This week’s feature follows bad ass lady boxer Christina Swanson into the weird world of women’s boxing in South Florida. Here’s some video footage of her fight against Jennifer Wolfe-Fenn at the 2009 Women’s National Golden Gloves Championships. Via neotechproductions.com…
Miami-Dade homicide detectives are investigating the death of a wealthy Sarasota building contractor found dead on the ocean floor this morning. Daniel Robert Pochedley went missing while diving for lobster near Haulover Beach just before 11 a.m. After a caller reported an abandoned boat to marine patrol, officers found him…
Million Dollar Maybe: Boxer Christina Swanson could be a champ again. Too bad few have the guts to face her.
Eat This: Former Golden Corral cook in Homestead files lawsuit against gay-bashing co-workers
Bruno the Delicious: In Miami Beach, a gay porn star mans the desk at the Police Athletic League gym
You know what’s the best? Winning stuff. Especially when there’s money involved! And everybody knows the best way to celebrate a victory: rip off your shirt, flex, and then do a little dance.Which is why we were a little disappointed in Hulk Hogan today. Sure, settling a court case isn’t…
James Grayson went job hunting in August 2003. He found the kitchen from hell. A gay 38-year-old with a thin mustache, Grayson was hired as a line cook at Golden Corral on South Dixie Highway in Homestead. He made ham omelets and bloody steaks at the buffet table for mostly…
You gay porn connoisseurs might know Bruno Diaz from Wet Dreams, Part 2 and the very subtly titled: Thick as Thieves. Or maybe you horndogs recognize him as Coast Guard Officer #1 in 1999’s quadruple X-rated Hot Times in Little Havana. Remember that oldie but goodie? After a tanned and…
Cash-a-Check Clerk Gets Phony Bomb Threat
Having no health insurance sucks. Just ask Cecil Gamarra. Three years ago, the soft-spoken 42-year-old noticed his young Haitian wife beginning to change. She stopped sleeping and would vanish for days at a time. Sometimes she’d mutter things about people who didn’t exist — and places she’d never visited. Doctors soon…
Criminals love Michael Rodriguez. This past June, the thin and naive 18-year-old Cash-a-Check employee was duped into giving away a bag filled with $26,000. Con artists promised the money would go to his boss’s wife. It went into their pockets instead. “They were so smart and slick,” he told Riptide back then…
An enthusiastic 22-year-old foodie named Eric dropped by El Toro Taco three weeks ago. He ordered some grub and then logged into Yelp to write about it. “The food is affordable and delicious,” he gushed. “My favorite thing to get is just tacos, ground beef, extra cheese, and a side…
Mamas vs. Papas: Two gays couples fight over custody of child
It’s the most unique custody battle in recent Florida history. And perhaps the most radical family court decision.Katherine Alicea and her eight-year partner, Ana Sobrino, decided to have a baby about half a decade ago. Again and again, they tried sperm from anonymous donors. But Katherine — a driven real…
Sex Offenders banished to the Julia Tuttle Causeway now have some serious lawyers on their side. The American Civil Liberties Union sued Miami-Dade County today, claiming a 2005 ordinance “unreasonably burdens” the men. The reason: It takes away their right to housing. The complaint also points out Miami-Dade has “exacerbated…
Sex Offenders banished to the Julia Tuttle Causeway now have some serious lawyers on their side. The American Civil Liberties Union sued Miami-Dade County today their behalf. After over two years of living in a crowded, county-mandated tent city, the compliant states this: The ordinance “unreasonably burdens” the offenders. It…
Ex-CEO’s Porn Star Wife Shocks St. Stephen’s and White & Case
The male-to-female transsexual sent to jail after a client’s botched cosmetic procedure ended in death was arrested again this morning. Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Florida Department of Health agents raided the quiet two-story home of Donnie Hendrix at 8 a.m. They collared her for practicing medicine without a…
The email arrived just before lunchtime June 15. In it, a photo showed a tanned nude blonde bending over, underpants around her thighs. With seductive eyes, she gazed at the camera. Below the image was a list of her interests: “Role-playing, cuckolding, slaves, ATM piggies, verbal humiliation…” The subject line…
Walter Lara is a good kid. He’s never been arrested, graduated from Miami-Dade College with a 4.7 grade point average, and has done 1,000 hours community service. The 23-year-old emigrated from Argentina when he was three years old. That’s why his classmates are outraged that he’s scheduled to be deported…
Negotiations are under way for the return of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. But here in Miami, a different conflict is brewing. On Tuesday, the Miami Herald ran an opinion piece about the removal of the mustachioed political leader. Writer Glenn Garvin described President Zelaya as “an erratic leftist who…
Videogame at Sunset Place Broke Kid’s Leg
