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Shaquille O'Neal

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Nikki "Hoopz" Alexander, Shaq's Comically Tiny Girlfriend, to Do Some South Florida Boxing

    ​EXCLUSIVE! You know Nikki "Hoopz" Alexander, the reality television star who is dating and possibly married (without a prenup! What?!) to Shaquille O'Neal and is always comically kissing him? Well, she'll be doing some celebrity boxing in South Florida, and Shaq will be the corner ma ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    Laugh and Lose Weight

    ​EXCLUSIVE! You know Nikki "Hoopz" Alexander, the reality television star who is dating and possibly married (without a prenup! What?!) to Shaquille O'Neal and is always comically kissing him? Well, she'll be doing some celebrity boxing in South Florida, and Shaq will be the corner ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Scott Raab Banned From Books & Books?

    Cleveland-raised Esquire scribe Scott Raab's LeBron James-bashing book, The Whore of Akron-- which at one point wishes a career-ending injury upon the basketball superstar-- got the author's media credentials revoked from Miami Heat home games. It also earned him an inbox full of threats from South ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2010

    Flash No More

    Cleveland-raised Esquire scribe Scott Raab's LeBron James-bashing book, The Whore of Akron-- which at one point wishes a career-ending injury upon the basketball superstar-- got the author's media credentials revoked from Miami Heat home games. It also earned him an inbox full of threats from South ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Live Blog: Heat vs. Celtics

    ​Have no one to watch tonight's Heat-Celtics NBA season debut with? You do have someone to watch it with but they don't provide the same award-winning rapier wit-like banter you find here on your friendly neighborhood Miami New Times blog?Well have no fear! Because the Riptide 2.0 Heat vs. Celtics ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Florida Likely to Gain Two Congressional Seats: Sorry Chris Bosh, Hello Reps. James & Wade

    raptorsdigest.comProbably not headed to Washington any time soon​The sunshine state is set to gain two spots in Congress, according to a study of new census data released this weekend. While undoubtedly good news for Florida, Riptide is left to wonder: Who will fill the pair of seats?Our vote goes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Does Dwyane Wade Have a Kryptonite?

    What's Dwyane Wade's kryptonite? Other than the occasional New Times feature, of course.​Dwight Howard and Shaquille O'Neal, two seven-foot hulks with firm Floridian ties, have, in recent years, been involved in a weird war of words (mostly Shaq's) concerning who has rightful claim to the nickname ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Gloria Govan Leaves Basketball Wives, Says She Was Misled By Shaunie O'Neal

    ​Basketball Wives, VH1's Miami-set train wreck involving NBA-connected ladies, may be coming back for a second season, but one of the cast members won't be. Gloria Govan, the painfully boring and un-entertainingly drama-free wife of the Magic's Matt Barnes, will not be returning for he close up, a ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Hip-hop groupie Kat Stacks dishes Z-list dirt

    ​Basketball Wives, VH1's Miami-set train wreck involving NBA-connected ladies, may be coming back for a second season, but one of the cast members won't be. Gloria Govan, the painfully boring and un-entertainingly drama-free wife of the Magic's Matt Barnes, will not be returning for he close up, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Basketball Wives' Evelyn Lozada on Pat Riley, Khloe Kardashian, and Why It's Hard to Keep a Man in Miami

    ​Our fair city has been under siege from an army of reality television crew cameras. What with Snooki strutting about town in DIY Lady Gaga glasses, Oxygen's Bad Girls Club doing god knows what, the Kardashians deeply involved in capturing absolutely nothing of interest on camera and calling it a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2010

    Courting the King

    ​Our fair city has been under siege from an army of reality television crew cameras. What with Snooki strutting about town in DIY Lady Gaga glasses, Oxygen's Bad Girls Club doing god knows what, the Kardashians deeply involved in capturing absolutely nothing of interest on camera and calling it a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Waterfront Home Prices in Miami Beach Dropped Nearly 25 Percent Last Year

    On the off chance you haven't heard yet, 2009 was not a very good year for the economy. Which means it wasn't a very good year for real estate, especially not luxury Miami real estate. In their wrapup of year-end stats, the South Beach Real Estate blog notes prices per square foot dropped 24.8 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Top Ten of the Decade: Miami Sports Moments

    Riptide 2.0's regular sports commentator and FinsNation blogger Chris Joseph looks back at the top ten Miami sports moments of the decade. Low points like the Miami Dolphins crappy performance and the after-thought known as the Florida Panthers didn't make the cut. Sorry. ​10. Canes BaseballCoach ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    News Roundup: Commissioner Gonzalez Resigning; Blah, Blah, LeBron James

    Miami City Commissioner Angel Gonzalez will resign soon amid an investigation into a job he got his daughter. There's probably a joke in here about his name being Angel while he is clearly not one, but why would we make a joke as horrible as that? That joke would be almost as horrible as the city co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Top Five Dream Miami Heat Lineups for 2010

    Photo by Keith Allison, via Flickr​Running off the pure optimism of Wednesday night's opening beat-down of the New York Knicks, I present to you the top five Miami Heat starting lineups for the 2010-2011 season.As most fans know, the Heat will have perhaps the best cap space situation in the leag ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    Halcyon Jets exec accused of sabotaging the company

