Florida Sentinel Bulletin

LOS ANGELES — Torii Hunter was visited at his home by police officers with guns drawn after he accidentally triggered the alarm upon returning from the Los Angeles Angels’ final exhibition game on Wednesday.

Two Newport Beach police officers entered the house in the afternoon and escorted Hunter upstairs with guns drawn so the right fielder could retrieve his identification.

The incident began when Hunter triggered the home’s alarm. A dispatcher called his wife’s cell phone, but she was in Texas and didn’t answer. Hunter struck out in his only at-bat in the Angels’ exhibition at Dodger Stadium, then left for his Orange County home.

Darryl Williams said his life’s story doesn’t differ much from many young black males these days.

While attending Plant High School, Williams was an outstanding baseball player in 2005 and 2006. When he graduated in 2007, he hoped a professional team would show some interest in him, but nothing ever materialized.

“I think mistakes I made in the past cost me opportunities now.”

Williams said he’s joined the Tampa Bay Adult-Wood Bat League with hopes of getting the attention of scouts.

“I went to a Yankee Scouting combine 3 weeks ago, and they told me I needed more experience. All I’m asking for is an opportunity to try out for a team.

“I have some family members who have played professional baseball, like Michael Burgess, and I want to get an opportunity to prove I still have what it takes.

Williams said although he’s primarily an outfielder, he can also play center field, and left field.

Reporter Leon B. Crews can be reached at (813) 248-0724.

Five-time All-Star Reggie Miller and longtime coach Don Nelson are among a dozen players, coaches and teams that will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The class of 2012 was announced Monday in New Orleans, the site of the Final Four.

Also elected were two-time Olympic gold medalist Katrina McClain, three-time college player of the year Ralph Sampson, four-time NBA champion, Jamaal Wilkes, longtime referee Hank Nichols, and the All-American Red Heads, the female version of the Harlem Globetrotters.

Five members of the class had already been announced: Nike co-founder Phil Knight, ABA star Mel Daniels, seven-time NBA All-Star, Chet Walker,

Olympian Don Barksdale and Lydija Alexeeva, who led the Soviet Union to two Olympic gold medals.

The class will be inducted Sept. 7 at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

Hank Aaron, one of baseball’s greatest players, may be coming to theaters soon.

The rights to his story were recently bought up by producers Mike Tollin and Glenn Rigberg. Tollin previously produced a documentary on Aaron’s life in 1995, Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream.

The film will be based on the biography The Last Hero: The Life Story of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant.

“This was a difficult time in my life,” said Aaron, “but I’m confident we can all learn a little something from looking back at those times.” Aaron ended the 1973 season one home run shy of the record, finally eclipsing Ruth’s mark with his 715th home run on April 8, 1974.

Detroit Lions second-year running back, Mikel Leshoure is facing felony marijuana possession charges after a March 12 traffic stop outside of Benton Harbor. This is his second drug-related offense in less than a month.

Leshoure, a 2011 second round pick by the Lions out of the University of Illinois, missed his entire rookie season with a torn Achilles tendon. He was first arrested on Feb. 18.

He was the passenger in a rented SUV that was pulled over for an improper lane change. According to the police report. Leshoure was caught “chewing marijuana” and marijuana spilled down the front of his shirt.

“He was cooperative,” the Police Chief said, “We told him to spit (the weed) out so he wouldn’t get sick, and he did.” Officers said that Leshoure initially admitted to smoking weed before the traffic stop, but tried to say that the substance in his mouth was not marijuana, but potpourri.

MOBILE, Ala. — Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley was arrested Tuesday in Alabama on a charge of possessing marijuana, authorities said.

Citizens called to complain that Fairley’s Cadillac Escalade was speeding through a lower-middle class neighborhood in Mobile. Officers smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle and found a small amount in an ashtray.

Fairley and a passenger were booked into Mobile’s metro jail facility on a misdemeanor marijuana possession. Fairley was released a short time later on $1,000 bail.

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.