Email Author Tim Elfrink

Awards

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published December 16, 2010

  "Hurricane Nevin"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published May 20, 2010

  "Hack Pack"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published July 22, 2010

  "Tea Party Pretty Boy"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published March 25, 2010

  "Disorderly Conduct"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published June 4, 2009

  "Swamped"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published April 9, 2009

  "The Fall of a Titan"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published May 21, 2009

  "Dog Fight"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published February 26, 2009

  "Guantanamo's Final Days"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published April 9, 2009

  "The Fall of a Titan"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 26, 2009

  "Guantanamo's Final Days"

• 2009 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published December 18, 2008

  "Black October"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 18, 2008

  "Black October"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published December 18, 2008

  "Black October"

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2013 Stories by Tim Elfrink

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  Miami Chiropractor Forced Employees To Convert To Scientology, Feds Allege

  published May 20, 2013

  Sales is a tough job. Those widgets ain't moving themselves. And everyone knows what happens at the weekly sales meeting: First prize is a Cadillac, second prize is a set of steak knives, and third pl... More >>

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  Allen West Finally Got a Fox News Gig

  published May 17, 2013

  Allen West's entire four years in Washington were essentially a giant performance art piece aimed at Fox News viewers. The Republican rep would bluster at a Muslim constituent that "you attacked us," ... More >>

• Here's the Trippy Hotel and Giant Convention Center Developers Want To Build Downtown

  published May 17, 2013

  For the next month, two teams will be fighting tooth and nail for the chance to lead a billion dollar renovation of Miami Beach's convention center. But the Beach may soon have some serious competitio... More >>

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  Marco Rubio Got an $800,000 Advance on His Book, Finally Paid Off His College Loans

  published May 16, 2013

  Throughout his rocket-ship ride to the top of the GOP, Marco Rubio has fought to keep some financial skeletons from tumbling out of his closet. There were thousands in questionable credit card charges... More >>

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  Florida Secretly Shortened Yellow Light Times To Bust More Drivers With Red-Light Cameras

  published May 15, 2013

  Remember when you got popped with that red light camera ticket last month and then ranted to anyone who'd listen about how it was all a giant conspiracyr "The yellow is too short!" you shrieked, wavin... More >>

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  Miami Dolphins Stadium Renovation Was Failing at the Polls Before Tally Killed It

  published May 15, 2013

  When the House spiked a bill two weeks ago to let the Miami Dolphins raise bed taxes to fund a stadium renovation, team owner Stephen Ross went ballastic, lashing out at Speaker Will Weatherford for t... More >>

• Now the Florida Panthers Want A Public Handout: A $4.2 Million Scoreboard

  published May 14, 2013

  First, the Miami Marlins duped their way to a deal that will eventually cost taxpayers $1 billion for a new ballpark. That's panned out about as well as early stock investments in Hindenberg, Inc. The... More >>

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  UM Student Dino Ghilotti Killed In Early-Morning Wreck Day After Graduating

  published May 13, 2013

  On Friday, Dino Ghilotti's friends and family gathered in Coral Gables to watch him walk the stage at the University of Miami's graduation. Today, they'll gather again at a Coral Gables church to mour... More >>

• Florida Road Sign Advises Drivers to 'Smoke Weed Erryday'

  published May 13, 2013

  Sure, the Florida legislature may have taken a step back on pot laws in the Sunshine State by tightening rules for selling bongs and voting down a medical marijuana initiative. But in Orlando, at leas... More >>

• Florida Man Runs From Police Directly Into an Alligator's Mouth

  published May 10, 2013

  When Bryan Zuniga fled a traffic stop in Tampa yesterday, he had the right idea. Sprint away from cops. Jump a fence. Hide behind a water treatment plant. But Zuniga wasn't counting on a justice-lovi... More >>

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  Who Is the Middle-Finger Lady Making All Miami Heat Fans Proud This Morningr UPDATED

  published May 09, 2013

  Middle-finger lady: Riptide salutes you, for you are truly the soul of Miami embodied. Your patterned silk shirt: Glorious. Your tan: Immaculate. Your leather purse, gold jewelry and white pants: Perh... More >>

