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Lightning comes back, but loses in the end

February 13, 2018 general

Tuesday, 2 a.m. In some ways, the comeback made it worse. The Tampa Bay Lightning, behind 3-0, scored two goals in 20 seconds to pull into a tie against the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday night. The Bolts ended up losing 4-3 to the Leafs.  Content beyond this point is for members only.

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Do you think you know Tampa Bay sports?

February 12, 2018 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Grab a No. 2 pencil. Keep your eyes on your paper. Now, commence: 1. Tampa Bay has a history of bad owners. Who is the worst, from 10-1 (10 being worst)? a. Hugh Culverhouse                      f. Oren Koules-Len Barry b. Kokusai Green   […]

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Random Thoughts: Silliness buys into Brady benching

February 11, 2018 general

Evidently, the wisdom of the New England Patriots isn’t spreading. I see one comment on Sportstalk.com that suggests that if Jimmy Garoppolo had been at quarterback, the Patriots would have beaten the Eagles. Guys, Brady threw for more than 500 yards and three scores. Now, if Garoppolo had played cornerback, maybe. — Statements like that […]

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Bulls lose despite Manderson’s big night

February 11, 2018 general

Sunday, 2 a.m. At a time like this, in a season that is going nowhere, the USF Bulls are looking for a leader. Right now, Isaiah Manderson looks pretty good. Manderson had his second straight impressive performance in a 73-55 loss to Temple Saturday. Manderson hit nine of 12 points and scored 18 points, following […]

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Rowdies fall to Cincinnati in preseason game

February 11, 2018 general

Sunday, 1 a.m. It was as close as one team having a disallowed goal and the opposition following it with one of their own. It added up to a 1-0 loss to FC Cincinnati by the Tampa Bay Rowdies Saturday afternoon at IMG Academy. The Rowdies , who had just eight training sessions before the […]

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Lightning holds on after another shaky third period

February 10, 2018 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. The Tampa Bay Lightning need to shore up their bullpen. Once again, the Bolts saw a comfortable lead dwindle to a nail-biter Saturday night. The Los Angeles Kings scored two goals, and got off 20 shots, in a wild third-period before the Bolts earned a 4-3 victory. It followed a disturbing trend […]

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Ask Gary: Recent Bolts’ play raises concerns

February 10, 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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Ask the Experts: Tim & Jerry

February 9, 2018 general

Here at GarySheltonsports.com, we have doubled our experts with the addition of former Bucs’ personnel director and former Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell. He joins his old friend and co-worker Jerry Angelo, a former personnel director for the Bucs and former general manager of the Bears. Each week, Angelo and Ruskell answer your questions regarding […]

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Kucherov, Stamkos score in Lightning victory

February 9, 2018 general

Friday, 3 a.m. Oh. So this is what they mean by many happy returns. The Tampa Bay Lightning returned to Amalie Arena Thursday night after an eight-game road trip and knocked off the Vancouver Canucks 5-2. And Nikita Kucherov — remember him? — scored a goal for the first time in 12 games. And Steven […]

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Remembering one’s first Olympics

February 8, 2018 general

Friday, 4:30 p.m. White. It was white all over, with white at the edges. I stepped off the plane to Norway, and I was snow-blind. It was white, like a wedding dress in a snowstorm. White, like an eggshell on a bedsheet. White, like milk poured over a polar bear. I left the plane, and […]

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