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A-Rod Will Be Doing Some Stuffing With Madonna on Turkey Day

Riptide continues to be thoroughly confused by the A-Rod-Madonna love connection. While she's no Einstein, Madonna seems to be comfortably above the average American intelligence level. A-Rod is a guy who hits balls with big pieces of wood for a living. Not that we want to be one of those blogs that ... More >>

Rodonna Thanksgiving Saga Continues

If Google News search results are any indication, yesterday's biggest locally relevant story after the gay adoption ruling was the Turkey Day scandal involving Madonna and her A-Rod. Roddy was reportedly planning to ditch his kids to spend the day with the Ciccone youth. People is reporting that Ale ... More >>

Father Alberto Cutie Isn't the First to Change Religions

If Google News search results are any indication, yesterday's biggest locally relevant story after the gay adoption ruling was the Turkey Day scandal involving Madonna and her A-Rod. Roddy was reportedly planning to ditch his kids to spend the day with the Ciccone youth. People is reporting that Ale ... More >>

News Roundup

What to do about these Miami Hurricanes? Even during their darkest hours they've always had a respectable defense. This season could have been a statement, but in their last two games that reliable defense faltered, culminating in a fall from a brief stay in the rankings, a chance at the ACC champio ... More >>

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Your Miami Dolphins did it! Some how! Some way! They took their division, are heading to the play offs, and made the greatest season to season turn around in NFL history. Not only that but to get their they beat the Patriots, who last year came ridiculously close to joining the '72 Dolphins in per ... More >>

The University of Miami Cordially Invites You To A-Roid Park

Don't Worry, A-Rod. Donna Shalala will give you personal massages, just as long as you cough up the money.For the past few years, the University of Miami athletic department has had a reputation of coming down hard on anyone who dares bring bad PR to their program*. Hell hath no fury like a UM Athle ... More >>

UM Has A-Rod By His Steroid Shriveled Balls. Why Don't They Do Anything?

Whoever runs PR for the University of Miami Athletics Department should either be fired, or is having a hard time convincing higher-ups that they're being total idiots. Even after Alex Rodriguez has admitted to using performance enhancing drugs, the University of Miami sees no reason, no reason what ... More >>

In A-Rod's Defense, Selena Roberts Does Kind of Suck. Be Sure To Buy Her Book!

You have Selena Roberts to thank for the A-Rod steroid scandal. The sports journalist broke the news for Sport Illustrated, but not after scouring all over Miami to get a quote from A-Rod himself. Five days before the story was published on SI.com, Roberts flew to Miami and engaged in what A-Rod him ... More >>

A-Rod Park Dedication Most Pointless Media Clusterf@%# in Recent Memory

Reporters are herd animals. That was made painfully clear last week when approximately 76 of us had the same idea: Hey, let's go to that A-Rod park dedication thing Friday night. I mean, I can understand why news cameras were there -- you can't beat a local A-Roid/steroid segment at the top of the ... More >>

UM Sees Not Even the Slightest Bit of Shame in A-Rod's Game

University of Miami is clearly not embarrassed about naming its baseball stadium after an admitted steroid user. So much so that Alex Rodriguez is front and center on UM's homepage. The media, admittedly, is being overly hard on Rodriguez, considering more than 100 other players tested positive a ... More >>

Well, that didn't take long: A-Rod's 'roid-providing cousin identified as Miamian

Yuri Sucart's Google search will never be the same again. On Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez held a press conference saying his cousin provided and injected him with 'roids. A day later, ESPN has identified that cousin as Kendall resident Sucart, A-Rod's right-hand man. His name has today's top rank in Goog ... More >>

If You Want to Talk to A-Rod's Cousin, You Have to Go Through His Cocker Spaniel First, or Settle for His Wife

Photo via Paul Keleher's FlickrFor whatever reason, the press is eager to talk to Alex Rodriguez's cousin Yuri Sucart. Can't two primos inject unknown substances into each other without the media getting all up in their grill? Whatever happened to privacy, people? Sucrat has so far eluded reporters ... More >>

News Roundup

Oh, ZBT the UM frat caught up in another drug mess has been temporarily suspend. Police said pot and a pill for ADHD treatment (adderall?) were sold at the house. [JustNews]A Charlie Crist adviser,  Alan Mendelsohn, is linked to one of these many, many ponzi schemes. [Pulp]Marc Sarnoff is the n ... More >>

A-Rod's Miami family make headlines again as surgery news is leaked

Courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsThere are a couple of unusual aspects to the breaking news that embattled native Alex Rodriguez is gonna miss at least six weeks of the baseball season to have hip surgery.The first is that the story was first reported by ESPN Deportes, which has even the New York Times ... More >>

A-Rod and Limbaugh Are Apparently Exactly the Same

by Rex Lameray via Belltown Messenger's FlickrRush Limbaugh and Alex Rodriguez both have their past drug struggles with pain killers and steroids respectively, they also both have multi-million dollar pads in South Florida. That is where the comparisons end to the untrained eye. But Robert Zimmerman ... More >>

