The Miami Marlins inked a deal last night for once-explosive, possibly still insane Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano. With Ozzie Guillen already signed on to manage the club, the two most unhinged personalities in baseball will call Little Havana home next season.Scientists contacted by Riptide are still unsure what might result…
Coral Gables urologist Paul Perito sued after amputating a patient’s penis
Florida National College’s Manuel Mares traded child porn, FBI says
Miami New Times’ predictions for 2012
Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno Barreiro has a bad attendance record
LeBron James overcame not having Dwyane Wade by his side, as well as a badly rolled ankle, and dropped 33 points in the Heat’s 118-83 jack up of the Indiana Pacers last night.LBJ also added 13 assists and was two rebounds shy of recording a triple-double on the night. Chris…
Gaston Canten, a prominent Cuban-American businessman who used his ties in the community to bilk victims out of their hard earned money, has officially been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to his part in running a $135 million Ponzi scheme. Canten’s scheme went so far that even Belen…
Oh, those poor, poor white folks, always the victims of racism. Just ask Ohio State linebacker Tyler Moeller. He’s busy whining about being called a “cracker” by University of Florida players during the Gator Bowl…
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The Miami Dolphins are ready to go all in on hiring former Titans coach Jeff Fisher. However, he has attracted the interest of other teams searching for a coach, including the St. Louis Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Fins owner Stephen Ross is ready to outbid any team for Fisher’s…
It’s not often you see Republican politicians filing bills to raise taxes, but that’s exactly what Rep. Fred Costello of Ormond Beach has done. He has introduced a bill that would add a 3 percent surtax to Florida’s sales tax. The bill also supports the idea of added taxes to…
Apparently Jerry Power wasn’t joking about Plum TV’s sad financial state. The company, which produces local television in luxury markets such as Miami Beach and the Hamptons and for a short while was in the magazine business, announced it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Meanwhile, a group of…
An unidentified homeless man knocked over a grill and ended up losing his head early Tuesday morning in Sarasota.Ricky L. Leer, 48, another homeless resident of Sarasota, now stands charged of second-degree murder after allegedly lopping off the man’s head with a machete-like knife…
After a thorough beatdown in the Iowa caucuses last night, Newt Gingrich turned this morning to Miami, announcing a new gala fundraiser at the Biltmore that he hopes will re-energize his presidential campaign. Too bad Newt can’t ring up legendary Miami arms merchant Sarkis Soghanalian, who died in October.Turns out Gingrich and…
The next time you’re thinking about driving drunk, consider the plight of a man we’ll call Hank. In 2006, a police officer found him passed out behind the wheel of his pick-up truck in a Florida trailer park. Roused from his slumber, he blew a .081– just over the legal…
Dude, what did you do for New Year’s Eve? That’s the question wafting through Miami’s collective hangover this week. Most answers involve a combination of drinking, smoking, dancing, having sex, vomiting, and getting arrested (not necessarily in that order).But a score of local clubbers say their night ended early after…
Jason Feifer, an editor at Fast Company and a lifelong Heat fan (despite, you know, being older than the franchise), had tickets to the Heat’s home opener December 27 against the Boston Celtics. Unfortunately for him, those tickets were for seats next to an overzealous and, from his perspective, annoying…
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It figures that one of the first babies born in 2012 in Miami-Dade came into the world three weeks early because of a petty theft.Ana Johana Irias, 26, was using an ATM near Northwest 36th Street and 13th Avenue when a teenager drove by on a bike and snatched her…
Maybe he should have tried to sweeten the deal with Heat tickets?Eric Scott Topalian, 23, of Boca Raton, was charged with possession of a controlled substance on Saturday, but tried to get out of the charges by bribing the arresting officer with a pair of tickets to Sunday’s Jets vs…
Want to know what the biggest celebrity hotspot in Miami was on New Year’s Eve? Sean “Diddy” Comb’s Star Island mansion, of course. Everyone was there, including Rihanna, Vivica Fox, Nelly, Matt Kemp, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton. Everyone that is except for Rosie O’Donnell. She got turned away at…
With John Gruden and Bill Cowher expected to stay off the NFL sidelines for at least another season, that leaves Jeff Fisher as just about the only experienced and somewhat proven former head coach up for grabs this offseason, and the Dolphins are expected to interview the former Tennessee Titans…
