LeBron James’ is not known for his subtlety or modesty. The man threw himself a lavish 26th birthday party this weekend at Coco De Ville, which he didn’t even pay for. Sponsorship packages were selling for $10,000 to $500,000.And of course no b-day party is complete without a cake. This being LeBron…
Rarely are we here at New Times, a publication not exactly known for its prudence and modesty, aghast at the hi-jinks of the tabloid media. But unflattering beach shots of Access Hollywood co-host (ironically a member of the tabloid media herself) Maria Menounos have caused a new term to join…
The Sun-Sentinel ran a 1,000 word piece on why Florida’s school kids no longer shower after gym practice. Which seems insane, and we’re not sure it actually qualifies as “news” or an issue needing 1,000 words dedicated to it. And yet it did answer at least one burning question for…
For years, Father Alberto Cutié was one of the Catholic Church’s most media savvy priests. His stints hosting and guesting on television and radio shows and doling out relationship advice in books and newspaper columns earned him the nickname “Father Oprah.” Though, the media and his burgeoning celebrity became his…
Last week, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross gave his vote of confidence to head coach Tony Sparano. The consensus has been that Sparano would keep his job, despite the team’s second consecutive losing season. Mainly because the players love and respect him. And even though Sunday’s game against the New England…
What do you expect when you take kids who normally spend most of their time in the sleepy little mountain town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and put them in Miami for New Year’s Eve? Probably not good things. In the lead up to tonight’s Orange Bowl, eight players on the Virginia…
Rick Sanchez, the anchorman fired from CNN after calling Jon Stewart a “bigot” and implying that Jews control the media, is entering comeback mode. First step: Meet with a high-profile rabbi…
Police have arrested a man in connection to a horrific car crash early Sunday morning that killed three people and seriously injured a fourth.Cedric Levon Williams, 48, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The crash occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday at NE 82nd Street and 2nd…
Any two-bit news rag can tell you what happened yesterday. But it takes a truly great publication — one advertising Asian table massages in its back pages — to predict the future. We donned our swami’s cap and stared long and hard at our 2011 calendar until we started hallucinating…
All season long we heard Brandon Marshall going to bat for Chad Henne during press conferences and post game interviews. No matter how shitty Henne played, Marshall insisted that the duo would be a force to be reckoned with once their chemistry got right.Well now that the season is all…
Exactly one month ago, Riptide asked the kind of burning, investigative question that has won us so, so many Pulitzers: Are the bathrooms at the Opa-Locka Hialeah Flea Market the skankiest in all of Miami-Dade? Our burning need to know was fed by a reader’s photos that looked so nasty…
Have you spent the last week wondering why that plate of cookies went untouched and your stocking was bereft of swag? No, it’s not because Santa found out about your massive Medicare fraud; Ol’ Saint Nick’s just got his own problems with Johnny Law. For Mugshot Friday’s very special holiday…
Update: Francisco’s mother, Lauren Chollet, called Riptide on Monday, January 3. She attested that there was “nothing sexual” about the burglary incident at the University of Central Florida: her son was intoxicated and continually entering the wrong dorm rooms. Also, she accused Francisco’s girlfriend of filing false domestic violence claims…
I don’t know why anyone would want to live in Southwest Ranches, the bizarre rural-themed town way out in the west part of bumfuck Broward County, but two Dolphins stars of past and present are now in a legal dispute over a home in the area. The Sun-Sentinel reports that…
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Every year, local officials have to remind citizens not to shoot of their guns into the air on New Year’s Eve at the stroke of midnight. Every year, someone does.Last year, someone shot up a bullet and it hit a six-year-old Italian boy in the chest as he was eating…
Back in October (when NBA championships are totally decided), ESPN columnist and consummate Heat Dick-Biter, Bill Simmons, wrote that the Big Three’s biggest problem will be when they hit the road, because everyone hates them and that makes them all sad: I could see the Heat running the slate [in…
Riptide is the first outlet to get its hands on the Davie Police arrest report of Reynaldo Rodriguez, the driver charged with vehicular homicide in the death of prolific graffiti and tattoo artist Jonathan “Ynot” Corso. The document finally sheds some light on the events of that night, the identities…
It looks like Tony Sparano may hold onto his job as the Dolphins head coach after all, and, interestingly, that Bill Parcells still has some sway in the organization. Former Raiders executive Mike Lombardi reported on Inside the NFL last night that sources close to the team say Parcells has…
After a week of kind eulogies for Carlos Andres Perez — including our own arguing the world would be a better place if he could have just held off the coup-crazy Hugo Chavez — the post-death story of the ex-Venezuelan president is suddenly getting very messy.A Miami judge has ordered…
Police have arrested a Miami Gardens man with a long record of felony charges in the brutal late-night shooting earlier this month that killed 24-year-old corrections officer Ciara Lee and her two-year-old son as they slept in their bedroom in Liberty City.Henry A. Ferguson, a 22-year-old who was free on…
More than a year ago, we dubbed Jervon A. Smith “South Florida’s creepiest pastor”. Ever since then, he’s been calling us frantically, at one point threatening litigation, trying to get us to rescind that title. A taste, from yesterday’s phone conversation with Smith: “Come on Gus– the creepiest pastor in…
