Stamkos gets his 900th point in victory

December 17, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. A player builds his monument one brick at a time. He makes his journey at step at a time. He writes his legacy one words at a time. Just ask Steven Stamkos, who added another memory Thursday night. Stamkos assisted on Victor Hedman’s game-winning goal in a 2-1 triumph over the Ottawa […]

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Godwin closing his season out with a bang

December 16, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Say this much for Chris Godwin. The man knows how to conduct a salary drive. Godwin, the wide receiver of the Tampa Bay Bucs, is having a career year in what, so far, has been a pretty good career. And the way he is going, someone is going to toss a pretty […]

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Vasy’s overtime save lifts Bolts in comeback

December 15, 2021 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Defeat was flying toward him, as it often does. Failure was in the air. All that stood between disappointment and the Tampa Bay Lightning was Andrei Vasilevskiy, again. Again, it was enough. It was in overtime, and Anze Kopitar had the puck on his stick and the Lightning defenders behind him. It […]

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Looking back at the Bucs’ win over Buffalo

December 14, 2021 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m 5 Thoughts A confession. Going into Sunday’s game against Buffalo, I looked at the inactive and thought “why play Breshad Perriman instead of Scotty Miller?” Oh. That’s why. 2. New Coke was overrated. Caviar is overrated. And, in certain times against certain teams, the Bucs’ run defense is overrated. 3. Cris Collinsworth […]

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Bucs win in overtime after blowing lead

December 13, 2021 general

Monday, 4 a.m. No matter what your viewpoint to Tampa Bay’s great escape against the Buffalo Bills was Sunday, there was ample evidence for you to base your opinion on. For the optimist, the guy who believes that any minute now, this team will step on the gas and cruise into the posts-season, there was […]

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Bolts stumble against a bad Ottawa team

December 12, 2021 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Nothing. Nil. Zero. Yeah, that sums up the afternoon of the Tampa Bay Lightning pretty well. No power-play goals. No even strength goals. No interest in playing against the lowly Ottawa Senators. No win. The Bolts, in fact, were as flat as. you might imagine in a 4-0 loss to the seventh-place […]

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Bucs still looking for an impressive win

December 11, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. They have one more chance to impress us. It is not their last chance, but it is there most recent one, and frankly, the waiting is getting a little old. The Tampa Bay Bucs, if you judge only by the standings, have had a pretty good three-quarters of a season. They are […]

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Lightning’s Cooper leads team to victory again

December 10, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. He just got here, didn’t he? He just unpacked. He just pulled the blue sweater over his head and started to coach. Has it really been 10 years already? Has it really been 400 regular-season victories. Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper became the fastest coach in NHL history to win […]

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Gronkowski, Bucs await test from Bills

December 9, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. When Rob Gronkowski was 31, it was a very good year. That was last year, the year he returned to pro football. He had a new team and an old quarterback, and he caught 45 passes, His team caught fire in the playoffs, and Gronk ended up winning his fourth Super Bowl […]

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Bolts rally late to edge Canadiens

December 8, 2021 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. For almost 58 minutes, the Lightning were beaten Tuesday night. They were outskated by the homestanding Montreal Canadiens, and they were behind. And then pow. And furthermore, pow again. The Bolts scored two goals in the final 2:09, including a game-winner by Ondrej Palat with 37 seconds left to play, to pull […]

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