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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

July 27, 2017 general

Jerry Angelo is a former personnel director for the Bucs and former general manager of the Bears. Each week, Angelo answers your questions regarding the NFL. Send your questions to GarySheltonsports@gmail.com with “ask the expert” in the subject line. The most interesting questions will be selected. Thursday, 4 a.m. Most NFL teams report for training […]

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The schedule gets trickier for the Tampa Bay Rays

July 27, 2017 Baseball

Thursday, 3 a.m. For the Tampa Bay Rays, this may be where the wildcard is won. Or lost. The water is about to get deep … and treacherous. There are sharks and barracuda, crocodiles and sea snakes. This is where a team gets hot, or where it gets left behind.  Content beyond this point is […]

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Cobb getting better and better after win over O’s

July 27, 2017 Baseball

Thursday, 2 a.m. For the first five innings, you could understand much of the recent slump by the Tampa Bay Rays. For the last three and a half, you could comprehend why the Rays may still have a chance. The Rays, one-hit until the sixth inning, broke loose to win their series against the Baltimore […]

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Bucs prepare to open a most anticipated preseason

July 26, 2017 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Hope sweats. Good thing, because Hope is preparing to report for training camp. Given the heat of the summer, Hope had better be in pretty good shape. It’s the most optimistic time of the year, a time where every fat running back thinks he has 1,200 yards in him, where every quarterback […]

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Rays hold off O’s, finally end their losing streak

July 26, 2017 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. They ended the game hanging on by their fingernails. They had to scrap to outlast a sub-.500 team. They spent much of the game being shut down by the opposing pitcher. But they won. Finally, the Tampa Bay Rays won. The Rays, riding a five-game losing streak, held on to beat the […]

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Rays fall again despite Snell’s good outing

July 25, 2017 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. All of the sudden, there is a hink in their dinky. There are termites in their bats, scorpions in their gloves, black cats on their base paths. They are making that little beep-beep-beep sound of a golf cart backing up. Natural catastrophes are all around: The sky is falling, the creeks are […]

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When do the Tampa Bay Rays start to worry?

July 24, 2017 general

Monday, 2 a.m. In the case of the Tampa Bay Rays, we are down to a couple of questions. When do you start to sweat? When does a slump become a new reality? And can anyone please keep the ball on this side of the fence? The Rays lost their fourth game in a row […]

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Phelps makes splash in make-believe race

July 24, 2017 general

Monday, 1 a.m. And in the end, Michael Phelps raced against, well, Jabberjaw. You remember Jabberjaw, right? He was the old Saturday morning cartoon,  an oafish shark  you could laugh at? Well, Jabberjaw uncovered newfound respect Sunday night when he raced against Phelps, the winner of 28 Olympic gold medals in a counterfeit TV program. […]

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Random thoughts: Freeze dials up trouble

July 23, 2017 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Personally, I was shocked — shocked, I tell you — that Hugh Freeze did the phone-a-friend call with a professional escort from Tampa. I would have thought Freeze went in on the coaches’ plan with Rick Pitino. Who knew a young miss would get him canned at Ole Miss? – I wonder […]

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Rays lose third in a row after a sloppy sixth inning

July 23, 2017 general

Sunday, 2 a.m. At a time the Tampa Bay Rays need to be inserting themselves squarely in the division race, the team is going in the wrong direction. The Rays lost their third straight game Saturday night, falling 4-3 to the Texas Rangers. The loss dropped the Rays to a percentage point behind the New […]

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