Florida Sentinel Bulletin

OMAHA, Neb. — Marcus Jordan, son of Michael Jordan, was fined $250 and court costs Thursday after pleading no contest to disturbing the peace during an argument with a woman outside a Nebraska hotel last month.

Marcus Jordan, 21, also had been charged with obstructing a police officer, but that was dropped as part of a plea agreement.

He was in Omaha for the U.S. Olympic swim trials July 1 and arrested after police responded to an early-morning call at an Embassy Suites hotel.

According to a police report, an off-duty officer working security for the hotel was trying to subdue Jordan as he argued with two women in the driveway. Jordan was “very animated, intoxicated and uncooperative.”

FLINT, Mich. – Everywhere you look, you see her name and face: on telephone poles, billboards, windows, and newspapers. For the last 10 days, whenever Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields enters a room, she’s greeted like a conquering hero, all the while insisting on being treated just like everyone else.

Since returning from London, things have been a whirlwind for Shields after she made history as the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing, winning the middleweight title.

When she returned home on August 13, the scene at Flint’s Bishop International Airport was pandemonium.

“When I left [for London], there might have been 10 people who saw me off from the airport,” Shields, 17, said in an exclusive interview. “After the Olympics, I came back and there were 600 people at the airport. There were a bunch of people from the city, a bunch of people who weren’t from Flint were here. It was overwhelming. It kind of freaked me out.”

After leaving the airport, she was greeted by another 200 people at the Berston Field House on the city’s north side where she trains.

Just two days later, she was honored at the State Capitol in Lansing by Michigan’s Legislature before heading back to Flint to ride in the city’s the Back to the Bricks Cruise which drew an estimated 500,000 people.

“I’ve just been doing interviews and signing autographs and pictures,” Shields said. “It’s just really crazy, but I kind of still don’t believe it. I still really haven’t sat down and said ‘yeah, I’m ranked No. 1 in the world and I’m an Olympic Gold Medalist.’ It just hasn’t hit me.”

The video shows it all. Tony Farmer, a highly recruited high school basketball prospect out of Garfield Heights, Ohio, collapsed to the floor Tuesday after receiving a three-year prison sentence.

Farmer plead guilty in July to kidnapping, felonious assault and robbery and intimidation.

The charges stem from an altercation between Farmer and his ex-girlfriend Andrea Lane on April 23. Farmer was listed on several recruiting websites as a top 100 prospect in the 2013 class.  The 6’7 forward had drawn interest from DePaul, Illinois, Michigan State, Penn State and Xavier.

Farmer’s ex-girlfriend asked the judge for mercy, saying although she wants no future contact with Farmer, he shouldn’t have to go to prison. Lane, who is also 18, added that Farmer needs help and she does not think he will receive it behind bars.

Farmer would have been a senior this fall.

GEORGIA – A popular high school football coach is fighting to save his career and reputation amid allegations he sent nude photographs of himself to the mother of two of his players.

Martin Luther King Jr. High School’s head coach, Michael Carson, has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. The 51-year-old is accused of sexting a single mom of two boys, who claims she spurned his advances.

“There were some nude photos involved of the coach,” said DeKalb County Schools Spokesman, Jeff Dickerson, in an interview.

“My understanding is that they were shown to people who were around at the time, and many of them may include students.”

A look at Nike’s new LeBron X, set to hit stores this fall.

Citing the rising costs of labor in China, of materials like cotton and of shipping, Nike is reportedly going to raise prices on its sneakers by between 5 percent and 10 percent this fall, according to the Wall Street. The across-the-board increase will result in a $5 bump on low-end kicks like the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars (the choice of Dan Devine since round about 1999) and a somewhat steeper price tag on the Oregon apparel giant’s higher-end items, including the forthcoming LeBron X, the 10th edition of LeBron James’ signature sneaker.

James unveiled the LeBron X — which are “inspired, both aesthetically and metaphorically, by the diamond, a precious and nearly indestructible gemstone.” The hotly anticipated signature shoe will hit the market this fall in two models: the standard version, which will retail at $180 a pair, and the LeBron X Nike Plus, which will run you $315, making it the most expensive pair of sneakers Nike’s ever brought to market.

Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson is being plagued by Murphy’s Law. It’s been just over a week since he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife, Evelyn Lozada, and now the former Miami Dolphins player is being sued, on top of mounds of other unfortunate luck.

Johnson’s former employee, Jacinth Preston, filed suit in Broward County, Fla. on Aug. 7, claiming that the 34-year-old owes him $130,000 for providing several services including landscaping and decorat-ing. Preston filed a lien against Johnson, which may result in foreclosure, if he doesn’t pay up.

Ironically the wide-receiver is already in fear of having his $400,000 Miami condo foreclosed on over thousands of dollars in unpaid maintenance fees.

ASHBURN, VA — Clinton Portis is announcing his retirement, nearly two years after he played his last NFL game.

The Washington Redskins said Tuesday that Portis and owner Dan Snyder held a retirement news conference Thursday.

Portis played two seasons with the Denver Broncos and then seven with the Redskins. He is most remembered for the colorful array of characters he created each week during the team’s drive to the playoffs in 2005. His 1,516 yards rushing that season set a franchise record.

NEW YORK — Jets nose tackle Kenrick Ellis will not be suspended by the NFL after the league completed its review of his legal situation following his guilty plea to misdemeanor assault and battery.

Ellis was sentenced to 45 days in a Virginia prison in May after a fight while in college at Hampton University in 2010. By entering an Alford plea, he didn’t admit guilt, but acknowledged that prosecutors could prove the case against him. Under an agreement with the court, the 2011 third-round draft pick was granted a split-sentence – 23 days in prison before the season, and the remaining 22 beginning next March 1.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano said running back LeGarrette Blount is not expected to miss much time after injuring a groin late in the se-cond quarter of their 30-7 loss to Tennessee on Friday night.

With the Bucs trailing 20-7, Blount, a starter in the backfield last season, took a hit to his left leg during a second-down run with 2:18 left in the half. He remained down on the field for several minutes before rising to his feet and gingerly walking off flanked by trainers. He didn’t return to action, but remained in uniform and sat on the bench throughout the second half.

But Schiano said the injury was sustained by how Blount’s leg was bent backward.

Titans Beat Bucs 30-17 As QBs Seek Consistency

There’s still time left in the preseason to make some tweaks, with neither Tennessee nor Tampa Bay where they want to be at the quarterback position yet.

For the Titans, Friday night was supposed to be a coming-out party for second-year Washington product Jake Locker in his first NFL start.

Meanwhile, the Buccaneers were hoping their second preseason game would be one in which Josh Freeman would begin to find chemistry with his revamped receiving corps.

The result? A combined 8 for 21 passing in the Titans’ 30-7 win.

Freeman, whose team took an early 7-0 lead on his 2-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams before trailing off the rest of the way, said he isn’t panicking about where the offense is right now.