Two days after Riptide published an article detailing the glacial pace of troubled Florida Memorial University’s search for a president– and calling Florida A&M University pharmacy professor and dean Henry Lewis III “our gambler’s pick”– FMU did indeed choose him for the presidential position…
In absolutely bone chilling news that will shake the greater Miami area to its very core: Our fair city has fallen from its perennial position as the number one city with the most attractive people on Travel + Leisure’s annual “America’s Favorite Cities List.” God dammit people, what is going…
Has your late-night television been lacking in sass, conspiracies, and double penises in the past year? Does Conan’s gigantic ginger head just not do it for you anymore?Fear not, amigos mios. Jaime Bayly, el niño terrible of Spanish-language talk-shows, is returning to Miami’s Mega TV more than a year after…
Elsa Dempsey has seen a penis and she will never be the same. One day while taking a walk down a remote area of Venice, Florida’s Caspersen beach she encountered a man swimming in the water completely nude. She was so startled by the site of a stranger’s junk she’s…
OK, “hate” probably doesn’t encapsulate the recent rash of ink being turned out about the third wheel of the Miami Heat troika. “Disappointed,” maybe. “Underwhelmed,” possibly. “Concerned,” perhaps. Whatever the word, poor Chris Bosh isn’t exactly settling in as expected in his new hot home, and sports commenters are chiding the…
Miami Heat President Pat Riley isn’t ready to take a page out of Hurricanes Coach Randy Shannon’s play book and ban his players from using Twitter, but something about the micro-blogging service just doesn’t sit well with him. Apparently he thinks Twitter could play a part in opposing teams’ fans…
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Tim Tebow’s best days in football are probably behind him, so of course it makes sense he’s already writing his memoir. Harper Collins announced that Tebow’s book Through My Eyes will be released in April of 2011. The book will of course detail his time with the Florida Gators, but…
For a moment last night, it looked as if Thomas Wenski was in over his head. As the Archbishop of Miami stood beneath a giant mural of Cuban history in the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity, he stumbled over his normally flawless Spanish. “Today, Cuba is a place of…
For reasons that probably make more sense than they should LeBron James’ favorite football team is the Dallas Cowboys. He’s a diehard, apparently. Thing is the Cowboys suck something fierce this season, to the point that they just fired their coach. In fact, James can’t even watch them anymore. He…
If you’re going to use part of your place of residence as a make-shift marijuana grow house, South Beach probably isn’t the best neighborhood to do it. For one thing, rent is expensive. Sure maybe your “side business” helps off set that, but you’re also dealing with thin walls, small…
Several store fronts remain empty, their bars close earlier than anywhere else in the city, and their restaurant scene is being eclipsed by emerging neighborhoods, but there’s still at least one very good reason to visit Coconut Grove: It’s the safest neighborhood in Miami according to WalletPop and NeighborhoodScout…
Despite giving up over 400 yards in Sunday’s loss to the Ravens, along with throwing three interceptions, scoring only one touchdown, and not forcing Baltimore to punt all game long, the most important news item for the Dolphins remains that Channing Crowder got spit on in the face by Ravens…
Allen Stanford, the would-be cricket baron who engineered an $8 billion Ponzi scheme from his Miami headquarters, bought Coral Gables castles for his mistresses, and all-but ruled Antigua as a personal fiefdom, has not had an easy go of it in prison since the fraud disintegrated last year. He checked…
Back in 1969, The Doors came to the Dinner Key theater in Miami and gave one of the more infamous concerts in Rock’n’Roll history. Lead singer Jim Morrison ended up getting arrested for allegedly whipping out his peen, shouting obscenities, performing a simulated beej on a bandmate, and being drunk as…
Admittedly, the Miami New Times tech department isn’t all that comfortable text messaging, let alone reporting scientific breakthroughs. We’re as impressed by $15 laptop cooling accessories, as we are by 3-D holograms of Will.i.am. But that’s the beauty of our blog; we learn about technology together…
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At last glance, more than one in ten Miamians are unemployed and a solid chunk of the rest are proud pledging members of Broke Phi Broke. That’s why County Mayor Carlos Alvarez is in serious danger of getting recalled — and the rest of the County Commission shouldn’t be feeling…
We know you’ve been wondering: How exactly did Marco Rubio stir the conservative fire in his belly before jumping onstage during the campaign? Reading George Will? Watching O’Reilly grill some hapless liberals?Nope: Straight-up gangsta rap. Rubio liked to crank Tupac and NWA before his speeches, the Weekly Standard reports in…
Is Alex Sink chewing on a bushel of sour grapes following her loss to Rick Scott or is she accurately hitting on some of the political and messaging failures of the Obama White House and the Democratic party in general? In an article on Politico this weekend, Sink lays some…
For a state that has had three teams combine to win a full third of the national championships awarded in the past 30 years, the college football teams of Florida are having a weird, wild and ultimately all-around disappointing year. Well, every team but the UCF Knights that is. According to the…
The Miami Dolphins lost their first road game of the season Sunday, falling 26-10 to the Baltimore Ravens, a team that is exactly like the Dolphins in every way except without all the interceptions and missed tackles and special teams blunders and dropped passes. The Dolphins are now 4-4 on…
