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Fitzmagic leads the Bucs to upset of New Orleans

September 10, 2018 general

Monday, 4 a.m. His bones are old. His eyesight might be fading. His arteries may be harder than they once were. But Ryan Fitzpatrick still has a bit of Fitzmagic to him. Fitzpatrick, the quarterback you doubted, the quarterback everyone doubted, stunned even the most optimistic of Tampa Bay Bucs’ fans on Sunday afternoon. Faced […]

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Rays join in city’s offensive fireworks weekend

September 10, 2018 general

Monday, 3 a.m. Well, look whose all about offense these days. Tampa Bay is suddenly making scoreboards explode. The Bucs score 48. USF scores 49. And the Tampa Bay Rays? They’ve got their offense going, as well. The Rays completed a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles Sunday afternoon, scoring 32 runs along the way. […]

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Bulls come from behind to top high-powered Tech

September 9, 2018 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 4 a.m. When the smoke had cleared, when someone had finally turned off the scoreboard before it exploded, when the yardage had been chewed up by the acre, there was one question to ask about USF’s latest football game. How in the world did the Bulls win this one? For so long, USF’s defenders had […]

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State roundup: What has happened to Florida?

September 9, 2018 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 3:30 a.m. Samford? No, not Stanford. Samford. Yep, the raging Bulldogs, a 33-point underdog, played FSU to the last heartbeat Saturday night before losing, 36-26. It was the latest of a series of games that shows that football isn’t what it used to be in this state. Yeah, Samford (and hold the “…and son” […]

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Random thoughts: Can Cleveland have a good year?

September 9, 2018 general

Former Eagles’ quarterback Ron Jaworski said the Browns can win eight games. Yeah, between now and 2022. — When did Serena Williams turn into John McEnroe? — USAToday ranks Jamies Winston as the 16th-best starting quarterback in the NFL. That’s about right. Fifteen better starters, 16 worse ones. Of course, right now, it’s hard to […]

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Rays’ offense keeps rolling in big win over Baltimore

September 9, 2018 general

Sunday, 2 a.m. Maybe the outfielders should back up. Maybe the opposition should get the married men out of the infield. Maybe the Tampa Bay Rays need to buy more light bulbs for the scoreboard, just in case. The sweet-hitting Rays — and have you ever heard that before? — kept it up Saturday night, […]

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Ask Gary: How will it end for Jim Harbaugh?

September 8, 2018 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 rediscover home run in shelling Baltimore

September 8, 2018 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. When the Baltimore Orioles came to town, they evidently brought along the ghost of Earl Weaver with them. You remember Weaver. He was a guy who made his career off of the three-run homer. Over his Hall of Fame career, the Orioles hit 259 such homers, and in those games, they had […]

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Predictions: Bucs lose opener to New Orleans

September 8, 2018 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 2 a.m. The odds are that Jameis Winston, watching at home, reaches for the potato chips before he reaches for the chicken wings. The odds are that Drew Brees hits his first eight passes before the Bucs force an incompletion, although that might be conservative. The odds are that Gerald McCoy records his first […]

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Fitzpatrick ready to fill in as an understudy

September 7, 2018 general

Friday, 4 a.m. His job description, to put it indelicately, is Miss Congeniality. If the pageant winner pulls a hamstring, then he might get to walk down the runway. On a football team, he is the vice president. In a Broadway play, he would be the understudy. He’s the second-best mechanic at the auto shop, […]

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