Right After A-Rod Found Out His Steroid Secrets Were Coming Out He Posed For Some Pretty Pictures

via DetailsBy now we all know what Alex Rodriguez was doing on the morning of February 5. He was working out at the University of Miami like he always does. A pre-spring training ritual that on any other morning would have been hardly worth noting, but this was the morning when intrepid Sports ... More >>

Yawn, More A-Rod Controversy

As a wee boy my baseball hero was Kirby Puckett. I know Marlins fans may not be able to comprehend the idea of a star player staying with a single team his entire career, but Puckett did, and racked up two World Series championships for the Twins and an impressive batting average. Then, a few years ... More >>

No A-Rod? No Problem

As a wee boy my baseball hero was Kirby Puckett. I know Marlins fans may not be able to comprehend the idea of a star player staying with a single team his entire career, but Puckett did, and racked up two World Series championships for the Twins and an impressive batting average. Then, a few years ... More >>

Canseco Creams A-Rod

Does Alex Rodriguez's latest admission vindicate a Miami trainer?

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News Roundup

Local 70 samples have been taken from patients in Florida suspected of having swine flu. Only three were sent along to Atlanta because they weren't found to be something else, and the results from those three could come back today. [CBS4] WSVN is suiting Nielsen, the ratings people, for being a mon ... More >>

Selena Roberts's 272-Page Blog Post About A-Rod Released Today

Oh, Selena Roberts. The Sports Illustrated writer unleashed the biggest sports story of the year by revealing Alex Rodriguez had tested positive for steroid use during his Major League Baseball career. And then, to quickly capitalize, she wrote a book, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez. It wa ... More >>

The Scoop That Nobody Wanted: Jose Canseco's Man-Ram Press Conference

Associated PressIt was so quiet you could hear a testicle shrink.Miami native Jose Canseco has made a post-baseball career out of snitching on his former teammates and getting punched in the face. This is not a dignified existence. And yet he insists on respect. Every time evidence emerges that a st ... More >>

Perez Hilton Wanted to Call Will.I.Am The N-Word, But Decided F-Word was More Appropriate

Ah, the travesty of putting a celebrity profile to bed right before the subject implodes in scandal. You might recall Details scribe Jason Gay talked to Alex Rodriguez a mere 48 hours before news of his steroid use hit. A-Rod was smart enough to not be available for any follow-ups. Perez Hilton ... More >>

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One member of the Cuban Five is seeking a reduced sentence. [AP]A wild horde of carnivorous umbrellas tried to surround and eat Naomi Campbell on South Beach yesterday. [Daily Mail]Kate Hudson and A-Rod are also in Miami -- Coral Gables to be exact, where they were snapped leaving "A-Rod's favorite ... More >>

C'mon, A-Rod, Help Your 'Roid-Fetching Cousin. He Has Kids!

ESPN.com​Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez is finally playing hero in the post-season. That whole notion of A-Rod-can't-hit-in-the-clutch seems but a distant dream this October. Ditto for the steroid revelations that dominated sports pages this off-season and Spring Training. But Miamian Y ... More >>

Is All Forgiven for A-Rod?

Photo by Keith Allison/CC 2.0​2009 was shaping up to be one of the worst years of Alex Rodriguez's life. He was already embroiled in a public divorce underscored by rumors that he was schtupping a woman 17 years his season -- ok it was Madonna, but still. Then in February, Sports Illustrated ... More >>

Miami's World Series MVP: A-Rod

​As far as I know, there were two Miami boyz playing in the World Series -- A-Rod (Westminster) and Raul Ibanez (Sunset) -- as well as a lot of Dominicans and others who spend significant time here. Though Hideki Matsui won the MVP -- and he's a Yankee I generally don't despise -- I crown  A- ... More >>

Counterpoint: A-Rod is Still a Douche

Jacob KatelA-Rod has portraits of himself as a centaur above his bed. And we all know the centaur is the douchiest of all mythical creatures.​Maybe it's a bad idea to publicly disagree with your boss. But I gotta say, watching this postseason only confirmed my belief that Alex Rodriguez is a world ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Kate Hudson and A-Rod, the Cookie Diet, Wall Lounge at the W Hotel South Beach, and Football Playoffs

Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez breakup? A-Rod spotted partying in Miami at Wall Lounge at W Hotel South Beach and eating at Solarium above The Delano all alone. [AceShowbiz]The awesomely named Linda Gassenheimer's recipe for shepherd's pie. [DemoChron]Pensacola high school football coach laments cos ... More >>

Alex Rodriguez and Kelly Bensimon's Alleged Art Basel Hook Up Will Give Us Nightmares

​Alex Rodriguez may play ball in New York, but it's well known he swings his other bat down here in his childhood home of Miami. This leads to a number of unsettling rumors about his latest jump offs fluttering through town, but his latest alleged hook up literally just makes our skin crawl. Accor ... More >>

Miami Sports Teams that Pay Players the Most Suck the Least

​Remember the time that the New York Yankee's Alex Rodriguez's annual salary was greater than the entire roster of the Florida Marlins combined? Well, the Marlins have agreed to increase their payroll in anticipation of moving into their own ballpark, and now A-Rod only makes about 57 percent of w ... More >>

A-Rod and Cameron Diaz Reportedly Buy New $24 Million Miami Mansion: Take a Tour

​After unloading the Coral Gables spread he shared with his ex a few years ago, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has finally found new digs in Miami-Dade. A-Rod just shelled out a reported $24 million for a Miami Beach mansion that he plans to share with current girlfriend Cameron Diaz.

