High School Athletics

La Ley Sports Says Little League Coaches Stole Team's Winnings

Miami Hurricanes Likely Lose First Recruit, Keith Brown, Because of Impending NCAA Sanctions

​The attention has shifted somewhat back to the Miami Hurricanes losses on the field, but NCAA sanctions are still looming for the school's massive off-field failure to keep its players away from douche king sports booster Nevin Shapiro. It took a surprisingly long time, but it seems that one of t ... More >>

Charles Hankerson, Former Miami Northwestern High Principal, Embroiled In Grade Changing Scandal

​A Miami-Dade Public Schools principal credited with turning around a storied inner city high school's academic performance is under investigation for illegally changing student grades. The allegation against Charles Hankerson is the latest black eye for Miami Northwestern High School, which earli ... More >>

Krop High Fined $53,000 For Cheating Basketball Team

Shakey got spanked.​The Florida High School Athletic Association today released findings from its investigation of Aventura-area Dr. Michael M. Krop High's basketball team, which was disqualified from the playoffs last year amid amidst allegations of rampant cheating. The verdict: For falsif ... More >>

Source: Shakey Rodriguez Was Forced Out Over Scandal

​Happen to read yesterday's fluff piece in the Miami Herald on Marcos "Shakey" Rodriguez's departure from the boy's basketball coaching position at Krop High? Here's the lede: Shakey Rodriguez, the hyper intense, hyper successful and hyper controversial coach who made basketball matter in Miami, ... More >>

Letters from the issue of February 24, 2011

​Happen to read yesterday's fluff piece in the Miami Herald on Marcos "Shakey" Rodriguez's departure from the boy's basketball coaching position at Krop High? Here's the lede: Shakey Rodriguez, the hyper intense, hyper successful and hyper controversial coach who made basketball matter in Miami, ... More >>

Krop Was Fined For Ineligible Star Tennis Player

Copa Internacional Juvenil Club Casablanca Krop High was fined for letting star Sonya Latycheva play.​Yesterday, Riptide debunked embattled Krop High athletic director Michael Kypriss' claim that he had never before encountered an immigration paperwork conflict of the type that recently got hi ... More >>

Krop High's Female Tennis Squad Also Faced Recruitment Accusations

FacebookKrop athletic director and tennis coach Michael Kypriss​Lately, catching Michael Krop High's athletic administrators in deceit has been sort of like trying to spot a bad tattoo on South Beach. In both cases, it's still worth pointing out a doozy.

Krop High Administrators Knew of Eligibility Concerns Two Months Ago, Could Face Six-Figure Fine

​As the dust settles after the disqualification -- for real this time -- of Krop High's boys basketball squad, it will be reckoning time for Coach Shakey Rodriguez and the school's administrators. In the last week, rampant rule-bending and outright cheating concerning the school's basketball squa ... More >>

Krop High Booted From Playoffs After Judge Is Reversed On Appeal

Steve SatterwhiteShakey Rodriguez's wunderkinds just got derailed.​Krop High's boys basketball squad-- already a district champion and a favorite to win state-- has been booted from the playoffs. This time, it appears, for good. An appeals court today reversed a judge's earlier decision to allow ... More >>

Miami Central Meets Cypress Bay Tonight in State Semifinal

Michael MillerDevonta Freeman will try to power Central to its first-ever state title game tonight​Last week was all about the cheese plates, champagne, and pretending you knew who Marina Abramovic was: "But of course! I love her... stuff."So now that Art Basel is over, why not shed the haute cout ... More >>

Miami Central Clashes with Carol City Tonight in Battle of the Freemans

Devonta Freeman​wqam.comErnest Freeman​If you're looking for Florida's most exciting, high-octane offense, forget the Hurricanes, Gators, and Seminoles. And you sure as hell better skip the Dolphins.The most electrifying show in the sunshine state is none other than Miami Central Senior High Sch ... More >>

Murdered Bicyclist Danny Perez Was a Special Olympics Athlete

​Danny Perez, the man who was mysteriously shot and killed while riding his bicycle Friday night, was also a Special Olympic athlete who was named Miami-Dade County's Inspirational Athlete of the Year in 2008.Perez was riding west on NW 79th Street between NW 17th and NW 22nd after getting off a b ... More >>

State Champ David Thompson: From Boy to Man

Michael North Westminster Christian right fielder David Thompson can't legally drive or grow facial hair all that well. But the high school freshman is no longer a boy. He became a man when he led his team on May 26 to a state championship on a sprained ankle that required a cortisone shot the ... More >>

UM Basketball Still in the Running for Wall

A prized high school athlete who is drawing out his college decision and has a bit of legal trouble in his past? Why of course University of Miami is in the running to recruit him. John Wall, one of the top high school point guards in the nation, has yet to make a decision on where he'll be playing ... More >>

Miami Northwestern Drama Comes to ESPN Tonight

A prized high school athlete who is drawing out his college decision and has a bit of legal trouble in his past? Why of course University of Miami is in the running to recruit him. John Wall, one of the top high school point guards in the nation, has yet to make a decision on where he'll be playing ... More >>

BEST PARKING IN MIAMI BEACH

Twelfth Street between Alton and Michigan avenues

Best Use Of A High School Marching Band

Trick Daddy's "Shut Up"

The High Cost of Winning

Boys who train with Frank Gachelin learn an important lesson: Rules shouldn't get in the way

Thus Spake the Super

Miami-Dade school chief Roger Cuevas is cracking down on sports abuses. Again.

These Numbers Are Up

1998 was a great year for corruption. New Times puts a price tag on the year's malfeasance

Letters

1998 was a great year for corruption. New Times puts a price tag on the year's malfeasance

What's the Principal?

As the state slams Miami High for poor sportsmanship, principal Victor Lopez dodges blame

Letters

As the state slams Miami High for poor sportsmanship, principal Victor Lopez dodges blame

Letters

As the state slams Miami High for poor sportsmanship, principal Victor Lopez dodges blame