    Photo by Keith Allison, via Flickr​Running off the pure optimism of Wednesday night's opening beat-down of the New York Knicks, I present to you the top five Miami Heat starting lineups for the 2010-2011 season.As most fans know, the Heat will have perhaps the best cap space situation in the leag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    RE: Beasley's Tweet-cident: Time for Riley and Wade to Step Up

    Wikicommons​The Miami Heat's Michael Beasley clearly has a lot of emotional problems, which were well-documented even before a bunch of people thought they saw some weed in a self-taken Twitter photo this past weekend. How extensive these problems are I can't possibly speculate. But onl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Non-New Times Media Catches up to Dwyane Wade's Baron Nemesis Story... Sort of

    Jacob Katel This is the face Dwyane Wade makes when you say the words "Richard von Houtman".​Earlier this month, New Times published "Dwyane's Disaster," a feature on the catastrophic business relationship Heat superstar Dwyane Wade formed with Baron Richard von Houtman- an accused wife-beat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Shaq Has Questionable Taste in Art

    Seems that during his time in Miami Shaq didn't get out much to Wynwood, as he seems to think Peter Max is the best artist since Picasso. I'm sure fans of Rauschenberg, Warhol, Pollock, de Kooning and just about every major artist to emerge since Picasso unveiled Guernica would have something to sa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2009

    Weekend of Steel

    Seems that during his time in Miami Shaq didn't get out much to Wynwood, as he seems to think Peter Max is the best artist since Picasso. I'm sure fans of Rauschenberg, Warhol, Pollock, de Kooning and just about every major artist to emerge since Picasso unveiled Guernica would have something to sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Shaquille O'Neal vs. The Korean Giant Who Kicked Jose Canseco's Ass

    Last month, we reported that Riptide's boxing match against Michael Lohan would still go on even though Jose Canseco got his ass kicked in Japan by a Korean giant. Huh? Y'know, you should probably just read it.Anyway, earlier this week, former Miamian-and-now-despised-jerk Shaquille O'Neal challeng ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Miami's Favorite Shock Jock vs 24 Hour Fitness vs Coconut Grove's Favorite Blogger

    Miami's reigning number one public intellectual (and I say that with all due respect) Enrique Santos was out picketing the Shaq 24 Hour Fitness in Coconut Grove this weekend. Depending on which side of the story you believe, either he got kicked out for being a fatty in the eyes of the holy fitness ... More >>

  • Music

    January 8, 2009

    Head Spins: DJ Affect

    South Florida's busiest head-spinner.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Head Spins: DJ Affect

    One gets the impression that if there were eight days in a week, DJ Affect would be spinning each and every one of 'em. Hell, it's a bet he'd be spinning every day of the week if there were 10 or 12 or 20 -- that's how driven the cat is. When you're already spinning seven out of seven, what's a few ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Shaq Twitters Himself Silly

    Rich Sanchez and his CNN show certainly have caught the twitter bug, and now another former Miami fixture is twittering his thumbnails off, too. Our New Times brethren in Phoenix report that the 7'1 superstar has his own twitter account, and apparently it's legit. Shaq is really into twitter, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    A-Rod's Asking Price? Not With this Market

    Rich Sanchez and his CNN show certainly have caught the twitter bug, and now another former Miami fixture is twittering his thumbnails off, too. Our New Times brethren in Phoenix report that the 7'1 superstar has his own twitter account, and apparently it's legit. Shaq is really into twitter, bu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    The Pygmy Pimp

    Katt Williams packs big jokes in a teeny package.

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2008

    The Final Insult

    Katt Williams packs big jokes in a teeny package.

  • Calendar

    February 7, 2008

    Jaded Fan, Meet Dwyane Wade

    Despite a season of horrors, his greatness is still worth watching.

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2008

    Park Performances

    See, outdoor fun can also be highbrow!

  • Calendar

    November 22, 2007

    Riled

    Heat coach wants to suit up? What if...?

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2007

    The Heat Take the Division

    Heat coach wants to suit up? What if...?

  • Calendar

    April 12, 2007

    Green With Envy

    Heat coach wants to suit up? What if...?

  • Calendar

    March 1, 2007

    A Swish Best Served Cold

    Will the Heat get sweet revenge?

  • Calendar

    December 14, 2006

    That Really Stings

    Will the Heat get sweet revenge?

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    Tom Laroc and Ron Luna

    Will the Heat get sweet revenge?

  • Dining

    July 6, 2006

    Think Inside the Box

    Homestead births another fine Mexican restaurant

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    The Bad Seed Awards

    They all deserve one, but who will take it home?

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    The Heat Times Three

    They all deserve one, but who will take it home?

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2005

    Zo's da Man!

    The Heat takes on Dallas and New York

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Shaq Fans for Life

    The two men whose alleged tormentor was apprehended by the Heat star speak up

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    Black Sheep

    The two men whose alleged tormentor was apprehended by the Heat star speak up

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Feeder Bands

    The two men whose alleged tormentor was apprehended by the Heat star speak up

  • Calendar

    August 4, 2005

    Ballin' with Your Buddies

    The two men whose alleged tormentor was apprehended by the Heat star speak up

  • Diversions

    May 12, 2005
  • Dining

    December 16, 2004

    Gaucho Meats Cowboy

    Stan Van Gundy

  • News

    September 23, 2004
  • News

    June 8, 1995

    Swelter 8

    Stan Van Gundy

  • Film

    February 23, 1994

    A Shaq is Born

    Stan Van Gundy

  • News

    January 12, 1994

    Program Notes 39

    Stan Van Gundy

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