Donna Shalala

Here's the University of Miami's 45-Page Demand to Dismiss the Nevin Shapiro Case

Donna Shalala is done messing around. This morning, the University of Miami dropped a 45-page bomb on the NCAA, detailing the dozens of reasons why the school believes the Nevin Shapiro case should be dropped. You've already heard most of the juicy parts: Nevin's attorney getting paid by the NCAA to ... More >>

Everlasting War

World Outgames, the "Gay Olympics," Will Be Held in Miami Beach in 2017

Miami may never host the Olympics, and our hopes of future Super Bowls are in doubt, but don't worry, we're still a major destination for international sporting competitions. In fact, Miami Beach just beat out Reykjavík, Iceland, to host the World Outgames in 2017.

University of Miami Abandoning Florida's High School Football Stars

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke analyzes the Miami Hurricanes' sudden aversion to Florida high school football players.The University of Miami football program r ... More >>

Lady Justice

Duke Fan Who Attended Miami Game Writes Angry Column: "At Least Our Blue Devil Has Class"

If you watched the Miami Hurricanes' historic thrashing of Duke on the basketball courts last week, you might have spotted a few lonely dots of blue among the sea of orange in the student section. To no one's surprise, it turns out those Duke fans did not have a very good night.Michelle Picon, ... More >>

UM Sanctions: Goodbye, Nevin Shapiro

Miami Dolphins Stadium Renovation: A Political Insider's Guide

Give Stephen Ross props. He stepped up to Norman Braman one billionaire to another and slapped him across the face with a clean white glove. With a full page ad undermining Braman's credibility in Tuesday's edition of the Miami Herald, Ross let Braman know he's got the cash to parry any attacks the ... More >>

University of Miami Responds: "Frustrated, Disappointed and Concerned" with NCAA

The University of Miami has finally responded to the announcement of NCAA-ception today, and in her official statement university president Donna Shalala didn't mince words. She said she was "frustrated, disappointed and concerned" by the developments, and claims the school has been "a model for how ... More >>

The University of Miami NCAA Investigation Is a Witch Hunt

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gives his take on the latest developments in the NCAA probe of the Miami Hurricanes.The NCAA is finally wrapping up its investiga ... More >>

How the Miami Hurricanes' Nevin Shapiro Scandal Became the Most Boring in College Sports

When Yahoo! Sports reporter Charles Robinson first hinted to the world that he was working on a story that became the Miami Hurricane's scandal, he promised on ESPN Radio that on the outrage meter, it would merit a ten.Yeah, in retrospect he might have wanted to dial that back to a seven or an eight ... More >>

Wisconsin Reportedly Interested in Hurricanes Coach Al Golden

Al Golden has only compiled a 13-11 record as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes, but he's done so under difficult circumstances. His efforts have caught the eye of other schools' Athletic Directors, and he's been rumored as a possible candidate for recent vacancies at Boston College and Tennessee. ... More >>

Read Mail: Don't Mock Jesus on the New Times Cover

Students Rally Around Fired University of Miami Cafeteria Worker

University of Miami students are rallying around a school cafeteria worker who was dismissed from her job on October 10, the day after she let a man leave the cafeteria without paying. The worker, Betty Asbury, claims the man only used the restroom and did not eat or drink anything.Students have sin ... More >>

No One Bothered to Watch the Hurricanes Beat Bethune-Cookman

Remember the good ol' days when the Florida Marlins played at Sun Life and the blinding sight of tens of thousands of empty orange seats mocked the athletes toiling inside the echoing, empty stadium?It was throwback day in Miami Gardens on Saturday, as Canes fans -- still burned by a horrific beatdo ... More >>

Hurricanes Athletic Director: "We Are Committed to the ACC"

Despite reports the University of Miami had reached out to the Big 12 conference to gauge interest in a possible move in case several ACC members leave for more Midwestern pastures, athletic director Shawn Eichorst has broken his silence on the matter. He laims the U is "committed to the ACC."

Miami Hurricanes May Miss Out On A.J. Leggett, One of the Nations Best CBs, Because of Academics

The Nevin Shapiro scandal may have left all those folks talking up the Hurricanes football program as an upstanding group of brainy, good two-shoed scholars eating crow, but you better believe Donna Shalala is still dead-set on keeping up the school's academic reputation.Maybe that's why its likely ... More >>

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Al Golden Feels Duped by University of Miami

​When Al Golden was plucked from college football obscurity as head coach of the Temple Owls to take over the Miami Hurricanes, a storied program that needed just a bit of fine tuning to be competitive again, it seemed like -- pardon the pun -- a Golden opportunity. Now, if an NCAA investigation p ... More >>

Nevin Shapiro Just Screwed University of Miami Football: Join Us in the Seven Stages of Grief

​Convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro may have just killed the University of Miami football program. (And men's basketball program, but, really, who cares about that?) Yahoo! Sports reporter Charles Robinson just published a report detailing Shapiro's involvement in paying and providing impermiss ... More >>

UM Hires Wisconsin's Shawn Eichorst as Athletic Director

Yep, this is the guy. ​The University of Miami's search to replace athletic director Kirby Hocutt has come to an end. The Miami Herald reports that Shawn Eichorst, a deputy AD at the University of Wisconsin, has been hired for the job, and what a job it is. Not only will Eichorst be charged with m ... More >>

Yep, Kirby Hocutt is Leaving Miami for Texas Tech

​Well, it was all but official, but University of Miami Athletics Director Kirby Hocutt is leaving Coral Gables to take the same job at Texas Tech. Hocutt was seen as a rising star in the world of college athletics directors, and while his new job is certainly less high profile it will pay bet ... More >>

