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Do you trust the Bucs to close out winning?

December 28, 2019 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. It is your last chance to believe. Your last chance to trust. Is there something really different about these Tampa Bay Bucs or not? The Bucs close out their 2019 season today — their 12th straight in which they have failed to make the playoffs — and once more, they will test […]

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The season ends for David — again — after 16 games

December 27, 2019 general

Friday, 4 a.m. The post-season has no use for him. Not the Pro Bowl, which he has made just once. Not the playoffs, where he has yet to appear. Yet, around here, Lavonte David remains an honored warrior. The truth is, David may be the most beloved player to be so underappreciated in the history […]

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Sports has been a timeline for Christmas

December 26, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. All these years later, all the Christmases that have flown past, the gift still fills my senses. I remember the feel of it, the smooth leather as it wrapped around my small hands. I can remember the rich smell of it as I would push my face into the web of it. […]

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The Falcons have won the rebound game before

December 25, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. This one should be in the bag, right? Beat the Atlanta Falcons? Heck, the Bucs have already beaten the Atlanta Falcons. At their place. When the Bucs were 3-7. They won by 13, and they were ahead by 19 with two minutes left to play. So what’s the big deal in doing […]

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Arians: the Bucs should have been 10-6

December 24, 2019 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. Down the stretch, they were better. But head coach Bruce Arians wanted more from his Tampa Bay Bucs. He wanted to be good. “This was a playoff team (Houston Texans) and our defense held them to one of the lowest [total yards] they’ve ever been held to,” Arians said. “So, if you […]

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UCF finishes off another 10-victory season

December 24, 2019 general

Tuesday, 2 a.m. In the backyard of their biggest rival, UCF showed USF just how far it has to go to catch up under new coach Jeff Scott. UCF walloped Marshall, 48-25, in Monday’s Gasparilla Bowl. “It was important to finish the season the right way,” said UCF coach Josh Heupel. “We talked a lot […]

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Looking back on the Bucs’ loss to Houston

December 23, 2019 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Monday, 4 a.m. 5 Thoughts I understand. I really do. Jameis Winston has been frustrating enough so most fans are ready to file for divorce. But then I read fans talk about “all the weapons” the Bucs have on offense, and just laugh. What weapons? Practice squad receivers? Impotent running backs? Wobbly […]

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Bad Winston resurfaces again in Bucs’ defeat

December 22, 2019 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. After two weeks of playing at the top of his game, Jameis Winston fell back to the bottom Saturday afternoon. Winston threw four interceptions — again — in a 23-20 loss to the Houston Texans. It ended a four-game winning streak for the Bucs and assured they will not finish with a […]

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Lightning lacks power to beat Capitals

December 22, 2019 general

Monday, 3 a.m. Is it time to reassess the way we all look at the Tampa Bay Lightning? As disappointing as it was last season when the Bolts bowed quickly out of the Stanley Cup playoffs, this year, the bottom has fallen out. Instead of a dangerous offense, the Bolts are having problems putting the […]

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Without their receivers, can Bucs upset Houston?

December 21, 2019 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Through the good times, through the bad times, they have had receivers. The running backs have been invisible, and the offensive line has been creaky. The secondary was a sieve. The quarterback has been wobbly. But receivers? Yeah, the Tampa Bay Bucs had those. Until it didn’t. Content beyond this point is […]

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