Miami Takes the Heat to Vote, Awaiting a Winner for 2011 Eater Awards

Photo by Alex RodriguezCan you hear it sizzle?What do you get when you put together the three hottest restaurants in Miami? Well, nothing really ... except maybe a lot of heat. That is, until a successor is chosen at the 2011 Eater Awards Gala in New York City tonight. Only at that point will the bl ... More >>

Muscle Maker Grill: Get 15 Percent Off!

Photo By Alex RodriguezGet your VIP ticket to the gun show​Heads up, Miami! New Jersey-based Muscle Maker Grill in midtown Miami is offering 15 percent off all meals through the new year. All you have to do is "Like" it on Facebook or follow on Twitter.The health-conscious hot spot serves tasty, n ... More >>

Phuc Yea!: Pop-up Restaurant Has Ten Days Left

Alex RodriguezViet-nom before they're gone​Last call! Miami's first pop-up restaurant, Phuc Yea!, has officially started the '10 Day Countdown til [they] Peace Out' of the local food scene.While we're all sad to see the quaintest and dankest place go, here are the perks to enjoy before they bid ad ... More >>

Sneak Peak at Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge, Opening December 10

Photo by Alex RodriguezPearl circa 2011.​The iconic South Beach hot spot, Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge, is making its official comeback December 10 -- six years after closing to the public.From 1999 to 2005, Pearl (second floor of Nikki Beach) was a favorite among A-List celebrities bac ... More >>

Quick Tudor House Rose Brunch Recap

We wanted to give you a quick recap of opening weekend at Tudor House's Rose Brunch. Live jazz, good food, and a great vibe - can't beat it.  Photo by Alex Rodriguez Geoffrey Zakarian roamed the restaurant grounds all weekend mingling with guests while they enjoyed Executive Chef Jamie DeRosa's ... More >>

The Federal Food Drink & Provisions to Open January 2012

Photo by Alex Rodriguez"X" marks the spot... or at least the For Lease sign does​Cat's out of the bag, folks. Phuc Yea! partners Aniece Meinhold, Cesar Zapata, and newcomer Manuel Ortiz have accidentally (or not so accidentally) leaked the news of their new food baby.The new place, called the Fede ... More >>

Today: Slow Food Miami Celebrates Terra Madre Day. You Can Too.

If you're hankering for some last minute plans this weekend, do something that benefits you and the rest of the world. Slow Food, a global organization promoting good, clean and fair food, is hosting two events for December 10, Terra Madre Day.Translated to Mother Earth, it's a day to celebrate and ... More >>

Villa Mayfair Restaurant & Lounge: Good, But Could Have Been Better

Photo by Alex Rodriguez ​Last night, my dining partner and I were invited to a chi-chi press dinner at Villa Mayfair Restaurant & Lounge in Coconut Grove. So we dolled up (from "Short Order" to "Tall Request"), and arrived very hungry.The restaurant (which turns into the lounge after hours) is ... More >>

Two Hooves Up: Edge Steak & Bar Knocks Our Bibs Off

Photo by Alex Rodriguez In the name of the cow, the sun and the holy anticucho skewers. Amen. ​Ah, isn't it refreshing when you dine at a restaurant and leave thinking, "that was worth every penny and pound and I'd do it again in a heartbeat"? Such was the case at Edge Steak & Bar. The amou ... More >>

Five Ways to Keep the Resolution Diet You Start Every Year

Photo by Alex RodriguezIt's no stretch to guess that 85 to 90 percent of people tomorrow night will make a resolution to diet. But it's also no stretch to guess that around that same percentage of resolution diets will quickly be ditched.We've developed five ways to extend those two months ... More >>

A Conveniently Wrapped Photo Homage to This Past Weekend's Chocolate Festival

We stopped by Fairchild's International Chocolate, Coffee and Tea Festival to give everyone who couldn't attend a tasty nibble of what they missed.All photos by Alex RodriguezLavande citronade chocolate morsels by Oliver Kita Chocolatiers were but one of the many mixed flavor bites they offered.

LeBron James Now Only America's Sixth Most Hated Athlete!

​Good news for LeBron James! He's now only the sixth most hated professional athlete in America! That's down from second place on Forbes.com's list last year. Hell, as we've previously noted, he's no longer the most hated player in the NBA. That title now belongs to that guy who had exclusive acce ... More >>