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Who is better than Winston? Who is worse?

October 9, 2017 general

Monday 4 a.m. I tried to watch. Honest I did. Right up til the point my eyes started bleeding and my brain went numb. For old time’s sake, I turned on the Miami Dolphins’ game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday afternoon. It lasted about 15 minutes until I felt like the guy in a Clockwork […]

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Random Thoughts: Simpson already selling his name

October 8, 2017 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. It’s a month into the NFL season. Is that too soon to talk about the draft? CBSsports.com has the Bucs taking LSU defensive end Arden Key with the 22nd pick. That would further the LSUing of the Bucs with ex-teammates Kwon Alexander and Kendall Beckwith. – Question: Why is Nick Folk still […]

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Missed extra point dooms Gators vs. LSU

October 8, 2017 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 3 a.m. It’s a sandwich play. You know, a bathroom play. A let-the-cat out play. A take-a-break-from-the-game play. Usually, you don’t even think about an extra point. It’s a short putt. It’s a layup. It’s a routine grounder to short. It’s a point-after kick. And when a team has a kicker like Eddy Piniero, […]

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Miami’s comeback finally overcomes FSU

October 8, 2017 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 2 a.m. They came back from a comeback. They came back from seven years of sorry. They came back in a rivalry that was threatening to grow stale. They came back from irrelevance. Finally, Miami came back from behind a team that had ceased to matter. The Hurricanes won 24-20. After seven years of […]

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This time, Panthers take control against Bolts in 3rd

October 8, 2017 general

Sunday, 1 a.m. This time, the finish went the wrong way. The Tampa Bay Lightning, for the second straight night, was facing the Florida Panthers. The Lightning, for the second straight night, took a 2-0 lead. The Lightning, for the second straight night, let the Panthers back into a tie. And then the third period […]

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Ask Gary? Does the loss of Hickey hurt the Rays?

October 7, 2017 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, make a comment […]

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Looking back at the loss to the Patriots

October 7, 2017 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. 5 Observations Are the Bucs trying so hard to protect themselves from Jameis Winston’s turnovers that they’re dooming themselves to slow starts? It’s possible. Winston hit only eight of 16 passes for 71 yards in the first half against the Patriots, but threw for 263 yards in the second. In four games,Winston […]

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Stamkos returns in Lighting’s opening victory

October 7, 2017 general

Saturday, 2 a.m. The puck was coming, just the way it used to it when the world was young, back when Steven Stamkos was somebody. The pass from Alex Killorn was headed his way on the power play, and Stamkos coiled his body, the way he always has. If the puck was in his wheelhouse, […]

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Bucs kick away a shot at upsetting Patriots

October 6, 2017 general

Friday, 4 a.m. The futile, forgettable farce of Foot-Fault Folk and his Flock of Failures might have reached its finish on Thursday night. After this, how can the Bucs persuade themselves to stay with wayward kicker Nick Folk, who just wrapped up the worst week any Buc kicker – yes, including Roberto Aguayo, Kyle Brindza […]

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Ask the experts: Tim and Jerry

October 5, 2017 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 the NFL. […]

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