more...
In this video, made last Friday on what activists deemed "Fur Free Friday," a local animal rights crusader named Josh Durden takes a camera into several high-end clothing stores to ask the employees selling fur what they think of the disgusting animal-skinning processes used to procure most fur.He visits the...
Police in Boynton Beach are on the lookout for a large green mermaid. Or a statue of one anyway.Last night, Timothy Gallo, 47, reported to police that the statue had apparently been stolen from the backyard of his house on NE Tenth Avenue. The statue has been gone for a...
This week the Transportation Security Administration announced that travelers who don't want strangers to see their naked form in a full-body scanner and also don't want a stranger groping them will not be fined $11,000 for their refusal to cooperate. (If you decline the searches and then bolt for the...
Even before last weekend's Deerfield Beach Mango Festival failed, there were signs of a bait-and-switch.Organizers of the festival lured sponsors and vendors on the basis that the event would draw some 40,000 people. That number, plus photographs of vast crowds from past Mango Festivals, appeared in a promotional package inviting...
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The Miami Dolphins are desperate right now. Less than a week after benching Chad Henne in favor of Chad Pennington, the team may have lost both players for the remainder of the season. Third-stringer Tyler Thigpen finished Sunday's win against the Titans at quarterback.Now the team seems to be scrambling...
With the Dolphins 4-4 at the halfway point in the season, head coach Tony Sparano announced today that starting quarterback Chad Henne will be benched this week in favor of former savior (and two-time comeback player of the year), Chad Pennington. (Insert "hanging chad" jokes here.)Oddly though, Sparano had nothing...
In promotion of his forthcoming renovation-themed reality show, Rob Van Winkle (better-known as Rob Van Winkle) has been on quite a media blitz. He's bantered about The Vanilla Ice Project with Jay Leno, George Lopez, the crew from the Today Show, and several other publicity tour staples. But it was...
Harrington after her victory in the primary.Karen Harrington knows she has an uphill battle in front of her. But she also knows a thing or two about long, hard fights. After all, Harrington is a two-time cancer survivor and the sister of Billy Mitchell, the videogame whiz framed as the...
Facebook.comHe won't share his real identity. Not yet, anyway. For now, the man known around the Florida Atlantic University campus as "Green Mann" enjoys the stunned reactions and awkward stares he gets as he dances around in a skintight, bright-green Spandex-esque costume.He doesn't speak while wearing the green suit --...
Disgraced Congressman turned West Palm Beach consignment-shop owner Mark Foley got a mention right in the middle of NBC's Thursday-night prime-time lineup. Though it probably wasn't the kind of shoutout he would appreciate.On last night's season opener, 30 Rock made reference to Foley's scandalous time in conservative politics. It happened...
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flickr.comThere was no Satanic altar. There was no blood. There was no animal sacrifice. And as far as I could tell from talking to people at the Pagan Pride Day Celebration Picnic, held this weekend at the at Unitarian Universalist Church in Fort Lauderdale, there was nobody who believed anything...
The Miami Dolphins just issued a statement to the media saying that Jeff Ireland will "assume full control over all aspects and decisions in regard to the Miami Dolphin football team and support staff."Ireland, who had some trouble this offseason, was always slotted to take over for Parcells, according to...
The referees completely worked over Dwyer High School in what may be their biggest game of the year this Labor Day weekend.The varsity football team from the Palm Beach Gardens-based high school traveled to Ohio to play Cleveland Glenville, coached by Ted Ginn Sr. The game was hyped for months...
In May, paramedics were called to Richard Lippner's Fort Lauderdale condo, where they found a young woman, 20-year-old Casey DiStefano, unconscious on the floor. It was the second time this had happened in four months. She wasn't breathing; her lips were blue. Lippner told police she had a history of...