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Lightning advances to Conference Finals

September 1, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. They are halfway home. Are you a fully convinced yet? The Tampa Bay Lightning, once again, are in the NHL Eastern Conference finals. They beat the Boston Bruins, 3-2 in double-overtime Monday, to close out their second round series in five games. The Lighting will face either the Islanders (who lead their […]

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Glasnow outduels Cole in Rays’ victory

September 1, 2020 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. Who’s afraid of the big bad arm? Not the Tampa Bay Rays, who found a way to continue their winnings streak Monday night despite the looming presence of Gerrit Cole standing in the way of it. The Rays, surprisingly, beat up on Cole, handing him his second straight loss of the season. […]

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This time, Rays’ offense leads win over Miami

August 31, 2020 general

Monday, 4 a.m. The last time they charged into New York, their season was just turning around. Now, it is rolling downhill. The Tampa Bay Rays prepared for their upcoming series against the New York Yankees by winning their fifth straight game. The last three of them came against the Miami Marlins, who finale scored […]

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Bucs still looking for the right leg in camp

August 31, 2020 general

Monday, 3 a.m. Once again, a drafted kicker is fighting for his life with the Tampa Bay Bucs. Matt Gay, a fifth-round draft pick in 2019, faces the possibility of additional competition in the Bucs’ training camp. The team plans to look at Ryan Succop and Cody Parkey, a pair of free-agent kickers, as soon […]

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Marlins get plenty of nothing against Rays

August 30, 2020 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. So what do the hitters of the Miami Marlins think of the Tampa Bay Rays’ pitching staff? Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero. The Rays threw their second consecutive shutout at the Marlins Saturday night, winning a 4-0 game and allowing only three hits. Going back to the 2019 season, the Rays have thrown […]

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Palat takes over as Lightning takes big lead

August 30, 2020 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. For most of his eight-year career, the best way to describe Ondrej Palat was that of a complimentary player. You know: When someone else would do something big, Palat would compliment them. As in: “Nice shot, Nikita” or “Great pass, Stammer.” Nice player, but no, he hasn’t exactly been the brightest star […]

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Rays hope latest pitching injury isn’t serious

August 29, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Ryan Yarbrough is hoping for a tweak. A ding. An owie. A hitch in his giddy-up. Goodness knows, the Tampa Bay Rays need it. In the stop-me-if-you’ve-heard-this-before category, the Rays find themselves hoping, once again, that a pitcher doesn’t have too much damage. How many victory celebrations has that stopped this season? […]

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Brady starts fast in his first scrimmage

August 29, 2020 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. Time will make you forget about Thursday. All things considered, it was just another scrimmage in just another practice on just another August morning. When you’re as accomplished a quarterback as Tom Brady, there have been a thousand of these mornings. Still, it was a good start. For the Bucs, that was […]

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Bucs struggle over violence … like all of us

August 28, 2020 general

Friday, 3 a.m. They are people, filled with the same questions and the same outrage as the rest of us. Sometimes, we forget that. We thrust celebrity at them, and they make millions, and fans clamor for their pictures and their signatures. But when something is wrong with our country, it feels wrong to them, […]

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Gronk has to prove he’s still a great player

August 27, 2020 general

Thursday, 2 a.m. What? Did you expect him to turn solemn overnight. Hey, this is Gronk, okay, who has led the NFL in fun throughout his career. He has been greatness with a smile on his face. And early in the training camp of his new team — the Tampa Bay Bucs — this much […]

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