Florida Sentinel Bulletin

GENO SMITH

Rejoice, Jets fans. Rex Ryan has his pick between a quarterback who floats the ball and one who has embarrassing conditioning.

At least, that’s the latest word from a couple of NFL Network analysts, according to NFL.com’s Dan Hanzus.

Here is what Brian Baldinger saw during the initial throes of Jets camp:

“He looked good to me yesterday until he ran gassers at the end of practice,” said Baldinger, who attended Jets training camp in Cortland, N.Y., on Sunday. “And Geno Smith looked like he had done no conditioning.

ALEX RODRIGUEZ

Alex Rodriguez claims in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he still wants “to be a role model” despite the “noise” surrounding the embattled New York Yankees slugger from the Biogenesis scandal.

“Look, it’s concerning,” Rodriguez told the magazine. “I have two daughters at home, and I’m sensitive to that, and above all, I want to be a role model, continue to be a role model — especially to my girls.

ADRIAN PETERSON

Players are remembered for the championships they won—and the records they hold.

Adrian Peterson and Vikings teammate Jared Allen have their sights set on benchmarks that if not likely, are certainly attainable. For Peterson, who came heartbreakingly close to surpassing Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record last season, has his eye now on Emmitt Smith’s NFL career rushing record.

He even has the year in mind: 2017.

Allen, 31, is aiming for Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record of 22.5. In 2011,

ALVIN ROBERTSON

Former NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson is one of seven people facing charges involving sexual assault and sex trafficking of a 14 year old girl. He’s accused of forcing an underaged child to have sex with him.
Investigators say the 47-year- old athlete is part of a ring that kidnapped the girl and forced her into prostitution and dancing at a strip club.
Robertson lives in San Antonio but was arrested in Arkansas. His arrest is part of an investigation that started last April.
That’s when the teenaged girl waved down a police cruiser and told officers she had been abducted from San Antonio. The girl’s parents had reported her as a runaway.
The girl eventually escaped from a 49-year-old Corpus Christi man who was her captor, as he took a shower. He has pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child.
Robertson’s girlfriend, Racquel Mcintosh, and five other men police say are involved, have been arrested in San Antonio.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER vs.
SAUL ALVAREZ

When the media circus that will inevitably surround the superfight between Floyd “Money” Mayweather (44-0, 26 KOs) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KOs) engulfs the sports world, it is imperative that Mayweather plays up his role as the villain.
Money has never had an issue with portraying the bad guy in a matchup, and just as the boxing world rallied around Oscar De La Hoya in 2007, fans will look to Alvarez to become the star who finally dethrones the undefeated Mayweather.
Mayweather has to turn himself into the ultimate villain and turn Canelo into a bigger star than he already is. Alvarez is being portrayed as a hero by many fans already, but Money running the challenger down in public would give casual fans the underdog they want to see steal the victory.

WILL HILL

The stress of coping with life led Will Hill to use marijuana, the New York Giants safety said Sunday in his first comments after being hit by the NFL with his second four-game suspension.
Speaking frankly before practicing at training camp, Hill said that the suspension he received last week for using marijuana was for
The league didn’t immediately impose a penalty because Hill tried to fight it. He was also suspended for four games early last season for using a performance-enhancing drug, which he and the team said was Adderall.
The 23-year-old would miss the opening four games of the season if he makes the team. He said he has not used any banned substances this year and recently underwent drug rehabilitation in March and April in Boston, following that with outpatient meetings in New Jersey.

JEREMY MACKLIN

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jeremy Macklin suffered a torn ACL during the team’s second full day of training camp Saturday, effectively ending the five year veteran’s season before it even started.
According to reporters, Macklin suffered the injury in a freak practice field accident where he wasn’t even touched by a teammate. He laid writing on the ground in pain for several minutes before trainers were able to assist him. The newspaper reported Macklin was carted off the field without being able to put any weight on his leg
“I [had] seen it out of the corner of my eye,” quarterback Michael Vick told USA Today. “I [had] seen him fall. And usually, when a guy falls like that, you know it’s something to be worried about.”
“It looked like his knee just kind of buckled on him a little bit,” wide receiver DeSean Jackson told the newspaper. “Hopefully it’s not too bad and that he can get back out there and play with us this year.”

DONOVAN McNABB

Donovan McNabb will formally announce his retirement as an Eagle on Monday. He and Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie will hold a press conference at the NovaCare Complex at 10 AM which will be broadcast live on PhiladelphiaEagles.com and our mobile app.
McNabb is the team’s all-time leader in every major passing category, including attempts (4,746), completions (2,801), yards (32,873), and touchdowns (216). He led the team to 91 regular season and nine playoff wins over his 11-year career in Philadelphia. His 3,469 career rushing yards rank sixth all-time among NFL quarterbacks.

VICK, FOLES

PHILADELPHIA- The Philadelphia Eagles have commenced their training-camp practices, and the top two quarterbacks continue to split first-team reps.
Per Sal Paolantonio, Mike Vick got the first shot with the first team. Nick Foles took the second-team reps. And rookie Matt Barkley brought up the rear, with the third-team reps.
According to multiple reports, however, Foles eventually got a chance with the first team. Foles’ chances included a long throw to receiver DeSean Jackson, who made what is being described on Twitter as a “circus” catch.