Brady starts fast in his first scrimmage

August 29, 2020 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. Time will make you forget about Thursday. All things considered, it was just another scrimmage in just another practice on just another August morning. When you’re as accomplished a quarterback as Tom Brady, there have been a thousand of these mornings. Still, it was a good start. For the Bucs, that was […]

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Bucs struggle over violence … like all of us

August 28, 2020 general

Friday, 3 a.m. They are people, filled with the same questions and the same outrage as the rest of us. Sometimes, we forget that. We thrust celebrity at them, and they make millions, and fans clamor for their pictures and their signatures. But when something is wrong with our country, it feels wrong to them, […]

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Gronk has to prove he’s still a great player

August 27, 2020 general

Thursday, 2 a.m. What? Did you expect him to turn solemn overnight. Hey, this is Gronk, okay, who has led the NFL in fun throughout his career. He has been greatness with a smile on his face. And early in the training camp of his new team — the Tampa Bay Bucs — this much […]

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Bolts finally win a rout in playoffs

August 27, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Turns out, there is some power to the play of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Bolts, who had been struggling on the power play (and, yes, on their offensive attack), flexed their muscles Wednesday night in a rare playoff route, bashing the Boston Bruins 7-1 to take a 2-1 series lead. The […]

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Perez gives Rays cushion in AL East

August 27, 2020 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. Wednesday night, it was business as usual for the Tampa Bay Rays, the train that keeps rolling even as it loses parts. The team won again. Check. It moved to a 2 1/2 game lead in the AL East by beating Baltimore 4-3. It came from behind again, overcoming sloppy defense en […]

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Lightning’s Palat lifts team in overtime

August 26, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Say this for the Tampa Bay Lightning. It can take a punch. So many breaks, and so many calls, went against the Lightning early in Wednesday night’s game against Boston in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Still, the Lightning overcame them all, and Ondrej Palat’s goal with 4:40 left […]

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Rays get thrill of victory, agony of injury

August 26, 2020 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. Good news from Tropicana Field. (And bad news, too). The Rays won another game. (And might have lost another pitcher). Tyler Glasnow was at his most dominant. (And Jalen Beeks left the field in pain). The team has now won 20 games. (And Beeks would be the team’s 10th pitcher on the […]

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Brady schools Bucs’ defensive backs

August 26, 2020 general

Wednesday, 2 a.m. For a group who is supposed to be better, their jobs have gotten harder. And, as the days grow shorter, the secondary of the Tampa Bay Bucs continues to strive toward being a competitive unit. The Bucs’ secondary, 19th in the NFL last year, faces a precise quarterback in Tom Brady these […]

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Halfway home, the Rays hang onto first place

August 25, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. That’s it? Already? The Tampa Bay Rays are just clearing their throat, and already, they are halfway done. Pitchers are still getting stretched out, and hitters are still adjusting to a new league or a new country, and just like that. the Rays have played half of their regular season. The Rays […]

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Lightning sluggish in series opening loss

August 24, 2020 general

Monday, 4 a.m. You might have thought they would itching to take the ice. You might have thought they would be ready to play before the warm-ups. The Tampa Bay Lightning were not. You might have thought that being into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs would get the juices flowing. You might […]

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