Injuries and Traumas

Triple Shooting at the Opera Tower Leaves Miami PD Searching for Motive

Residents of the Opera Tower, a 55-story bayfront condo, awoke Sunday morning to a scene straight out of Scarface: Blood pooled in an elevator and splattered around a lobby, three men seriously wounded, and police swarming a crime scene that stretched 30 floors. This morning, police are still sear ... More >>

Miami's Best Youth Football Team Beats Violence, Gambling, Turmoil, and Opponents

Junior Seau Suffered From Concussion-Linked Brain Disease Before Suicide, Autopsy Finds

From the moment former Dolphins star Junior Seau took his own life last May, many questioned whether brain injuries linked to the dozens of concussions he'd suffered may have contributed to his death at just 43 years old.This morning, scientists at the National Institutes of Health have an answer: S ... More >>

Florida Woman Douses Entire Family (Including a Toddler) in Hot Oil

A Boynton Beach family is recovering today after an elder daughter doused them in scalding oil.Dureno Saint Fort came home to his girlfriend and their 17-month-old daughter on Monday night. After greeting his girlfriend's 20-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, he retired to his bedroom t ... More >>

Video: Florida Football Prep Hit By Car While Attempting to Jump Over It

Bladimir Barreto, a 19-year-old former Florida high school football player, was trying to attract the attention of college recruiters, and decided that the best way to do that was by filming himself jumping over a moving car. The incident did not go well, and Barreto is now recovering form his injur ... More >>

Jets Coach Rex Ryan Wants an Apology from Reggie Bush

The Jets are at the bottom of their division, 29th in total offense, 30th in containing opponents' rushing yards, and have just about the most embarrassing quarterback situation in the league. Yet, Rex Ryan seems to be really concerned about Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush's manners. 

How A Keys Murder-Suicide Exposed A Disappearing Doc Who Faked His Own Death

In May 2011, I wrote a short piece for Riptide about an 80-year-old Keys man who'd shot and killed his wife and his pet cat before ending his own life. I called it the "saddest story of the morning." Like most of Glen Tucker's neighbors and the local police, I assumed Tucker's crime was a typically ... More >>

Driver Dead After Car Flies Into North Miami Beach Nursing Home

A red Honda Prelude went airborne early this morning and crashed right through the wall of a North Miami Beach nursing home. The driver, Enrique Linares, died and four others were injured. Just after 1:30 a.m., Linares was speeding down US 1 when he hit an elevated curb, police say. He lost control ... More >>

Junior Seau's Dementia Was Predicted By Scientist Studying Dave Duerson's Brain

When Dave Duerson committed suicide in a Sunny Isles condo in February 2011, the manner of his death was so shocking and tragic-- a bright and beloved former football star shooting himself in the chest to preserve his brain for concussion-related dementia testing-- that it seemed to signal the begin ... More >>

School Bus Crashes Into House in Northwest Dade - UPDATED

What are you doing in this house, school bus? School buses don't belong in houses. Go back on the street where you belong, school bus.Oh, it was all that asshole SUV's fault? You really are a jerk, SUV. Thankfully, you didn't cause any serious injuries to humans, SUV. Updated. 

Fernando Villa, Half-Dressed Drunken Cop, Blamed His DUI on Old Baseball Injury

​Cops hear the stupidest excuses from people trying to get off the hook. Which is why it's surprising that Fernando Villa, the Miami-Dade police officer arrested Tuesday for allegedly falling asleep drunk behind the wheel of his squad car, couldn't come up with a better explanation for failing his ... More >>

Chad Henne is Out for the Season

Be careful what you wish for Dolphins fans. Sure, a lot of us had hoped to have a Henne-less season, we just dreamed it would be because the team brought in someone better. Now we just have a gaping Quarterback void, because anonymous sources snitching to the Associated Press say Henne is out for th ... More >>

One Dead After Second Shooting Outside Secrets Strip Club This Month

​For the second time this month, gunmen have opened fire outside Secrets Strip Club at 11340 Biscayne Blvd. in North Miami. The latest incident happened early this morning and resulted in the death of one man. Another man was injured.

Student athletes suffer the stings of concussions while lawmakers fail to help

Dennis Jones, Florida Senator, Sabotaged a Bill That Could Have Saved Young Athletes' Lives

​Back in January, Florida was ahead of the curve on an important national issue. Yes, you read that right. That's when a bill designed to protect youth athletes from concussion passed the Florida House. The new law would require kids who had suffered a suspect head injury to be taken out of play ... More >>

Landscaper Sues FPL After Power Line Blows His Eye Out

Dwane Torres was hired to remove vegetation from around a power line in the back of a Key Biscayne house. The homeowners had called FPL repeatedly to take care of the overgrowth, but the utility company refused. Unfamiliar with the position of the power lines, Torres used a large saw-like tool attac ... More >>

Fatal Crash Shuts Down US 1

All of the north and southbound lanes of US 1 in Miami were closed Wednesday morning after a hit-and-run crash left one motorist dead. The driver of a silver-colored Honda, a women believed to be in her seventies, was killed when a white pickup truck struck her vehicle, causing her to crash into a ... More >>

Don't Worry, Brandon Marshall, You Didn't Make Our Top 10 Stupidest Athlete Injuries of All Time

miamidolphins.comBrandon Marshall, just the latest athlete to get injured under strange circumstances.​"If you prick a baller, does he not bleed?" -- William ShakespeareProfessional athletes are finely tuned machines: millions of dollars' worth of ESPN-highlight-generating speed, torque, power, an ... More >>

