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Could this Rays team make the playoffs…in 2013?

February 23, 2017 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Are these Tampa Bay Rays good enough to make this year’s post-season? Who knows? Oh, they are confident enough, for whatever that’s worth. In the spring, confidence blooms like wildflowers. Everyone is going to hit .300 and everyone is going to win 18 games and no one is going to let a […]

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Seeing Triple: Familiar line leads the Bolts

February 22, 2017 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Put them on the ice, and lock the gate. Make them sit together, dine together, skate together. Tie a rope — loosely — around the three of them … even when they’re playing. Tell Kucherov he’s in charge of Johnson, and tell Johnson he’s in charge of Palat, and tell Palat he’s […]

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The problem: Cheaters sometimes do win

February 21, 2017 College Sports in Florida

Monday, 4 a.m. You love your alma mater. You remember the days walking past the library, smelling the spring air. You remember hanging around the student union and drinking milk shakes. You remember the football stadium on Saturday afternoons, and the way you would paint your face and scream for your team. It’s your school, […]

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Lightning stays alive with overtime win

February 20, 2017 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Maybe it turns against the unlikeliest of opponents. Maybe it turns after a disappointing collapse. Maybe it turns with an awkward, clumsy step. The Tampa Bay Lightning, which has sputtered for most of the season, didn’t have one of its classic games Sunday night, and it didn’t  Content beyond this point is […]

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Random thoughts: Irving might fall off the world

February 19, 2017 general

Sunday, 5 a.m. Did you see that Kyrie Irving thinks the world is flat? Not only that, he thinks the world is supported by a guy named Atlas who carries it on his shoulders. – No word on whether Irving or Rams’ defensive end William Hayes — who doesn’t believe dinosaurs existed — have been […]

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Ask Gary: Is pitching still the key to success?

February 18, 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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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

February 17, 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. Friday, 4 a.m. If you ran the Bucs, what […]

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Even now, winning the game matters

February 17, 2017 general

Friday, 6 a.m. Bottom of the seventh. Score tied. The go-ahead run on third base, although he would be an unearned run. A reliever is in the bullpen, but all things being equal, you’d prefer to start him in the eighth inning. Time to win. The starter is laboring. He’s tired, but the bullpen is […]

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Thurman seeks to unify belts in legacy match

February 16, 2017 Boxing

Thursday, 4 a.m. He was 10 years old, a kid with a book of legends. And he kept trying to figure out how to get inside. It was a book on boxers, and Keith Thurman remembers thumbing through the pages, looking at the pictures of the fighters. Even then, Thurman knew he was on the […]

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Lynch or Barber? Who goes in first?

February 15, 2017 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. There for a while, John Lynch was my favorite Buc. Oh, Derrick Brooks was the best player. No doubt about that. His internal fires burned hot, and while Brooks didn’t beat his chest, he had a pride to what he brought to the table. He was once described as a traffic cop, […]

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