Few cities, if any, have helped push tattoos into the American zeitgeist more than Miami. Between Rick Ross, Miami Ink, and Udonis Haslem’s Sunshine State-covered back, there’s no shortage of carved skin in the Magic City. In the early ’90s there were just several dozen parlors. Nowadays, there are more…
EXCLUSIVE! You know Nikki “Hoopz” Alexander, the reality television star who is dating and possibly married (without a prenup! What?!) to Shaquille O’Neal and is always comically kissing him? Well, she’ll be doing some celebrity boxing in South Florida, and Shaq will be the corner man, and, pending negotiations, I might fight…
Remember when actual elected Republicans were all jumping aboard the birther train and openly questioning whether President Barack Obama was actually a natural-born U.S. citizen? Then the president presented his long-form birth certificate and that seemed to put an end to it? Well, apparently not for one Florida Republican congressman. …
Bye, bye, Brandon Marshall? FoxSports.com’s NFL Insider has Tweeted that the Dolphin’s Brandon Marshall just got traded to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a pretty paltry two third round pics. Well, this is pretty huge. Especially considering Peyton Manning was said to be wary of working with Marshall. Update:…
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Oneal Ron Morris, the unlicensed “doctor” arrested last year after allegedly injecting substances like caulk and fix-a-flat tire sealant into the rear end of a patient, has been arrested again. Morris turned herself into to Broward Sheriff’s Deputies yesterday on new charges of practicing medicine without a license after three…
Tonight, North Miami commissioners will vote on the future of the city’s most important asset — 193-acres of waterfront land that have been in limbo since the real estate bust killed the last development and a more recent idea — to let a business partner of Mayor Andre Pierre build…
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a habit of reminding everyone just how very, very rich he is, and lately, just how very, very rich and powerful all of his friends are.About a month ago while discussing NASCAR, he mentioned how he was friends with several team owners. This morning,…
Two young children under four years old were left alone in Hialeah after their babysitter was abducted. The woman, whose name has not been released, was watching her niece and nephew when her ex-husband showed up to the house and forced her into his car…
Even though former gay porn star Shawn Loftis won a surprising appeal from the state allowing him to pursue teaching certification, Miami-Dade public school district tells Riptide they have no plans to reinstate him as a teacher in the district. In response, Loftis is threatening litigation. “They’re going to have…
At the start of the slick ad, an excited announcer intones, “Are you ready to get serious about becoming a professional airline pilot?” The promises are amazing: In less than nine months at Jet University, the announcer says, even students with zero flight experience will land jobs as pilots. Even…
Fausto Lopez, the city of Miami Police Officer who was pulled over by a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper for speeding 120 mph down the Florida Turnpike while off duty, could get a plea deal that would keep him out of jail. Lopez faces misdemeanor reckless driving charges. The maximum punishment…
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How big of a mess is the Manning mania rumor mill? Well, depending on who you ask, the Miami Dolphins are either still very much in the running to land Peyton Manning’s services or completely out. Let’s run down the rumors. Updated!…
It’s not a secret that Magic Center Dwight Howard won’t be staying in Orlando much longer, and the saga of where he ends up may be the NBA’s most dramatic decision since, well, LeBron landed in Miami. Could Howard’s tale have the same ending? A Sports Illustrated reporter says that…
Eight of South Florida’s finest sports mascot entered the tournament. Close to 600 voters decided the final, and in a stunning landslide, the University of Miami’s Sebastian the Ibis has won the title of Miami’s Favorite Mascot…
Last month, Riptide chronicled the world of Miami’s professional sign wavers. It’s a job Michael Bell Jr. is getting a taste of and may have to look forward to as an adult if he doesn’t get his grades up.Bell Jr.’s father, Michael Bell Sr., obviously, is making his son stand…
It’s been almost two years now since the last of the sex offenders cleared out from their infamous encampment under the Julia Tuttle Causeway, but the Miami Herald now reports that a new sex offender camp has sprung up in the Shorecrest area. Once again, the Florida Department of Corrections…
Cristiano Piquet has it all: fast cars, luxury boats, beautiful women, and a booming business. Since 2005, Piquet Realty has sold hundreds of millions of dollars of prime Miami condos to his fellow Brazilians. His handsome, freckled face has graced business segments on CNN and Al Jazeera. He even has…
Shawn Loftis was a popular sub at Miami Beach High and a handful of other Miami-Dade schools until he was abruptly canned in January 2011. His crime? A past life as a gay porn performer under the screen name Collin O’Neal, including his own erotic series — “World of Men”…
We were reading the Miami Herald January 15 and their writer was investigating whether Miami or Tampa was the real “mecca for lusty dance.” Suddenly, this religiously mixed metaphor exploded into a vividly weird mental image: millions of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia marching piously toward… a woman with no undies…
We all know that Miami’s reigning rap king Rick Ross prefers the finer things in life, and likes to flaunt that fact on his Twitter account. Today Ross Tweeted a picture of his latest favorite product: marijuana named after New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin…
