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Ask the Expert: Phil Esposito

February 26, 2015 general

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 it to GarySheltonsports@gmail.com. […]

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Ask Gary: What do you ask Winston?

February 21, 2015 Florida State University

Saturday, 6:15 p.m. Mr. Licht and Coach Smith have invited you to be in the room when interviewing Jameis Winston at this week’s NFL Combine. Please provide five questions that you feel need to be asked and what would be the appropriate answers you’d like to hear to sway you to choose Jameis Winston as […]

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To All Fields: Smith praises Winston!

February 21, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 6 a.m. At the Combine.. The beauty contest judge likes the contender from Florida State. That doesn’t mean he’s ready to give up the crown, though. It was amazing this week when Bucs’ coach Lovie Smith had a few nice things to say about FSU quarterback Jamies Winston. All over the Twitterverse, fans seemed […]

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A life in sports means lessons learned

February 17, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Tuesday, 1:52 p.m. My speech to the St. Petersburg Kiwanis Club: All my life, my classroom has always been a pressbox. My classmates were the other writers, all in a row with notebooks and pens and laptops. My teachers were the athletes and coaches of the day. My field trips were to the athletic stadiums. […]

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To all fields: Lovie admits his mistake

February 14, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 6 a.m. TAMPA In the NFL, cutting your quarterback means never having to say you’re sorry. With Lovie Smith, however, it is implied. When the Bucs gave up on their failure with Josh McCown this week, Lovie Smith made an admission that he was wrong. He was wrong when he signed McCown. He was […]

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Ask the Expert: Phil Esposito

February 13, 2015 general

Friday, 10:54 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 […]

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Cooper must stop the Bolts’ bleeding quickly

February 12, 2015 general

Thursday, 11:37 p.m. TAMPA– This, then, is where a coach earns his money. Here, at the crossroads of trouble, is where a coach becomes important to a team. Now, we will learn a bit more about Lightning coach Jon Cooper. His team has just been squashed, like the bug in a Raid commercial. It was not […]

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It’s time to kick off Ask Gary

February 12, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Anything you wonder? Have a point to ask? It’s your turn. Ask a question either in the comments section or by sending it to GarySheltonsports@gmail.com. Want to talk about the Bucs? The Rays? That commercial where the doctors skate around the Lightning players? The Super Bowl? The college playoffs? Let’s have some fun with this, […]

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How good are the Tampa Bay Lightning, really?

February 10, 2015 general

Tuesday, 6:00 a.m. Yeah, but how good are they? Fifty-four games into a season, and still, we do not know. They are good at home. They are average on the road. They are good on the penalty kill. They are lousy on the power play. They are decent in goal. They give a lot of […]

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Bishop bounces back to boost Bolts

February 8, 2015 general

9:14 p.m. Ben Bishop. It had to be Bishop who started. Because if the Tampa Bay Lightning is going to be around at the finish, it will be because of Bishop. Content beyond this point is for members only.

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