Florida Sentinel Bulletin

OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell broke his right collarbone in the second quarter against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

Campbell landed hard on his shoulder after being hit at the end of a scramble by Cleveland linebackers Chris Gocong and Scott Fujita with about 4 minutes remaining in the half.

Campbell stayed down on the turf after the hit and was then helped to the locker room. Tests determined that he broke his collarbone.

After Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneer head coach Raheem Morris said he was concerned about players who went into that game banged up, and came out even more banged up. He’s also concerned about the status of defensive tackle, Gerald McCoy and running back, LeGarrett Blount.

One shining light for the Bucs will be the return of safety, Tanard Jackson.

Jackson has been reinstated by the NFL after being out for more than a year for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Jackson has reportedly violated the league’s drug guidelines at least three times and suspended twice.

Coach Morris, however, feels the young man deserves another opportunity to salvage his career.

With starting safety, Cody Grimm lost for the season with a knee injury, the return of Jackson couldn’t come at a better time. He started practicing with the team this week, and the Bucs will have two weeks to decide whether to activate him to their 53-man roster.

The Bucs will be hosting the Saints at Raymond James Stadium with kickoff scheduled for 4:15 p. m.

NEW YORK — NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the season Monday after owners and players were unable to reach a new labor deal and end the lockout.

“The gap is so significant that we just can’t bridge it at this time,” said Stern, who added it’s doubtful a full 82-game season can be played.

Whether college athletes should be compensated for the millions of dollars they bring in to universities around the nation, or just be happy to receive a “free” education, has been a hot button topic for many years.

Nothing, though, has been said about the fairness of capitalizing off the professional fame of those athletes once they leave college – until now.

Celtic legend Bill Russell has plans to finally make the NCAA pay up.

It appears that the NCAA may be in violation this time. Former Boston Celtics great Bill Russell has filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, alleging that the intercollegiate sports governing association has profited from featuring his likeness in commercially sold videos without seeking his permission or offering compensation. Russell filed suit in a federal court in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday.

NFL star Terrell Owens was hospitalized in L.A. last week — after someone called 911 to report a medical emergency at an apartment where the football player had been staying.

An ambulance was sent to the apartment at 11:02 PM Thursday night — and police arrived soon after.

Officials are not disclosing the nature of the emergency — or explaining why cops were called to the scene.

World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion, Bernard Hopkins (left) and challenger, Chad Dawson at a boxing news conference.

Hopkins, 46, will defend his title against Dawson on Saturday, October 15th at the Staples.

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA — A man was arrested Monday in the killing of Chauncey Hardy, a former basketball player at Sacred Heart in Connecticut who prosecutors say was punched in the face by the boyfriend of a woman Hardy was with in a bar.

Ionut Adrian Tanasoaia surrendered to police and will be in custody for 29 days while he awaits trial. He is accused of beating up Hardy in a bar in the southern Romanian city of Giurgiu on Saturday night.

Hardy died shortly after surgery Sunday in Bucharest. The 23-year-old player sustained severe head injuries and was in a coma when admitted to the hospital in Giurgiu, where he played for CSS Giurgiu and was celebrating a victory over rival Dinamo Bucharest.

Hardy was punched after he playfully put his cap on a woman’s head, prosecutors said. They added that the woman’s boyfriend objected to the gesture, and Hardy tried to show he didn’t understand Romanian. Tanasoaia then allegedly punched Hardy on the chin and he fell to the ground.

A preliminary autopsy revealed a massive hemorrhage and broken skull. Giurgiu county hospital spokeswoman Elisabeta Bene said Monday that doctors initially suspected Hardy was in a coma because he had been drinking. She said his condition deteriorated a few hours later and he was transferred to a hospital in Bucharest.

Last year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers traveled to the west coast to fact the San Francisco 49ers, and came back to Tampa with a 21-0 shutout victory.

On Sunday, The Bucs not only didn’t come close to that kind of performance, but took several steps back in their progress.

The Bucs were soundly beaten 48-3 by the 49ers, and every phase of their game plan was taken apart by the 49ers.

Buccaneer head coach Raheem Morris, along with some of his players, had trouble keeping his composure and was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Normally steady quarterback, Josh Freeman, looked rather shaky, recoding 187 yards on 17 for 33 passing, and adding to his interception total with two more.

The Buc ground game that had began to reveal itself over the past two weeks, was completely shut down with LeGarrette Blount carrying the ball 10 times for 34 yards. Blount left the game early with a leg injury, and defensive tackle Gerald McCoy was also carted off with a serious ankle injury.

The 49ers recorded three sacks while their quarterback, Alex Smith, was never put on the ground.

The 45-point margin of victory for the 49ers was their largest since a 48-0 win over the Rams in 1997 with Joe Montana at quarterback.

This Sunday, the Bucs will host their division rival, the New Orleans Saints, at Raymond James Stadium. Kickoff will be at 4:15 p. m.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has saluted the 1985 Chicago Bears, his hometown team, for winning the Super Bowl a quarter century ago.

Key players on the team, fabled for their on-field performances and off-field high-jinx, appeared on a sun washed South Lawn of the White House Friday to hear Pres. Obama declare: “This is as much fun as I will have as President of the United States.”

Among those in attendance was then Bears Coach Mike Ditka, who turned down Republican entreaties in 2004 to run against Pres. Obama for the U.S. Senate. Good thing, Pres. Obama joked. “I would have been terrible on ESPN.”

The team did not get the usual White House recognition in 1986, an oversight attributed to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, which occurred days after that Super Bowl game.