• Florida Man Arrested For Masturbating on Boat Ramp

  published May 08, 2013

  There are lots of appropriate places to masturbate on a fine Florida Saturday afternoon. Your bedroom. A locked, private bathroom. Even the cabin of your sailboat probably would be AOK. However, the... More >>

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  Miami Marlins Are Selling So Few Tickets They're Closing the Upper Deck

  published May 08, 2013

  Remember when the Marlins used to cover the whole upper deck at Sun Life Stadium with a big blue tarp so the game looked a little more full even though only a few thousand people showed upr That was o... More >>

• Colombian 'Nuns' Caught Smuggling Four Pounds of Cocaine in Their Habits

  published May 07, 2013

  The authorities are onto your old cocaine-stuffed-into-coconuts routine. Your drug subs have been getting busted by the Coast Guard at an alarming rate. Even disguising pounds of cocaine as a replica ... More >>

• Kiera Wilmot's Story Blows Up, but Where's the Herald?

  published May 9, 2013

  Kiera Wilmot's Story Blows Up, but Where's the Herald? More >>

• Triple Shooting at the Opera Tower Leaves Miami PD Searching for Motive

  published May 06, 2013

  Residents of the Opera Tower, a 55-story bayfront condo, awoke Sunday morning to a scene straight out of Scarface: Blood pooled in an elevator and splattered around a lobby, three men seriously wounde... More >>

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  Meet the One Jerk Who Didn't Vote LeBron for MVP (No, It Wasn't Dan Le Batard)

  published May 06, 2013

  Sunday's news should have been glorious for LeBron James. Not only did he win the MVP award, but also he became the youngest player to rack up a fourth most-valuable honor. Instead, everyone focused o... More >>

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  Kiera Wilmot Case: Prosecutor Who OK'ed Arrest Let Another Teen Slide for Killing Brother

  published May 03, 2013

  There are a lot of reasons Kiera Wilmot's story has exploded online this week. First, there's the sheer weirdness of a 16-year-old getting in huge trouble for a science experiment gone wrong. Then the... More >>

• New Dolphins Lineman A.J. Francis Just Had the Greatest Birthday in History

  published May 02, 2013

  How did your last birthday gor Pretty greatr Had some drinks with your friends, got some gift cards from the parents, skipped out on workr Yeah, A.J. Francis has you beat times 10,000. Last Saturday ... More >>

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  Scientists Back Kiera Wilmot by Tweeting About All the Stuff They've Blown Up

  published May 02, 2013

  As the tale of Kiera Wilmot -- the Bartow, Florida student expelled and charged with two felonies over a science project gone wrong -- went viral yesterday, a wide movement to support the 16-year-old ... More >>

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  Florida School Responds to Criticism for Expelling Student Over Science Project: "There Are Consequences to Actions"

  published May 01, 2013

  By all accounts, Kiera Wilmot's science experiment gone wrong triggered just a tiny pop and a small amount of smoke at Bartow High School last week -- but her tale is certifiably blowing up the Intern... More >>

• Florida Man Calls 911 Eighty Times to Demand Kool-Aid, Hamburgers, and Weed

  published May 01, 2013

  If you're going to call 911 eighty consecutive times, you'd better have a damn good reason: snakes biting your eyeballs, bikers armed with medieval weapons circling your house, multiple missing limbs.... More >>

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  Sun Life Stadium Renovation Bill Passes Senate, Looks Likely to Get House Vote

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Hey, Miami-Dade voters: Looks like you'll have a chance after all to decide whether the Dolphins -- and their billionaire owner, Stephen Ross -- deserve tax dollars to help renovate Sun Life Stadium. ... More >>

• Five Miami Tales That Need Movie Adaptations

  published May 2, 2013

  Five Miami Tales That Need Movie Adaptations More >>

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  Forget Pain & Gain: Ten Other Real-Life Miami Capers That Should Be Made Into Movies

  published Apr 29, 2013

  With Michael Bay's big-screen adaptation of Pain & Gain opening atop the box office this weekend, masses of moviegoers discovered what Miamians already knew: Pete Collins' tale of bodybuilders gon... More >>