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Is this the lowest point in Winston’s career?

November 9, 2017 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. It is a dark time in the career of Jameis Winston, quarterback. It’s late, it’s ugly and his night light is broken. He is hurt, a shoulder sprain that will keep him out two weeks. He is losing, five in a row and counting. He is not playing well; his quarterback rating […]

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Namestnikov shines between Stamkos and Kucherov

November 9, 2017 general

Thursday, 2 a.m. Everyone knows about Steven Stamkos. He’s been doing this for a while. Take Wednesday night, when Stammer added three assists to his league-leading point total, which is now at 28. And eveyone knows about Nikita Kucherov. He’s a rising star. As long as you’re talking Wednesday night, Kucherov added a goal to […]

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Bad teams surround themselves in silly moments

November 8, 2017 general

My favorite play in football is not a terrific punt return, although that would be kind of nice in the middle of a lousy streak by the Tampa Bay Bucs. My favorite play is not a blitz that knocks the quarterback to the ground, although, to be honest, I don’t really remember many of those […]

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Looking back at the loss to the Saints

November 7, 2017 general

Monday, 3 a.m. 5 Observations 1. Jameis Winston will miss the two most winnable games on the rest of the Bucs’ schedule with an injury. Mike Evans will miss one with a suspension. Yet, it’s hard to argue with either. Except for a half against Buffalo, Winston has not been good. Sunday, Evans was the […]

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Bucs lose in embarrassing fashion to Saints

November 6, 2017 general

Monday, 3 a.m. As they flail through the air, their arms akimbo and their voices in full scream, with the wind whistling past and the ground rushing to meet them, there is but one question that counts for the Tampa Bay Bucs. How long before they hit bottom? They are already worse than the Jets, […]

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Lightning champions remembered by fans

November 5, 2017 general

Monday, 2 a.m. Have more than a dozen years gone so fast? Have the Boys of Winter really turned into old men? Odd. It seems like only a few months ago since Marty St. Louis hit his winning goal against Calgary? Has it really been that long since Ruslan Fedotenko scored twice in the Game […]

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Random Thoughts: Rays certainly were rank in ’17

November 5, 2017 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Bleacher Report has ranked its top 300 baseball players of the season. Leading the Rays was pitcher Chris Archer … who was 53rd. Can you buy a foam hand with 53 fingers? – For the record: Kevin Kiermaier was 67, Steven Souza was 69, Logan Morrison was 71, Evan Longoria 82, Corey […]

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Stamkos scores to lift Lightning in overtime

November 5, 2017 general

Sunday, 3:30 a.m. As the championship team of the Tampa Bay Lightning looked on the current version Saturday night, you wonder: Do they see traces of their DNA in the current edition? Certainly, the early portion of the season would give these Bolts a shot. The Lightning improved their record to 11-2-2 with a 5-4 […]

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Flowers has career game against UConn

November 5, 2017 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. As far as streaks go, USF started over Saturday afternoon. As far as the guy leading the streaking, however, it was the same familiar face. Hey. Didn’t you used to be Quinton Flowers? Flowers, who has sputtered for most of the season, had a career game against UConn. He threw for 385 […]

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UM swarms Virginia Tech, awaits Notre Dame

November 5, 2017 general

Sunday, 2:30 a.m. They hadn’t beaten anyone big enough. They hadn’t beaten anyone badly enough. There for a while, the University of Miami Hurricanes were unbeaten, untied and unimpressive. They were winning, but they lacked the style points. They had the record, but they didn’t have the respect. Then came Virginia Tech.  Content beyond this […]

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