Florida Sentinel Bulletin

BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer There’s no one more interested in seeing Black business owners in West Tampa prosper than Bennie Small. Small, President of the West Tampa Black Business Owners Association, said talk about what’s in the future for West Tampa, definitely got his attention. “I envisioned Main Street and the surrounding […]

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As a small child growing up in Central Park Village, Jessie B.  “Jet Set” Hudson loved to venture onto Central Avenue to see people like James Brown, B. B. King, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, and many others. His dream was to someday be a big entertainer and put Tampa on the map. According to family […]

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BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor A teenager accused of murder has been charged as an adult. The case went before the Hillsborough County Grand Jury on Thursday. The Grand Jury indicted Larry Donell Brown, 16, on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 38-year-old Michael Valentin. Last Friday afternoon, […]

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Detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are currently investigating an attack that led to the death of a Tampa man. The attack took place in a trailer park in Thonotosassa. According to police, on Saturday, Johnathan Acree, 48, was standing in the front yard of 6427 Black Dairy Road, talking to a friend at […]

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If you are a fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you probably had to turn your television to another station Sunday. The Bucs didn’t just lose their fourth straight game, but were shut out by NFC South foe, the New Orleans Saints 41-0. The Bucs were never competitive in the game, and couldn’t generate any […]

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What was Rob Parker thinking? The sports columnist made headlines for essentially questioning the Blackness of Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin, III because of his white fiancée, Rebecca Liddicoat, while on ESPN’s First Take, among other reasons. The network announced that is has suspended Parker for his comments. Parker has been suspended indefinitely by the network, which […]

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Trent Richardson hasn’t been as explosive as Browns (and Crimson Tide) fans were hoping when the running back was taken third overall in the 2012 NFL Draft. Some point to his happy feet behind the line of scrimmage, his running style not fitting the blocking scheme or whispers of broken ribs. Through all that, Richardson […]

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LONDON — Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were honored Tuesday as the International Tennis Federation’s world champions for 2012. Djokovic won the men’s award for the second straight year, while Williams took the honor for the third time in her career. Djokovic won the Australian Open and was runner-up at the French Open and U.S. […]

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NEW YORK – Kyrie Irving has another injury and the Cavaliers have another masked player. Cleveland’s star point guard, who only recently returned after missing 11 games with a broken finger, fractured a bone in his jaw when he took a hard fall in Friday night’s loss at Milwaukee. Irving traveled separately from the Cavs […]

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