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 - 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"

• 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"

• 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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2009 Stories by Tim Elfrink

• FIU Reportedly Hires Worst Coach/GM/Human Being in NBA History. Welcome to Miami, Isiah!

  published Apr 14, 2009

  So, Florida International University canned its basketball coach yesterday after a 13-20 campaign, reportedly so the school can replace him later today with a man more hated in New York City than the ... More >>

• Passengers Land Plane After Pilot Dies Midair over Miami

  published Apr 13, 2009

  Not to name any names, but some of us here at Riptide Central are none too fond of the ol' "airplane travel" and generally consume enough drugs to kill Keith Richards before we board any airborne vehi... More >>

• Another Year, Another Horrible Florida Panthers Failure

  published Apr 10, 2009

  It was supposed to be different this year. Hell, it was different this year.It's hard to believe now, but it really was only two months ago when the Herald ran a front page story with this headline: "... More >>

• Overworked, Underfunded Miami Public Defenders Turn To Rich Law Firms For Help

  published Apr 08, 2009

  Inside a stuffy, overcrowded Miami-Dade misdemeanor court, a 13-year-old boy clad in an orange jumpsuit watches in awe as his lawyer artfully demands that the judge toss evidence the prosecution has ... More >>

• Shear Happiness

  published April 9, 2009

  Boy, were we pleased when Hanley Ramirez made an empty demand for a trade earlier this spring after the team forced him to mow his cornrows.... More >>

• Robin Hood Courts

  published April 9, 2009

  Inside a stuffy, overcrowded Miami-Dade misdemeanor court, a 13-year-old boy watches in awe as his lawyer artfully demands that the judge toss... More >>

• Fishy Business

  published April 9, 2009

  Joe Martinez seems a forthright and resolute guy. He was the first Hispanic elected by his peers to be county commission chairman. He publicly... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The Fall of a Titan

  published April 9, 2009

  It's a bright September afternoon inside the towering Miami Center on Biscayne Boulevard. From his 21st-floor office, Charles Hazlett... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Our 2009 Marlins Predictions: Sub-600 Crowds, a Surprisingly Good Record, and a Payroll Lower than A-Rod's Knee Insurance

  published Apr 07, 2009

  BY GUS GARCIA-ROBERTS AND TIM ELFRINK Boy, were we pleased when Hanley Ramirez made an empty demand for a trade earlier this spring after the team forced him to mow his cornrows. Our joy had nothing... More >>

• Allen Stanford Will Punch You in the Mouth If You Ask About His Ponzi Scheme

  published Apr 06, 2009

  In a state still reeling from Bernie Madoff and staggering toward 10 percent unemployment, it's tough to think of many adjectives less likely to endear you to the commoners than accused billionaire Po... More >>

• Plantation Man Pleads Guilty To Shipping Military Aircraft Parts to Iran

  published Apr 02, 2009

  It's probably safe to add "shipping military aircraft parts to Iran" to your running list of "Bad Business Plans."Traian Bujduveanu, a Romanian citizen living in Plantation, learned that the hard way,... More >>

• Black History No-Show

  published April 2, 2009

  Note to Tim Ryan: Maybe just stay home next February. Ryan, Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation chief since 2006, hasn't exactly... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Miss Universe Says Guantanamo Bay Is 'Fun,' 'Calm,' and 'Relaxing'

  published Mar 31, 2009

  Well, the gig is up. Thanks a lot, reigning Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza.See, in the cover story on my trip to Guantanamo Bay a couple of months ago, I did my best to convey my impressions of the infa... More >>

• Corrections Chief Tim Ryan Can't Seem To Stop Offending Black Guards

  published Mar 31, 2009

  Note to Tim Ryan: Maybe just stay home next February. Ryan, Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation chief since 2006, hasn't exactly built a mountain of goodwill with his majority black workforce d... More >>

• Another Day, Another Caribbean-Based Ponzi Scheme

  published Mar 27, 2009

  Forget Edison, Franklin, even Steve Jobs. If there's one innovator we truly love and respect here in South Florida and the Caribbean, it's Charles Ponzi.The guy, let's face it, invented pretty much th... More >>

• FPL Refuses to Answer Public Concerns over Nuclear Safety at Turkey Point

  published Mar 26, 2009

  Just before midnight last February, the top nuclear operator at Turkey Point quit on the spot and stormed out of the plant, convinced that profit-hungry FPL executives were pushing the nuclear reactor... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  'The Fix Is In': Now Where the F Are All Those New Jobsr

  published Mar 24, 2009

  So much for protests. Taxpayers are on the hook for a $634 million new playground for the Marlins, and the biggest grassroots organizer against the project says he wishes he hadn't wasted his tim... More >>

• Glenn Straub's Latest Last-Minute Pitch for an Overtown Marlins Stadium Makes Far Too Much Sense

  published Mar 23, 2009

  With the Miami Dade Commission set to vote this afternoon on whether to blow hundreds of millions of your tax dollars during the worst recession in a generation on a new Marlins Stadium (not that we'v... More >>

• March Mental Illness In Miami! Live Blogging Courtside at AA Arena

  published Mar 20, 2009

  'Madness' is a pretty outdated term -- offensive really -- so at Riptide we prefer to classify what's going down at American Airlines Arena this afternoon a little more precisely. Our psychologists ar... More >>

• Riptide's Guide on Who to Hate During Miami's March Madness

  published Mar 19, 2009

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• Miami HIV Scammers Guilty of $5.3 Million Medicare Fraud

  published Mar 18, 2009

  A federal jury this week convicted two doctors and two assistants of bilking Medicare for millions of dollars by setting up a bogus HIV clinic in Miami, the State Attorney's office tells Riptide, the ... More >>

• Irish Blood

  published March 19, 2009

  A Cutler Bay man funneled money to the Irish terrorists who murdered two British soldiers in Belfast earlier this month, federal prosecutors... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Report: Women Horribly Neglected in Florida's Immigration Jails

  published Mar 17, 2009

  Marlene Jaggernauth had been a legal U.S. resident for 27 years when the ICE agents came knocking on her door in 2003. They arrested the Trinidad native on a shoplifting charge from six years earlier,... More >>

• Arizona, The Worst NCAA Tourney Bid Ever, Headed To Miami

  published Mar 16, 2009

  They didn't win 20 games. They finished .500 in a mediocre conference. Their best player is a goofy looking white guy. They lost five of their last six games of the season. Yet somehow the geni... More >>

• Memo From Baghdad: Miami Soldier Says Obama's Withdrawal Plans Will Work

  published Mar 13, 2009

  Capt. Agustin Dominguez understands the ebb-and-flow of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as only a battle-hardened soldier who's been there truly can.Dominguez, a Miami native and '98 grad of Pa... More >>