Cedric Williams, Suspect in Weekend's Fatal Car Crash, Arrested

​Police have arrested a man in connection to a horrific car crash early Sunday morning that killed three people and seriously injured a fourth.Cedric Levon Williams, 48, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The crash occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday at NE 82nd Street and 2nd Avenue ... More >>

Dolphins Pummeled, Shutout by Bears

​On a night where the NFL Network previewed an upcoming documentary on Bill Parcells and his football genius, the Dolphins team he built was busy rushing for 39 total-yards and throwing for 187 on their way to their first shutout loss in three seasons. The Dolphins were manhandled and dominated in ... More >>

Dolphins at the Packers on Sunday: Keys To Victory

​This week, the Miami Dolphins travel to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to face the Packers. Wisconsin, the state that gave us cheese, and Vince Lombardi, and cheese! Want to go to a place that makes Minnesota look exotic? Want to visit a place where the highlight of your trip is visiting the State Capitol ... More >>

Top Ways Technology Will Change the Face of Football

​Here at Silicon Beach, we're always fascinated by the little ways technology tries to creep into our everyday lives. From the graphics in our retro video games to high tech ways to cheat, we're observing it all and basking in the glory of new technology, much like a kid in a candy store. The late ... More >>

15-Year-Old Boy Killed in Go-Cart Accident

​In today's roundup of all the horrible things that happened over the weekend: A teenage boy is killed while riding a go-cart on the street, an 18-year-old's body is dumped on the side of a road in Hialeah, a new law bans adults from playgrounds, and five people are injured in boating accidents.

Police Searching for Ex-Boyfriend of Marisol Ramon, After Her Remains Were Found in Everglades

via NBCMiami​Today's wrap up of the sins of South Florida is a doozy: remains found in the Everglades have been identified as Marisol Ramon and police are searching for her abusive ex-boyfriend, one person is dead after a crash on an I95 exit ramp, a man was shot at a Metrorail station, and a woma ... More >>

Wild in the Streets

Hialeah Murder Suspect Related to Two Major League Pitchers

WikiCommons El Duque is related to shooter​Gerardo Regalado, the 38-year old man alleged to have shot and killed four women, including his girlfriend, before turning the gun on himself, is the half brother former New York Yankee pitcher Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez. El Duque, in turn, is t ... More >>

Blood Brothers

Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks: Wade Beats the Knicks with One Hand

​Other than Twitpics of Dorell Wright's dong, it's the worst thing a Miami Heat fan can ever see: Dwayne Wade, grimacing in pain with team doctors checking his wrist. It happened last night after the first half of Miami's 111-98 win over the New York Knicks. But with playoff seedings still up in t ... More >>

Video: 80-Foot Yacht Goes Up in Flames at a South Beach Marina

An 80-foot yacht known as the Patron went up in flames Monday at a marina off Alton Road and Third Street in South Beach.According to WSVN, fire crews arrived around 7:10 p.m. and took nearly two hours to extinguish the flames. Luckily, the blaze didn't spread beyond the boat, and no one was injure ... More >>

Hit ’Em in the Lone Star

Even Odenless, Still Dangerous

Kreamy 'Lectric Santa

Brisco Got Robbed at a Barber Shop Last Week

via myspace.com/brisco305​This is a little late, but we just got word from the City of Miami police that Brisco got got last Wednesday, in the middle of the afternoon, while trying to get a haircut at a barbershop at NW Sixth Avenue and NW 63rd Street. Four men invaded the store at about 12:51 p.m ... More >>

Twelve Shot Near Lummus Park This Morning

Two men dressed in black sprayed a crowd with bullets at Northwest 5th Avenue and Northwest 5th Street at 12:45 this morning. Twelve people were injured and three are in critical condition. A driver in a passing vehicle was also struck by a bullet. The group had gathered for a "festive event," says ... More >>

Marlins' Meyer a Better Closer Than Kyra Sedgwick

Dan MeyerWally Pipp was a good player and the first Yankee to ever win a home run title. One day in 1925, the New York manager benched Pipp and other veterans to shake up a slumping lineup and replaced the first baseman with a young Lou Gehrig. Gehrig never relinquished the position, playing 2,130 c ... More >>

Olympic Speed Skaters File Miami-Dade Lawsuit, Win Settlement

Miami's an unlikely place for a pair of winter Olympians to end up. Back in 2008, a glimpse of bronze medalist speed skater Jennifer Rodriguez with husband KC Boutiette was a lot like spotting a polar bear in South Beach. The couple, who recently divorced, was one of the city's rare claims to Wi ... More >>

Fins Swim Homeward

Let’s hope they can win on their own turf

Swim for the Win

Summer Means Strange Days on Bikes

Beyond the Edge

Erstwhile indie rock legend Kreamy 'Lectric Santa rebounds from tragedy and returns to a scene it helped create

Garbage

Bleed Like Me (Geffen)

Screwed If By Sea

Cruise lines throw workers overboard when it comes to providing urgent medical care.

Dread-less Dolphins

A new reality dawns

BEST HEAT HOMEBOY

Udonis Haslem

Doctors and Deadbeats

Jackson Memorial Hospital's foreign patients owe the county more than $85 million

BEST MARLINS PLAYER

Luis Castillo

Best Place To Climb A Rock

X-TREME: The Rock Climbing Center of Miami

Vanity Fire

A group of hot firewomen raised big bucks posing for a sexy calendar. The intended charity got only a pittance.

The Corner of Calamity Avenue and Disaster Street

The Florida Department of Transportation finally graduates from a three-year crash course in traffic-accident avoidance