Never mind the embarrassment caused by the Nevin Shapiro scandal. Forget the suspensions. Put aside the looming thoughts of further NCAA sanctions. Let us be glad as Miami Hurricane fans that our team will never, ever face the humility of taking to the field dressed in something either looking like…
Last week, the porn industry voluntarily ceased production after a Miami-based male performer for the MoFos.com web network tested positive for HIV. It turns out the initial test appears to have been a false positive, and the performer has since retested negative. Now the industry is back to work…
“We are the most vulnerable metropolitan area in the world when it comes to sea level rise,” says University of Miami professor Harold Wanless. Sitting in his office, the avuncular geologist paints a bleak picture. Global warming is a fact, and the results are already visible: hurricanes are getting stronger,…
That was quick! We were all set to start a “Miguel Exposito Firing Watch” at Riptide today after numerous reports surfaced on Friday that he was going to be suspended and possibly fired today. But City Manager Johnny Martinez beat us to the punch!Moments ago, Martinez suspended Exposito after a…
Unless you’re under house arrest or are bedridden with bronchitis, there’s really no reason to have sex indoors. Walls are so Topeka-ish. We live in a subtropical paradise with very loose morals. There may not be a better city in the world in which to penetrate a friend in the…
Next time you’re six Buds deep at Sun Life Stadium and venting your rage at the ump about another wasted Marlins summer — “Hey, blue! Grow another eyeball and you’ll be a f***ing Cyclops!” — consider this: The guys behind home plate have a pretty insane schedule.They actually have to…
Two weeks ago, Riptide broke the story that Shawn Loftis — known on film as Collin O’Neal — was canned from his Miami Dade Public Schools substitute teaching job when a principal found out about his prolific gay porn career. Loftis tells us he still plans to fight the firing…
As we all know college football is purely an amateur sport. The kind of mere amateur sport, of course, where a broadcast powerhouse can look at its TV schedule, realize it has a Labor Day hole, and coerce a team that historically guarantees good ratings to change its schedule so…
The hate that burns between the fan bases of the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins is perhaps some of hottest in all of sports. So we really don’t know what to make of the fact that a youth football team sponsored by the Miami Police Department and the…
While passing through Florida last week, Tea Party queen and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann made waves by suggesting she’d be open to drilling for oil in the Everglades. Never mind the fact that scientists claim there’s very little oil lying under river of gross, and even fellow Tea Partier…
Florida taxpayers are stuck munching on some carpet bills. Even while their cutting budgets, the offices of state lawmakers are getting costly upgrades to their carpets and other amenities. Governor Rick Scott’s office just got a near $80,000 facelift. Two hundred thousand dollars has been spent on legislators’ offices this…
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In any other city, the ongoing tension between City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito would be bizarre. In Miami, it’s business as usual. Yet, according to The Miami Herald’s sources, the strange saga could come to an end on Tuesday. Apparently, City Manager Johnny…
Looks like Jerry Powers is out of the luxury media world once again. The man who practically created the magazine niche of local luxury glossies with Ocean Drive, has resigned as CEO of Plum TV. The resignation comes as Powers is experiencing personal financial struggle…
Sometimes we hate American culture. We hate the gross vending-machine-ready bits of salt and fat we call snack food, and we hate our rigid gender stereotypes. So of course we hate the fact that Combos — yes, those strange paste-filled pretzel things — have named Miami Beach the nation’s seventh…
More than 50 members of the Colombian “Bandas Criminales” (AKA BACRIM) drug-trafficking organization have been rounded up after a joint operation based out of Miami. It’s the biggest bust of the emerging drug-trafficking gang since Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, took aim at…
The cruel joke played on South Florida every year by Major League Baseball has officially reached its season-ending punch line. Despite sitting near the top of the National League earlier this season, the Marlins have now been officially eliminated from playoff contention. A 5-7 loss to the Mets last night…
Dear Miami: You’re the capital of Latin American culture, a city so soccer-crazy that trying to find a free field for pick-up footy is tougher than sneaking an inflatable banana into a nightclub. Yet you cared so little for your MLS franchise that it dissolved after three seasons. The only professional…
Oscar Alvarado-Montoya and his friends gave Michael Rodriguez a beer. Rodriguez returned the favor by hitting Alvarado-Montoya over the head with the bottle. The injury would turn out to be fatal, and now Rodriquez faces first-degree murder charges…
Jesus, you people are freaky. Your favorite position is doggy style — what of the serene and wonderful missionary!? — you cheat on your partner, and you’ve had sex with a stranger. Either Tiger Woods hacked our mainframe, or our readers’ sex lives are far wilder than our own. More…
Despite the fact the NCAA likes to uphold illusions that its merely sanctioning amateur athletics, there’s no doubt that college football is a big business. In 2009, the most recent year for which figures are available, all Division 1-A teams combined brought in an astounding $2.5 billion.So which Florida schools…
The American porn industry has voluntarily shut itself down after a male performer working in Florida tested positive for HIV. Yesterday, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which fights for the use of condoms in adult movies, issued a press release claiming the performer worked for Brazzers.com, a popular online porn network. Today,…
