Rams late drive ends Bucs’ season, 30-27

January 24, 2022 general

Monday, 4 a.m. The Tampa Bay Bucs ran out of miracles Sunday afternoon. Only the coming days will decide if they ran out of miracle-workers, too. The Bucs, behind Tom Brady, staged a furious comeback to pull into a tie with the Los Angeles Rams late in their NFC Divisional Playoff game. But even quicker […]

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Bolts rebound with crushing win over Sharks

January 23, 2022 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Sometimes, the road to day’s success is a product of yesterday’s disappointment. At least, that’s the way it worked out for the Tampa Bay Lighting on Saturday night. The Bolts, fresh off an embarrassing performance in a loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night, roared back to drub the San Jose […]

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5 Bucs to watch in today’s Rams’ game

January 23, 2022 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Someone’s going to step up. Someone’s going to be better than you’d expect. If the Tampa Bay Bucs are to win, they’re going to need a good player, maybe two, to be great. That’s the way big games are won. The Bucs — facing a formidable Rams team — will need a […]

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Slow start dooms Bolts against Ducks

January 22, 2022 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. They stayed up late for this? You stayed up late to watch them? The Tampa Bay Lightning took it on the nose late Friday night, losing 5-1 to the slumping Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks jumped the Bolts early, outshooting them 18-7 in the first period. At one point, Anaheim led the game […]

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Can Bucs find a way to get past Rams?

January 22, 2022 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. When you make your living with your opinions, people are bound to disagree. Eventually, they are going to suggest that, objectively speaking, they think you’re an idiot. Over the years, it has happened. Some opinions are so outlandish, so hard to accept, that people lash out at you. Sometimes, they use descriptive […]

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Would Brady consider retirement?

January 21, 2022 general

Friday, 4 a.m. It has been the NFL’s most successful journey. It has been one of the longest, and most accomplished, treks in in history. But might this be the end of it? Tom Brady, the best quarterback ever to throw a pass, faces a strong Los Angeles Rams’ team Sunday. And after that, who […]

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The Rays won’t stop thinking about a new home

January 21, 2022 general

Friday, 3 a.m. What now? Where now? How now? The threat from up North is dead now. The rather silly-to-begin with notion of the Rays playing some games in Tampa and some in Montreal and perhaps some on the road in-between has been rejected. Despite early noises that Major League Baseball was intrigued by the […]

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Nothing new about a Rams-Bucs rivalry

January 20, 2022 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Once, they were the opposite sides of a coin, the yin-and-yang of pro football. Once, they were the irresistible force and the immovable object, the perfect argument over whether defense was more important than offense. On one side of the field were those Rams (then in St. Louis), a fireworks show on […]

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Hedman leads Lightning to win over Kings

January 19, 2022 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. They were going to have to work overtime. They were a long way from home. They were facing a quality opponent. Yeah, things were going to be tough, all right. And Victor Hedman couldn’t wait. With the Tampa Bay Lightning down to four defensemen — a number usually reserved for a card […]

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Looking back at the Bucs’win over the Eagles

January 18, 2022 general

5 Thoughts Still hard to get over how good the Bucs’ secondary was against the Eagles. The top four — Mike Edwards, Jamel Dean, Carlton Davis and Jerome Whitehead — combined for 27 tackles, had four tackles for losses and four passes defensed. They forced two interceptions and20 incompletions. But it’ll be a lot harder […]

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