Florida Sentinel Bulletin

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings need wide receivers. Just not Randy Moss.

Given the trouble he caused during his second stint with the team, a memorable month in the 2010 season, the disinterest in bringing back one of the most popular players among Vikings fans in franchise history comes as no surprise.

But general manager Rick Spielman confirmed Thursday the Vikings “will be moving on” without Moss.

The 35-year-old Moss didn’t play last season, but he announced this week he plans to return to the NFL, assuming a team will have him.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have announced they have hired Jimmy Raye as Senior Offensive Assistant.

With more than 30 years of experience in the NFL, Coach Raye has attained a wealth of knowledge that will be an invaluable resource to t he coaches and players of the Buccaneers.

Raye’s coaching career has spanned 40 seasons, including 34 in the NFL, two of them was as offensive coordinator with the Bucs from 1985-1986. Raeye has served as offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams, New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and San Francisco 49ers. He was also a senior offensive assistant with the New York Jets. During his first stint with the Rams, Raye orchestrated a rushing attack that resulted in Eric Dickerson’s NFL record 2,105 rushing yards in 1984.

In 2009, 49ers running back Frank Gore had one of his best seasons, rushing for 1,120 yards and 10 touchdowns on 229 carries while adding three touchdowns and 406 yards on 52 receptions in just 14 games.

Former NFL player Christ Draft, 35, has been in the news a lot recently because of the tragic death of his wife, Lakeasha Monique Rutledge.

Draft, who died from lung cancer on Dec. 27, just a month after the couple were married. Draft says his wife was not a smoker. She found out about the cancer when it was in stage 4 and had no symptoms beforehand.

True to his spirit as founder of the Chris Draft Family Foundation, which seeks to uplift communities, Draft is now turning his attention to detecting lung cancer earlier.

He and his late wife founded Team Draft, which he launched at the Super Bowl.

FORT WORTH, TX  — Authorities arrested 17 students at Texas Christian University on Wednesday as part of a six-month drug sting, an especially embarrassing blow to the school because it included four members of the high-profile football team.

Arrest warrants painted a startling picture of the Horned Frogs, with a handful of players who allegedly arranged marijuana sales after class or around practice and who told police that most of the team had failed a surprise drug test just two weeks ago.

According to police, players sold undercover officers marijuana during the season and as recently as last week.

The 17 people arrested were caught making “hand-to-hand” sales of marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs to undercover officers, police said. They said the bust followed an investigation prompted by complaints from students, parents and others.

Three prominent defensive players on the team were arrested: linebacker Tanner Brock, the leading tackler two seasons ago, defensive tackle D.J. Yendrey and cornerback Devin Johnson. The other player is offensive lineman Ty Horn.

LeBron James got into a verbal altercation with a heckler who brought up the rumor that former teammate, Delonte West had sex with LeBron’s mother during a game between the Miami Heat and the Washington Wizards.

According to reports, security had to intervene during the altercation between James and the heckler, Bob Moore.

Yahoo Sports reports:
LeBron was waiting alone in the backcourt when fan Bob Moore made a comment to LeBron about Delonte West and LeBron’s mom.

According to Moore, LeBron said “The only reason you talk sh!t is because you know I can’t come off the court right now and beat your ass…Also according to Moore, LeBron continued “But if I had a free pass, I’d kick your ass right now…Moore replied “I’m right here baby.”

Boxing great Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is making news for commentary unrelated to the sport he dominates.

Thursday afternoon, Mayweather tweeted that New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin’s hype is due to his Chinese and Taiwanese heritage. The current WBC welterweight champion also said Black players put up similar numbers to Lin and do not receive the same credit.

Lin, who was recently named Eastern Conference player of the week, has led the Knicks to four straight wins. He’s averaged 27.3 points and 8.3 assists over the four-game span and exceeded his teammates and most fans’ expectations.

Mayweather has more than 2 million followers on Twitter.

BY LEON B. CREWS
Sentinel Staff Writer

Former Tampa resident, Dominic Herring-Ratcliffe, has made history as the first African American to make the lacrosse team at St. Augustine High School.

Now, he may follow in the footsteps of the legendary Jim Brown, who was a star on Syracuse University’s football and lacrosse teams.

Brown was also considered the best lacrosse player in the nation during that time.

Herring-Ratcliffe’s mother, Nicole Brown, said her son is an avid athlete and very active.

“He knew nothing about lacrosse initially. He plays football, and when the season was over, he tried out for the team as a way of staying conditioned.

“He was told later by the coach that he had made history as the first African American to make the team in the school’s history.”

Ms. Brown said she understands lacrosse is a sport African Americans aren’t exposed to, and her son is very excited over the honor. “Dominic is a sophomore and likes lacrosse so much, he plans to stay with it throughout high school career.

“I knew absolutely nothing about lacrosse, so I had to go on the internet. His high school is holding a clinic for parents so they can learn more about the sport.”

ATLANTA — Earl Lloyd remembers when he suited up for the Washington Capitols more than 60 years ago as the first Black to play in an NBA game and wondering if he would make a good enough impression to stick around.

Lloyd and the Capitols lost the game. But he played well enough to earn a roster spot and break the color barrier in a league that had only three Black players in 1950.

Now, as part of Black History Month, the 83-year-old Hall of Famer was honored for his breakthrough at halftime of the Atlanta Hawks-Miami Heat game on Sunday.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Tiger Woods has had many memorable rounds at famed Pebble Beach Golf Links. Sunday’s wasn’t one of them.

Woods, making his first PGA Tour start of the year, began the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am four shots off the lead, but never got on tracked in cool, overcast conditions. Struggling on the greens, he slipped to a 3-over-par 75 and tied for 15th, nine strokes behind winner Phil Mickelson.