Florida Sentinel Bulletin

ST. PETERSBURG — Delmon Young is back. Sort of. The one-time future of the organization returned Thursday when he signed a minor league contract and reported to the Rays’ Double-A team in Montgomery, Ala. If Young can prove in the next eight days or so that his swing is once again major league quality, then […]

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NEW YORK—Dean Meminger, the former Marquette guard who played a reserve role on the New York Knicks’ 1973 NBA championship team, was found dead Friday in a Manhattan hotel room. He was 65. New York City police said staff at the Hamilton Heights Hotel found Meminger unconscious and unresponsive inside a room and emergency medical […]

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This is a story so outrageous, that is just may be true. Allegedly, Lamar Odom is a crack cocaine user, which is the reason why his marriage to Khloe Kardashian is on the rocks, no pun intended. That also would explain his fall off from NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011 to an […]

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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, DC this weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous speech about a dream he had. Half a century later, disproportionate sentencing policies, life without parole for nonviolent crimes, Stop and Frisk, the pipeline that funnels Africans […]

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Allen Iverson is prepared to officially announce his retirement from the NBA in the coming days, a source close to the native of Virginia told SLAM. Iverson, 38, played his last professional basketball in Turkey in 2011. Before that, he appeared in his final NBA game, as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, in 2010. […]

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The product of Elizabeth, New Jersey has graced us with her presence as this week’s beauty Unlimited feature. Jennifer came south for educational purposes, and turned to modeling to start her career. She hopes to one day be a spokesperson for sexually abused women. Jennifer said, “I believe no matter what I do makes me. […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Saturday, August 24th, at 4 p.m., LIFE, a noted poet and Sentinel Columnist will host a book signing to introduce his first book to the community. The event will take place at Mocha Brown’s Coffee Shop, 428 W. Waters Avenue. Entitled “On ‘Black On Black’ Love…” the […]

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Tampa Police have reported that at 6:31 a. m. Thursday, a man was killed attempting to cross Adamo Drive and 50th Street. Police said Charles Bilal, 44, was walking across Adamo Drive at 50th Street when he was hit by a red Ford Ranger truck. Police said the truck had the right of way, and […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor On Tuesday morning, a Hillsborough County judge declared a mistrial in a death penalty murder case. The mistrial came about after a witness made comments that had previously agreed that would be inadmissible. A 16-panel jury was selected last Friday in the first-degree murder trial of Richard Anthony […]

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