Here’s some random news and happenings on the internets. Miami related and non-Miami related. Look below to get your quick news fix.
– Dwyane Wade finished off father’s day and packed up for Italy. He arrived in Milan, Italy early Monday and was spotted with longtime friend Carmelo Anthony at a Versace fashion show shortly after arriving in town. [Seattle Post]
– Rick Ross might sign DMX. Say it ain’t so Ricky. [Sohh]
– The new Ferrari FF was unveiled at The Collection in Coral Gables recently. Seth has the photos for it. [WorldRedEye]
– Cris Cab releases a new video for “No Hatred” off his Foreword EP. [2dopeboyz]
– The fellas from Rakontur (makers of Cocaine Cowboys) are featured in the latest issue of Paper Magazine. [Rakontur]
– Mob Wives might be coming to Miami. Might. [Cultist]
– The Marlins are hoping to kick some life into the struggling Florida Marlins by naming former manager and currently sharp as hell 80-year old Jack McKeon (who led the Marlins to the 2003 championship) back to the throne as interim manager to fill in for the recently resigned Edwin Rodriguez. [NBC Miami]
– The Miami Heat extend a qualifying offer to Mario Chalmers. [Heat.com]
– In case you missed that Lil Wayne Unplugged special on MTV because you were watching the Heat in the NBA Finals, they just released the segment in HD form on MTV.com. Click here to view it. [HighSnobiety]
– Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie, who is probably mostly remembered as the “Mad Rapper”, is on record talking to XXL calling Kanye West “disrespectful”. You may not remember, but D-Dot is probably one of the people that probably holds the most weight for giving Kanye his first early break by letting Kanye come on board to co-produce and ghost-produce some records. The full interview hits the new issue of XXL in full. [XXL-Mag]
– Former Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington has taken a year off and will be signed on as a Fox Sports analyst for the next NFL season….whenever that’ll be. Given the lockout, things are looking real bad in the world of sports. The 35 year old ended his previous season with Dolphins a bit early, but it seems like this may be the route Chad takes indefinitely. [Riptide]
– The Port Of Miami tunnel digging is going down in full affect. A $45 Million Tunnel digging thing-a-mah-jig is slated to be delivered from Germany into Miami within a week or so. [Miami Herald]
– Legendary Marilyn Monroe white dress, the one that’s blowing up in the wind of a subway vent, was sold for $5.5 Million in an auction this past weekend. [Yahoo]
Stick around. More posts coming later…
