All-star games continue to be silly exhibitions

February 7, 2022 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Imagine that you love chess. Imagine that you love the strategies and the counters. Imagine you love the expertise and the flair. Then imagine you go to a match, and instead, what you see are grand masters focused … on a game of checkers. And that, people, is what’s wrong with the […]

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Remembering the last great Bengals team

February 6, 2022 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. The last time they were here, the world was young. Sam Wyche was smart, and Miami was on fire, and Joe Montana was on his way to becoming a legend. It was in January of 1989, and the Bengals– the Bengals — were in the Super Bowl. Then, like now, they had […]

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10 Quarterbacks the Bucs should consider

February 5, 2022 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. What? It’s been almost a week now, and the Bucs still don’t have a new quarterback? Slackers. By now, of course, the Bucs should have a new quarterback, a new backup quarterback and. of course, Kyle Trask. Opposing defensive coordinators should be losing sleep. The rest of the NFC South should surrender […]

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Some athletes just rub us the wrong way

February 4, 2022 general

Friday, 4 a.m. There are athletes who take away our breath. There are athletes that make us stand in appreciation. There are athletes who inspire us, athletes who thrill us, athletes that make us wear their jersey numbers as if we were still 12. And then there are the Annoying Ones. In this world of […]

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Bucs must be aggressive in finding a quarterback

February 3, 2022 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Here we are, then. At the outset of a new reality. The back of Tom Brady is growing smaller in the distance. He has taken his greatness, and the part of it he gave to the Tampa Bay Bucs, and gone home. From now on, if you want to watch him, you’ll […]

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Brady finally closes the door on his career

February 2, 2022 general

It must have felt this way when Shakespeare retired. Maybe Rembrandt. Maybe Galileo Tom Brady, the best by-gum quarterback there ever was, has finally had enough of the NFL. Even with the news expected, it’s a jarring situation, because that was always the defining thing about Brady. He never got enough. Seven Super Bowls weren’t […]

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Hedman leads Bolts to overtime victory

February 2, 2022 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. And now, the cobwebs begin to grow on the sticks of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning. fresh off a 3-2 overtime victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night at Amalie Arena, now face a prolonged break because of the all-star game and the days allocated for the Olympics. They […]

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Perceptions of Arians taking a beating

February 1, 2022 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Funny thing, perception. Interesting thing, expectations. Take, for instance, the interesting debate between the championship follow-ups of Jon Gruden and Bruce Arians. One was revered. The other, in certain place, seems to be reviled. When Gruden took the Bucs to the Super Bowl after the 2002 season, Tampa Bay fell in love. […]

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Neither Super Bowl team looks impressive

January 31, 2022 general

Monday, 4 a.m. One of these teams is going to win the Super Bowl? Really? The Rams, who struggled to get past the flying Jimmy Garoppolo’s, or the Bengals, who needed a brain cramp by Chiefs’ coach Andy Reid to win. One of those teams will dance in the confetti and answer questions about what […]

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Strong third period can’t bail out Bolts

January 30, 2022 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. The Lightning finally put a good period together Saturday night. Alas, it was only one. A sluggish start and a sloppy finish doomed the Bolts in a 3-2 shootout loss to Las Vegas. Not even an excellent third period could do anything for the Bolts other than force a single point. Tampa […]

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