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Who in the world can keep up with Triplets?

January 11, 2015 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. TAMPA The line starts in the great Northwest. It is there that the puck starts to move toward the East. He is from Spokane, Washington, a small, live-wire of a hockey player, built on jets and gristle. There is winner’s blood in his veins, and the more you watch Tyler Johnson, the […]

Tagged as: Lightning, NHL, Triplets

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The Rays ship the middle of their infield to Oakland

January 10, 2015 general

As it turns out, Asdrubal Cabrera will get to play second base and shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays. At the same time. The Rays turned loose of both local fan favorite Ben Zobrist and shortstop Yunel Escobar in a trade with the As, gutting the middle of their infield for the return of catcher […]

Tagged as: Rays, Zobrist

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To all fields: Koettner has small shoes to fill

January 10, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 5:52 a.m. To all fields. The first task that Dirk Koetter will have as offensive coordinator of the Bucs will be challenging. Right off the bat, Koetter has to squeeze into some awful tiny shoes. Hoo, boy. Have the coordinators, and the offenses, been underachievers over the years. To put it bluntly, it has […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Koetter, NFL

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At the crucial time, Stammer counts as much as ever

January 9, 2015 general

TAMPA A whole lot of Lightning players have gotten a lot of new attention lately. The old guy, yesterday’s hero, hasn’t gotten so much. Relatively speaking, this has been a dry period for Steve Stamkos. Dry as far as his goals are concerned. Dry as far as the love he has received. Lately, it has […]

Tagged as: Lightning, Stamkos

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Ask the Expert: Scot Brantley

January 9, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Thursday, 8 a.m. Scot Brantley was an all-American linebacker for the University of Florida and played eight seasons with the Tampa Bay Bucs. He has been a radio host in Florida for years. He follows not only the Gators but all of college football. Each week, Scot answers your questions on GarySheltonsports.com. To ask Scot […]

Tagged as: Florida, FSU

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Both Dungy, Lynch made their impact on the Bucs

January 9, 2015 general

Friday 6 a.m. In the beginning, before the games started to matter, before football became something to see, they were two men who seemed to be lacking something. It was only later that the two of them might have sewn the seeds of immortality. John Lynch. And Tony Dungy. Both of them made an impact. […]

Tagged as: Dungy, Lynch, NFL

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Bucs score points with the Koetter hire as OC

January 8, 2015 Florida State University

Thursday, 7:52 p.m. Just for the record, Dirk Koetter’s heart is fine. Whether his stomach is strong enough, we’ll see. Koetter invested heavily in Pepto-Bismol on Thursday when he agreed to become the new offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Bucs, a miracle-worker’s task if there ever was one. Koetter takes over an offense that […]

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Ask the Expert: Phil Esposito

January 7, 2015 general

Wednesday, 9:57 a.m. Phil Esposito was a Hall of Fame forward for the Boston Bruins. Not only that, the Tampa Bay Lightning was his brainchild, and he was the team’s first owner. Even now, he works on the team’s radio crew. Each week, Esposito will answer questions from readers. To ask Phil a question, send […]

Tagged as: Esposito, Johson, Stamkos

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Winston could bring some attention to the Bucs

January 7, 2015 Florida State University

Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. The phone call could happen this way… “Hello. Is Coach Dovie there?” “Excuse me? Who are you calling?” “Coach Dovie. You know, Coach Lovie Dovie. ” “You mean Coach Smith? He’s in a meeting now with third-and-nine. It isn’t going well. He might be there for a while.” “Well, you tell Coach […]

Tagged as: Bucs, FSU, Winston

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A vote for Freddie to reach the Hall the clean way

January 6, 2015 general

Sometimes, you go with your gut. Sometimes, that’s all you have. Take the case of the baseball Hall of Fame. From the moment I put ink to paper, I believed, accurately, that Fred McGriff would not get enough votes. But on ballot, McGriff is a Hall of Fame. It isn’t just that I covered Fred, […]

Tagged as: Hall, McGriff, Rays

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