When you’re a bicyclist, especially in Florida, don’t trust anyone else on the road with your safety. A female bicyclist in Gainesville found that out the hard way. After the cyclist was sideswiped by a car, another woman offered to help her. Instead, she punched her in the face and…
The Marlins reportedly offered Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes a six-year deal somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million-plus last week, and appeared to be in the lead of the race to sign the outfielder. ESPN’s Buster Olney however just tweeted that Cespedes has agreed to a four-year deal worth $36…
Apparently all that time behind bars is getting to convicted Ponzi schemer and allegation-throwing former booster Nevin Shapiro, because the Miami Herald got a hold of several bonkers emails the would-be-destroyer of Hurricanes football is typing up in prison. They do little to detract from Shapiro’s portrayal as a bitter,…
Don’t be talking about LeBron James’ mama unless you want to find yourself on the end of a physical threat from the 6’8″ superstar. According to an NBC Sports journalist’s Twitter, James apparently got into a bit of verbal smack down with a fan heckling him at Friday’s game against…
The Miami Heat’s “Big Three” just got even bigger. A Miami Beach entrepreneur has taken it upon himself to build 18-foot foam sculptures out of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh — complete with tattoos and “I’m-about-to-dunk-in-your-face” expressions. A monstrous LeBron is already complete.”We did this as Heat fans,…
Remember President Obama’s stimulus package? The $787 billion bill was supposed to goose this country’s ailing economy like a line of premium yeyo. Here in Miami, it was also booked to save us from our slovenly, speed-eating selves. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the Miami-Dade County Health…
Over the weekend, Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000 — the Perrine-based Kimbo Slice protege trying to bring backyard fighting into the mainstream — invited Riptide to watch a grudge match between a pair of dudes who don’t like each other one bit. Instead of a backyard, this bout went down…
This postapocalyptic job market has turned working men into the wolves from The Grey. Go near our employment, and we’ll devour your testicles while our buddy claws out your eyeballs. So we can’t imagine what it’s like to lose a hard-earned job to a garishly colored, thrashing, two-story, fan-powered tube…
An old Southern folk saying has ignited a new political controversy in Tallahassee. While referencing the fight over redistricting, Republican state Sen. Don Gaetz used the old phrase, “Some people would complain if you hung them with a new rope.” Turns out black politicians don’t exactly like hearing Southern conservatives…
Louie Castro was officially discharged form the Army more than nine years ago, so it was a bit of surprise when he ended up being arrested at Miami International Airport and put in jail for two weeks on charges that he was AWOL. The charges were the result of a…
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Caving to demands voiced by Senator Marco Rubio, Catholic leaders and others, President Obama today announced a compromise on a portion of his health care reform laws that would have required all employers to offer female employees free birth control even if the employer had religious objections. Miami Archbishop Thoman…
On Tuesday, January 31, hundreds of cops forcibly shut down Occupy Miami’s tent city at Government Center, ending nearly four months of protests.But instead of heading home, dozens of protesters mysteriously migrated to a half-empty apartment building in Overtown. Apparently with the permission of the building’s owner — an enigmatic…
Tavon Mahlab now faces first-degree murder charges after his four-month-old son has died. Mahlab was arrested three weeks ago for allegedly beating the child so badly the infant was placed on life support. The 30-year-old North Miami man was already being held in jail with no bond…
Should we just star calling him Governor Pee Cup? Because Rick Scott is now forever identified with spearheading laws that required people receiving welfare to take drug tests. Never mind the fact that the policy ended up costing the state money, or that the rate of positive tests was extremely…
Decades after his education by Havana Jesuits, is Fidel Castro starting to feel kinda bad about the whole renouncing religion and being a hated dictator stuff? According to his Miami-based daughter Alina, the Marxist in fact has “come closer to religion” as he edges stubbornly toward death. Vatican officials confirm…
Family drama and political corruption have collided in Opa-locka this afternoon as three immediate family members of the town’s Mayor Myra Taylor were rounded up and arrested for campaign fund fraud.John Taylor, the mayor’s husband, Demetrius Taylor, her son, and Elvira Smith, her sister, all now face multiple charges…
A 17-year-old boy walking home from school was shot in Liberty City this afternoon. The student is in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital, while police search the area for the culprit…
The Gulf of Mexico may soon be known as the “Gulf of America,” at least in the state of Mississippi if a recently introduced bill in the state’s legislature passes.Sure, in a world where Republicans on the federal level actually succeeded in renaming “French fries” as “freedom fries” at government…
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Last year, while delivering the keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference Florida Senator Marco Rubio talked about grand ideas. This year he was in total Mean Girls mode while speaking at the Conference this morning, and made digs at his veteran colleagues in the Senate, liberals, and President…
What do you call a drug dealer with one leg trying to escape from police? Caught.No, this isn’t open mic night at the Chuckle Hut, this is quite naturally real Florida news…
