Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Baltimore Ravens star wide receiver Anquan Boldin indicated on Friday that he will retire if the team cuts him this offseason.

Boldin has one year remaining on his current four-year, $25 million contract. After failing to crack the 1,000-yard plateau in his third straight year with the Ravens, the three-time Pro Bowler came on strong in the postseason.

In the Ravens’ run to Super Bowl XLVII victory, Boldin snagged 22 passes for 380 yards in four games. His four postseason touchdowns—which included the first one in the big game—matched his total for the entire regular season.

Baltimore has $15.7 million in cap space, but the team has several needs to address. Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco is negotiating a long-term contract and should be among the highest-paid signal-callers in the NFL after his own remarkable playoff stretch.

The defense has several key players who will also demand paydays, with Paul Kruger, Dannell Ellerbe and Ed Reed set to hit free agency. The emergence of speedy WR Torrey Smith and Super Bowl hero Jacoby Jones also hurts Boldin’s cause to remain a Raven, as does the likely re-signing of young, dynamic TE Dennis Pitta.

The free-agent market would likely be kind to Boldin after his recent dominant play, but the 32-year-old seems set on remaining with his current team or hanging up the cleats.

Champ Bailey is reportedly going to remain with the Denver Broncos through this offseason.

Mike Klis of the wrote on his Sulia account that Bailey isn’t likely to be going anywhere. He also said as much on Twitter.

Almost immediately upon entering the league with the Washington Redskins, Bailey was a great player. The 34-year-old has long been the best corner in the league and will go down as one of the best shutdown cornerbacks in the history of the league. Over his 14-year career, Bailey’s made 12 Pro Bowls, seven All-Pro teams and intercepted 52 passes.

Chad Johnson is being sued by for bringing shame to a coconut water company. Zico Beverages has taken legal action against the former NFL player claiming that his well-publicized relationship issues has given them negative press.

Johnson signed to the company a few months before he was arrested for head-butting ex-wife, Evelyn Lozada. The couple got into an argument in early August, which turned physical. Police arrested Johnson, and released him the next day. Zico fired him within days of the altercation, setting off a firestorm of other pinks slips. Within weeks he was let go from the Miami Dolphins, and had his reality show with Lozada canned by VH1.

Delanie Walker’s team may have lost the Super Bowl, but Wednesday Walker’s Twitter followers learned the tight end was dealing with something far worse – the loss of family.

Walker tweeted that his aunt and uncle, Alice and Bryan Young, were killed Monday morning following the Super Bowl by a drunk driver. Multiple reports indicate the driver of the vehicle Necole Thomas, 26, was able to “escape the accident with minor injuries.” The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. Monday. Louisiana State Police said Thomas was driving at a “high rate of speed” and hit the back of the car Alice and Bryan Young were in.

Alice and Bryan Young’s son, DeAndre Williams, said that his parents were “great people.” Williams, who is Walker’s cousin, said his parents attended the Super Bowl as guests.

SANTA CLARA, CA — Still steaming over the Super Bowl loss, Colin Kaepernick packed up his belongings in the 49ers locker room and made plans with teammates to work out this offseason.

They won’t have to wait long.

Kaepernick said Tuesday that he’ll be training in Atlanta within a week, and the strong-armed and fleet-footed quarterback will be bringing some of his receivers along with him. All of it is part of Kaepernick’s quick evolution from backup to starter that will continue as he enters training camp as the unquestioned franchise star.

ATLANTA – Basketball legend Magic Johnson is spearheading a nationwide apprenticeship campaign to motivate and develop the careers of young people. Johnson, alongside hip-hop artist Common and BET boss Debra Lee, have joined forces with Coca-Cola to serve as mentors.

All three celebrities will give youngsters, between the ages of 16 and 21, the opportunity to shadow them and their teams for a week during summer.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Donald Driver rewrote the Green Bay Packers record books and on Wednesday morning, the wildly popular wide receiver might’ve rewritten the book on how a player should call it a career.

Officially retiring after 14 seasons – all with the Packers, something that was extremely important to him – the franchise’s all-time leading receiver celebrated his career during an unprecedented event inside the Lambeau Field atrium with 1,500 fans, his family, Packers coaches, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Green Bay mayor Jim Schmitt and a handful of teammates.

Driver says it was a tough decision, but he’s ready for the next chapter in his life. He retires after catching 743 passes for 10,137 yards, making the team as a seventh-round draft pick out of Alcorn State in 1999.

NEW ORLEANS — Ray Lewis will ride into retirement as a champion.

Baltimore’s standout middle linebacker began his final night on the football field with a motivational speech to his teammates. He ended it looking upward into a shower of silver streamers and purple confetti after the Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 Sunday night to win the Super Bowl.

Standing tall in the middle of a defense that survived a frenzied comeback by Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers, Lewis put a lovely bow on his 17th NFL season by earning his second Super Bowl ring — 12 years after the first.

On Sunday night, Lewis and his defense played a supporting role to Joe Flacco and the offense. The 37-year-old Lewis had only two solo tackles through the first three quarters and sometimes struggled to cover receivers venturing into his area. Wide receiver Michael Crabtree caught a 19-yarder on San Francisco’s second series, and tight end Vernon Davis eluded Lewis twice before making second-quarter catches.

Lewis did, however, made two tackles during the 49ers’ final drive. San Francisco had a fourth-and-goal from 5 when Lewis charged in on a blitz. He didn’t get to Kaepernick, but the quarterback’s pass sailed out of the end zone.

Lewis can saunter into the sunset after putting his fingerprints on the Lombardi Trophy for a second time.

Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, 71, is not expected to live through the summer, and could possibly die within days, according to his brother, Rahman Ali.

“He’s in a bad way,” Rahman said in an interview. “He’s very sick, It could be months, it could be days. I don’t know if he’ll last the summer. He’s in God’s hands.”

Rahman says that the former heavyweight champion no longer recognizes him and is unable to speak. Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1984 but remained active for many years and made a moving appearance at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games where he lit the flame.

Though Ali’s wife has not commented on the claims, Rahman says that his brother has requested a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. be inscribed on his headstone: “I tried to love somebody, I did try to feed the hungry. I did try, in my life, to clothe those who were naked. I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity.’ The Greatest.”