LeBron James had plans to bring his acting talents to South Beach long before he made plans to bring his basketball talents here. According to a report from Variety, just days before LeBron made his fateful “decision,” he had plans to star in a movie called Ballers that would have…
Every great Hollywood sports movie where our heroes must turn themselves from chumps into champs includes the ever important montage. Or as South Park once sang it, “We’re gonna need a montage. (Montage!) A sports-training montage! (Montage!).”Indeed coming off a 7-6 season and under the guidance of a new coach…
Dave Duerson, a former superstar Safety who took four trips to the Pro Bowl and had two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, was found dead in his Miami home last night. So far, though, no cause of death have been given…
The last time Garrett Wittels swung his bat in an NCAA game, he went 3 for 5 with two RBI. It was his 56th straight game with at least one hit, two shy of Robin Ventura’s all-time college record.Wittels will be back on the diamond tonight seeking to extend his…
Conan O’Brien welcomed one of the few guests taller than him when Chris Bosh sat on his coach. Apparently, Bosh is a big thumb wrestling enthusiast, which of course led to a impromptu match between the two. Watch who wins after the jump…
For more than a week, Riptide has brought you the shady plays that have turned Krop High School into a basketball powerhouse: recruiting players, inventing addresses, changing official records, and — of course — threatening journalists.The truth is, these tactics are often a hell of a lot more effective than…
Former Florida Marlins star Miguel Cabrera, who in his rookie season helped the Fish clasp a World Series, has been charged with a DUI and resisting arrest up near his home in Port St. Lucie. It’s the latest downfall involving alcohol in the life of the gifted slugger…
As the dust settles after the disqualification — for real this time — of Krop High’s boys basketball squad, it will be reckoning time for Coach Shakey Rodriguez and the school’s administrators. In the last week, rampant rule-bending and outright cheating concerning the school’s basketball squad has been exposed, most…
Krop High’s boys basketball squad– already a district champion and a favorite to win state– has been booted from the playoffs. This time, it appears, for good. An appeals court today reversed a judge’s earlier decision to allow the team to play. Dr. Michael Krop High was barreling through the…
As if ever-mounting eligibility conflicts weren’t enough turmoil for the state’s number-one-ranked basketball squad: Miami-Dade Police have issued a warrant for Krop High star guard Angel Rodriguez’s arrest after he skipped a court date yesterday. 19-year-old Rodriguez, whose play has propelled Krop to a district championship this year, was due…
Scott Raab, the Cleveland-born Esquire writer who got himself banned from American Airlines Arena, still seems to have LeBron on his mind all the time. He sat down for an interview with comedian Chris Rock for the magazine and the subject turned to a long discussion of LeBron James’ infamous…
Miami FC, South Florida’s chronically anonymous professional soccer team, has tried everything in its quest to get fans interested. It signed the greatest player ever– ten years and a thousand mistresses past Romário’s prime. It picked up two Cuban defectors in a clear bit of pandering to the Cafe Versailles…
After turning in a few lackluster performances of late, the never-ending news cycle and knee-jerk brigade turned its attention to Dwyane Wade and his sudden and abrupt downfall as a the alpha dog on this Miami Heat team, while LeBron James took center stage as The Man With The Biggest…
With ESPN scheduling Miami’s season opener against Maryland for its sweet Labor Day night spot, it seemed the drama would be that former Hurricanes head coach Randy Shannon would be on the opposite sideline coordinating the Terrapin’s defense. Now, according to the Baltimore Sun though an agreement was almost in…
It seems all millionaire athletes, including LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, like to bring longtime pals into their financial fold. What better way to show you haven’t forgotten your roots?…
In the ultra competitive, bruising world of professional wrestling, a viciously creative signature move is what separates the stars from the understudies.Joey “The Portrait of American Horror” Saint, clocking in at 400 pounds, and Brian “The Beast” Brody, who packs 200 pounds, combine to form a fiendishly diabolical human smash…
The 2011 Miami Hurricanes Schedule has been released, and despite some rumors, they won’t be opening the season against Florida State. Though the opener could be even more interesting as they’ll travel up to Maryland for a Monday night game on September 5 to be broadcast on ESPN. Yes, former…
Fifty seconds. That’s how quick Dhafir Harris, aka Dada 5000, dispatched Timothy Papp Jr., an Oklahoma MMA fighter with more experience than the Perrine Spartan. Prior to stepping into the ring with Papp, Harris told New Times, “I need to inflict pain on him real quick so people know I…
When Scottie Pippen sits down to watch TV, he doesn’t see much difference between Two and a Half Men and a Miami Heat game. We guess LeBron is Charlie Sheen, Wade is John Cryer, and Chris Bosh is apparently that chubby kid who’s awkwardly aged in front of America. In…
We never did believe that the number-one-ranked Krop High basketball squad’s eligibility shenanigans stopped with Brian Delancy’s phantom residences. So over the weekend, we headed to addresses listed in the Miami-Dade School District database for 19-year-old Angel Rodriguez — Krop’s star guard and Puerto Rico transplant, already committed to Frank…
The Miami Heat entered today’s game against the Boston Celtics with a chance to take sole possession of first place in the East. They also entered the game riding a pretty nifty eight game-winning streak.But those things quickly turned to the proverbial mound of cat turd as the C’s held…
This news story will appear in Wednesday’s issue of New Times. It includes reporting that was published last week on our news blog, and which was referenced without attribution in this weekend’s Miami Herald. Beansprout teenage basketball players from Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High, all wearing purple tracksuits, filled…