Al Golden Named Head Coach of Miami Hurricanes

The last time Al Golden coached a college football game he lost to Miami of Ohio. The next time he coaches a team it may very well be Miami of Florida. ESPN reports that Golden, the current head coach at Temple, has been offered the vacant position as the Hurricanes' head coach and is likely to acce ... More >>

Sudden Bo Pelini Rumors Prove Miami's Coach Search isn't Quite Hopeless

​With the Gruden myth shattered, and Dan Mullen rumors now centering on Florida, it seemed like Miami's chance of capturing a blue chip coach were quickly diminishing. Then, today, out of left field came rumors that Miami was maybe, possibly talking to Nebraska coach Bo Pelini. If anything, it pro ... More >>

Who Will Be The Miami Hurricanes Next Coach? Here's Every Rumored Candidate

We still have mixed emotions over the firing of Randy Shannon, but it's time to move on and start wildly speculating on who will be the next coach of the Miami Hurricanes. Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt has hired a firm to assist in the quest, and reportedly the 'Canes will be looking for someone wh ... More >>

People Expect Obama to Be SuperNegro

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gives President Obama an A on his midterm report card.Despite the mess he inherited from George W. Bush, Barack Obama has ... More >>

Oddsmakers Favor Hurricanes As Next Team To Get Major Sanctions

Someone thinks the odds are high history could repeat itself​The USC Trojans are currently under harsh sanctions (much to the 'Canes benefit), and ironically Butch Davis, who once was charged with picking up the pieces of Miami's sanction shattered program, is now feeling the fall out of an NCAA i ... More >>

University of Miami Students Rally as Janitors Prepare to Strike Over Wages

The campus might not look this tidy come Wednesday.​Four years ago, the 400 janitors who keep the University of Miami's campus clean went on a lengthy hunger strike and inspired two months of student protests in a fierce battle to earn a fair living wage. Looks like round two might be right around ... More >>

University of Miami Rises in U.S. News College Rankings, Finally Bests UF

​Under President Donna Shalala, the University of Miami has seen a slow but steady rise in U.S. News & World Report's highly touted college rankings. Last year, it became a top 50 university for the first time. This year, it continued to climb and became the highest-rated school in Florida. La ... More >>

South Florida Lesbian Softball League Suddenly Relevant to Elena Kagan Discussion

Kagan on the front page of yesterday's Wall Street Journal​Anytime a woman who doesn't quite fit the norms of what society deems feminine gains some influence in American politics, it seems lesbian rumors follow. Go ask the ghost of Eleanor Roosevelt, or, for someone living who you might actually ... More >>

Canes coach Randy Shannon deserves a contract

Hurricanes Football Coach Randy Shannon Deserves a New Contract

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Courtstand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke has a message for the University of Miami: Give Randy Shannon a new contract!The University of Miami is not playing fair with ... More >>

University of Florida Prez Defends Nazi-themed Student Gov Fliers on Free Speech Grounds

​Politics can get dirty, even on the Student Government level. Take for example a recent flier that started showing up on the University of Florida campus that read "Student Alliance party is the Nazi Party," which featured a swastika. The fliers are attributed to a fake group called "UF for Israe ... More >>

Canes Headed to Champs Sports Bowl; Iowa and Georgia Tech Set for Orange Bowl

​You might as well call this year's Champs Sports Bowl "The Shalala Bowl," because Miami's current President and University of Wisconsin's former Chancellor Donna Shalala might be the person most excited by the match-up. Maybe the only person? Yes, that means The Gator Bowl's nefarious scheme ... More >>

UF President Thinks His School Is as Great as Harvard; UM and FSU Are Just "Meh"

I wouldn't say US News & World Report's annual list of best colleges is a total joke, but the fact that about 25 percent of the ranking for each school is determined by a survey of reputation filled out by college presidents should raise some serious speculation as to how seriously the list sh ... More >>

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UM Hires Bush's Secretary of Recession ... Um, Commerce

With all the time we spend these days at Riptide getting ready for the full onslaught of the Great Depression 2.0 -- planning which soup kitchen we'll be patronizing, picking the perfect tent city for our new home, etc., etc. -- we don't have all that much time for finger-pointing. Does anyone reall ... More >>

The University of Miami Cordially Invites You To A-Roid Park

Don't Worry, A-Rod. Donna Shalala will give you personal massages, just as long as you cough up the money.For the past few years, the University of Miami athletic department has had a reputation of coming down hard on anyone who dares bring bad PR to their program*. Hell hath no fury like a UM Athle ... More >>

Mel Martinez Replacing Modesto Maidique at FIU?

So, a bit of the massive Mel Martinez early-retirement rumor we missed yesterday is that Martinez might become president of a Florida university, and The Buzz points out it just so happens Florida International University is looking for a prez. Well, isn't that nice. Martinez is denying left and r ... More >>

Are Hillary Hold-Outs Still a Concern?

Orange Bowl Adios

The crazy weirdness of the OB is what we’ll really miss

The Thinking Miamian’s Mecca

Books & Books celebrates a quarter-century

Ghost Repeater

Ecstasy swoons on the radio, plus pimp documentation and flag desecration

Exclusive: Raunchgate

The University of Miami coach scrambled for cover, but we got ’im

Lotus-Eaters and Literati

Novelist Bret Easton Ellis has skewered the demimonde of Los Angeles and New York City. So what about South Beach?

Letters from the Issue of November 4-10, 2004

Designs on the Future

What we talk about when we talk about Art Basel, Dacra, and urban design

Making the Grade

How well are Miami's art schools keeping up with the scene? Ask them.

They're Here, They're Queer, They Vote

Opening shots on September 10th's gay-rights ballot

Best Power Couple

Aileen Ugalde and Joe Garcia