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Three Florida "Rednecks" Catch 277-Pound Bull Shark With Bare Hands

In an event that can be described only as one of the most Florida things to ever happen, three self-proclaimed rednecks attempted to catch a 277.7-pound bull shark with their bare hands. Floridians might be odd, but we are nothing if not tough. So, naturally, these guys succeeded. Of course, at fir ... More >>

Heat Comes Back From 27 Points Down, Rally to Beat Cavs for 24th Straight Win

Just when you think the Miami Heat can't possibly take your emotions to a higher place than they have already been this season, an ordinary Wednesday night in Cleveland happens -- and the streak pushes on.Down 27 with seven minutes to play in the third quarter, the Heat decided to turn its own perso ... More >>

MIFF 2013 Closes Out Its 30th Year With Stories of Fame, Fear, and Family

Miami Dolphins Steal High School All-Star Game From Local Good Guy

Step Up Revolution: Kinetic and Corny

Chris Bosh and Wife Expecting a Baby Bosh

​Well, we know how Chris Bosh has been spending his lock-out time: making babies.The Miami Heat star and his wife of about six months, Adrienne Williams, are expecting their first child together.

Lady Gaga's A Very Gaga Thanksgiving: Ten Celebrities That Should Never Do a Holiday Show

Will Lady Gaga wear a turkey dress?​Lady Gaga just announced her new holiday special, A Very Gaga Thanksgiving. The show will air on ABC on Thanksgiving day, November 24, and will feature Tony Bennett and Katie Couric. If that's not bizarre enough, Gaga is set to perform "White Christmas" and chef ... More >>

LeBron-Hater Scott Raab's South Florida Mail: "I Hope Your Child Gets Cancer of the Eyes"

​And they say Miami Heat fans are apathetic. Pshaw! OK, so they might not go to games, even if it's pretty easy to get good tickets for $30 with a free pizza and Coke. But when some high-falutin' author calls them "cretins," they will email said author to wish that his child suffers a very specifi ... More >>

N.E.R.D. to Kanye to Odd Future: five key moments in hipster-hop

Five Key Moments in the Chronology of Hipster Hop

Tyler the Creator: Is he the über-hipster hopper?​There is no escaping the young-and-vulgar West Coast hip-hop collective Odd Future. There was a brief incubation period on the internet. But ever since performing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the group has been everywhere: SXSW, Coachella, and ... More >>

Morgan Spurlock takes on the ad industry

Parody of "What Should I Do?" Ad Reminds Us Brett Favre is So Much Worse Than LeBron James

​Listen, we can admit that LeBron James has something of a bit of a public relations and ego problem, but all the guy ever did was switch teams. To claim he's the most deplorable athlete in America is sort of a stretch considering there's guys like Tiger Woods and Brett Favre running around.

LeBron James to Launch Kids Cartoon Show

​We all know LeBron James makes for good television, but can he actually make good television? We'll find out this Spring when the Heat star launches his own online animated show for kids on YouTube and his own website. Titled The LeBrons, the series will feature cartoon versions of LeBron and the ... More >>

South Park Continues to Rag on LeBron's "What Should I Do" Ad

​In the thrilling conclusion to South Park's recent three-part super hero themed saga (in which we finally get some incite into why it is Kenny can die every episode but come back alive like nothing happened the next) Cartman once again lampoons LeBron James' now infamous Nike commercial in which ... More >>

Whiny Clevelanders Ask LeBron "What Should We Do?"

LeBron James' latest Nike ad continues to be parodied, and this latest version featuring the pissed off citizens of Cleveland is some serious shit. The bitterness and pure unadulterated hate emanating from these people is, honestly, scary. Mixed in with footage from the original commercial is clips ... More >>

Whiny Clevelanders Ask LeBron "What Should We Do?"

​LeBron James' latest Nike ad continues to be parodied, and this latest version featuring the pissed off citizens of Cleveland is some serious shit. The bitterness and pure unadulterated hate emanating from these people is, honestly, quite scary. Mixed in with footage from the original commercial ... More >>

Wade, Dwyane Wade: Watch Him Fly Through the Skies of Downtown in New Jordan Ad

​So last night's Heat game against the Celtics was a painful thing to watch. Granted, if that was the Heat playing at its worst against one of the league's other premier squads in very hostile territory, we probably don't have anything to worry about this season. That's what we'll tell ourselves a ... More >>

Prelude to a League-Wide Reaming: LeBron Makes Season Debut With the Heat Tonight

​After an off-season that can be described only as batshit, the NBA regular season is finally upon us as LeBron James makes his long-awaited debut as a member of the Miami Heat. Never in the history of mankind has someone been so reviled for choosing to move from Cleveland to Miami ... More >>

LeBron James Teams with Miami Vice's Don Johnson for Nike Ad

Don Johnson helps answer LeBron's questions​LeBron James is finally addressing the haters in a sure-to-be-controversial new Nike ad. He's taking on some serious criticism and calling a certain hater out by name, but the ad ultimately skews light-hearted with a cameo by none other than Miami Vice's ... More >>

