NFL

Bucs add the element of speed to their team

March 10, 2017 general

Friday, 4 a.m. It’s why we watch the Olympics. It’s the reason we flood to the racetracks. It’s the reason we watch the chase scenes in movies. Speed. Raw and unharnessed speed. It remains the most unbridled of skills. It doesn’t matter which sport you watch, be it baseball or hockey or the NBA. Pure […]

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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

March 9, 2017 general

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 questions will be selected. Thursday, 4:30 a.m. The Bucs reportedly offered to make […]

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Who would you pick if you were Jackson?

March 9, 2017 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Before you get to the part where you wonder if the Bucs should want DeSean Jackson or not, before you can figure out whether Jackson would make Jameis Winston a better quarterback because he’s a better receiver, first, you have to figure this out. Does Jackson want the Bucs? Should he? Oh, […]

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Here’s to those who would doubt Dalvin

March 8, 2017 College Sports in Florida

Tuesday, 4 a.m. No offense to Dalvin Cook, but I hope scouts look at his surgically repaired shoulder and shake their heads. I hope they look at his 40-times, where six backs were better, and come to the conclusion that he is Pee-Wee Herman in cleats. I hope they look at his vertical jump and […]

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Random thoughts: Is the media Tiger’s problem?

March 5, 2017 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. At this point, Keith Thurman is going  to have plenty  of belts to hold up his trousers. – Like most of us, I would say Tiger Woods has major problems. But when David Feherty says the media is part of it, I spit out my coffee. Was that Woodward and Bernstein that […]

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Various thoughts on NFL free agency

March 3, 2017 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Keep this in mind: Free agents aren’t free. Free agents can help turn a team around, such as Brent Grimes and Robert Ayers did last year. Or they can cripple a franchise, the way Anthony Collins and Michael Johnson once did after the Bucs threw millions of dollars at them. They can […]

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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

March 2, 2017 general

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 questions will be selected. Thursday, 4 a.m. Among those who were not kept […]

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Winston pays for fumbling his message

February 24, 2017 general

Friday, 3 a.m. You are young. You are gifted. You have a message to share. But at the same time, if you are Jameis Winston, you can do a little learning, too. There is this lesson, for instance: The language police are everywhere. Fumble your words, and they will come back to bite you. Then, […]

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The problem: Cheaters sometimes do win

February 21, 2017 College Sports in Florida

Monday, 4 a.m. You love your alma mater. You remember the days walking past the library, smelling the spring air. You remember hanging around the student union and drinking milk shakes. You remember the football stadium on Saturday afternoons, and the way you would paint your face and scream for your team. It’s your school, […]

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Random thoughts: Irving might fall off the world

February 19, 2017 general

Sunday, 5 a.m. Did you see that Kyrie Irving thinks the world is flat? Not only that, he thinks the world is supported by a guy named Atlas who carries it on his shoulders. – No word on whether Irving or Rams’ defensive end William Hayes — who doesn’t believe dinosaurs existed — have been […]

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