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High School Basketball

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    High School Basketball Stars May Have Served You McNuggets

    via Kevin Cole's flickrThe McDonald's All-American High School basketball games goes off tomorrow on the UM campus. The Washington Post has been posting blog dispatches from Maryland's National Christian Academy stand out Dante Taylor. He has been having all sorts of fun in Miami. He's swam with dol ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    Sanitized by the Herald

    via Kevin Cole's flickrThe McDonald's All-American High School basketball games goes off tomorrow on the UM campus. The Washington Post has been posting blog dispatches from Maryland's National Christian Academy stand out Dante Taylor. He has been having all sorts of fun in Miami. He's swam with dol ... More >>

  • Diversions

    May 13, 2004

    BEST HEAT HOMEBOY

    Udonis Haslem

  • Diversions

    May 17, 2001
  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Never Too Small to Break the Rules

    Andrea Loring got tired of seeing private high schools recruit star basketball players. But she had no idea busting them would bring her such grief.

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    A Shakey Machine

    FIU hoops coach Shakey Rodriguez has surrounded himself with coaches and players with bad raps and worse reps -- and it's a losing combination

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    Winning Is Everything

    In Miami there's one sure way to build a championship high school sports team: Throw out the rule book and cheat like hell

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    New Times Wins Top Prize for Probe of Tainted Team

    In Miami there's one sure way to build a championship high school sports team: Throw out the rule book and cheat like hell

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    These Numbers Are Up

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

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    The Truly Amazing Game

    No football rivalry in the nation tops the contest between Jackson and Northwestern high schools. But the Soul Bowl's success could also be its ruin.

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Newsflash: The State Stuffs the Stingarees

    No football rivalry in the nation tops the contest between Jackson and Northwestern high schools. But the Soul Bowl's success could also be its ruin.

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    Letters

    No football rivalry in the nation tops the contest between Jackson and Northwestern high schools. But the Soul Bowl's success could also be its ruin.

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Double Dribbling

    With the clock running down, Miami High principal Victor Lopez fights back

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    Disqualifying the Dream Team

    Miami High's successful sports teams get their comeuppance

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    Stung Again

    Miami High's principal comes out swinging as new questions arise about his school's baseball and soccer squads

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Throw Away the Rule Book

    The agency charged with overseeing Florida's high school sports refuses to investigate Miami High's tainted basketball program

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Letters

    The agency charged with overseeing Florida's high school sports refuses to investigate Miami High's tainted basketball program

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    Letters

    The agency charged with overseeing Florida's high school sports refuses to investigate Miami High's tainted basketball program

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Dream Team

    For years Miami Senior High School has fielded one of the best basketball teams in the nation. But getting into the record books has meant tossing out the rule books.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    Carol City All-Stars

    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 >>

  • News

    September 30, 2010

    Miami Central High's remarkable journey

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Frank Martin Is Not a 'Scapegoat': New Times Busted Him Cold at Miami High

    via K-State Athletics​This weekend marked the homecoming of Frank Martin, a Miami native who's turned the Kansas State Wildcats into a Top 10 basketball team. If you read the Herald's glowing piece on Martin though, you may have stumbled over a couple quick sentences: Martin "was fired" as coach o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    With Krop High's Basketball Season Hanging in Balance, Big Turn-Out Expected At Court Hearing

    ​Dr. Michael Krop High School's basketball season has been dashed due to a player's eligibility issues, and the school's last-ditch appeal will be hear in court at 2 p.m. today. If this were a Disney movie, this is when the students would burst into impassioned speeches to melt an old judge's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Disqualified Krop Baller Bryan Delancy's Sketchy Living Situation

    ​At three this afternoon at a Downtown courthouse, attorneys representing Dr. Michael Krop High will argue that the disqualification of one of the school's basketball players over an immigration issue is illegal. Whether Florida's number-one ranked high school team qualifies for the playoffs hangs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Krop High Will Play On, But Coach Shakey Wasn't Too Happy To See Us

    Brian Delancy was flanked by lawyers and kept far away from Riptide.​Judge Spencer Eig this afternoon granted an emergency injunction to Dr. Michael Krop High's basketball team, allowing the number-one-ranked squad to join three other teams in the playoffs despite eligibility issues surroundin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2011

    Shakey Situation: Krop High Shouldn't Have Escaped Disqualification

    Steve SatterwhiteBernard Wright (center, standing) flanks coach Shakey Rodriguez during their FIU days.​This news story will appear in Wednesday's issue of New Times. It includes reporting that was published last week on our news blog, and which was referenced without attribution in this weeke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    February 17, 2011

    Krop's basketball coach skirts recruiting rules

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    February 24, 2011

    Letters from the issue of February 24, 2011

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Krop High Scandal: FHSAA Honcho Roger Dearing Responds to the Haters

    ​Florida High School Athletic Association executive director Roger Dearing has taken a lot of heat for the disqualification of the Krop High basketball team and ongoing investigation into the school's entire athletic department. He sent us an op-ed letter, which we've posted below, in which he att ... More >>

  • News

    March 31, 2011

    Coach Bernard Wright's talent trap

    ​Florida High School Athletic Association executive director Roger Dearing has taken a lot of heat for the disqualification of the Krop High basketball team and ongoing investigation into the school's entire athletic department. He sent us an op-ed letter, which we've posted below, in which he att ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    LeBron James Has an NFL Career on His Mind

    ​Is LeBron James thinking of pulling a Michael Jordan? Well, we all know he wants to win six rings, but we're talking about another career move echoing Jordan. As in temporarily quitting basketball to pursuit a career in another sport. With the cancellation of the first two weeks of the NBA offici ... More >>

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