You still can’t touch GTA: Vice City in the category of Miami-inspired videogames, but that doesn’t mean developers shouldn’t try. Today, Konomi announced Miami Crisis, which plays like a police procedural. Fancy that, considering the first syllable in the second word rhymes with vice, and crisis include the letters C, S,…
LocalA lady who faked her own kidnapping in hopes of getting a ransom from her husband is in jail. [CBS4]The man who shot his wife and daughter Easter Sunday before shooting himself died in the hospital. The victims remain in stable condition. [Herald]The son who shot South Miami Commissioner Jay…
So, Florida International University canned its basketball coach yesterday after a 13-20 campaign, reportedly so the school can replace him later today with a man more hated in New York City than the Red Sox and Patriots combined: the one, the only… dramatic pause… Isiah Thomas! Riptide hasn’t seen FIU’s…
A judge’s time on the bench can be a very cloistered experience. They’re surrounded by their favorite bailiffs, familiar lawyers, and regular criminals. After a while, maybe all the deference and adulation can go to a judge’s head, causing pomposity to increase and courtroom rambles to make less sense. That’s…
Not to name any names, but some of us here at Riptide Central are none too fond of the ol’ “airplane travel” and generally consume enough drugs to kill Keith Richards before we board any airborne vehicles.It’s stories like this that fuel the phobia, even with a happy ending: A…
The Security Council of Florida’s website proudly heralds the key speaker of its upcoming Free Speech Summit as “Banned in London, Indicted in Holland, Guilty in Jordan, Welcome in Florida.” Charming. Geert Wilder has indeed been banned in London, indicted in Holland and found guilty in Jordan, but I wouldn’t…
It’s no surprise; it’s been talked about for a while, but today President Obama officially announced that his administration would allow for unlimited travel and money transfer to Cuba by Cuban Americans. The administration will also look in to easing other restrictions, though it is a long, long way from…
Here is how your basic “Matt Drudge is a homosexual” gossip item reads: “I heard from a friend of a friend of a friend that Drudge is totally gay” and then that person cites an interview Drudge gave to New Times in 2001, one of the few personal interviews Drudge has…
Last week, a new candidate entered Miami’s mayoral race on a platform of health-care reform and mosquito control. Riptide isn’t sure if running on those issues alone will win a mayoral race, but they’re pretty standard political fair. The lady behind the ideas, though, isn’t your standard politician. Coconut Grove…
Is Alex Rodriguez trying to reinvent himself as MLB’s unofficial ambassador to gay fans one swing of his “bat” at a time? First, he begins an intimate “friendship” with Madonna, then he appears in omnisexual men’s magazine Details leaning in for an intimate moment with a man (OK, a mirror image of…
Lately we’ve been hearing more about Josh Hartnett’s nightlife exploits than his acting career. (what with the rumored accidental “sex tape” and all), but at least he is taking his pleasure-seeking seriously. The 30-year-old actor was hospitalized a few nights earlier this month for gastrointestinal problems, but he was back partying in Miami…
Local Jay Beckmen, the South Miami police commissioner was shot to death by his son. So far it seems like an accident. [Mail] Five people were shot in two separate incidents yesterday. No one died. [Herald] Manny Diaz is closing in on the lame duck portion of his term, so the…
It’s hard to wax romantic about baseball at Dolphins stadium. Something about the sickly yellow-green that the klieg lights turn the grass outfield, the barren seating sections at every glance, the uncoordinated Mermaids bravely persisting as baseball’s only cheerleaing squad- it just doesn’t bring the George Will out of me…
I recently read a story out of the Atlanta media, where it seemed that officials were almost bragging that they were the biggest drug hub in the South, and not Miami. “We are the source of supply for Miami. We’re no longer a consumer area. We are, literally, a supply…
Poor Shaq. He has been trying to unload his Star Island mansion for nearly five years with little success. Is there no one out there right now who wants to buy a 200,000 waterfront mega-palace on a 2.5 acre lot? He’s cut his asking price by about 10% to a…
The National Organization for Marriage is ridiculous, and I say that with all due subjectivity. First of there name is NOM (as in omnomnomnom), second off their quest to defend traditional marriage is one they’re not likely to win in the long run, and finally their latest television commercial (with…
Fred Zeledon is thin man in his thirties with an easy smile and sensitive hazel eyes. He also has mild muscular dystrophy, a disability that causes him to slur when he talks and drag one side of his body a bit. He works at Wal-Mart on Northwest 13th Street near…
Here we go, Miami, another historic moment. The first live team handball match on Dade County soil: the Coupe de la Ligue Finals. Today, semifinal #1 between #3 seed Chambery and #2 seed Montpellier.Updates after the jump…
Pretty much everyone knows that the education system in this country needs to be fixed. Conservatives like Sean Hannity apaprently think that if we break “the unholy alliance” between democrats and teachers unions everything will be solved. Liberals, actually I am not even sure. I hear a lot of chatter,…
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10cDirty Bird Specialthedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesEconomic CrisisPolitical Humor Last night The Daily Show aired a special report on old people in Miami Beach having sex with each other. Delightful! Might have been a bit more shocking if we hadn’t seen…
LocalA 12 year-old has started college at FIU. [CBS4]”In Miami-Dade County, the average weekly wage in the third quarter was $842, up 2.2 percent from the same period of 2007.” Basically wages are up even though unemployment is down. [SFBJ]CBS4 has a story about “cheap cribs,” and I honestly thought…
It was supposed to be different this year. Hell, it was different this year.It’s hard to believe now, but it really was only two months ago when the Herald ran a front page story with this headline: “Panthers Hockey Fans Are Frisky Over Playoff Prospects.” The Cats had won a…
