Florida legislators have long fought efforts to expand gambling. But apparently, their steadfast morals vanish when it comes to daily fantasy sports websites such as the controversial FanDuel and DraftKings. Once again, a lawmaker has filed a bill to make daily fantasy sports sites – in which people bet real money on real athletes in real time – fully exempt from state gambling regulations.
We all agree that 2016 was an epic dumpster fire of a year. To be honest, it was more like 12 months of increasingly large dumpsters filled with increasingly terrible-smelling refuse being lit into ever-bigger pyres of reeking, flaming garbage. No one disputes this. However, some truly great things also happened right here in Miami in the past year. Before sending 2016 out with the drunken binge it deserves, let’s recall some of that good stuff.
Florida Panthers owner Vincent Viola could soon run an entire wing of the U.S. government. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Viola, a military veteran and low-profile New York billionaire, to serve as secretary of the Army. That job requires caring for the well-being of thousands of Americans who volunteer to do the hardest jobs, and serious empathy for those who develop mental illness in the service.
The Miami Dolphins are an NFL playoff team. What is an NFL playoff team, you might ask? It’s a team that plays all 17 regular-season games and then plays an additional matchup in a single-elimination tournament that concludes with a game between the final two remaining teams, called the “Super Bowl.”
It’s been a long, tough, and overall stinky sports year in South Florida. Thankfully, we have only a month left of a 2016 that has mostly brought us tears and heartache. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh left the Heat. Jose Fernandez tragically died. But it hasn’t all been bad in Miami sports. There have been moments of greatness that make even the worst of times not so bad.
The Miami Dolphins have not lost a football game in 45 days. Think about that. Their last loss came to the Tennessee Titans October 9, the same day as the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. All that stands between the Dolphins and a six-game winning streak is the 1-9 San Francisco 49ers, the worst team in the NFL not named the Cleveland Browns.
Florida is a hotbed for football talent, young and old. Many of Miami’s high schools are basically factories for college football programs and, by proxy, the National Football League. When players retire, many of them choose to buy mansions on the South Florida coast. And because the state is crammed with retired NFL players, it’s a mecca for both football-related wealth and injuries.
The greatest athlete in the history of South Florida sports history returned to his house last night, and what a night it was. For one evening, at least, all was back to normal along the bay. Dwyane Wade was back on the Miami Heat’s floor for a home game…
The Miami Dolphins are a .500 football team. Hi, haters! Since the funeral everyone held for the team following its 30-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans October 9, the Dolphins have won three straight, catapulting themselves to the top of the pack of teams hunting for that last AFC wildcard spot.
Four games and almost one week into the Miami Heat season, fans now have a better idea of what kind of team they’re cheering on. For better or worse, the chips are starting to fall and a clearer image of the team is taking form.
Tonight is Halloween, which means you have a legitimate reason to go to clubbing on a Monday, and you need a killer topical costume to show off how cool and clever you are on social media. A last-minute banana suit from a pop-up costume shop simply won’t do.
Jose Fernandez had cocaine and high levels of alcohol in his blood when he likely piloted his boat into a rock jetty just off Miami Beach last month, killing himself and two passengers. That’s the finding of the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner in a report just released to the press.
The Miami Dolphins beat the Buffalo Bills 28-25 Sunday behind a 200-yard rusher, a tough defense, and a clutch, deep-bomb touchdown pass. It might or might not be a coincidence this happened the same day The Walking Dead returned.
College students are America’s future. They’re the brightest hope we’ve got — statistically speaking, they’re among the most tolerant and friendly people in America. They study physics and poetry, shave their heads and start punk bands, and get pissed off about microaggressions and trigger warnings. A small percentage of them,…
As evidenced by the Miami Dolphins shocking 30-15 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers this past weekend, there is a reason the phrase “any given Sunday” is so popular. Any NFL team can beat any other team on any week, and that really isn’t all that surprising once the initial shock…
Breaking news: New Times has now confirmed with multiple sources that the Miami Dolphins are indeed a terrible football team. We will continue to update our readers as additional facts about this devastating, yet unsurprising news comes in. OK, so you already know that the Miami Dolphins are plummeting towards the…
Chris Bosh’s time with the Miami Heat is now over, but what a time it was. It was sometimes easy to overlook Bosh, because the Heat were a juggernaut full of stars, including two of the NBA’s best in LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Bosh consistently wouldn’t be forgotten, though…
Thousands in Miami gathered to mourn Marlins pitching star Jose Fernandez last week, but it appears the city isn’t yet done paying its respects to its fallen baseball hero just yet. City of Miami Commissioner Frank Carollo is proposing the city name a street after the Marlins pitcher, who died…
Jose Fernandez’s funeral procession left Marlins Park shortly after 2:15 Wednesday afternoon under a typical bright-cobalt sunny Miami sky, taking the casket into and through the heart of a Cuban community that had embraced the pitcher as its own son, friend, and brother. Traffic was snarled along Calle Ocho and all…
Being a Miami Dolphins fan just ain’t what it used to be. These days, it’s a love-hate relationship that on a weekly basis is this weird voluntary-hostage situation. We love the Miami Dolphins, but we hate that we love them; it’s basically a Rihanna song at this point. So many…
While Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez’s fatal boating accident was a complete punch to the gut, it was unfortunately far from the first fatal boating accident in Biscayne Bay. And, unless Florida’s incredibly lax boating regulations change, his death will likely not be this city’s last high-profile maritime death. Florida has…
The family of Emilio Macias, who died in a tragic boating accident alongside 24-year-old Marlins pitching star Jose Fernandez this weekend, is asking the public for help to pay for their loved one’s funeral. The family has started a GoFundMe page to try and collect $30,000 for funeral arrangements —…
