Email Author Gus Garcia-Roberts

Awards

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published April 22, 2010

  "Blow Hard"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 23, 2010

  "Marked for Death"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 22, 2010

  "Blow Hard"

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published February 12, 2009

  "Curse of the Class of 2006"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published November 5, 2009

  "Park or Die Tryin'"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published February 12, 2009

  "Curse of the Class of 2006"

• 2010 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published March 26, 2009

  "Pork Pirates"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published August 13, 2009

  "In the Name of the King"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 10, 2009

  "Crime 101"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published March 26, 2009

  "Pork Pirates"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 18, 2008

  "Redemption Run"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 4, 2008

  "Budget Ballin'"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published October 30, 2008

  "Faux-Bama!"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 18, 2008

  "Redemption Run"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published October 30, 2008

  "Faux-Bama!"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 12, 2007

  "The Wild, Wild West Bank"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 24, 2007

  "Hunting the White Buffalo"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 26, 2007

  "Banking on D's"

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2012 Stories by Gus Garcia-Roberts

• LeBron James Urged To Join All-Star Dunk Contest By Incredibly Persuasive Kid

  published Feb 22, 2012

  "Don't let my Saturday night go to a waste. Come on man, don't say that if you simply lose it will be a waste of your night. Come on man, you'll be dunking against rookies and stuff. It encourages oth More >>

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  Linsanity Comes to Miami: Six Rules For Heat Fans to Avoid Being Horribly Racist

  published Feb 22, 2012

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  LeBron James Likes Appletinis, And Other Revelations From a Cleveland Waitress

  published Feb 21, 2012

  ​The world already knows that LeBron James is a shitty tipper, thanks to the investigative sleuths of the Cleveland Scene. A few years ago, that alt-weekly newspaper exposed that The King left a More >>

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  Tip Drill's Injuries: Stripper Sidekick Skrawberry Says "Her Bones All Fractured"

  published Feb 21, 2012

  On Saturday morning, Tip Drill, Miami's most famous stripper, took a horrific on-stage dive at King of Diamonds and was hospitalized. Hip-hop websites and Twitter accounts have been buzzing about the More >>

• Machete-wielding homeless man attacks Little Havana cats

  published February 23, 2012

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• Little Havana Homeless Man Chops Off Cat Tails With a Machete

  published Feb 20, 2012

  In Little Havana, a machete-wielding homeless dude is terrorizing the feline community. Or so says Eric Onassis, a former salsa dancer extraordinaire and keeper of pet squirrels in the same neigh More >>

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  Chris Paciello, Murderous Nightclub Impresario, Arrested For Drunk Driving at 80 MPH Through South Beach

  published Feb 17, 2012

  Chris Paciello is an old school South Beach legend, a Bonnano crime family goon who conquered the nightclub scene before being sent to federal prison for his role in a murder. These days, he's back in More >>

• Mugshots Friday: He's Sexy and He Knows It

  published Feb 17, 2012

  Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation direct More >>

• "Half Head Man" Films A PSA While Smoking a Blunt By A Miami River

  published Feb 15, 2012

  ​Just over a year ago, the inaugural post of Mugshots Friday introduced the world to a Miami man, arrested for soliciting a prostitute, who appeared to be missing half of the top of his head. He More >>

• Wacky waving tube men threaten real human sign wavers

  published February 16, 2012

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  Tip Drill and Skrawberry, Miami's Busiest Strippers, Release a Rap Single

  published Feb 14, 2012

  Miami-area superstrippers Tip Drill and Skrawberry are on a guerrilla campaign to educate the world about their naked debauchery. First, they stole the show at a South Beach filming of MSNBC's Morni More >>

• Are Wacky Waving Arm Inflatable Tube Men Putting Human Sign-Spinners Out Of Workr

  published Feb 13, 2012

  This postapocalyptic job market has turned working men into the wolves from The Grey. Go near our employment, and we'll devour your testicles while our buddy claws out your eyeballs. So we can't imagi More >>

• Mugshots Friday: Hugh Hefner of the Streets and the Animal Cruelty Of A Ponytail

  published Feb 10, 2012

  rEvery Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation direc More >>

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  David Ortiz and Jose Bautista Are Currently Wandering Downtown Miami In Full Baseball Uniform

  published Feb 08, 2012

  This is like the baseball fan's version of that time Beyonce went to Cheeseburger Baby. I was in the courthouse district an hour or so ago when I saw the strangest thing: Baseball superstars David O More >>

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  The Five Most Important Proposed New Laws for Florida Animal Lovers

  published Feb 08, 2012

  Florida is a pretty horrible place to be an animal. That's due at least in part to the great conglomeration of weirdos and cretins here, of course, but stone-age animal cruelty laws have a lot to do w More >>

• 911 Call After Man Allegedly Attempts to Ignite Wife: "She Smells Like He Threw a Whole Bucket of Gas On Her"

  published Feb 07, 2012

  rWilfredo Ruiz, you lying liar. Miami resident Ruiz has been charged with dousing his wife with gasoline and trying to set her on fire -- on Christmas morning, with their kids in the house. But whe More >>

• Strippers Skrawberry and Tip Drill evaluate the Republican contenders

  published February 9, 2012

  Strippers Skrawberry and Tip Drill evaluate the Republican contenders More >>

• Jeff Rubin, troubled advisor to Terrell Owens, faces drug charges and lawsuits

  published February 9, 2012

  Jeff Rubin, troubled advisor to Terrell Owens, faces drug charges and lawsuits More >>

• Pot smuggler schools seniors on medical marijuana

  published February 9, 2012

  Pot smuggler schools seniors on medical marijuana More >>

• Jeff Rubin, T.O.'s Maligned Financial Adviser, Faces Litigation and a Criminal Probe

  published Feb 06, 2012

  A recent GQ profile of once-high-flying NFL star Terrell Owens -- who's now close to broke despite earning more than $80 million -- has shined a national spotlight this month on his South Florida agen More >>

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  Mugshots Friday: Theater Pearls, a Couple of Cautionary Tales, and a Dude That Will Beat You With a Phone

  published Feb 03, 2012

  Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation direct More >>

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  Dear Ron Paul, You Can Stop Existing Now (In Politics)

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Note: We don't want Ron Paul to stop existing from this earthly plane, Paul-heads. We want him to stop existing in politics, in the Herman Cain way.Click here to read our favorite comments left on thi More >>

• Strippers Skrawberry and Tip Drill Analyze the Florida Republican Primary

  published Jan 31, 2012

  Early morning yesterday, Miami super-strippers Skrawberry (left) and Tip Drill vaulted to the top of the political punditry heap when they crashed a South Beach filming of Morning Joe. With the Florid More >>

• Florida's weirdest proposed laws: Purple trees, barking frogs, and slow golf carts

  published February 2, 2012

  Florida's weirdest proposed laws: Purple trees, barking frogs and slow golf carts More >>

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  King of Diamonds Strippers Tip Drill and Skrawberry Crashed MSNBC's Morning Joe Today

  published Jan 30, 2012

  ​Joe Scarborough's political news show came to South Beach this morning, and was crashed by two of Miami's most badass strippers and a presumed beef magnate. We're loyal fans of King of Diamon More >>