University of Miami

Ibogaine has helped addicts kick meth and heroin. Is it the trip that does the trick?

Guantánamo's Last Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and more jihad looms.

All That and a Bag of Nuts: Your Emerald Bowl Slideshow

Text by Joe EskenaziPhotographs by Vance CardellIf ever you needed proof that it's better to be lucky than good, look no further than Saturday's Emerald Bowl. Late in a contest tied at 17 -- a classic "How bad can we play and still win this game?" game for the home side  -- California quarterba ... More >>

The Longest Yawn

Heavily padded football movie hits all the familiar notes

Not Don Yet

Under new basketball coach Jessie Evans, USF quickly exits the NIT. But it looks like there's more -- and better -- to come.

Vanity Fare

Ray Liotta wants to know why he loses roles to...Owen Wilson?

The Endless Swimmer

When people learn that Pedro Ordenes, 55, has swum to or from Alcatraz 126 times, or that he crossed the Strait of Magellan in 39-degree water, they often joke about his sanity. That's before they hear about his idea to swim the Bering Strait.

South to the Future

Community or Crime Syndicate? Feds bust online trading scheme

Buttheads

A longtime cigar nut examines the sudden crass commercialism of his favorite vice

Dollars Without Sense

For 25 years, Harvey Ross has rooted out the waste and lies of politicians and bureaucrats. But some say he's too lost in the line items to see the big picture