Florida Sentinel Bulletin

The Washington Redskins, Vikings and Donovan McNabb have a preliminary agreement in place for the veteran quarterback to be traded to Minnesota.

The compensation issues that were the stumbling blocks to the trade appear to be resolved.

The one sticking point now appears to be McNabb’s concern about how the Vikings’ side of the situation was handled. Sources said there were some in the organization who expressed a preference in acquiring quarterback Tyler Thigpen, who since has agreed to terms with the Buffalo Bills.

McNabb will be making far less than the $14.75 million he would have been due from the Redskins, but it is not clear how much he will be paid, and how any incentives would alter his compensation.

MIAMI — Nine years later, the Miami Dolphins have again traded for a New Orleans Saints running back who won the Heisman Trophy.
This time it’s Reggie Bush.

The Dolphins finalized a trade for Bush on Thursday by negotiating a new two-year contract for nearly $10 million with him, a person familiar with the talks said.

It wasn’t known what the Saints would receive in the trade.

Miami acquired former Heisman winner Ricky Williams from the Saints in 2002, with mixed results. He won an NFL rushing title with the

Dolphins, but they haven’t won a playoff game since that trade.

Bush was due about $11.8 million this season, the final year of his Saints contract. It would have been difficult for them to justify paying that given their salary cap constraints.

Football player Chad Ochocinco recently lost some twitter followers over his reading and tweeting about Glenn Beck’s book “Broke.”

His tweets read: “Gotten through 3 chapters in @glennbeck book and so far everything he’s said is either common or his opinion based off research.”

“I don’t agree with a lot of this s— but nonetheless its interesting reading the views n opinions from what I’d like to call the other side.”

It goes without saying that Beck isn’t the most revered figure in left-wing politics, and is certainly not a favorite in the Black community.

Therefore upon sending out the tweets, Ochocinco was heavily criticized by followers—some even un-followed him. One follower responded: “unfollowing [you] after two years because you’re a Beck fan. Disgraceful and disappointing.”

C.J. Senter is called the workout kid — partly because he is very fit for his age, and also, he teaches fitness to older kids — only at the age of 10.

He is a considered a fitness guru — who has a fitness DVD. Senter does his own routine three times a week.

“I love working out so much because I get to stay fit and healthy, Senter said. “And live a long healthy life.”

Senter said no one really introduced him to fitness. “I just started working out when I was five when I got home from football practice,” he said. “I liked it, I have been doing it ever since.”

Senter said kids should go outside, stay active for at least one hour and exercise.

Some of the biggest names in sports, entertainment and politics — Super Bowl champion and Green Bay Packers receiver Greg Jennings, former New York Yankee and Jefferson High graduate

Tino Martinez, former New York Yankee Gerald Williams, New York Times best-selling author and recording artist Sister Soulja, Mayor Bobby Hopewell and the newest member of the 3,000 career hits club, Derek Jeter participated on the final day of his Jeter’s Turn 2 Foundation’s 2011 Jeter’s Leaders Leadership Conference.

Over 250 high school students from across the country were chosen to attend the Yankee captain’s Youth Summit, to allow some of the students to ask a panel questions.

One student asked their opinion on the current education system in the country. Another asked how they managed to stay humble after making millions of dollars in pro sports.

WASHINGTON – NFL owners and players agreed early Monday to the terms of a deal to end the lockout, and players were expected to begin their voting process later in the day, two people familiar with the negotiations said.

The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the process was supposed to remain secret and no formal announcement had been made.

The NFL Players Associa-tion’s executive committee was to meet at its headquarters in Washington on Monday so it could be presented with the finalized agreement.
Owners overwhelmingly approved a proposal last week, but some unresolved issues still needed to be figured out to satisfy players; the owners do not need to vote again.

The sides worked through the weekend and wrapped up talks Monday morning.

The league’s old labor deal expired in March, and the owners locked out the players, the NFL’s first work stoppage since 1987.

“We have every reason to believe it’s going to be a good day,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello wrote in an email to the AP.

If players sign off on the agreement Monday, NFL clubs would be able to start signing 2011 draft picks and rookie free agents on Tuesday. Conversations with veteran free agents also could start Tuesday, and signings could begin Friday.

Under that tentative schedule, training camps would open for 10 of the 32 teams on Wednesday, 10 teams on Thursday, another 10 teams on Friday, and the last two teams on Sunday.

The major economic framework for the deal was worked out more than a week ago.

That included how the more than $9 billion in annual league revenues will be divided (about 53 percent to owners and 47 percent to players over the next decade; the old CBA resulted in nearly a 50-50 split); a per-club cap of about $120 million for salary and bonuses in 2011 – and at least that in 2012 and 2013 – plus about $22 million for benefits; a salary system to rein in spending on first-round draft picks; and unrestricted free agency for most players after four seasons.

Pictured: New York Giants wide receivers Duke Calhoun and Domenik Hixon run sprints during an unofficial football workout?June 10 in Oradell, N.J.

Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson has been charged with the violent beating of his ex-roommate Clavens Charles.

Last week in Texas, Charles and the locked out football player got into an argument that escalated into a physical altercation. Benson allegedly punched Charles in the face several times, “resulting in severe injury to his face.”

A statement released by Benson’s attorney charges that Charles is using the incident to extort their client, claiming that the NFL running back was provoked.

Charles’ attorneys deny those claims saying the beating Charles took at the hands of Benson was “an unprovoked, violent assault.”

Charles’ camp reports thousands of dollars in medical bills because of his injuries. Benson had been charged with misdemeanor assault

Former NFL player Nataniel Webster was indicted on sex-related charges involving the teenage daughter of a former Cincinnati Bengals assistant coach.

According to reports, Webster had sexual conduct with the girl in 2009 when she was just 15 years old and threatened to kill her if she told anyone.
Reports state:

Assistant prosecutor, Megan Shanahan, said: ‘When somebody has a gun with them and tells them I will kill you, your family, your grandparents, your little sisters, absolutely she was afraid to say no.’

Webster was a close friend of the girl’s family while the relationship look place between June and December of 2009.

Webster was indicted on one count each of gross sexual imposition and sexual battery and five counts of unlawful sex with a minor with gun specifications. If convicted, he could face up to 36 years in prison.

NEW YORK — New York Jets star wide receiver Braylon Edwards pleaded guilty Friday in his drunken driving case, saying he wanted to resolve it as a possible end to the NFL players’ lockout neared.

The plea came as the prospect of free agency looms for the 28-year-old wide receiver, who reiterated Friday that he “most definitely” wants to stay with the Jets.

It’s unclear whether Edwards might face a league suspension over his DWI plea, or how it might affect his probation in Cleveland, where he pleaded no contest in January 2010 to misdemeanor aggravated disorderly conduct. Edwards, who was with the Cleveland Browns before being traded to the Jets in October 2009, had been accused of punching a friend of NBA star LeBron James outside a nightclub.