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Random thoughts: Bucs rank among bad uniforms

April 22, 2018 general

1:30 a.m. In parting, let’s agree the New Jersey Devils were pretty good. They just couldn’t score. — Which makes you wonder if the Bolts’ defense was quite as good as it looked. — Something to worry about over the next few days. — I like Mike Mayock, and I find it interesting that he […]

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A look ahead at the Bucs’ upcoming schedule

April 20, 2018 general

Friday, 4 a.m. They hope to be different. They hope to be better. They hope to have a little bit of hope. But if this team of the Tampa Bay Bucs is going to be improved, it will have to do so with an imposing early-season schedule. The Bucs — who have the fourth-toughest schedule […]

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Bucs hope to add impact with 7th pick in draft

April 20, 2018 general

Friday, 2 a.m. A year ago Jason Licht sat in front of the room and smiled. At the time, he looked like the leader of a developing team, a team filled with promise, a team that would contend. Then the season came. And not so much. The Bucs dipped from their 9-7 season to 5-11, […]

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In which order would Bucs like draftees?

April 18, 2018 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. Imagine they had the first pick. No Cleveland, No Giants, no nobody. Just the Bucs and a want list. Who would they take then? This is important, because for the thousands of mock drafters out there, no one has any idea. Have you seen the mocks? Unless you count Sam Darnold, the […]

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Rays finally win a lop-sided decision vs. Rangers

April 17, 2018 Tampa Bay Bucs

Tuesday, 3 a.m. So this is what it’s like other places. The hitting clicks. The pitching dominates. The defense is good. The team wins …by a lot. Ease finally came fo the Tampa Bay Rays Monday night in an 8-4 — yes, 8-4 — victory over the Texas Rangers. Prior to the game, the Rays […]

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Winston thinks ‘It’s about time’ for the Bucs

April 17, 2018 general

Tuesday, 2 a.m. There are different Jameis Winstons in the NFL There is the turnover kid. There is the quarterback who chews up yardage. There is the goofy leader. There is the quarterback who has thrilled his fans with his comebacks. There is the quarterback who has not done it enough. All versions of Winston […]

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Rays lose Kiermaier to thumb injury

April 16, 2018 general

Monday, 2 a.m. The season has been painful enough. It has been 15 games of agony, a trail-of-tears march across broken glass. You could spend a day debating if the pitching has been worse than the defense, and if the hitting has been worse than them both. The more you think about it, the more you […]

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Yes, Jason Pierre-Paul has something left

April 6, 2018 general

Friday, 4 a.m. In Tampa Bay, we have learned not to trust the off-season. The Bucs lead the league in “it-was-a-good-idea-at-the-time” signings. There was Alvin Harper, the Dallas Cowboy receiver who was going to juice the passing attack. But Harper had been a complimentary player for the Cowboys. He was lost as a would-be impact […]

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Should the Bucs trade down in the coming draft?

March 25, 2018 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. The more you think about it, the more the prospect of trading down makes sense for the Tampa Bay Bucs. 1) The top six seem set with three quarterbacks, Saquon Barkley, Bradley Chubb and Quenton Nelson. 2) According to most mocks, that puts the highest grades on safeties Derwin James and Minkah […]

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Ask Gary: Should Bolts be sitting Vasilevskiy more?

March 24, 2018 general

Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports. Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, […]

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