Shakey Rodriguez

Miami locals' New Year's resolutions

2012 Resolutions: From Hank Adorno to Donna Shalala to Sid Rosenberg

Let's face it. For most of us, keeping a New Year's resolution is as likely as the Miami Dolphins finally finding Dan Marino's successor in the draft.And some locals should look back on the past year with shameful regret.They could use a fresh start, so Banana Republican came up with some ideas to h ... More >>

Krop High Appeals $53,000 Fine For Cheating Basketball Team

Schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho calls the fine "capricious."​Socked with a $53,000 fine for fielding a boy's basketball team that repeatedly trampled the rules last season, Dr. Michael M. Krop's new principal is battling the penalty. In an appeal filed in September with the Florida H ... 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 >>

Coach Bernard Wright's talent trap

​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 >>

Top Ten Sports Cheaters of All Time: From Steroid-Pumpers to Ball-Grabbers

Soccer player Vinnie Jones executing a clever "ball tackle"​For more than a week, Riptide has brought you the shady plays that have turned Krop High School into a basketball powerhouse: recruiting players, inventing addresses, changing official records, and -- of course -- threatening journalists. ... More >>

Krop's basketball coach skirts recruiting rules

Soccer player Vinnie Jones executing a clever "ball tackle"​For more than a week, Riptide has brought you the shady plays that have turned Krop High School into a basketball powerhouse: recruiting players, inventing addresses, changing official records, and -- of course -- threatening journalists. ... More >>

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 >>

Angel Rodriguez, Krop High Basketball Star, Wanted By Police

​ As if ever-mounting eligibility conflicts weren't enough turmoil for the state's number-one-ranked basketball squad: Miami-Dade Police have issued a warrant for Krop High star guard Angel Rodriguez's arrest after he skipped a court date yesterday. 19-year-old Rodriguez, whose play has prope ... 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 >>

Krop High Basketball Scandal: Where in the World Do Angel Rodriguez and Trevin Joseph Live?

Angel Rodriguez (left) and Trevin Joseph​We never did believe that the number-one-ranked Krop High basketball squad's eligibility shenanigans stopped with Brian Delancy's phantom residences. So over the weekend, we headed to addresses listed in the Miami-Dade School District database for 19-year ... More >>

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 >>

Krop High Basketball Scandal: Where in the World Does Brian Delancy Live?

Facebook​So we finally reached Bernard Wright, the sketchy high school recruiter and legal guardian of disqualified-and-then-reinstated Dr. Michael Krop High guard Brian Delancy. This is what he had to say: "Don't you ever fucking call this number again. You're a fucking scum bag and if I ever fuc ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

The Incredible Shrinking Roster

Sidebar to A Shakey Machine

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

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.