The Miami Herald

There's nothing fishy about the Miami Marlins' implosion

2013-05-10 16:34:00

This weekend's series between the Dodgers and the Miami Marlins matches last-place teams that took wildly divergent routes to the cellar. New Dodgers ownership splurged for a star-studded roster and the highest payroll in baseball — a $230-million...

Jennifer Lopez set: Gunshots fired near music video filming in Florida

2013-05-06 15:05:00

Jennifer Lopez's Florida beach day was interrupted by the nearby sound of gunshots Sunday, according to reports. The sound of three gunshots erupted while the singer and former "American Idol" judge was in�Fort Lauderdale, Fla., shooting a music video...

Watch high school water polo player's not-cool reaction to loss

2013-05-07 08:51:00

Ah, the postgame handshake line. What a great tradition in youth and high school sports. It's the perfect opportunity to show that no matter how intense things got in the heat of battle that it was really just a game, there's no hard feelings and the...

Al Neuharth dies at 89; newspaper mogul created USA Today

2013-04-20 00:00:00

Al Neuharth, the newspaper mogul who in 1982 made a $1-billion gamble called USA Today that earned derision for its emphasis on brevity, flashy graphics and upbeat stories but endured to become the nation's largest-circulation newspaper, died Friday in...

Galaxy reportedly will play in first International Champions Cup

2013-04-15 17:30:00

The Galaxy reportedly are one of eight teams that would take part in an international soccer tournament planned this summer that would include several European clubs. The tournament would be called the International Champions Cup and a formal...

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Orphan Black' on BBC

2013-05-03 12:22:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black A trip to the suburbs...

What to read in limbo: a peek at the Guantanamo prison library

2013-04-29 12:19:00

If you’re stuck in a cell — and in legal limbo — for an undefined period that might be forever, what do you do? You read, of course. The library at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was established during the Bush administration, in...

'Pain & Gain' a painful reminder for real-life gang victim

2013-04-19 15:25:00

Paramount Pictures may stand to gain a great deal from its forthcoming "Pain & Gain," but for Marc Schiller, it's only generating pain.� Schiller, an accountant who resides in Boca Raton, Fla., was a victim of the Sun Gym gang, whose exploits are...

USA Today founder Al Neuharth dies at 89

2013-04-19 16:58:00

COCOA BEACH, Fla. — USA Today founder Al Neuharth died Friday in Cocoa Beach, Fla. He was 89. The news was announced by USA Today and by the Newseum, which he also founded. Neuharth launched USA Today, the nation's most widely read newspaper, in...

Dennis Rodman says FBI wants to use him as an informant

2013-04-16 06:32:00

What would J. Edgar Hoover have to say about this? NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman said Monday that, in the wake of his trip to North Korea in February, the FBI wants to use him as an informant. "I have been contacted by the FBI and I met with them....

Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th anniversary in Havana, Cuba

2013-04-05 16:31:00

Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their...

Dancers defect from National Ballet of Cuba, seek asylum in U.S.

2013-04-05 06:35:00

Seven dancers with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba reportedly have defected while traveling last month in Mexico, with some of them resurfacing in the past week seeking asylum in the United States. The website Cafe Fuerte, dedicated to Cuban American...

Why: LeBron James gave new meaning to the phrase "hero ball," shooting Miami out of danger in this best-of-7 series with a sequence of jump shots that put the Heat ahead for good in a 90-79 victory against the Pacers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

2013-05-29 00:00:00

-Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez appears at the Freedom Tower in Miami, where she spoke and received an award from Miami Dade College, next to The Miami Herald reporter Miriam Marquez, left, on Monday April 1, 2013.

2013-04-01 00:00:00

Alberto Ibarg�en, Wesleyan Class of '66, is the President and CEO of journalism training school and think tank the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Ibarg�en is the former publisher of The Miami Herald and of El Nuevo Herald.

2013-01-08 13:24:00