Last month, we published “Dwyane’s Disaster,” an exposé of Dwyane Wade’s business partner Baron Richard von Houtman, who’s now embroiled in lawsuits with the Heat superstar. We’ve since received a few letters from readers claiming to have had dealings with the baron. None of them have been particularly nice.The most…
After keeping relatively tight lipped about the matter, The Miami Herald has unveiled the results of its internal investigation into claims by a Navy Commander Jeff Gordon that he was “sexually harassed” by the paper’s GitMo correspondent Carol Rosenberg. In short, Rosenberg will continue her duties. Gordon complained that Rosenberg made a number of disparaging and…
If there’s one point Riptide has been consistently making about Marco Rubio is that his values and policies are more in line with the right-wing, super-conservative blogosphere then they are with Florida voters. He pretty much hammered that point home this weekend by speaking at the RedState Gathering. RedState.com being…
Some of the county-level Repulican party organizations have been mumbling not-so-nice things about Gov. Charlie Crist, but yesterday the Volusia County GOP passed a motion censuring him. Among Crist’s crimes: Appointing Democrats to political positions, appointing so-called liberal judge James Perry to the state Supreme Court, supporting the stimulus bill, nationalization of property…
Around 3:20 p.m. yesterday, Miami-Dade Police responded to a call at 11210 SW 157th St. that a man was threatening someone with a gun over a landlord-tenant dispute.View Larger MapWhen the cops arrived, a 39-year-old named Iran Delima pulled out a gun. One of the officers pulled his own piece…
Miami has been so hot lately that the AC wall unit in my Edgewater studio is fighting a losing battle. I’m actually hoping we get some rain soon because I’m not sure how much longer I can stand the heat. So while I sit directly in front of the vents,…
Duel (2009) – watch more funny videos Dealing with traffic accidents in Miami is a tricky thing. Why can’t we act like civilized 17th-centuary gentlemen? Oh right, because they settled everything with duels. The latest video by local improv group A Pair of Nuts and production crew Peripheral Films was the…
A flight heading to Brazil made an emergency landing in Miami this morning; 26 of the passengers were injured. [Herald]Myriam Marquez has decided, for the good of all Miami, that Mr. Clucky should be brutally slaughtered and feasted upon by a group of homeless sex offenders. Cherry. [Herald] Could you be…
If you’ve turned on the TV news or glanced at the front page of the Miami Herald in the past week, you’re familiar with the plight of South Beach’s most famous cock. Newsrooms across South Florida have been stricken with Mr. Clucky fever. Its dominant symptom: the uncontrollable urge to publicize…
We got our introduction to UM Quarterback Jacory Harris last season when he traded off duties with Robert Marve, but we didn’t really get to know him. He appeared on Dan LeBatard’s show yesterday and we learned more than we ever really needed to know: Harris really loves Phil Collin’s…
The Marlins finally showed some trade deadline sac and ordered one large Johnson.Washington National 1B Nick Johnson, he of the .295 average, 44 RBI, and most importantly for the free-swinging Fish, a .408 on-base-percentage, is heading to the Land of Teal and Empty Seats for AA left-hander Aaron Thompson, according…
Personal-injury lawyer seem to be some of the more blatant legal practioniers when it comes to soliciting clients. Apparently one doesn’t mind breaking the law and invading hospital patient’s privacy with the help of paid-off hospital workers and a shady middle man. The Feds sangged Ruben Rodriguez, 61, today for conspiring…
Today’s photo of the day is of a detail from Miami Beach’s Holocaust museum. It comes from Eflon’s Flickr…
Here’s the giant snake that’s on the front page of every local news website, so why not ours too? Slow news day. As part of the insane/awesome new government initiative to kill every Burmese python in the wild, this 17-footer was caught yesterday in Okeechobee County. The beast weighed 207 pounds and measured 26 inches…
Last night at 4 AM, a man named Paul Magnum and his wife Laura were driving near Northeast 111th Street and 14th Avenue when he was pulled over by a Dodge Charger flashing a blue-and-red siren. A speaker attached to the Charger ordered Paul to step out of the car…
You can’t accuse Father Cutié of not loving the spotlight a little. The former Catholic priest and current reluctant anti-celibacy poster boy sat down with People en Español for an exclusive cover story interview. He even provided some wedding photos and honeymoon shots. Then again, it’s only fitting that a couple…
Some sex offenders don’t want to leave their home under the bridge. [Herald]Four divers died during lobster mini-season. [CBS4]Meet the Miami doctor who is the son of a Nazi, converted to Judaism, and is now writing a book. [NBCMiami]Miami horse owners are fearful their animals might be the next that end up…
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…
Just this morning we were wondering when Lamar Odom would make up his mind about joining the Heat or not. Well today he reportedly did, and it wasn’t the outcome we were hoping for, but at least the suspence is over. ESPN.com reports an NBA source told them that Odom will stay put…
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…
One day, when we are all living under the Sink administration –no, no, not just in Florida, but in the entire nation– we can look back at this Washington Post blog post as the first public utterance of a possible Alex Sink presidential run. Chris Cillizza isn’t saying Sink will be President, or…
