Florida Sentinel Bulletin

NEW YORK — Nas is taking his war of words to the printed page. The rapper, known for his million-selling album Illmatic and his public feuds with Jay-Z and Bill O’Reilly, has a memoir coming out in the fall of 2012. HarperCollins announced Monday the book will be called It Ain’t Too Hard to Tell, […]

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LOS ANGELES — Whitney Houston is negotiating to return to the big screen in Sony’s remake of the 1976 film Sparkle. Jordin Sparks will make her feature film debut in the movie. Mike Epps also stars. Houston hasn’t been in a movie since she traveled to Portland, Maine to make Penny Marshall’s 1996 The Preacher’s […]

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Although the Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened their 2011 campaign with a 27-20 loss to the Detroit Lions last week, perhaps you can draw some relief in the fact the other three NFC South teams lost their season openers. This Sunday, the Bucs will hit the road to face Donovan McNabb and the Minnesota Vikings. The […]

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The wife of former baseball star Manny Ramirez calmly told a sheriff’s dispatcher in a 911 call that her husband had struck her at their suburban home. “My husband just hit me,” Juliana Ramirez says on the tape released Tuesday by the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Juliana then says she was struck […]

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NEW YORK — Grief counselors are helping a New York City high school come to grips with the loss of a basketball star who was fatally shot in the housing project where she lived. Eighteen-year-old Tayshana Murphy was gunned down at about 4:15 a.m. Sunday in the Grant Houses in upper Manhattan. Police have made […]

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LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather, Jr. leans forward. He’s talking to HBO’s Max Kellerman and sitting directly across from his next opponent, Victor Ortiz. “…what I always tell them…” The cocky smirk makes the day’s thousandth appearance, and the Mayweather haters brace themselves for what’s coming next. “They put 41 in front of me …” […]

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NEW YORK — Michael Jordan has been fined by the NBA for making comments about the league’s ongoing collective bargaining process. NBA spokesman Tim Frank confirmed the penalty for the Charlotte Bobcats owner on Monday, but said the league doesn’t comment on the total. ESPN.com reported the fine was $100,000. In an interview last month […]

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ATLANTA  — A federal jury is hearing a lawsuit filed by a retired NBA All-Star who claims a ritzy Atlanta restaurant discriminated against him and a friend when waiters insisted they give up their seats to white women. Joe Barry Carroll played parts of 10 seasons in the NBA for several teams in the 1980s. […]

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Happy birthday to this week’s Spotlight feature, Jessica. The Virgo says her philosophy of life is “money never sleeps, and neither do I.” In the future, Jessica wants to open her own massage business. When it comes to the man in her life, Jessica said he must be independent and can hold his own. Congratulations […]

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