Email Author Gus Garcia-Roberts

Awards

• 2012 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - Investigative Reporters and Editors

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 18, 2011

  "Knocked Out"

• 2012 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published April 28, 2011

  "Hard Hit"

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

  "Marked for Death"

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

  "Blow Hard"

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

  "Blow Hard"

• 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"

• 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"

• 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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2010 Stories by Gus Garcia-Roberts

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  FEATURED STORY

  Super Bowl Strip Club Debauchery: Disco Rick Teaches You How to Politely Make it Rain

  published Jan 21, 2010

  rNot sure if you heard, but the Super Bowl's coming to Miami. Since the Dolphins didn't make it, we care nothing about the on-field contest. Far more intriguing is the galaxy of debauchery that ... More >>

• Recipe for paralyzed iguanas from Miami's most resourceful homeless man

  published January 21, 2010

  Recipe for paralyzed iguanas from Miami's most resourceful homeless man More >>

• Last Week's Cold Spell Sucked... Unless You're an Iguana-Gobblin' Homeless Dude

  published Jan 19, 2010

  Last week's freeze was not nice to Miami's homeless contingent. The shelters were overflowing, and the Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offenders crowded around barrel fires and behind makeshift walls. But ... More >>

• Donations to Haiti Aid Top $150 Million, Exceeding Katrina Figures

  published Jan 19, 2010

  Including an unprecedented surge of text message donations, people have now contributed more than $150 million to earthquake relief in Haiti, according to figures released yesterday by The Chronicle o... More >>

• Soulless Morons of the Week: Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson

  published Jan 15, 2010

  If Riptide had been handing out trophies for 30 years of moronic behavior, Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson would have each filled three-car garages with our awards by now. Robertson is a TV begga... More >>

• Taxi Drivers Get County's Attention in "Sunpass Rage" Fight

  published Jan 13, 2010

  rFor four years, taxi drivers protested to County officials that it was unlawful for them to be penalized for not having a SunPass transponder in their cabs. They got no response. With the new y... More >>

• It's Official: Coconut Grove Man's Arm Hair is Longest in the World

  published Jan 13, 2010

  rRiptide has fondled the blonde and silky tufts of greatness. And today, Coconut Grove resident Justin Shaw's arm hair is recognized as the longest in the world. Move over, Mark McGwire; it seems ... More >>

• Cabbies tell Miami-Dade officials where to shove their SunPass transponders

  published January 14, 2010

  Cabbies tell Miami-Dade officials where to shove their SunPass transponders More >>

• Sex machine Fidel Castro is now only 56 percent dead, experts fear

  published January 14, 2010

  Sex machine Fidel Castro is now only 56 percent dead, experts fear More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Fashion Faux Pas: Wearing Your High School Letter Jacket While Shooting Somebody

  published Jan 12, 2010

  rYour pride at making the varsity squad notwithstanding, if you're the type of person who might conceivably bust a cap in some fool's ass over a dispute at the corner store, you should probably le... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  SunPass Rage: Cabbies Tell County Officials Where to Shove Their Transponders

  published Jan 11, 2010

  For four years, county enforcers have been ticketing cabbies who don't have a SunPass toll transponder in their vehicle, citing it as a violation of code. The only problem with that, say cabbies, is n... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Moron of the Week: The Confused Airplane Racist Screamer Takes it in a Landslide

  published Jan 08, 2010

  rAs always, there were plenty of undeniably idiotic contenders for this week's title, a couple of whom might have even taken top honors on a different week. Take, for example, this Total... More >>

• Castro Death Meter: Sex Machine Fidel is Now Only 56 Percent Dead, Experts Fear

  published Jan 07, 2010

  On Monday, Riptide sent recently-published photos of Fidel Castro sitting in a hospital-style wheelchair thingy to a team of high-priced lab-coat-wearing experts. The experts fed the photos, along wit... More >>

• Video: Ugly Jordan Bandits Smash-and-Grab a Miami Foot Locker

  published Jan 06, 2010

  Two apparently related burglaries have police worried that a crime ring with really bad taste is preying on local shoe merchants. In the wee hours of December 30, five to six masked men in two c... More >>

• Delano hotel heist leaves Greek tycoon Achilles Vigopoulos out $24,000

  published January 7, 2010

  Delano hotel heist leaves Greek tycoon Achilles Vigopoulos out $24,000 More >>

• Northwest Miami-Dade gunslingers shoot endangered wood storks for target practice

  published January 7, 2010

  Northwest Miami-Dade gunslingers shoot endangered wood storks for target practice More >>

• Attention, Strapped Rednecks: Please Aim Your Guns Away From the Rare Wood Storks

  published Jan 05, 2010

  The weirdest nook of Miami-Dade County is its unincorporated northwest corner -- a rural tract where guajiros pummel each other at cowboy bars, black-market horse meat is in high demand, and burned ca... More >>

• A Dead Body and a $24,000 Heist at the Delano

  published Jan 04, 2010

  The ultra-posh Delano Hotel in Miami Beach, where your average room price exceeds $800 per night, had a disastrous Christmas. The morning of December 24, cops found the body of a giant washed up on th... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Moron of the New Year: Take a Bow, Bow Wow

  published Jan 01, 2010

  rNothing like some uber-potent fresh-squeezed moronic behavior to make a hungover writer's job easier. Last night Bow Wow -- the crap-tastic rapper who insists he is no longer "Lil'" -- flew ... More >>