You already know the Marlins aren’t so hot at this whole baseball-playin’ gig. Last night, they went for 15 with runners in scoring position and tanked another game at Fenway Park.But even as they sink into the depths of the NL East, the Fish probably shouldn’t think about giving…
Gawker is reporting that Billy Joel and wife, the 27-year-old Katie Lee, are separating and that some lies and deception may have been involved. And you know that where there’s L & D, there’s Miamiiiiii! Apparently, Miss Katie, former (and booring, compared to Padma) host of Bravo’s Top Chef and…
For the 500th consecutive game, Boston’s Fenway Park was sold out, and if the Red Sox continue to play like they did in Wednesday’s 6-1 victory over the Marlins, they will sell out 500 more. The Red Sox certainly weren’t spectacular, but they capitalized on every opportunity the Marlins handed…
The Westchester Parishioner busted for a tax fraud scheme struggled with drug abuse, his lawyer Luis Fernandez tells Riptide. Pablo Gehr, 32, of St. Brendan’s Catholic Church, conned over $200,000 from low-income and elderly individuals and members of his church. A judge sentenced him to three years in federal prison…
Piece of Mind: Jackson hospital’s mental health unit fails Miami
Lionel Lightbourne lives just a few blocks from the Dolphins’ home field. When they win and fireworks explode over Miami Gardens, he watches from his front porch. Lightbourne has been a fan since the Fins’ perfect season in 1972 — the year after he was born. So when he heard…
Fret Not, Uber-Bombers of MSG Cartel
When rich married couples in Miami break up, you can bet both spouses will make a mad scramble to be the first one who enlists the services of family law attorney Maurice Kutner. His client roster has included Spanish radio mogul Raúl Alarcón Jr.; local television anchor Eliott Rodriguez; Kerry…
This past May 31, after renouncing Catholicism, international celebrity priest Alberto Cutié delivered his first sermon as an Episcopal minister. TV cameras and tabloid reporters filled the parking lot of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Biscayne Park. The scene was played repeatedly on television screens across Latin America…
Postcards from South Florida’s Condo Bust
If you’re already tired of 2010 election news, well get ready for 2012. State Rep. Marcelo Llorente officially announced his intentions today to run for Mayor of Miami-Dade County. Currently Mayor Carlos Alavarez won’t be vacating the position for more than three years, but it never hurts to get a head start. Llorente,…
For the past year, in the dimly lit corridors of congressional office buildings the very men and women we’ve elected to make the laws of this fine country sit in front of their computers, trying to makes sense of this twitter thing. This phenomenon that was first embraced by the…
Riptide never takes too kindly to organizations piggy backing on a big news story to push their agenda. Yeah, sure, it’s PR 101, but it’s just so annoying. So, on the heels of the Cat Killer hubbub along comes PETA to push their campaign to ban animal dissection from science classes…
Today’s photo is of the trading outpost in Lummus Park in downtown. It comes from the flickr or Robbie van Dalen…
Lionel Lightbourne lives just a few blocks from the Dolphins’ home field. When they win and fireworks explode over Miami Gardens, he watches from his front porch. Lightbourne has been a fan since the Fins’ perfect season in 1972 — the year after he was born.So when he heard the…
The Miami-based church parishioner caught swindling thousands from low-income and elderly people — including one blind widow — was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison yesterday. Pablo Gehr, 32, of St. Brendan’s Catholic Church, plead guilty to tax return fraud this past February. He conned over $200,000. His scheme:…
Miami’s most cringe-worthy, gossip-mongering native son is expanding his media empire. According to Media Post, Perez Hilton is launching a new site. Henry Copeland, whose company handles ad sales for PerezHilton.com, says the new site will be a classier affair, focusing on longer pieces that are more attractive to advertisers. Which probably means…
I wouldn’t say US News & World Report’s annual list of best colleges is a total joke, but the fact that about 25 percent of the ranking for each school is determined by a survey of reputation filled out by college presidents should raise some serious speculation as to how seriously the…
Imagine it. Every year, hundreds of parents in North Miami kiss their daughters goodbye as they’re decked out in their finest sparkly pink minidresses and heading to their first prom, and then the mothers smirk: “Have fun at your Janet Reno dance party.””What are you talking about, Mom? Why do…
This story doesn’t really have a local hook per se, but I know you all love sharks, and I know you all love cocaine. So what if somehow, some way, sharks and cocaine came together in one slightly amusing but ultimately troublesome incident? Well, thanks to the ingenuity of Mexican drug…
LocalAlleged cat killer Tyler Weinman will be released from jail on bail Wednesday. He’ll remain under house arrest and be monitored with a tracking bracelet. [Herald]Donte’ Stallworth got only 30 days in jail for manslaughter, which is, um, not a whole lot of time for slaughtering a man. [NBCMiami]No one wants to name a high school after Janet Reno, so…
The Florida Marlins kicked off their AL East six-game gauntlet by losing to the Red Sox 8-2 in a brisk game that lasted just two and a half hours, but was over long before that. Starter Chris Volstad, who took the loss and fell to 4-7, threw well for three…
