The Miami Heat host the Boston Celtics tonight at the American Airlines Arena. But did you know Miami is 5-3 eight games into the 2010-11 NBA season? They are! And because they’ve turned into The Most Irrationally Reviled Team In The Universe, sports writers, commentators and fans alike have all…
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Can’t say this is much of a surprise. Joyce Kaufman, South Florida talk radio’s own answer to the Michael Savages and Rush Limbaughs of the world, has resigned as Broward and Palm Beach-area Congressmen-elect Allen West’s chief-of-staff. The resignation comes after a number of controversial remarks Kaufman made came to…
Dengue Fever is back. For the first time in nearly 60-years Miami-Dade health officials have confirmed a case of locally acquired Dengue Fever. The disease is carried by mosquito, and was thought to be under control in Florida since 1934. However a recent outbreak in the Florida Keys meant it was only…
In the thrilling conclusion to South Park’s recent three-part super hero themed saga (in which we finally get some incite into why it is Kenny can die every episode but come back alive like nothing happened the next) Cartman once again lampoons LeBron James’ now infamous Nike commercial in which…
If Barack Obama is a secret Muslim, then why has he apparently joined a gang with Jesus? Yes, according to requests for restraining orders filed in Aluchua County John D. Gilliand Obama, Jesus of Nazareth and Tim Tebow have teamed up to constantly harass the man by appearing in odd places and flashing threatning gang…
There’s nothing fun about being stranded in an airport. If you’re traveling, there’s usually somewhere you really, really want to get to, and trying to make yourself comfortable for hours at a time in those uncomfortable airport chairs can make for a miserable time. TripExtras.com asked more than 1000 of…
We love bashing our own city. We’ll instantaneously bite the head off any non-Miamians who dares talk down about our town, but sometimes it seems we take a bit too much pleasure in reserving that shit talking for ourselves. There’s plenty of reason to, but sometimes we need to be…
Want to kill Fidel Castro? Think you’ve got what it takes to gun down the guy who’s survived almost 700 assassination attempts, from exploding cigars to fungus-infested wetsuits to handgun wielding psychos? Now’s your chance thanks to the new entry in the Call of Duty: Black Ops video game series, which has…
Miami Book Fair spins into town
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The controversial full-body scanners have already caused numerous problems at South Florida airports. Now one passenger, Meg McLain, a young, female contributor to Libertarian-leaning radio show Free Talk Left, is talking about the aggressive scene the followed when she refused to go through the intrusive scanning at Ft. Lauderdale International Airport. …
Riptide doesn’t usually care much about what goes on in Broward and Palm Beach. Hell, we’ve got a sister blog up there to deal with this stuff, however I guess we’ve decided to make an exception for Tea Party fav Representative-elect Allen West. He’s just named right-wing Broward radio host…
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See this cover of the latest Sports Illustrated Kids? It features an illustration LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade dressed up as musketeers complete with puffy shirts and be-feathered hats. It’s for the kids, so we won’t rage too hard on it, but I think we can safely call…
First Miami Sports News was all about the Heat’s Chris Bosh being traded. Then, Miami Sports News was all about the Dolphins’ Chad Henne being benched in favor of Chad Pennington. You so crazy, Miami Sports News! Oh… wait… this just in…. one of these things is actually happening…
There’s only a few weeks left in 2010, which means it’s almost time for Time magazine to unveil their famed “Person of the Year.” Now, just because Time named “you” person of the year in the 2006 it doesn’t mean “you” get a say in the actual choice. That’s for…
Few things in South Beach can be called exclusively straight, but there’s always room for an unabashedly queer take on things. Enter Lords South Beach. It promises to be the only exclusively gay hotel in South Beach and is set for a soft opening on November 21. There’s a few…
Reggae star Buju Banton, who faces a February retrial on a criminal charge of conspiring to buy cocaine from an undercover police officer, could soon be released from Tampa jail. He has been locked up for the past 11 months. On November 4, Federal Judge James S. Moody Jr. denied…
