5 Bucs Who Need to Play Well Today

January 9, 2022 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Here at the end of the part of the season that no one will remember, the Tampa Bay Bucs are expected to win. Of course they are. It is, after all, a bottom-line league. No one will remember how many key players are hurt, or how many receivers have left the room […]

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Lightning clobbered by Boston Bruins

January 9, 2022 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. So much for the Tampa Bay Lighting being healed. The Boston Bruins re-opened a lot of wounds — particularly psychologically — with a crushing win over the Bolts Saturday night. Boston jumped to a 4-0 lead and coasted to a 5-2 victory over the Lighting in Amalie Arena. The Bruins scored twice […]

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Remember history when Brown is discussed

January 8, 2022 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Jason Pierre-Paul is injured. As near as anyone can tell, Bucs’ coach Bruce Arians is not putting pressure on him to play. Leonard Fournette is still hurt. Arians is not threatening to cut him if he doesn’t go in. Shaq Barrett has Covid, but even if he didn’t, he’s hurt. No one […]

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In the case of Brown, who do you disbelieve more?

January 7, 2022 general

Friday, 4 p.m. Here’s the bottom line: I don’t totally believe the Bucs, but I don’t believe Antonio Brown even more. Frankly, both of them are getting what’s coming to them. The Bucs? They’re embarrassed. They’ve been betrayed. They have lost one of their dependable performers. Nationally, they seem like a team that played with […]

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Welcome back! Kuch leads Bolts’ victory

January 7, 2022 general

Friday, 3 a.m. The team picture is now complete. The Tampa Bay Lightning are back. The missing piece, Nikita Kucherov, returned to the ice Thursday night, and immediately, the Lightning looked like a more creative, more dangerous hockey team. Their vision was better. Their talent was increased. The Bolts have played well in the absence […]

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What happened to the Bucs’ run defense?

January 6, 2022 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Even now, you think of them as immovable. Even now, you imagine that other teams are doing the Tampa Bay Bucs a favor when they run the ball. But is that still the case? As the season goes on, more and more teams are finding daylight against the Bucs. Second and nine […]

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Palat leads Lightning assault on Columbus

January 4, 2022 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. There have been bigger stars than him. There have Been flashier players. If you are carving the Mount Rushmore of the Tampa Bay Lightning, his face isn’t up there. In his own way, however, Ondrej Palat has left his mark. Palat scored two goals and passed the 400-mark for his career on […]

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Looking back at the Bucs’ win over the Jets

January 4, 2022 general

5 Thoughts If you own a snake as a pet, you don’t get a lot of sympathy when he bites you. Remember that as you assess the damage in the wake of the Antonio Brown meltdown. Hey, it was always going to end badly, and the Bucs invited the flames with their refusal to discipline […]

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Bolts stumble again as skid continues

January 3, 2022 general

Monday, 3 a.m. Suddenly, the Tampa Bay Lightning do not look like anyone’s champions. Suddenly, they look like Art Williams or Oren Koules have returned, like Marc Denis is in goal. They are in their worst slump of the season; the signs are not encouraging. The Lightning lost their third straight game Sunday afternoon, falling […]

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Remember Brady, not Brown, after this one

January 3, 2022 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Tom Brady is bigger than Antonio Brown. Cyril Grace is less of a headache. Joe Tryon-Shoyinka had a better day. Still, headlines being what they are, more people will pay more attention to the way Brown lit fire to what was left of his NFL career Sunday afternoon than to Brady’s excellence. […]

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