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8 Miami Players Suspended After Booster Scandal

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:12:51 CDT

In the wake of the University of Miami booster scandal , eight football players have been suspended by the NCAA for accepting illicit benefits from Nevin Shapiro. All of them must also repay the value of those benefits, ranging from $140 for quarterback Jacory Harris to $1,200 for defensive starter...

Bank Robber Takes Hostages

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:34:24 CDT

Police are surrounding a Miami-area bank where they say a robber has taken hostages. Coral Gables police say an unknown number of employees and customers were taken hostage today at a Bank of America branch near the University of Miami. Hostage negotiators are at the bank along with the FBI...

Warren Sapp Charged With Domestic Battery

M. Morris — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:30:00 CST

Warren Sapp has made bail but won't be analyzing the Super Bowl for the NFL Network after being arrested and charged with domestic battery in the alleged choking of his girlfriend in a Miami Beach hotel. Sapp, a defensive lineman who starred at the University of Miami before playing 13...

Cell Transplant Saves Soldier From Diabetes

Kevin Spak — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:36:30 CST

University of Miami doctors spared wounded airman Tre Porfirio a lifetime of severe diabetes with a first-of-its-kind emergency cell transplant from his own bullet-riddled kidney. Porfirio had been shot in the back in Afghanistan, forcing Walter Reed’s doctors to remove much of his stomach and intestines. They had planned to...

Docs Use Tooth to Help Return Woman's Sight

Will McCahill — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:14:27 CDT

Doctors in Miami have used a woman’s tooth to help restore her vision, the Los Angeles Times reports. A disease that destroyed tissue in her left eye left Sharon Thornton unable to undergo a cornea transplant, so surgeons cut a canine tooth and bone out of her upper jaw and...

Playboy Names Miami Top Party School

Matt Cantor — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:41:13 CDT

Promising to make the ranking an annual tradition, Playboy today named its top 10 US party schools, using an algorithm weighing hot temperatures, guy-girl ratio, empty rooms available for sex, and even GPA. “Think of this as a BCS rating, but unlike the BCS we welcome your input,” the editors...

$100M for Haynesworth Opens NFL Free Agency

M. Morris — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:35:58 CST

The NFL free agency period began at midnight, and the Redskins quickly got down to business, agreeing to a 7-year, $100 million deal with defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth, the Washington Post reports. The former Tennessee Titan's contract includes an NFL-record $41 million in guaranteed money, the AP adds. He joins...

Exercise Trumps Obesity Gene

Peter Fearon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:40:00 CDT

Regular exercise and an active lifestyle can defeat the so-called obesity gene, which predisposes millions of people to be overweight, reports WebMD. Researchers found that people with variations of the gene were more likely to be overweight, but that the gene had no effect on those who included three to...

Lock, Stock, and Orange Bowl

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:24:00 CST

College football fans can literally take home a piece of the action when Miami officials auction off every salable piece of the soon-to-be-demolished Orange Bowl in February. On the block are the giant scoreboard, players' benches, trees, and even the urinals. "You name it, it will be available,'' says...