Good news for LeBron James! He’s now only the sixth most hated professional athlete in America! That’s down from second place on Forbes.com’s list last year. Hell, as we’ve previously noted, he’s no longer the most hated player in the NBA. That title now belongs to that guy who had…
A Florida law requires all bicyclists to keep at least one hand on a handlebar while riding their bike at all times, which, of course, prevents show offs from looking totally awesome. Republican Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff may have been unsuccessful in her attempt to bring Las Vegas-style casinos to Florida…
Perhaps you remember the Broward County man who showed up to court for his trial on drug trafficking charges in a shirt that was printed with crack cocaine cooking instructions. He might have the upper hand in fashion, but in terms of pure ballsiness/stupidity, he has nothing on Stanley B…
What makes a house a home? Probably not cocaine, a shotgun, marijuana, grenades, a pig, and lack of ownership.Police arrested a couple last night who they found squatting in a Miami home with all of those strange items and more. A bomb squad had to be called to remove the…
Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes arrived at Miami International Airport this morning ahead of a meeting with top Marlins brass. The Marlins have made no secret of their desire to land the Cuban slugger, and now Cespedes is returning the love.”It would be good [to play here],” Cespedes said while briefly…
Even 50 years after the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Central Intelligence Agency is still refusing to release its entire official history of the bungled operation.In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the CIA explains that the final volume of its five-volume history should be withheld because — hilariously…
Dwyane Wade led the way with 26 points, while LeBron James added 24 as the Miami Heat took down the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-91 last night.The Heat will now embark on a five-road-games-in-seven-nights-palooza beginning in Orlando tonight and ending when all the players die from severe fatigue.But the story of the…
Seven months after a judge sentenced Grammy-winning reggae artist Buju Banton to ten years in Miami’s Federal Correctional Institution on drug charges, an appeal by Buju is raising concerns that the feds entrapped the iconic and controversial performer. In this week’s New Times, an investigation explores why the government needed two…
Florida is a pretty horrible place to be an animal. That’s due at least in part to the great conglomeration of weirdos and cretins here, of course, but stone-age animal cruelty laws have a lot to do with it as well. A few Florida senators have done their part by…
Ricky Williams, the enigmatic running back who spent the majority of his 11-year NFL career with the Miami Dolphins, is officially retiring from football. No, really, for real this time. After ditching the Dolphins last year, Williams signed a two-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens but has decided to forgo…
Jennifer Lopez is the latest victim of Florida’s foreclosure crisis. The condo in the Icon Brickell building she was shacking up in with her latest younger lover, Caspar Smart, has now been bought up out of foreclosure by someone else and Lopez will have to move out according to Gossip…
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So Gov. Rick Scott, or whoever it is that controls his social media accounts, took to Facebook last night and asked Floridians to play a fun little game of fill-in-the-blank about the legislative session so far. With over 300 replies so far, Scott, who has some of the lowest approval…
Details are few and far between at the moment, but a student at Barbara Goleman Senior High School in Miami Lakes has been stabbed and seriously injured. WSVN reports that the student was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital. County police and fire rescue are on the scene investigating. Updated…
Bertram Clark, 42, is alleged to have shot his 25-year-old girlfriend and left her for dead in a pool of her own blood in front of her children. Clark remains on the run, and Miami Police are trying to track him down.The incident occurred shortly after midnight on Monday morning…
If you lined up to get some pieces from high-end designer Jason Wu’s limited edition budget-priced line at the Midtown Miami Target store on Saturday morning, you were stymied by a couple who quickly swooped in and bought the entire stock. Riptide has reached out to Target, and while they…
In a gruesome act that certainly can’t be attributed to a dog, Miami Beach found four dead cats shoved into a bag last night. One cat was found alive. The feline was taken to a local animal hospital, but it too later died.Update: The cats may have been poisoned. And…
Wilfredo Ruiz, you lying liar. Miami resident Ruiz has been charged with dousing his wife with gasoline and trying to set her on fire — on Christmas morning, with their kids in the house. But when we last spoke to him, he told us that he was innocently fueling a…
When Alan Reynolds learned Mitt Romney would be holding a rally in Hialeah last week, the local conservative was ecstatic: Not only could he see his favorite GOP contender in person, he could unleash the perfect sign. “My wife is Cuban-American, he’s holding a rally at a Hialeah lunch spot,…
Miss USA was hosted in Miami Beach for over decade between 1960 and 1971, but America’s second most important beauty pageant won’t be coming back to this year even after a strong push from the city’s tourism and cultural development. Looks like we’ll have to make do with all the…
Local journalist Carlos Miller has a blog called Photography is Not a Crime. Apparently Miami-Dade police officers are not avid readers.County cops arrested Miller on Tuesday night as he was filming the Fuzz forcibly evacuating Occupy Miami protesters from Government Center downtown. But he says the police are the ones…
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