Tuesday, 4 a.m. At last count, Nikita Kucherov was, in no particular order, opinionated, shirtless, profane and somewhat intoxicated. He was also correct. Say this for Kuch. For all the points he made in the offseason — technically, it was a lot — he made more in his beer-fueled post-press conference on Wednesday night. He […]

Sunday, 4 a.m. There have been too many times this season that Brandon Lowe didn’t look like a big-league hitter, too many times when he looked like an automatic out in the middle of the batting order, too many times when it seemed that he was being held up by last year’s performance. Maybe, just […]

Friday, 4 a.m. Call it 500 Days that Shook the World. At least, call it 500 Days that Reinvented Tampa Bay as a sports town. Today, we strut. Today, we are full of ourselves. No one can remember the bad old days of front offices that bumped into each other. No one remembers the draft […]

Thursday, 4 a.m. For now, they are champions, again, and that is enough. There is nothing like watching the rehearsed steps of the last team standing, the way it smiles and waves, the way it passes the grand trophy from one player to the next, the dance steps as it moves from one section of […]