The PR beauty of the local buzz created by the Heat is that Miami is an event town. We’re star-fuckers to boot. So when D-Wade brought LeBron and Bosh to town, the star-fuckers came out in force. Hell, let’s be honest, most of the people who showed up to the…
For years George Reiger filled a gaping hole in his heart with a love for all things Disney. He’s collected several thousands pieces of Disney memorabilia ;and he even had 2,200 individual Disney-related tattoos inked on his body. His devotion to the happiest place on earth may have made him…
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Remember how LeBron James’ was included on Time magazine’s teaser poll leading up to their annual “Person of the Year” honor? Well, he just found out about it and he’s absolutely humbled. “I just heard that. It’s pretty cool. It brings a smile to my face,” he told reporters. That smile…
We bet a five-cent aluminum can refund that you didn’t know it was national Recycling Day. Sure, this green-friendly holiday isn’t as popular as other made-up ones like Valentine’s Day or Halloween, and Google isn’t commemorating the day with a doodle, but “recycles” is trending on Twitter.Keep America Beautiful is…
Last May, we brought you the story of Albert Gonzalez, Jonathan James, and their Miami-based band of hackers who engineered the largest online credit card theft ever before it all fell apart. The story, even six months later, is still incredible.Now the New York Times Magazine has weighed in, devoting…
Lt. Gov-elect Jennifer Carroll’s ethics record may have looked squeaky clean compared to Gov-elect Rick Scott and his former company’s record setting Medicare fraud, but it appears that Carroll’s company may have been involved in scamming a government program too. The Florida Times-Union reports that Carroll’s companies may have fudged…
Considering the uncharacteristic mediocrity of Sunshine State college football this year it’s sort of a hollow achievement, but following the Hurricanes 35-10 dismantling of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets they’re once again the highest ranked college football team in Florida. Fans can thank the surprisingly adept play of emergency quarter…
A righteous anger has lately been seething from the most unlikely and urbane of American institutions. Inside ivy-shaded law schools from Columbia to Berkeley, students facing six-figure debts and zero job prospects are howling that JDs aren’t much more than university approved shams. Blogs like Shilling Me Softly have stirred the anger,…
It took three quarterbacks to do it, but the Miami Dolphins were able to pull off the 29-17 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, earning the Fins their first home win of the season. That’s the good news. The bad news? The entire starting roster is injured and out…
Dubya is in Miami! To be more exact, he’s downtown at the Miami Book Fair International, shilling his new memoir, Flapjacks: My Favorite Breakfast Treat. No, that’s not right. Decision Points! It’s all about the Decider’s finest moments of deciding, apparently.Riptide is here, too, to bring you the minute-by-minute, awkward-chuckle…
Maybe Chad Pennington is really, really happy he’s once again the Dolphins starting quarterback. Maybe he just really, really loves Eminem. Whatever the reason, Pennington went absolutely bonkers this morning on the Dolphins training field when someone piped in Em’s “Lose Yourself” and it was all caught on tape. In…
For a while it seemed that the Miami Dolphins had a good shot at being the third team this season to claim the talents of Randy Moss. Then, decision day came around and the ‘Fins didn’t even put in a claim for the controversial, but talented receiver. They could have had…
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Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman has offered her resignation letter. Even though she had reportedly been telling several folks even before this month’s elections that she was preparing to retire, the election results drove home the fact that the state party desperately needed a shake up. …
Feral cats using the sands of Miami Beach as a giant communal litter box has led to an increasing outbreak of hookworm. The Miami-Dade Department of Health has confirmed that three new cases of hookworm have appeared in humans. Great, we’ve now got hookworm, cholera and dengue fever warnings in town. At…
Assisted only by a motorized wheelchair, meager income and kind souls, Lory Yazurlo runs Pig Tales Sanctuary in a remote area of Flagler County. Since opening the sanctuary 15 years ago, Yazurlo has collected around 400 pigs. However, state and county officials believe the pig sanctuary is less of a…
Miami-Dade police didn’t hear the gunshots, but they did hear the phone ring. If it wasn’t for an anonymous phone call they may not have found the body of a dead man in a Northwest Miami-Dade apartment. Now, with little clues and few apparent witnesses police must solve the mysterious…
Oh boy, the rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat just go personal. After last night’s second devastating dismantling of the Heat by the Celtics Paul Pierce couldn’t let the win speak for itself. He decided he needed to talk some trash on Twitter. Hell, he couldn’t even wait to…
Americans residing north of Palm Beach County have targeted their wrath at LeBron James, a basketball player and creator of the world’s worst television special. In this semi-regular installment, we figure out why American hates LeBron this week, so you don’t have to…
A half century after their parents first sent them out of Cuba and to the United States, more than 100 former members of Operation Pedro Pan will return to Miami today.As part of a 50th anniversary weekend, Pedro Pan veterans and their families will tour today three camps around Miami…
“It’s reality now. The chemistry isn’t at the level of these good teams.” So said LeBron James following the Heat’s 112-107 loss the Boston Celtics Thursday night at the American Airlines Arena. The Heat have now dropped 13 of the last 14 regular season meetings to the Celtics, have fallen to…
