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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2011 Stories by Tim Elfrink

• Miguel Exposito Suspended As Miami Police Chief By City Manager Johnny Martinez

  published Sep 06, 2011

  That was quick! We were all set to start a "Miguel Exposito Firing Watch" at Riptide today after numerous reports surfaced on Friday that he was going to be suspended and possibly fired today. But Cit... More >>

• Tallys Yunes, UM Professor, Solves MLB's Umpire Scheduling Dilemma

  published Sep 06, 2011

  Next time you're six Buds deep at Sun Life Stadium and venting your rage at the ump about another wasted Marlins summer -- "Hey, blue! Grow another eyeball and you'll be a f***ing Cyclops!" -- conside... More >>

• U.S. National Soccer Team, Honduras to Clash at Sun Life Stadium

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Dear Miami: You're the capital of Latin American culture, a city so soccer-crazy that trying to find a free field for pick-up footy is tougher than sneaking an inflatable banana into a nightclub. ... More >>

• Your Baby Is More Likely to Survive Childbirth In Cuba Than in the United States

  published Sep 01, 2011

  Do not let Michael Moore read this story or that fat bastard will never shut up about it. A new comprehensive study on newborn deaths in every country in the world was just published and -- gulp -- th... More >>

• Isaac Aelion, Sunny Isles Beach Commish, Gets Year of Probation for Shady Campaigning

  published Aug 31, 2011

  It's about time to give Miami-Dade's northern seaside enclave a more appropriate moniker -- Shady Isles Beach, perhapsrConsider: Last fall, voters in Sunny Isles Beach had three choices for city commi... More >>

• Michelle Spence-Jones Plasters Liberty City With World's Best Yard Signs

  published Aug 30, 2011

  Political yard signs usually highlight a promise or throw out a catchy slogan: Smith for Jobs or I Like Ike! Not too many politicos have spent cash to highlight their escape from felony cases.Only in ... More >>

• Daniel Sebastian Brings Ponzi Scheming to Creepy Disney Utopia Celebration, Florida

  published Aug 30, 2011

  Last December, the Disney-planned utopia of Celebration, Florida -- a Rockwellian copy of small-town Americana, complete with calming elevator music piped around town -- made headlines for its first m... More >>

• Indict North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre

  published September 1, 2011

  Indict North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre More >>

• Miami Is Broke, but 737 City Employees Made Six Figures Last Year; Here's a Full List

  published Aug 26, 2011

  The City of Miami just declared another "state of financial urgency" last week. Credit agencies have been slapping down the city's bond ratings like mosquitoes. Mayor Tomas Regalado has a $40 mil... More >>

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  Cocaine Will Eat the Flesh Off Your Face

  published Aug 25, 2011

  That cocaine you're planning to enjoy this weekend -- because really, how else can you appreciate those amazing beats blasting on Lincoln Road -- might contain more than coca. Actually, a new study sa... More >>

• Marlins-Reds Afternoon Game Draws Fewer Spectators Than Your Average SoBe Bar Fight

  published Aug 24, 2011

  Hey, remember how we're giving the Marlins a free baseball stadium because of the fiery, raging passion for baseball down here in Miami-Dader Honestly, when you have the kind of fan base that bleeds t... More >>

• Douglas Betancourt Stabbed Pastor and Parishioners In Little Havana Church, Cops Say

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Douglas Betancourt sat quietly in a back row straight through a service in a Little Havana church yesterday evening. After the mass, Pastor Hector Silva and his worshipers gathered in the back to eat ... More >>

• Gibson Belizaire Shooting Was Justified, Prosecutors Say, But Family Has Questions

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Last August, Gibson Belizaire died under a hail of bullets in a grimy corner behind a Little Haiti body shop. Five cops -- including two with troubling records of violence -- blasted more than 130 rou... More >>

• Miami Heat minority owner Raanan Katz sues an anonymous blogger

  published August 25, 2011

  Miami Heat minority owner Raanan Katz sues an anonymous blogger More >>

• Raanan Katz, Miami Heat Minority Owner, Tries to Silence Blog Critic With Lawsuit

  published Aug 22, 2011

  In Sunny Isles Beach, Raanan Katz has a street and an official day named in his honor. His company, with its omnipresent "RK" basketball logo, seems to claim every other strip mall in North Miami... More >>

• Kellyd Rodriguez, Accused Santeria Stalker, Charged With Massive Loan Fraud

  published Aug 18, 2011

  The orishas must be looking out for Carlos Valdes. We wrote this week about the local Santeria priest's legal battle with Kellyd Rodriguez -- a man Valdes says has stalked his family for four years be... More >>

• Nevin Shapiro and His Attorney Threatened New Times With World's Silliest Lawsuit

  published Aug 18, 2011

  Nevin Shapiro and his Coral Gables attorney, Maria Elena Perez, have the national media eating out of their hands these days. Shapiro is trying to bring down UM's football program, and Perez -- who's ... More >>

• Nevin Shapiro: Who Is This Ponzi Dirtbag Exploding Canes Footballr

  published Aug 17, 2011

  So Yahoo! Sports dropped an ass-seeking clusterbomb all over the University of Miami last night with a mammoth expose about Nevin Shapiro's (alleged) hooker-buying, yacht-lending, abortion-fundin... More >>

• Santeria Will Get You Cash Money (Video)

  published Aug 16, 2011

  Julio Cesar Garcia had a problem last week. He was sick of his job at Miami International Airport, and he was ready for a promotion. Sadly, his bosses weren't quite so interested in bumping him up the... More >>

• Santeria stalker

  published August 18, 2011

  Santeria stalker More >>

• Nikki Beach Brawl Leaves One Man Stabbed in the Torso and One in Custody UPDATED

  published Aug 15, 2011

  What police termed a "melee" erupted at South Beach's Nikki Beach club early this morning, right in front of two off-duty Miami Beach cops. It left one man seriously injured with multiple stab wounds ... More >>

• Logan Morrison And His Twitter Demoted As LoMo Rips Marlins For Move

  published Aug 14, 2011

  The Florida Marlins would have you believe they abruptly demoted fan favorite Logan Morrison after last night's loss to the Giants because his batting average dipped below .250 -- an excuse so blatant... More >>

• Oh Sh*t! Florida's Five Most Notorious Poopcrimes

  published Aug 12, 2011

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  Shanna Marie McLaughlin, Playboy Model Behind UCF Controversy, Busted for Carrying Gun on Plane

  published Aug 11, 2011

  Have you heard the one about the well-endowed Playboy model who got a big-name football coach in hot water after posing racily in his locker room -- and then topped it off by getting arrested for carr... More >>

• Police Union Prepares Lawsuit Over Recall After Overwhelming Vote to Oust Regalado

  published Aug 10, 2011

  The morning after the police union overwhelmingly voted to back a recall of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, union lawyers are drafting a lawsuit to force the city to figure out how to make it happen. The ... More >>