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Picking the Lightning’s top 25 performers

March 16, 2018 general

Friday, 4 a.m. When a team is going well, the temptation is to toss confetti. You throw a parade. You schedule a party. You are warmed by the good vibes, and you hope they will last as long as possible. And so it is with the Tampa Bay Lighting, a franchise that deserves to slap […]

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Will the Final Four ever disappoint fans?

March 15, 2018 College Sports in Florida

Thursday, 4 a.m. Apologies to J. Edgar Hoover and his lovely red gown, but the FBI can’t stop the Final Four. Rick Pitino and his ladies of the night can’t stop the Final Four. Sean Miller and the accusations that Arizona basketball had its own ATM can’t stop the Final Four. The mass evacuation of […]

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Senators blast Lightning with 7 goals

March 14, 2018 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Ah, that’s why there is a lingering sense of impending disappointment with the Tampa Bay Lightning. For all the goals, for all of the saves, for all of the victories, a night like Tuesday night remains a possibility. The Lightning was clobbered by a pedestrian Ottawa Senators team Tuesday night, losing 7-4 […]

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Bucs wrap up Evans, Brate to new contracts

March 14, 2018 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. For the Tampa Bay Buc, the key to getting better is to re-sign the players they already had. The Bucs, who haven’t chased yet in free agency, have made millionaires of wide receiver Mike Evans and tight end Cam Brate with new six-year contracts. That’s continue a battle-plan that earlier featured new […]

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Do the Bucs have an off-season plan?

March 13, 2018 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. He has a plan. Doesn’t he? Mustn’t he? Jason Licht sits in his office, the midnight oil burning. He is watching game tape, and he is poring over scouting charts. He has a blueprint in his mind to negotiate his Tampa Bay Bucs from a fairly bad team to a fairly good […]

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Tiger doesn’t win, but his play was memorable

March 12, 2018 general

Monday, 4 a.m. He didn’t win. For some, that may  be the entire story of this year’s Valspar Championship. But, for the first time in an eternity, Woods was in, right down to his next-to-last shot. Imagine Joe Montana throwing one more touchdown pass. Imagine Michael Phelps winning one last swim meet.  Imagine Michael Jordan […]

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Bourdais endures trouble to win St. Pete Grand Prix

March 12, 2018 Auto racing

Monday, 3 a.m. If nothing else, Sebastian Bourdais is a survivor. As he celebrated yet another victory in the St. Petersburg Grand Prix, it was hard not to notice. Bourdais pulled out his second straight win in the race Sunday, coming on late as the field faltered around him.  Bourdais, injured in an accident in […]

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Lightning capture another shootout victory

March 11, 2018 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. At this point, the members of the Tampa Bay Lightning are going to put in for overtime. Once again, the Bolts had to put in extra work, beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in a shootout. It was the team’s seventh overtime game of its last eight; the Lightning has won six of […]

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Random thoughts: Just how cheap are the Rays?

March 11, 2018 general

Sunday, 3:30 p.m. I realize the bullpens are close, but I can’t shake the feeling that the reason that that the Rays have declined the retro-car that would haul their pitchers to the mound is that the players’ union won’t let them kick in for gas. — Of all people, Johnny Manziel has called for […]

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Woods, Conners hoping for different endings

March 11, 2018 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. According to the tale of the tape, this one shouldn’t even be close. Tiger Woods has owned golf. He’s been its face, its soul, its energy. He has won more money than you could count. The galleries all chant his name. The television cameras all love his face. And Corey Conners? Well, […]

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