Florida Sentinel Bulletin

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Jordan said Sunday that he’s 100 percent committed to the Charlotte Bobcats and has no intention of selling the struggling NBA franchise.

The Bobcats have lost 12 of their last 14 games and own the league’s worst record at 7-43, but Jordan says he isn’t ready to bail out on the team after the Hall of Famer bought control of the organization from Bob Johnson in March 2010.

“I was disturbed to hear the false report that I intend to sell my majority interest in the Charlotte Bobcats,” Jordan said in a statement. “I am 100 percent committed to building the Bobcats into a contender and have no plans to sell the team.”

CHICAGO  — A nephew of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade was one of 13 men shot — two fatally — during a violent six-hour stretch in Chicago, another indication that violence is on the rise in the nation’s third-largest city.

Wade learned of the situation with his nephew after Miami defeated Dallas on Thursday night. On Friday, Wade said he played “with a heavy heart” when the Heat visited Toronto. Wade scored 30 points in Miami’s 113-101 victory, and afterward said he expected his nephew to recover.

Wade’s nephew was one of six males shot at a store on Chicago’s South Side about 6 p.m. Thursday by hooded men who police said fled the scene in an SUV.

One man was dead at the scene and four others — ranging in age from 16 to 24 — were hospitalized in critical condition.

Michael Vick is being featured in a 30-second public service video urging the public to report dogfighting activity to authorities and report acts of animal cruelty.

The video, created by the Humane Society of the United States, features a toll-free tip line that viewers can call. The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has also filmed a two-minute educational video with a message targeted for youngsters that encourages them to treat pets and animals properly.

Tiger Woods returned to his winning ways at last weekend’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Woods may be back on his game, but three porn stars are reportedly set to release a new adult film, which will revisit the golfer’s painful cheating past.

The trio are releasing a new X-rated movie based on their bedroom romps with the famous golfer.

Devon James, Holly Sampson and Joslyn James are starring in “3 Mistresses: Notorious Tales of the World’s Greatest Golfer,” which is slated to be released April 3 — the day after Woods is set to tee off in the Masters, a tournament he has not won since 2005.

PHILADELPHIA — Eagles Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters has ruptured his right Achilles and is expected to miss the season.

Peters injured his leg while training in Texas on Tuesday. He will have surgery to repair the tendon next week.

Former NBA Lakers icon and entrepreneur extraordinaire Magic Johnson has won a bid to buy the baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2 billion, a record price for a U.S. pro-sports franchise. The monumental purchase also makes Johnson the first black Major League Baseball owner.

The agreement was announced Tuesday night by the team’s owner Frank McCourt who bought the team back in 2004 for $330 million.

ORANGE, Calif. — Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been told he could face up to 20 days in jail unless he pays some $860,000 in child support. But his lawyer said he’s made payments and will fight to have his contempt of court finding overturned.

Rodman appeared in an Orange County court Tuesday for sentencing, but it was postponed to May 29.

Rodman, 50, was found in contempt of court in November for failure to pay child support for his two children.

His ex-wife, Michelle Rodman, 44, contends that he owes more than $860,000 in child and spousal support. Rodman’s attorney, Linnea Willis, said on Tuesday that he owes far less, if anything at all, and she will provide the family court judge with evidence of his payments.

Rodman always has paid support “to the best of his ability” and will continue to do so, she said.

Sir Charles, err Madame Charles? The “Round Mound of Rebound” Charles Barkley is now sporting a dress for a new Weight Watchers campaign which will debut April 8.

The NBA Hall-of-Famer and current TNT commentator has been very open about his struggles either maintaining or losing weight and staying in shape.

His theme has been to “Lose like a man,” and apparently he’ll use this look to remind men that losing weight isn’t just a female thing.

In a world where every celebrity is fair game for a future reality TV show, one NFL star has taken precautionary measures to ensure that his children don’t end up on one.

Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner and his ex-girlfriend, Rasheeda Walker, recently reached an agreement in a custody battle over their second child.

The document states that Turner will pay $6,000 a month in child support and spend much of his off-season time with his children, and the former couple have a mutual agreement to keep their kids from appearing on reality TV.