If you were considering putting in a call to a company advertising “Growth Spurt” pills on a local radio station, don’t.It sounds appealing — the company’s website, geared toward parents of children who are too small to succeed in sports, says it’s the “safest height advancement program … considered a…
Flo Rida, the Sunshine State’s favorite boots-wit-da-fur spokesman, is headed to Dade County lockup after an early morning DUI bust on South Beach a few hours ago, Miami Beach police officials tell Riptide.We’re guessing this might put a crimp in Flo’s plans to host a celebrity golf tournament with DJ…
Yahweh ben Yahweh is back
Sweet Micky’s masquerade
Water-propelled jet pack hits the South Florida market
Coconut Grove charter school owner Manuel Alonso-Poch accused of bilking taxpayers
Jason Terry’s tattoo shows he has more balls than brains
Well, it’s only been about seven years since Saturday Night Live first unveiled Rachel Dratch’s Debbie Downer character, and Republicans are finally getting around to using it to spoof DNC chair and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. …
Custody and child support disputes between Chris Bosh and his ex-girlfriend Allison Mathis concerning their 2-year-old daughter Trinity are nothing new, but even Mathis’ lawyers have said she hopes their daughter can have a good relationship with her dad. Oddly, however, TMZ is reporting that Bosh is now begging a…
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Miami is home to a couple of neat sports stats, but The Sun-Sentinel points out we’re about to become home to another: the first and only county in America where the championship trophies of all four major sports leagues have been handed out…
We haven’t heard much out of Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio over the past few years, and maybe she wants it that way. The Latina superstar is facing a pending court case in Miami after locally-based CMG Entertainment sued Rubio for not showing up for a concert they had booked…
Here’s a disturbing contrast in the way the U.S. media approaches political scandals: One congressman accidentally tweets a picture of his boxer-brief-clad boner, and a week’s worth of wall-to-wall media coverage ends in teary and bizarre press coverage and leaders of his own party calling for an investigation. Another congressman…
Nevin Shapiro lived like a modern-day Caligula. He seemed to have it all: a luxurious Miami Beach mansion on the bay, parties that attracted local notables and sports superstars, fast cars, big yacht, women and the athlete’s lounge at the University of Miami named after him. It all came tumbling…
Narces Benoit claims that Miami Beach Police smashed his cellphone and threatened him at gunpoint after they noticed he had captured video of the shooting on Memorial Day Weekend. However, the police department has released a statement today claiming that they did not smash Benoit’s phone, and that the officers…
Well, shit. The Miami Heat must really love blowing fourth-quarter leads, because the team did it again last night in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, allowing the Dallas Mavericks to win the game 86-83 and tying the finals.Meanwhile, LeBron James had the worst performance of his playoff career. Dwyane…
It was like nobody told the Heat fans it was an away game.American Airlines Arena hosted a “road rally” in the stands Tuesday night to watch the live broadcast of game 4 of the NBA Finals, and that place was full. Say what you will about Miami fans, but more…
There’s something wrong with, well, everything, when the most prominent public college in the state decrees that it will still accept degrees from a high school that was just debunked as a diploma mill. Over eight days ending last week, I enrolled at the InterAmerican Christian Academy, a “high school”…
How little of a sh*t does Miami Police chief Miguel Exposito give about a recent report assessing his department?He didn’t even bother to spell the author’s name correctly in his response.But typos aside, Exposito’s main arguments came through loud and clear in a letter he sent yesterday to City Manager…
Anderson Cooper will examine a “shocking ‘experimental therapy’ designed to make feminine boys more masculine” on his show at 10 p.m. Tuesday. The story centers around 38-year-old Kirk Murphy, who killed himself in 2003.His family blames therapy Murphy went through as a young child at the hands of North Miami’s…
A tense standoff between a SWAT team and a man who fatally stabbed his wife came to an end after police successfully apprehended the suspect.Lazaro Bernabeu, 49, is believed to have stabbed his common-law wife, Eileen Lozano, 32, multiple times following a dispute this morning. The man has a long…
No matter who becomes Miami-Dade’s next mayor, don’t expect him to have the rosiest of relationships with deeply unpopular Florida Gov. Rick Scott. The race is nonpartisan, but both Carlos Gimenez and Julio Robaina are registered Republicans. However, at a debate this morning, both made it clear they aren’t exactly…
