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Lightning falls out of playoff spot with defeat

February 17, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. This is what a slump looks like up close. Other teams are racing toward your net like they’re on a buffalo stampede. You keep giving up breakaways, and eventually, they break you. Your captain remains in a two-goals-in-12 games slump. Good thing that all those trade rumors are cleared from his head, […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Lightning, Sharks, Stamkos

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News alert: Nothing going on with Stamkos

February 16, 2016 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. There for a second, it seemed as if there might be news on the Steven Stamkos front. And then Steve Yzerman jumped on it like a grenade. No, no, a thousand times no. There will be nothing interesting said. There will be nothing interesting done. The trade deadline will come, and it […]

Tagged as: Lightning, Negotiations, Stamkos, Yzerman

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Bishop can’t pull another out for Lightning

February 15, 2016 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. This is what it’s like to be Ben Bishop. You stand around, trying to stay loose, because the Lightning defense doesn’t give up a lot of shots. But then, all of the sudden, you are standing in traffic, and it is bearing down on you. The other team is on a breakaway, […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blues, defeat, Lightning

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Random Thoughts: Arrival of a young hot dog

February 14, 2016 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Shouldn’t I be outraged instead of so amused? Shouldn’t I be the old grump talking about how even professional hot dogs have influenced the kids? Well, maybe later. Right now, I’m too busy laughing at the Cleveland-area teen who a) shot an imaginary arrow after scoring; b) made a phone call while […]

Tagged as: Brady, Forte, Licht, Young

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Ask Gary: Peyton for President?

February 13, 2016 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 […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Lightning, Rays, Readers

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Lightning pulls one out against Nashville

February 13, 2016 general

Saturday, 5:59 a.m. How much difference is there between winning and losing? Between success and failure? Between a keeper of a game and a lost cause? For the Lightning, the answer is 27 seconds. Asked again, it is 64 seconds. As quick as two finger-snaps, the Lightning pulled out a game against the Nashville Predators […]

Tagged as: Johnson, Lightning, Predators, Stamkos

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Who has the toughest job in Tampa Bay?

February 12, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. He has to make the world right. That’s all. He has to make sure the superstar doesn’t try to put every nickel into his own pocket. He has to make sure the kid doesn’t hold his breath until he turns blue. He has to turn this year’s Lightning into last year’s Lightning. […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Lightning, Rays, Tough jobs

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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

February 11, 2016 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. 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 question will be selected. I knew the Denver defense was […]

Tagged as: Angelo, Expert, Newton, Super Bowl

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Do you still believe in professional tennis?

February 11, 2016 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. I swung by the tennis courts the other day. Almost no one was home. There was one court being used. A guy who looked like he was trying to beat his mule was playing a guy looked like he had last played in the Crimean War. I’m not sure, but I think […]

Tagged as: Connors, Sampras, Tennis, Williams

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The Bucs finally made the correct choice

February 10, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. Once upon a time, there was a Heisman Trophy winner named Johnny Manziel. A lot of people thought the Bucs should draft him. They didn’t. Once upon a time, there was a Heisman Trophy winner named Jameis Winston. A lot of people thought the Bucs should draft him. They did. Hooray for […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Manziel, quarterbacks, Winston

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