Study: Dave Duerson Did Have Brain Trauma

At a news conference today, Boston University researchers announced that Dave Duerson, the former NFL player who committed suicide in Sunny Isles Beach and donated his brain for testing, was indeed afflicted with the brain trauma common in former players. Duerson, who won two Super Bowl rings in an 11-year…

Mugshots Friday: Iceberg, Fairuza Balk, and God Is Awesome

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that series…

Jake Bernstein, Former New Times Staffer, Wins Pulitzer

We’re chugging Mad Dog at the New Times offices this afternoon in honor of an alum. Jake Bernstein, a former New Times staff writer whose work appeared in our pages from 1997 through 2002, has won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Now writing for non-profit investigative news agency ProPublica,…

Bieyanka Moore, Reality Kings’ 15-Year-Old Porn Star?

In January 2010, a 15-year-old girl from Palm Beach Shores – though her name has already been broadcasted on the internet, we’ll call her C.S. – ran away from home. Eight months later, porn site Reality Kings, owned by Brickell-based smut giant RK Netmedia, uploaded a new film. It was…

Mugshots Friday: A Ladypimp, Her Sidekick, and a Goon

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that series…