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Bishop rejects questions, pucks in big Bolts win

May 25, 2015 general

 Monday, 12:38 a.m. Okay, are there any more questions for Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop? You in the front row. Do you want to ask him about how shaky he had looked in the previous game? No? You in the back? Do you want to ask him if the pressure of the playoffs is getting to […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Filppula, Lightning, Palat, playoffs, Rangers, Stamkos

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Random Thoughts: Rousey to take out Mayweather?

May 24, 2015 general

Hello, I’m Ronda Rousey. And why is everyone sending me flowers in the name of Floyd Mayweather? As I understand it, they don’t want him to take me out, they want me to knock him out. – Roger Staubach wouldn’t have signed Greg Hardy. Ah, Staubach. That was a saner America…and a  saner America’s team. – […]

Tagged as: Goodell, Hernandez, Mayweather, Pistorius, Rousy, Tebow

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Surprising Rays in first place despite defeat

May 23, 2015 general

Saturday, 8:53 p.m. This is a first place team? There are days, lots of them, when they cannot hit. Even against the worst team in the American League, the Oakland A’s, the Tampa Bay Rays did a lot of swinging and missing in a 5-0 defeat Saturday. The defense is usually top-notch. But not Saturday, […]

Tagged as: AL East, Archer, Cash, defense, First Place, Jaso, Jennings, pitching, Rays

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Ask Gary: How good has Bucs’ McCoy become?

May 23, 2015 College Sports in Florida

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 […]

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Is it time for Lightning fans to doubt Bishop?

May 23, 2015 general

Saturday, 12;34 a.m. Tampa The questions came in hard and low. Every now and then, there was a deflection. Still, Ben Bishop did not blink. He stood in the firing line, trying to sound calm, trying to sound confident. Mostly, he made it. Outside, he knew heads were shaking and eyes were rolling. All of […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Conference Finals, Lightning, Rangers, St. Louis, Stamkos

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DeJesus lifts the Rays into first place in the AL East

May 21, 2015 general

Thursday, 11:15 p.m. You still hear that he’s on borrowed time. But more and more, it appears that the best team for David DeJesus might be the Tampa Bay Rays, after all. DeJesus hit a home run and a double Wednesday night, lifting the Rays into first place in the American League East standings. Pitcher […]

Tagged as: Boxberger, Colome, DeJesus, First Place, Rays

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Cooper on his way to being the Lightning’s best coach

May 21, 2015 general

Thursday, 11:10 a.m. As a group, they have been smart, committed, passionate. John Tortorella won a cup. Guy Bouchard got to the doorstep. Terry Crisp made the playoffs with impossible speed. Jacques Demers had to put up with both Takashi Okubo and Art Williams. But above all of them, Jon Cooper is the coach I’d […]

Tagged as: Bouchard, Coaches, Cooper, Crisp, Demers, Lightning, Melrose, Tortorella

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Triplets lead offensive explosion as Lightning wins

May 21, 2015 general

Thursday, 1:06 a.m. TAMPA The puck is like the rest of us. It loves Tyler Johnson. It loves the story of the undrafted star, of the kid from nowhere, of the kid no one expected anything from. It loves his crooked smile. It loves his unassuming nature. But if it didn’t, if Johnson had taken […]

Tagged as: Cooper, Johnson, Kucherov, Lightning, Palat, Playoff, Rangers, Stamkos, Triplets

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Hedman an unsung star for the Lightning

May 19, 2015 general

Tuesday, 12:08 p.m. The puck was going into the net. The lamp was going to light. There was no way around it. Ben Bishop was behind the goal, and the puck was in front, and the Rangers were about to tie the game in the second period of Monday night’s game. From there, the game […]

Tagged as: Defender, Hedman, Lightning, playoffs, Rangers

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Has Johnson turned into the Lightning’s best player?

May 19, 2015 general

Wednesday, 12:10 a.m. A Tampa Bay Lightning fan is sure to find the symbolism as sweet as the night itself. It was early in the first period, and Johnson, today’s diminutive star for the Tampa Bay Lightning, was in the clear. Behind him was Marty St. Louis, yesterday’s diminutive star for the Lightning. It was […]

Tagged as: Cooper, Game 2, Johnson, Lightning, Palat, playoffs, Rangers, Stamkos

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