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Measuring outrage for Bearcats

November 3, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Everyone loves Spartacus, right? Everyone wants to dance with Cinderella. As a rule, we love underdogs. We root for the silent killers, the teams that come from nowhere and upset the powerhouses. We want David. We want Rudy. So forgive me for feeling like this, but I’m having a hard time mustering […]

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Cernak faces down Ovechkin in win

November 2, 2021 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. You can walk away from this one talking about Andrei Vasilevskiy. That’s often the case, of course. Once again, Vasilevskiy was a contortionist in goal, swatting away defeat like another puck. You can walk away talking about Brayden Point, who scored the winning goal, or Anthony Cirelli, who had three points, or […]

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Looking back at the Bucs’ loss to the Saints

November 2, 2021 general

5 Thoughts I continue to be impressed with how Sean Payton’s teams overachieve. To beat this Bucs team with his third team quarterback is special. But how do you explain only one Super Bowl title? 2. The Bucs’ offensive line is pretty good, but they got paddled on Sunday. Content beyond this point is for […]

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Saints beat Bucs behind backup QB

November 1, 2021 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Once again, the New Orleans Saints have given the Tampa Bay Bucs a gift: The gift of self-realization. No, they are destined to repeat last year’s Super Bowl victory. No, they aren’t the best team in the NFC. Heck, they aren’t even the best team in the NFC South. Today, the Bucs […]

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Mullen’s quarterback switch flops in loss

October 31, 2021 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Well, that didn’t work, did it? Florida coach Dan Mullen waited until his team was playing the No. 1-ranked team in the nation to give freshman Anthony Richardson his first start of the season. As you might gather from the 34-3 drubbing the Gators took, it wasn’t the best idea he could […]

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Bucs need a big game out of Evans

October 30, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. On most fields on most Sundays, he is a terrific football player. Lean and tough. Quick and determined. But against the New Orleans Saints, Mike Evans tends to turn invisible. The Bucs, naturally, hope it will not happen again Sunday. Evans, a Pro Bowl player who has been over 1,000 yards in […]

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Brady, Bucs face big challenge in Saints

October 29, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Somewhere, the complete game awaits. Sometime, the Tampa Bay Bucs will play for the full sixty. Won’t they? Almost half of a season has gone, and still, we wait. The Bucs have won with great starts (Chicago) and great finishes (Miami). They’ve won with game-winning drives (Dallas, New England). Always, however, it […]

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Lightning wins second game in a row

October 29, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Well, look who has a winning streak. The Tampa Bay Lightning, a championship team off to a sluggish start, won its second consecutive 5-1 victory Thursday night, this time against the winless Arizona Coyotes. The Bolts jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first period and went into cruise control. The Bolts […]

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Bucs have to control Kamara to win

October 28, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Here’s the thing about the defense of the Tampa Bay Bucs. You never worry about an opposing running back. You always worry about the quarterback. Until this week. What’s wrong with this picture? Since Todd Bowles arrived as the Bucs’ defensive coordinator, the opposing running game has never been a problem. The […]

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Lightning finally has the look of a winner

October 27, 2021 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. There was something familiar about them, something that you might swear you had seen before. Maybe it was in the way they carried themselves. Maybe it was in the way they didn’t back up. The kid in goal? You’ve seen a guy play like that, like King Kong swatting away airplanes. The […]

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