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Lightning scoring comes up dry as Bishop sits out

June 11, 2015 general

Thursday, 12:22 a.m. You can sum it up like this: There was a Ben Bishop-sized hole in the Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday night. To most fans of the Tampa Bay Lightning, that’s how this one will be remembered. Period. It doesn’t matter that rookie Andrei Vasilevskiy played well. It doesn’t matter that Chicago got only […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Johnson, Killorn, Kucherov, Lightning, Stamkos, Stanley Cup, Vasilevskiy

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Palat playing “big-boy” hockey for the Lightning

June 10, 2015 general

Wednesday, 3:49 p.m. He is the last Triplet you can name. The last one whose jersey you will buy. He has the least amount of flash. The least amount of goals. He is Ondrej Palat. And he is the glue. If you wish, you can wax philosophic for days about Tyler Johnson, about the speed, […]

Tagged as: Blackhawks, Cooper, Lightning, NHL, Palat, playoffs, Stanley Cup

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

June 10, 2015 general

Wednesday, 8:10 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. Rex Ryan, as you might have […]

Tagged as: Angelo, Clady, Dotson, Expert, Fowler, Newton, Spikes, Winston

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For Tampa Bay, Chicago the key is desperation

June 9, 2015 general

Tuesday, 3:26 p.m. The biggest motivator they have is that hollowed out feeling of plummeting downward. It is then, in that moment of abject desperation, that the Tampa Bay Lightning is at its best. It is then, when there is nothing left to do but to fight, that they play the finest hockey of their […]

Tagged as: Blackhawks, Cooper, Desperation, Lightning, Morrow, Stamkos, Stanley Cup

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Bishop guts out 36 saves as Bolts win Game 3

June 9, 2015 general

Tuesday, 1:05 a.m. The big thing wasn’t that Ben Bishop started the game. It wasn’t that he somehow managed to finish it. For Bishop, and for his Tampa Bay Lightning, it was the 60 minutes in between that will be remembered. Bishop added another moment to his growing legacy Monday night, gutting it out in […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Callahan, Hedman, Lightning, Paquette, Stanley Cup

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Is Vasilevskiy good enough to take Bolts to Cup?

June 7, 2015 general

Sunday, 8:15 p.m. Odds are, Andrei Vasilevskiy doesn’t have a clue about who Jeff Hostetler is. Old Hoss wasn’t quite the rage in Russia. He probably doesn’t know about Magic Johnson, either. Or Doug Williams. The lore of backup athletes who have stepped in on the way to a title is probably lost on Vasilevskiy, […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Cooper, Lightning, Stamkos, Vasilevski

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Congrats! You’ve become as good at golf as Tiger!

June 7, 2015 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Random Thoughts: Hello. I’m Lance Armstrong, and I want to say one more time that my competitors know that I won seven Tour de France competitions. Of course, they also know that Ben Johnson won the 100-meter dash, Rosie Ruiz won the the Boston Marathon and Mark McGwire was a great home […]

Tagged as: Armstrong, Collins, Griner, Rousey, Tiger

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Resilient Lightning surge back to beat Chicago

June 6, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:53 p.m. Tampa Say this for the players of the Tampa Bay Lightning. They can take a punch. Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Garrison, Lightning, playoffs, Stamkos, Stanley Cup, Stralman, Vasilevskiy

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Ask Gary: What can Vinik teach other owners?

June 6, 2015 general

Saturday, 6 a.m. (Each week, the readers take over 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 […]

Tagged as: Edwards, Glazer, Sternberg, Vinik

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Pickens knows hunted feeling of goalies

June 5, 2015 general

Friday, 6:30 p.m. The lonely goaltender looks toward the opposition staring him down, and he feels his pain. The missile launches toward the goal, who must twist and contort to protect his net, and he feels his pressure. The guy in the third row blames him for any misstep, no matter defection or bad bounce […]

Tagged as: Bishop, goalie, Hristov, Pickens, Rongren, Rowdies, Santos

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