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Bolts jump to quick lead in win over Wings

February 4, 2021 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. It says a lot about expectations when a team can skate away from a 5-1 victory and talk about the things that felt incomplete. The Tampa Bay Lightning, Stanley Cup champions, had such a night Wednesday with an easy victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The Bolts scored three times in the […]

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Can this defense win a Super Bowl for Bucs?

February 3, 2021 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Deep down in your soul, where the things that go bump in the night live, it remains your greatest fear. It is the spider under the bed. It is the monster in the closet. It is what goes bump in the night. If you are a fan of the Tampa Bay Bucs, […]

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Brady vs. Mahomes: a battle of generations

February 2, 2021 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. The amazing thing about Patrick Mahomes is how fast his career has begun. The amazing thing about Tom Brady is how long hs has lasted. And so it goes. The contrasts between the codger and the kid are endless. Brady is as classic as a statue — and he runs that way. […]

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Bolts beat Nashville behind Stamkos’ goal

February 2, 2021 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. In the history of the Tampa Bay Lightning, no one has had more power than Steven Stamkos. Through all the games he has played, and despite all of the games he has missed, Stamkos is now that franchise’s leading scorer with 301 power-play points. He passed former teammate Marty St. Louis in […]

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Fans want to pick their greatness

February 1, 2021 general

Monday, 4 a.m. In the end, there can be just one. And for us, that’s fine. Heck, we want there to be just one. We want a king of the mountain. We want a last man standing. We want to assign all of the credit to one guy and hang the reason on them. Lennon […]

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Lightning holds off Preds in narrow victory

January 31, 2021 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. The Tampa Bay Lightning would have had a lot to celebrate over their Saturday night victory over the Nashville Predators. That is, except for that bullet whizzing past their collective ears. The Bolts broke a two-game losing streak, beating the Predators 4-3 at Amalie Arena. That was good enough news, because the […]

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5 Problems the Bucs have to solve to win

January 31, 2021 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. It was close. It was not a classic. Look back on the first game between the Bucs and the Kansas City Chiefs, and you might fool yourself. It finished 27-24, Chiefs, which hints of a great game between great teams. It was not. It suggests there were moments when the game was […]

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Vea has given the Bucs a boost with his return

January 30, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Bruce Arians missed him. Todd Bowles missed him. Heck, you missed him. But nobody missed Vita Vea like Shaq Barrett did. Unless it was Jason Pierre-Paul. Vea, the massive presence in the middle of the Tampa Bay defensive line, left a gaping void when he broke an ankle against the Chicago Bears. […]

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Low moment led to the Bucs’ turnaround

January 29, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. For the typical Bucs fan, there are games in which to revel. The comeback against the Chargers, for instance. The regular-season win over the Packers. The playoff wins against the Saints and the Packers. The truth of it, however, is that this Super Bowl team was forged on different weekends. On one […]

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Bolts can’t score in loss to Hurricanes

January 29, 2021 general

Friday, 3 a.m. If you cannot score, you cannot win. For the first time in a long time, the Tampa Bay Lightning was reminded of that Thursday night. The Lightning lost a 1-0 overtime game to the Carolina Hurricanes, the first time in 89 games that the team had been shut out. It was the […]

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