Venus and Serena Williams suffer racism

Venus and Serena Williams Deserve The Best

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says the Williams sisters don't get their due.Venus and Serena Williams represent black people and female athletes in a po ... More >>

Miami Hurricanes Unveil Ugly New Uniform, Consider Future Game at Yankee Stadium

​Never mind Danielle, Earl and Fionna. Miami's real Hurricane season kicks off tomorrow as the University of Miami takes on FAMU. Though, a day before the kickoff there's two interesting tidbits of Hurricanes news. At an event earlier today in NYC, Nike unveiled a new special edition uniform that, ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Goes Undercover as Nerd in Gatorade Ad

​Adopting an alter-ego for a commercial is a time honored tradition amongst NBA players. There was Larry Johnson's Grandma Ma, Penny Hardaway's Lil Penny, and of course LeBron James' multi-personality turn in Nike's "The LeBrons" commercials. Now Dwyane Wade has joined the tradition, shilling ... More >>

Five Miami Heat Reality Shows That Need to Be Made

​We here at Riptide like the sordid side of things. And while we're hoping that, come the end of the 2010-11 NBA season, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh are lobbing a championship trophy to each other as they ride dolphins through Biscayne Bay, we're also hoping for a bit of off-the- ... More >>

How to Go Into Business With Dwyane Wade if You're 20 and Live With Your Parents: Without His Permission!

Photo by Jacob Katel​Corporations like Gatorade, T-Mobile, and Nike have paid many millions of dollars to go into business with Heat demi-God Dwyane Wade. But what of the little man? Shouldn't everybody, even if they live with their parents in South Miami, be able to partner with an NBA supe ... More >>

Saturday Night: Sneaker Pimps, featuring the Cool Kids and the Clipse, at the Moore Building

Pusha T of the Clipse playing to the crowd at Sneaker Pimps in Miami on Saturday.Sneaker PimpsLive Performances by the Cool Kids and ClipseSaturday, May 30, 2009The Moore Building, MiamiBetter than: A backpack full of factory-fresh, limited edition kicks.Outside the Moore Building, footwear fetishis ... More >>

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WMC Preview: Q&A with Carles of HipsterRunoff.com

Carles, is that you?When we heard that the "blog worth blogging about" Hipster Runoff was hosting a party during Winter Music Conference, we admittedly thought WTF. Not because it's a bad thing, but because this means we might be able to meet the man (or woman, we aren't sure) behind the site. He go ... More >>

Barcelona's MLS Bid Might Not Pan Out

A fair number of locals were excited that a Major League Soccer team might be coming back to Miami, especially under the guidance of FC Barcelona, but here comes The New York Times soccer blog with their vicious theories and reporting to rain on our parade. While they still say that the odds that on ... More >>

Art Basel's Winners and Losers

No more art, please! Our eyes have had enough. Really! Between the fairs, we were tempted to take naps in the car. But thankfully everything is back to normal and we can look back at the art orgy that is Art Basel Miami Beach and the satellite fairs. Yes, now it's time to assess the good, the bad, a ... More >>

Over the Weekend - Art Basel, Vanguard, Panda Bear and MSTRKRFT

If we don't see another piece of artwork any time soon, we can count ourselves lucky. Yes, our eyes are sore from the excessive visual stimulus. Art Basel brought with it plenty of fairs, celebrities and parties, so if you stayed home this weekend, what the hell were you thinking?But just in case yo ... More >>

Last Night: Panda Bear and No Age at Karu & Y

Art Damage with Panda Bear and No Age Friday, December 5Karu & Y, Downtown Miami Better Than: Everything happening that night on the planet Earth if you happen to take Pitchfork or College radio charts as the gospel. The Review: The rumors of a No Age/Panda Bear double bill during Basel begi ... More >>

Carat Marks

Kareem Edouard digs up the connection between hip-hop and its diamond obsession

Interactive Romper Room

Art is as good a reason as any to act infantile

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Zo Good

Get back in the Groove to help others

Death Becomes You

For the hip-hop generation, Reagan's demise marks the end of an era of political naiveté

House of Pain

It's Kingsley against Connelly in a heart-wrenching battle

Youthful Discretions

Marginalia wears well on Sonic Youth

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of June 15, 2000

Never Too Small to Break the Rules

Andrea Loring got tired of seeing private high schools recruit star basketball players. But she had no idea busting them would bring her such grief.

Not Just for Kicks

As a minority recruiter for the U.S. national soccer team, Juan Carlos Michia doesn't just love soccer, he lives it

Yard Sale

Kingston duo: Black Rat and Max Wayne

Squelching Speech

Miami, like an adolescent who won't learn from his mistakes, keeps stomping on the First Amendment

Letters

News of the Weird

Coming of Age on the 50-Yard Line

Most of the boys who play in Gwen Cherry Park's pop warner football program live in the Scott Projects, but they do their growing up on the gridiron

Remains of the Day

The Cuban American Defense League wanted a little official recognition. They got it.

Take the Guardhouse and Run

Sylvester Stallone delivers a $50k soliloquy to the Miami City Commission but doesn't leave the chambers empty-handed

Six Degrees of Degradation