Celebrate Mardi Gras in Miami
This Tuesday is not just any normal Tuesday. It’s Fat Tuesday! That’s right, people in New Orleans are heading to the streets and experiencing the beautiful floats and rowdy parties that make Mardi Gras so well known across the globe. Growing up in New Orleans, I have been to the celebration no fewer than sixteen...
Canes crush Heels, extend home winning streak to 38
No. 6 Miami (21-3, 10-1 ACC) crushed No. 22 North Carolina (17-7, 7-4 ACC) 61-37 to win its tenth consecutive game and 38th straight at home in an ugly, physically-demanding contest.
Revamped squad has eyes on Omaha
Miami, ranked as the No.13 team in the nation by the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 poll, is just over one week away from kicking off it’s home opener against Rutgers next Friday. Although the Canes are coming off a year in which seven former players left for the MLB, there is hope that this year’s...
Miami shouldn’t gamble on what it already has
Miami is known for its beaches, arts, culture, weather and … gambling? Gambling would be the odd one out and is something that should not be proudly advertised. However, certain politicians and businessmen want to introduce a model destination resort casino into the South Florida culture. They do not seem to take the short-sighted nature...
Miami named the worst-run city in America
An online financial news and opinion forum, Wall St. 24/7, named Miami the worst-run city in America. The study, which looked at the 100 most populous cities in the U.S., took violent crime, poverty rate, credit rating and the proportion of high school graduates among the adult population into account. This review of “the local...
Canes win big after awkward start
Even though Miami won its home opener against Texas-Pan American 83-37 last Friday, the mood after the game was far from euphoric. Nobody was pleased with the Hurricanes’ slow start against a team that sported a 3-14 road record last season. “Not quite sure exactly why we were so awkward to start the game,” head...
Hurricanes deliver Homecoming heroics
Miami’s 49-14 win over the Blue Devils on Saturday, while understandably and predictably lopsided, provided a chance for the Hurricanes (5-4, 3-3) to once again collect themselves for a brief moment. Consistency has been a trait hard to come by for the Canes, but in a few spots has been reliable.
Create your own success story
It’s one of the worst feelings a college student experiences. The phone feels so heavy in your hand, you slowly dial the numbers, listening to the dreadful dial tone … “Mom? Yeah, I’m … I’m … I’m broker than MC Hammer.” Calling your parents for money is demeaning and something most of us would like...
Here’s to a new start; here’s to Miami
Eight a.m.: Wake up not feeling like P. Diddy because it’s too early for class. It’s sunny outside, but the trees certainly help; fish are jumping; ducks walking everywhere; so many new faces walking past me; I hope I’m going the right way to class; which building was it? 9:28 a.m.: Well, that wasn’t too...
Miami prepares for Maryland
As the Miami Hurricanes travel to Maryland to face the Terrapins on Monday night, the lights will show just how much the NCAA suspensions have hurt the program.
Five questions from the fans
The Golden era is set to kick off this Monday against the Maryland Terrapins. Miami will look to get over an NCAA scandal buzz that has surrounded the team for the last few weeks and will finally turn its attention to playing and competing for an ACC title. Here are five questions to which fans...
Gators invited to Sun Life
On Saturday’s CBS telecast of the Miami Dolphins’ preseason game against the Buccaneers, Dolphins CEO Mike Dee made an appearance in the broadcast booth and announced that the Dolphins will honor the Florida Gators’ 2008 national championship when the Denver Broncos come to town on Sunday October 23.
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