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Miami Clinic Supplies Drugs to Star Athletesnew

A Miami clinic supplies drugs to sports' biggest names.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
01-29-2013 |
Sports
Bowling for Chumpsnew

How insiders use the college bowl system to loot American universities.
Miami New Times |
Pete Kotz and Tim Elfrink |
12-13-2011 |
Sports
Nevin Shapiro Can Kiss My Assnew

Nevin Shapiro dubbed himself "Little Luke" in a so-called investigative report by Yahoo! Sports claiming all sorts of corrupt shit Shapiro committed while he was a booster of the University of Miami athletics program. The claims even include hooking up football players with prostitutes and buying them bottles at Mansion. That punk could never be me.
Miami New Times |
Luther Campbell |
08-17-2011 |
Sports
Oops! Miami Herald Runs Macy's Ad Congratulating Heat On Winning NBA Titlenew

As if reading the Sports section didn't suck enough for Heat fans this morning, Miami Herald readers opened their paper to find a nearly full-page ad reading "Congratulations Miami!" next to photos of Heat championship T-shirts and hats from Macy's.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
06-13-2011 |
Sports
NBA Finals Game 1: Winning Timenew

If you're a fan of low scoring games, low-percentage shooting and sleep depravity, then Game 1 of the NBA Finals was the game for you!
Miami New Times |
Chris Joseph |
06-01-2011 |
Sports
The Talent Trapnew

How a tiny Miami high school netted a team of international ballers.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
03-31-2011 |
Sports
The Busiest Gallery in Wynwood Might Be at the Salvation Army Thrift Storenew
There is something shockingly different about Wynwood's newest art emporium. The works lining the gritty space's windows, walls, and aisles fly out the door in a single day. On Wednesdays, you can snag an original painting or limited-edition framed print for half-off or a hefty discount.
Miami New Times |
Carlos Suarez De Jesus |
03-01-2010 |
Art
Super Bowl Guide to Sex, Drugs, Gambling, and Living Large in South Floridanew
Nothing ruins the perfect party week like someone dying or going to jail. So we've done the arduous research, taken the dangerous journeys, and interviewed dozens of local experts to bring you the definitive guide to depravity in the Sunshine State.
Miami New Times |
Michael J. Mooney and Gus Garcia-Roberts |
02-05-2010 |
Culture
Miami Dolphins' Tony Sparano is a Conservative Coach Who Takes Huge Risksnew
Though Sparano is a conservative coach, he has also been known to take huge risks. Take, for instance, the time two decades ago when he gave up a high-paying job to earn pennies an hour at his first football gig. Then there was last year, when he introduced the wildcat and nailed the hated Patriots.
Miami New Times |
Eric Barton |
12-21-2009 |
Sports
Worm in the Apple: Rebel Florida Company Takes on the Beloved Computer Giantnew

Psystar legally buys Apple's OS X software and then installs it in boxy black desktop towers that sell for as little as $599 -- about half the price of comparable Macs. But Apple hasn't taken the affront lightly.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
11-16-2009 |
Tech
The Florida Marlins Manatees Shake Two Tons of Bootynew
They are a motley crew in terms of race and height -- the shortest among them stands five feet eight inches, the tallest six-foot-eight -- and their body types range from big-boned to Marlon Brando's Last Years. They are the Manatees, Major League Baseball's only plus-size male dance team
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
09-28-2009 |
Sports
After Losing His Penis in a Botched Penile Implant Operation, a Florida Man Fights Back in Courtnew
All 62-year-old Enrique Millas ever wanted to do was have sex with his wife of 25 years, Gloria. But he couldn't. So he went to local penis guru Paul E. Perito, a urologist who touts himself as a national leader in penile implant surgery. And here our story swerves into Saw-caliber horror territory.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
09-21-2009 |
Sex
What Will Free Thinkers Do When the Amazing Randi is Gone?new

For more than 60 years, he has performed magic, debunked psychics, and discussed the perils of all things paranormal. But now his foundation is hemorrhaging money, and Randi, who has spent his career challenging the notion of an afterlife, is facing his own mortality.
Miami New Times |
Michael J. Mooney |
08-31-2009 |
Culture
They'll Slaughter Your Dinner As You Watch -- But Don't Tell the Copsnew

At the tiny, often filthy farms of rural Northwest Dade County, Cubans and other immigrants keep alive a cottage industry of unlicensed slaughter.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
04-06-2009 |
Food+Drink
Stay Alive with Miami-Based Bulletproof Clothingnew
Finally! A clothing line for the high-fashion assassin.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
03-16-2009 |
Fashion
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