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USF must use its bowl defeat as fuel for next year

December 22, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Tuesday, 6 a.m. If you are Quinton Flowers, you need to remember that fourth-down pass with 3:15 to go, a wild overthrow intended for A.J. Legree that almost missed the stadium. If you are Marlon Mack, you need to remember your final carry of the game, a two-yard loss with 7:10 to play. If you […]

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Unlikely trio leads Lightning past Ottawa

December 21, 2015 general

Monday, 6 a.m. As Butch said to Sundance: Who are those guys? This time, it was the Ottawa Senators who must have been saying that after an unknown line of “who’s he” guys did them in. Mike Angelidis? Mike Blunden? Jonathan Marchessault? Who are those guys? For a night, they were the new Triplets. It […]

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Random Thoughts: Holtz looks good far away

December 20, 2015 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hi, I’m Skip Holtz. And the further away from USF that I get, the smarter I seem to be. –Just wondering:  Could the Tampa Bay Lightning score on the Tampa Bay Bucs? – Funny way for Will Grier to say thanks for Florida sticking by him? – Why did the Rangers sign […]

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Ask Gary: Who controls the Bucs — Smith or Licht?

December 19, 2015 general

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, 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 or be funny. Send the […]

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Bucs’ flaws get in the way of offensive output

December 18, 2015 general

Friday, 6 a.m. Jameis Winston threw for a career-high 363 yards. The Bucs’ secondary, however, gave most of them back. Doug Martin took over the NFL rushing lead. Penalties offset a lot of his efforts. Mike Evans caught more passes than at any point in his career. But dropped passes by his teammates left the […]

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

December 17, 2015 general

Thursday, 12:24 p.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. If you were Ron Rivera, how […]

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This time, the Bucs and Rams are disappointments

December 17, 2015 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. For the longest time, they were the X’s and the O’s of the NFL. The Bucs were about defense, about bloody knuckles and hard tackles. The Rams were about offense, about touchdowns and highlights. It was Derrick Brooks against Marshall Faulk, Warren Sapp against Kurt Warner, Ronde Barber against Isaac Bruce, John […]

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USF discovers shooting touch for third win

December 16, 2015 general

Wednesday, 11:02 p.m. The USF Bulls finally found their shooting touch Wednesday night. Jacksonville wished they had to search a little white longer. The Bulls (3-8) had the fourth-best shooting night in school history, and its highest in 11 seasons, on its way to an 88-75 victory over Jacksonville. USF, ranked as the third-worst three-point […]

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Bucs need to use their best weapons to beat Rams

December 16, 2015 general

Wednesday 6 a.m. Going in a game, the amount of plays a football team gets is not predetermined. It is not a matter of chance. It is not arbitrary. How many plays the Bucs get, largely, is up to the Bucs. All of which make it kind of sad to hear offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter […]

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Rose remains outside the Hall, where he belongs

December 15, 2015 Baseball

Tuesday, 6 a.m. It would be easy to cave on Pete Rose. As a nation, we love to forgive celebrities, don’t we? And so we can remember the spunky player we cheered. We can notice the time that has passed. We can talk about a game — and other games — that has gone so […]

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