Bucs must deal with Packers’ legends

January 22, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. There are ghosts riding the cold winds of the frozen tundra. They gather there in the biggest games, inviting their present-day counterparts to join them in immortality. Once more, just before kickoff, they gather beneath the scoreboard, taunting their opponents, reminding them of the domination that was. They are Vince Lombardi and […]

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Chilling part of the Packers isn’t weather

January 21, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. It will be balmy, okay? Sun-splashed. A day to take the boat out onto the lake. I know, I know. The longer you think about Green Bay, the more you want to go and put on a sweater. It’s snow and ice and frostbite, with a football right in the middle. You […]

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Bucs can learn from their biggest wins

January 20, 2021 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. It shouldn’t be hard for the Tampa Bay Bucs to come up with a game plan for the Green Bay Packers for Sunday afternoon’s NFC Conference Championship game. Pretty much, all they have to do is bring out last week’s game plan against New Orleans. On top of it, they can stamp […]

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Looking back on Bucs’ victory over Saints

January 19, 2021 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. 5 Thoughts It had been 6,526 days for the Bucs since their last impressive post-season win. It had been six coaches, 170 losses and more squandered draft picks than you can name. But who’s counting? 2. Hey, Jameis Winston was able to throw an interception. He was willing. There were just no […]

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Bucs’ defense stands tall in upset of Saints

January 18, 2021 general

Monday, 4 a.m. For every generation, there seems to be a place that represents a particular level of hell. For the Bucs of recent vintage, that place would be New Orleans. For most of the careers of most of their long-time players, New Orleans is the place where seasons went to die. That were the […]

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Memory of Bucs’ season rests on tonight

January 17, 2021 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. It was a success. Or it was a disappointment. It was a bargain. Or it was a busted investment. It was big news. Or it was an overhyped football team. All things are settled about the season of the Tampa Bay Bucs tonight. All questions are answered. If the Bucs can upset […]

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Lightning beats Chicago in familiar fashion

January 16, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. It’s early, but the good news so far is that the Tampa Bay Lightning doesn’t seem to have last year’s Stanley Cup on their minds. Instead, they seem to be thinking about the year’s Two games in against an outmanned Chicago Blackhawks team, and the Lightning has jumped to a 2-0 start. […]

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Bucs have to tame the Saints’ biggest weapons

January 15, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. To upset the New Orleans Saints, the Bucs have to blunt their sharpest weapons. It will not be easy as the Bucs play the Saints in a divisional playoff game on Sunday. The Saints had their way with the Bucs this season, sweeping a pair of games by a combined score of […]

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Brady, Brees seem to be ageless in NFL

January 14, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. It isn’t that they’re so darned old. It’s that they’re so darned good. Keep that in mind in the avalanche of stories that refer to Tom Brady and Drew Brees as the NFL’s Grumpy Old Men. Yeah Brady has played since the single-wing was in fashion, and Brees has played since the […]

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Bolts get off to good start in title defense

January 14, 2021 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. The boys are back, and for a night, it was as if they never left. Andrei Vasilevskiy nearly had a shutout in a 5-1 victory over Chicago. Steven Stamkos scored a goal. Victor Hedman was a terror once again. Yeah, you recognize those guys, don’t you? They’re the same bunch that won […]

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