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Ask the expert: Bucs beat a declining team

September 24, 2015 NFL

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. Thursday, 6 a.m. You called it on the Bucs’ […]

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Looking back, Williamson wasn’t enough for Bucs

September 24, 2015 general

6 a.m., Thursday The eyes. I still remember the eyes. His voice could raise and turn salty, the way the voices of most coaches can. The veins in his neck could jut out in frustration. The forehead would furrow in failure. But the eyes. The eyes gave you a glimpse of the pain Richard Williamson […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Chandler, Testaverde, Wiliamson

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Bucs, Smith give each other what they need

September 21, 2015 general

After a while, a man gets used to his path being blocked. One team after another would look at Jacquies Smith, and one team after another would shake its head. He wasn’t big enough. He wasn’t strong enough. He wasn’t special enough. After a while, then, Smith’s story was written on pink slips, defined by […]

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Winston regains his swagger in a week 2 victory

September 20, 2015 general

He belongs. Finally. Fully. Gather the quarterbacks of the NFL into a group, and yes, he is one of them now. Jameis Winston joined the club Sunday afternoon when he finally played in a game where he made a difference. He had had a good day. He won a game. He went on the road […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, defense, Saints, Winston

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Random Thoughts: Sharper considered for HOF?

September 20, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hello, I’m Tiger Woods, and the  reason I need back surgery? To get my critics off it. Anyway, I  won’t be back until it’s 2002 again. – Making the Hall of Fame as a safety is like winning with Iditarod with cats, but John Lynch made the first cut again. His competition […]

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Ask Gary: Looking back on Myers, Zobrist trades

September 19, 2015 general

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

Tagged as: Attendance, Myers, Rays, Smith, Winston, Zobrist

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The ultimate Buc-killer? Why, it’s still Brees

September 18, 2015 general

By the time he was his age, Joe Namath was finished. Norm Van Brocklin was in the home. Jim Kelly. And Terry Bradshaw. And Bob Griese. And Troy Aikman. By the time he was his age, Joe Montana had seen the last of his 20-touchdown seasons. Dan Marino was done throwing for 30. Dan Fouts was […]

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

September 17, 2015 NFL

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. Thursday, 6 a.m. What surprised you the most? The […]

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Urgency hits Tampa Bay Bucs early in the season

September 16, 2015 general

Wednesday, 12:33 p.m. First came the storm. Now Lovie Smith must switch the narrative. Last Sunday, his Tampa Bay Buccaneers appeared lost and without vision, like blind mice scrambling in a coat closet. Next Sunday, after a hurricane of criticism from steamed pewter-and-red faithful washed out this season’s early hope, Smith needs the skies above […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Mariota, Smith, Winton

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Why do fans prefer stormy to stable?

September 16, 2015 Florida

Wednesday, 6 a.m. One of the guys lost his mind. The veins in Jim McElwain’s neck were like undersea cables. His face was flushed. He could not stop yelling. McElwain would seemingly finish his piece, and he would start to turn away, and then he would start up all over again. This was the face […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Florida, McElwain, Rage, Smith

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