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Friday, 4 p.m. The dark secret that no one talks about is this: The Tampa Bay Bucs have always been about the bucks. For almost a half-century, since skinflint Hugh Culverhouse fished enough nickels out of the storm grate to promise $16 million dollars for a franchise awarded to someone else, to now, the Bucs […]

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Pity the poor NFL “expert.” Which is, actually, a lofty sounding title for a guy who does a lot of guessing in his three-times-a-day mock drafts. The Bucs must be driving those clowns batty. One day, a lot of mockers are suggesting that the Bucs might take a quarterback if they were […]

Monday, 4 a.m. Evidently, there are only so many hours a man can spend whittling. There are only so many Early Bird specials that a guy can digest. Only so many sessions he can spend sitting around the fireplace and talking about the old days. Only so many afternoons you can spend at the fishing […]

Sunday, 4 a.m. Suddenly, the Tampa Bay Lightning are charging in the wrong direction. The Bolts lost their third straight game Saturday night — their poor play has gone on much longer — in a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers. This time, it wasn’t close. The Bolts gave up 49 shots, […]