Marlins Park is already home to one troubled sports organization, so why not another? The American Athletic Association, more popular known as the sad, tattered remains of the football schools in the former Big East, is considering putting together its own college bowl game and is eyeing Marlins Park as…
When Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies came out to investigate an abandoned U-Haul left outside a Publix in Spring Hill, Florida, they could already hear screaming before they opened the door. Once inside they found 50 cats and three dogs inside the simmering hot metal truck. The animals were individually stored…
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Don’t expect Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to make a shopping spree at Urban Outfitters anytime soon. Bondi has joined 22 other state AGs in criticizing the entry-level hipster clothing chain (which has three locations in Miami-Dade) for selling merchandise that they feel makes light of prescription drug abuse, a…
Nearly two years to the date of his death, the family of Raymond Herisse has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both the Miami Beach and Hialeah police departments. Back in 2011, during Miami Beach’s Urban Beach Weekend, Herisse was shot at more than 100 times and struck with 16…
This had been pretty much all but guaranteed after the Dolphin’s aggressive plans to secure public money to renovate Sun Life Stadium fell through, but now it’s official. Miami has lost both its bid to host the historic 50th anniversary Super Bowl and the follow up, Super Bowl LI. They’ll…
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If a man is pretending to be a cop in a strip club it’s usually because he’s scheduled to perform on a stage à la Magic Mike. But when Darren Philip Walker showed up at a Florida strip club with fake cop gear it wasn’t because he was there for…
Dwyane Wade’s ongoing custody battle has been one of the most glum personal stories in the NBA, and one that has largely been played in public through court records. Wade however recently opened up about his failed marriage to ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade in Jet magazine, and admits he was “probably…
It’s been almost exactly a year since Ronald Poppo literally had his face eating off near the MacArthur Causeway in Downtown Miami. Since then doctors at Jackson Health System have done their best to reconstruct Poppo’s face and get him back to health. Poppo has now released a video in…
The First 48 follows local detectives during the first 48 hours after a murder, but there is growing criticism that the show gives Miami a bad name.
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Lincoln Gabriel Diaz-Balart, the 29-year-old son of former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and a member of one of Miami’s more politically powerful and connected families, passed away over the weekend. No official cause of death has been released. The family is asking for privacy at the time, but noted that the…
After a warrant was issued for his arrest last week, a judge has ordered that troubled former NFL player Chad Johnson head back to jail for violating the terms of his probation. After domestic violence charges ended his marriage to reality TV star Evelyn Lozada, Johnson was sentenced to a…
Kaitlyn Hunt, a senior at Sebastian River High School in Indian River County, had been dating a 15-year-old girl through most of the school year.
It’s bittersweet for Miami Hurricanes fans that Shane Larking, only a sophomore, is making the jump to the NBA, but apparently the dude is good at jumping. Like, really, really good at jumping. He posted the second highest vertical leap ever recorded during the NBA combine today, and the highest…
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Listen, if you’re hungry for the D, don’t actually try to bite into the D. That’s what Krystle M. Harrison tried to do when her boyfriend refused to engage in sex and now she’s sitting behind bars…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) 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…
Last time we checked in with Chad Johnson, he was hanging out with a homeless guy in South Beach. Next time we check in he could be hanging out with prisoners behind bars. The Broward Sheriff’s Office has issued a warrant for Johnson’s arrest stemming from a possible violation of…
Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” may have been one of those politically radical songs to crack the American mainstream, but apparently Rep. Trey Radel (R-Naples) thinks that, “really, if you really get down to it, in many ways reflects the conservative message.” Yes, Radel has decided to join Marco Rubio…
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