Cirelli’s hat trick leads big Lightning win

January 18, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Do the Tampa Bay Lightning have to take a break now? I mean, they barely figure in the All-Star game. And given their choice, who wouldn’t prefer to keep this hot streak going instead of sleeping in for a few mornings? The Lightning won its 10th game of its last 12 Friday […]

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Again, Bolts can’t conquer Minnesota

January 17, 2020 general

Friday, 4 a.m. If a Tampa Bay Lightning player lives a bad life, does he spend eternity in Minnesota? For the past few seasons, the state has been hell on the Lightning. Counting Thursday night’s 3-2 victory, Minnesota has beaten the Lighting five straight games and eight straight at home. Never mind that the Lightning […]

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Baseball gives mixed signals over sign-stealing

January 16, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Back when the world was young, when dinosaurs roamed the outfield, when you bought baseball cards to get that cardboard bubble gum inside, baseball was innocent. Cheating was, too. It was 1970, and I was fresh out of high school. I was working for a small newspaper in South Georgia at the […]

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Kucherov scores late to lead Lightning comeback

January 15, 2020 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. As a player, Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov is one of the most dynamic players on the ice. As an analyst, well, not so much. Shortly after scoring with 68 seconds to play to force overtime, in which the Lightning won their 11th game of their last 12, Kucherov stood in the […]

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Burrow leads LSU to memorable finish

January 14, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. He is the reason that Dabo Swinney doesn’t have a grip on the top of his profession. He is the reason that Nick Saban doesn’t have statues in every village in Alabama. He is the reason that Kirby Smart needs a new last name. He is Joe Burrow, and he has spent […]

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Lightning’s winning streak ends against Devils

January 13, 2020 general

Monday, 4 a.m. After one of the best runs in franchise history, the Tampa Bay Lightning turned into the team that couldn’t shoot straight Sunday night. The Lightning lost a 3-1 game to the New Jersey Devils, ending a 10-game winning streak to former teammate Louie Domingue, who stopped 26 of 27 shots for the […]

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Vasilevskiy notches another shutout for Bolts

January 12, 2020 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. What if they never lose again? What if the Tampa Bay Lightning streaks stretches and grows to the point the rest of the league is just playing chase? Oh, it’ll end sometime, of course. Maybe tonight in New Jersey, even. But the way the Bolts are playing, would you wager on it? […]

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Can the rebuilt Rays be as good as last year?

January 11, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. The annual rebuilding of a team comes with new hope. It comes with disappointing losses. It comes with farewells and hellos and questions about the chemistry involved. And, for the lower-priced teams on the market, it comes with a simple question. Will this team be as good as last year’s team was? […]

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Vasilevskiy’s shutout paces another Lightning win

January 10, 2020 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Finally, an unruffled net. Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has won 21 times this season. He has faced almost a thousand shots. Finally, he has nothing. Vasilevskiy stopped all 25 shots by the Arizona Coyotes Thursday night to notch his first shutout of the season in a 4-0 victory. It was […]

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Reviewing Tampa Bay’s Rings of Honor

January 9, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. The first thing you need to establish about a Ring of Honor is that there are different standards for different teams. Take the Pittsburgh Steelers, who opened their Hall of Honor in 2017. That year, the Steelers inducted 27 members. Twenty-three of them are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Then […]

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