LeBron James’s decision to take his talents to South Beach seemed to be a marketing disaster, in the short run at least. For a while, it seemed to be impossible to find a LeBron fan outside South Florida. Surprisingly, though, his latest namesake sneaker, Nike’s LeBron 8, is selling just…
Rick Scott first made waves in the Republican primary by introducing the idea of Arizona-style immigration laws into the Florida campaign. Leaning to the extreme right proved successful in the primary, but as he moved into the general election, his campaign conveniently seems to have lessened its emphasis on championing…
Randy Moss sure has had a weird season. The day after the Patriots came to Miami and handed the Dolphins their dorsal tails, he was cut from the team. He ended back in Minnesota, where he just didn’t gel with Brett Favre (not that anyone wants to “gel” with Favre…
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Dwyane Wade’s main goal in life right now is to bring championship rings back to Miami, but this Halloween, he found time in his busy schedule to bring sexy back. That’s right: He dressed up as Justin Timberlake, complete with “whiteface.” No word on whether his girlfriend, Gabrielle Union, wore…
After a rocky start against the Boston Celtics, the Miami Heat is off to an appropriately hot start with a three-game winning streak including Friday’s domination of the Orlando Magic in the new Miami team’s AAA debut. In addition to wracking up wins,they’re also adding some new traditions, including a…
President John F. Kennedy’s most famous appearance at the Orange Bowl was during a ceremony to welcome back the freed prisoners of Brigade 2506 following the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion. While obviously JFK’s most significant trip to the now-destroyed historic stadium, it wasn’t his only. F.I.L.M. Archives…
Today Univision airs its final episode of El Show de Cristina, the 21-year-old talk show of Cristina Saralegui, AKA Spanish Oprah. Despite initial reports that the popular show’s cancellation was a mutual decision, Saralegui has since said she was more or less forced out by the network. She won’t be…
Quinnipiac University’s latest Florida poll numbers are significant because, well, it’s a day before the election. It is also one of the first polls taken after “Debate Gate.” The governor’s race remains supertight, with Alex Sink leading Rick Scott by only a single point. It’s a completely different story in the Senate…
We all know cigarettes are deadly, but for at least the second time this year in Miami a man has died following a fight that started over a cigarette. An unidentified 54-year-old man is dead after a fight broke out somehow spurred by an argument about a smoke. 29-year-old Frank Alonso has been…
Following reports that he asked Kendrick Meek to drop out of the senate race former President Bill Clinton has taken some serious heat. However, he’s just released a statement refuting Politico’s story and says he never asked Meek to drop out, nor did Meek ever at any point agree to…
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The Miami Herald is a “family newspaper,” you know. Unlike yours truly, their writers aren’t even free to drop f-bombs in their copy. Apparently, though, their website is totally free to link to hardcore pornography sites without so much as a “NSFW” warning in stories displayed on their front page…
Chicago and New York are currently freaking out about silly little bedbugs. They’ve even hit the United Nations building. Miami Beach has far scarier infestation problems: hookworms! The parasitic pest borrow through people’s skins before eventually finding their way into the small intestine and stomach. They’ve already infected 15 people…
In a blow to those who prefer Hollywood churn out an original idea every once in a while but a possible boon to the Miami film industry, ABC is said to be working on a pilot for a TV reboot of the well worn Charlie’s Angels franchise. Deadline Hollywood reports…
When we signed off with our last post here on Riptide last night Kendrick Meek was still running a campaign to be elected to the United State Senate as the candidate of the party with the most registered voters in Florida. When we woke up this morning that was still…
Tonight’s home opener of the newly stacked Miami Heat should be one of those rare sports moments that brings the entire Miami community together, but as per usual the city has too much dirty laundry to show a truly united front. Instead, the scene outside American Airlines Arena will be…
Certain corners of the web seem like a race to see who can over share the most. LeBron James’ just relaunched website seems like it’s winning for self aggrandizement. Which is fine. We love us some healthy ego, but it’s almost a little too much.Want to know what LeBron James…
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Rakontur is currently finishing up Square Grouper, their documentary on Miami’s pot smuggling heydays, but that’s not all in the past. The South Florida US Attorney’s Office announced that they recently found a boat just miles off the coast of Miami packed with 800 pounds of pot. Four arrests have…
The combined out-of-control forces of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton really don’t even come close to the sheer disaster that is Charlie Sheen’s life. In just his latest episode, the Two and a Half Men star went on an alleged alcohol and cocaine fueled naked rampage in which…
Why, yes, that is Marco Rubio peering at you from the latest cover of Time magazine. Unlike yesterday’s tea bagger beefcake calendar, the cover is for real. Rubio takes one of four special-edition covers that feature some of the most talked-about Republican candidates from across the country, and inside, Time…
