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Sacks enable Gators to hold off Miami

August 25, 2019 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 3 a.m. Short of a turnover, it might be the most dominant defensive play in football. The sack. It takes away a down. It takes away yardage. It takes away momentum. Saturday night, it allowed the University of Florida to escape with a 24-20 victory over Miami and new coach Manny Diaz. Ten times, […]

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Bucs win, but offensive line beaten badly

August 24, 2019 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Forget the quarterbacks. What we need around here is an offensive line whisperer. And, failing that, a shouter. Bruce Arians, the head coach in charge of hushed tones for the Tampa Bay Bucs, should know this. His Bucs won their second preseason game in a row Friday night, beating the Cleveland Browns […]

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Meadows Sends Rays off to Easy Win over Baltimore

August 24, 2019 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. He is brand new, fresh off the shelf, and there are a great many things that Trevor Richard  does not know about the Tampa Bay Rays. He does know this, however. He kind of likes this Austin Meadows kid. Meadows hit a second-inning grand slam and put the Rays ahead 7-0 early […]

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Adames, the road warrior, leads Rays once again

August 23, 2019 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Maybe he just likes airplane rides. Maybe he likes museum tours, or seeing opposing baseball parks. Maybe he likes popcorn on the road. Maybe he loves suitcases. Maybe he hates the hot dogs at the Trop. Whatever it is, Willy Adames is a traveling man. Adames overcame two early errors Thursday night […]

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10 Things to Watch Along With Arians

August 23, 2019 general

Friday, 3 a.m. It is practice. It is a dress rehearsal. It is a little football in the middle of stretching. But in the NFL, the third week of the preseason is the closest the league gets to actual football. In other words, if you want a clue as to what these Bucs will be, […]

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Rays walk from behind to beat Seattle

August 22, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. They were up. They were down. They blew it. They battled back to win it. They were terrible. And they were terrific. The Tampa Bay Rays were about to lose their third straight game to the bottom-crawling Seattle Mariners Wednesday afternoon. Instead, they won their third walkoff game in five games, winning […]

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View from the golf cart: Awaiting the Browns

August 22, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. The first team that Bruce Arians flirted with this off-season was the Cleveland Browns. The one he married was the Tampa Bay Bucs. Those teams get together Friday night. Arians, for one, believes the hype about the Browns. “I think (it’s) totally justified, yeah, (because of) what they did in the offseason,” […]

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Rays’ pitching falters in another loss

August 21, 2019 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Boy, do the Rays miss their pitchers. Blake Snell? The team misses you. Tyler Glassnow? The light is still on. Yonny Chirinos? Please come home. Hoo-boy, could this team use any of them. The Rays lost to the last-place Seattle Mariners for the second straight day Tuesday. The Mariners scored seven runs, […]

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White looking forward to playing more

August 21, 2019 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. He just got here. Still, Devin White thinks he is ready to make an impact. White doesn’t think he’ll need extended time in the third preseason game to get ready for the season. “Not really — football is football, but I would like to play because it’s fun,” White said. “It isn’t […]

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McKay struggles as the Mariners bomb Rays

August 20, 2019 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Quick. Someone stop Brendan McKay’s backslide. For goodness sakes, the kid is getting worse. McKay struggled once again Monday night, lasting only two innings and giving up seven runs (only three earned) in a 9-3 loss to the last-place Seattle Mariners. McKay gave up three hits and walked three, meaning that in […]

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