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Return of Tiger’s claws: Woods wins Masters

April 15, 2019 general

Monday, 2 a.m. Had you given up? Had you closed the book on the Tiger Woods story? Did you think of Woods’ as yesterday’s golfer, the guy who was great before the surgeries and the scandal? Did you think he was in the history books? And even if you did, don’t you think it’s cool […]

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Who’s to blame for the Lightning disappointment?

April 14, 2019 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. They are dazed. They are wounded. They are hanging on to the ropes. So who do you blame? Except, of course, everyone. They are bloodied. They are baffled. They are looking for relief. So whose fault is it? That’s the way the world works. When a team has such high Content beyond […]

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With Snell pulled from the game, Blue Jays rally

April 14, 2019 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Sometimes, you don’t beat Tampa Bay’s Blake Snell. You just wait him out. Take the Toronto Blue Jays, who had no earthly idea of how to compete against Snell Saturday afternoon. They went after him for six innings, but all they got was a bloop hit, a walk and zero runs. Nine […]

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Random thoughts: Rays’ early in pulling Snell

April 14, 2019 general

Sunday, 2 a.m. Ah, so that’s how you beat Blake Snell.  You just pull him out of the game. Of course, you have to be his own manager to do so. — Can an entire league play rope-a-dope? Was the rest of the NHL playing possum as the Lightning set itself up for a collapse? […]

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Lightning reeling after another loss to Columbus

April 13, 2019 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Uh-oh. The Tampa Bay Lightning, who spent most of their regular season scribbling in the record book, is in trouble. The Bolts, losers of back-to-back games only twice all season, lost their second straight playoff game to the upstart Columbus Blue Jackets  on Friday night, losing a lopsided 5-1 decision that left […]

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Ask Gary: Are the Rays good enough at trading?

April 13, 2019 general

Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports. Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, […]

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Rays survive seventh inning to beat the Blue Jays

April 13, 2019 general

Saturday, 2 a.m. They were good. They were bad. Ultimately, they were survivors. The Tampa Bay Rays were a lot of things Friday night — and some of them weren’t so good — before finishing an 11-7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Tampa Bay is now 11-3 and 5 1/2 games up in the […]

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Excellence doesn’t always win in the end

April 12, 2019 general

Friday, 4 a.m. There was a time when Goliath was the rage. He had had a record season, and he kept winning comebacks. No one could stop Goliath from scoring. And then he lost. And, yeah, the next day, his followers felt pretty much the way the Tampa Bay Lightning do. How does this happen? […]

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Bolts stumble in their opening playoff game

April 11, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. And so, the grand journey of the Tampa Bay Lightning begins with a misstep. The Lightning, fresh off of one of the regular seasons for the ages, stumbled with their first stride Thursday night. They lost. With a 3-0 lead, they lost. Playing at home, they lost. Playing the lowest seed in […]

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Glasnow leads Rays to sweep of White Sox

April 11, 2019 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. As far as their rivalry with the Chicago White Sox, allow the Tampa Bay Rays to say this: More, please. The Rays continued to make life miserable for the Sox Thursday, completing a streak with a 9-1 victory over Chicago. It was,  pretty much, the same as the previous day. And the […]

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