What do Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, and Fidel Castro have in common? Berets, cigars, military fatigues, state-controlled economies… Errr… scratch that. This could take too long.Anyway, all three Latin American leaders have close ties to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The North African strongman lent Ortega a plane, gave Chavez a…
Two days after her partner of almost 40 years died, as Cecilia Matos and her two daughters were planning his funeral, they got a call from Woodland Park Cemetery. “We’ve got a letter from a lawyer here that says you need to turn over his body by 11 a.m. or…
Pittsburgh’s pro sports teams show solidarity by donning black and yellow. South Florida’s teams apparently just passively-aggressively trash each other on Twitter. Florida Panthers CEO and President Michael Yormark attended a Heat game last night, and on Twitter he trashed Miami Heat fans and the team’s game-day experience…
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The University of Miami women’s basketball team finished regular-season play last night with a 70-59 victory over Georgia Tech. That win secured the team for a first-place tie atop the ACC with Duke, a second seed in the ACC tournament, and, for the first time all season, a place in…
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who owns perhaps the most stunning collection of hats since Isabella Blow, has finally landed on the cover of a magazine. Unfortunately for Anna Wintour, it wasn’t on her Vogue magazine, but rather the Washington Post Magazine. Though the photo shoot certainly looked fun, the accompanying article…
Senate President and U.S. Senate candidate Mike Haridopolos lists his profession as college professor (though he’s actually merely a lecturer) but apparently does a hell of a lot less toiling on his written works than one would expect of his students. He certainly makes a lot more money for it,…
It’s not exactly great news when your local college baseball team beats your local professional baseball team. That’s just not how the world is supposed to work. Yet the Miami Hurricanes baseball team pulled out a surprising win against the Florida Marlins yesterday in an exhibition game. To add literal…
Part-time Miami resident Lil Wayne didn’t exactly get the warmest homecoming when he flew into Opa-locka Airport earlier this week. According to MTV, the rapper was detained by Drug Enforcement Agency agents as his plane was searched…
The Miami Heat blew a 15-point lead and lost 91-86 to the New York Knicks last night, thus making local sports talk radio even douchier than normal for at least another week.The loss continues a troubling trend of not being able to beat playoff contending teams, or even win a…
At first glance, the name of a theme party causes New Times to do a double-take. “All White All Night,” reads the flyer for a February 4 party held at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School’s gym. Considering the Roman Catholic educational institution for boys caters to a predominantly fair-skinned Cuban-American student…
Last month, North Miami Beach blogger Stephanie Kienzle ripped her town’s mayor, Myron Rosner, after finding that he’d spent more than $500 on hotels in nearby Hollywood and Miami. Days later, a code compliance inspector came knocking at her front door. “I had no doubt the mayor was trying to…
Well, it was all but official, but University of Miami’s athletics director, Kirby Hocutt, is leaving Coral Gables to take the same job at Texas Tech. Hocutt was seen as a rising star in the world of college athletics directors, and while his new job is certainly less high-profile, it…
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In a stunningly speedy political flip-flop, Florida Governor Rick Scott has completely changed his stance on whether or not unions should have collective bargaining rights. He’s fallen in step with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s anti-union stance. What made Scott change his mind so fast? Well, for one, he had a…
I don’t speak fluent Spanish, so I have no idea what the hell is going on here. Even if I did, I’m still not sure I’d know what the hell is going on here. All we can gleam from the following video is that the hosts of America TeVe’s Ke…
Republican Rep. David Rivera is now under investigation by three separate agencies who are all looking into ethics charges involving his campaign finances. Perhaps no one told him, because he sure doesn’t have anything to say about it. Since his district includes part of Collier County, Rivera decided to give…
It hasn’t been an especially good sports year for hemophiliacs of the green and orange variety, and nothing drives that point home more than the lack of Hurricane wins over Seminole teams. In true team sports, only the Volleyball team has managed to top a ‘Noles team this school year…
Last week, Riptide reported the dirty details of how Shock nightclub founder Julien Manival fled to France without settling his debts. Among those he stiffed was local artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr.Since our article came out, Vaca has received a series of threatening texts from Manival.Let’s just say: these are no…
Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat’s bench decided to turn in the absolute worst performance ever in the history of everything in a game that will undoubtedly have playoff seeding implications down the stretch.The Heat held a 9-point lead at the half against the Chicago Bulls last night, only to…
Two big updates in two big stories about comings and going in the Miami sports world we posted this morning. It looks like Jeremy Shockey coming to the Dolphins could be in the realm of reality. Meanwhile, a reports says Kirby Hocutt is definitely leaving his post as University of…
Ashley Cowie, a sophomore at Florida State University, was shot and killed last month after an AK-47 accidentally went off at a party at a property housing fraternity brothers. Clearly, firearms and college parties don’t mix well, but a bill introduced last month would allow students at Florida state colleges…
