We’re serious about getting as many LeBron jerseys– and any other items– from Cleveland in order to clothe the Miami homeless as we can. I mean, just look at that logo. And now we’re offering awesome seats to the December 15 American Airlines Arena showdown between the Cleveland Cavaliers and…
You leave work at 5 o’clock, hop on the 836 and at what seems like a snail’s pace hop on the Palmetto and, if you’re lucky, 60 minutes later you’re back home at you’re three-bedroom house in Kendall. Miami’s traffic problems suck, don’t they? Not according to a new study…
Illustration by American painter Wayne Thiebaud, via GoogleGoogle’s gettin’ old. It turns 12 this week and the more we think about it, the more we realize our favorite search engine has educated us. Whenever we can’t think of the answer to something? “Google it.” Whenever we need to find directions?…
Let’s face it: The world wants to know if LeBron James’ former teammate Delonte West boinked LeBron’s mom. Even if you didn’t want to know it before you read the previous sentence, now that you’re aware it’s a possibility, some dirty, hidden part of you– your spleen?– wants to know…
It’s not just disgraced Latin American dictators who come to South Florida to bury their dirty pasts. Apparently, men of the cloth do as well.Walter Philip Coleman, a retired priest now living in Pompano Beach, has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly molesting an altar boy in Connecticut in…
The debate continues on about whether or not fans in Florida actually care about professional baseball. Not even DJ Kitty and the chance to clinch a play off birth can get more than a pathetic handful of fans out to see the Tampa Bay Rays. Florida Marlins attendance is also…
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It’s really no surprise that Florida’s loud mouthed Rep. Alan Grayson has produced what’s become the most talked about attack ad of the season. In a 30-second spot that began airing in Grayson’s Orlando-area district last week, the first term Democrat compares Republican opponent Dan Webster to religious fundamentalists like…
It’s not much of a secret that a diet heavy in fast food isn’t good for you, but Americans continue to shovel burgers and fries down their maws as much as ever (We can’t help it, they’re so delicious). However, with obesity an ever growing concern, you’d think it would…
A three-year-old boy in Jacksonville, Fl has been suspended from preschool for bringing 20 grams of marijuana to class and showing it to another student who then promptly ratted him out. That’s definitely a whole new kind of show and tell…
This city has done so much to advance the idea of altered, unnatural human beauty that it was about time Miami was honored with a namesake plastic surgery operation. Enter “the Miami Thong Lift.” Pioneered by local plastic surgeon Constantino Mendieta, the new procedure was presented at this years’ British…
This LeBron James character is a tough one to figure out. We want to love him. But is he but a grifter, on the rebound from a monster relationship, trying to cheaply win our heart?…
P. Leonardo Mascheroni had a simple dream: earning billions of dollars in government funding to build a gigantic laser beam that would create stable nuclear fusion and limitless, free energy for the world. So simple! But the government wouldn’t listen.So the Los Alamos-based nuclear physicist took his plans to a…
The Starlite Hotel — better known as that place next to Wet Willie’s where you keep waking-up naked on Sunday mornings — is under investigation for allegedly underpaying its staff.Ex-employees claim the Starlite Café, a restaurant attached to the hotel on Ocean Drive, stiffed them out of tens of thousands…
Do you have your DVD copy of Rakontur’s University of Miami football documentary The U yet? You might want to keep it in good condition because it could become a collector’s item soon. According to director Bill Corben’s Twitter the school wants its distinctive U logo removed from the box…
Reggae star Buju Banton’s trial on cocaine charges has ended in a mistrial after the 12-person jury sent a second notice to the judge saying they couldn’t reach a decision. The jury had been deliberating since Thursday following a four-day trial…
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Miami federal prosecutor Sean Cronin, 35, was arrested yesterday after deciding to take an impromptu dip in nothing but his boxer shorts at a bar’s pool while watching the New England Patriots game. A young girl and her mother claimed to have seen Cronin’s little federal prosecutor as he exited…
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, the magical elfin princess of the Guido kingdom, apparently spent time in the hospital while filming Jersey Shore in Miami in what RadarOnline.com is reporting as a “scary near-death incident.” The hospitalization allegedly took place during the events of last week’s episode, and Radar reports Snooki was…
Anthony Cesario, a former player for the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars, has died at the young age of 34 after suffering what appears to be a heart attack. Cesario died Saturday in Saratoga Springs, Colorado, while the former offensive guard was hosting a hunting party…
When most citizens have a problem with the county government they maybe write their commissioner, show up at a meeting or leave an angry comment with The Miami Herald. Not Norman Braman. The billionaire is once again throwing his over-sized wealth and influence around and is launching a recall effort…
The sunshine state is set to gain two spots in Congress, according to a study of new census data released this weekend. While undoubtedly good news for Florida, Riptide is left to wonder: Who will fill the pair of seats?Our vote goes to the two men most responsible for Florida’s…
