Looking back at the Bucs’ loss to the Giants

September 24, 2019 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. 5 Thoughts 1. Hours after the Bucs gift-wrapped a victory for the New York Giants is no time to think about turnarounds. But the Bucs to me seem like a flawed but improved team. Still, if you lost a “defeat,” by golly, they’ll find it for you. 2. One of the cliches […]

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Big fourth inning leads Rays to a comeback win

September 24, 2019 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. For all the highs and lows, the zigs and the zags, the ups and the downs, the comebacks and the walk-offs, you have to admit this about the American League Wild-Card Race. You know, it’s  kind of fun. The Tampa Bay Rays were interesting for another day Monday, coming from four runs […]

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Lightning agrees to three-year contract with Point

September 24, 2019 general

Tuesday, 2 a.m. If his employee was the Tampa Bay Rays, you might have been nervous. After all, Brayden was going to make a lot of money. And with him coming off of an injury, a short-sighted team might have let him walk. They might have talked about payroll, and big-market teams against small-market teams. […]

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Bucs kick one away in a collapse against Giants

September 23, 2019 general

Monday, 4 a.m. You might not want to admit, but you have seen it before. You might not want to acknowledge it, but you have felt this depth of emptiness before. You might not allow yourself to remember other Bucs’ collapses, but you have felt them eat at you through the nights. This is what […]

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Red Sox beat Rays to deliver a blow to their playoff hopes

September 23, 2019 general

Monday, 3 a.m. This time, it wasn’t a walk-off. This time, it was the Rays were walked all over. The Rays, trying to wrestle for an AL Wild-Card berth, were clobbered by the Boston Red Sox Sunday, absorbing a 7-4 that hurt them in their chances for the post-season. It ended a three-game winning streak, […]

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Rays win in another walk-off in extra innings

September 22, 2019 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. They shoved him. They soaked him. They stripped him. And, most of all, they celebrated him. After all, it was his turn. The Tampa Bay Rays are rough on their heroes. Just look at the way they kept bouncing around Nate Lowe, and the way they kept pushing him, and the way […]

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Gators continue ownership of Tennessee

September 22, 2019 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. These days, it doesn’t matter where the game is played. It doesn’t matter who the coaches are. It doesn’t matter who is playing quarterback. The University of Florida Gators spanked the Tennessee Vols once again Saturday, winning for the 14th time in the last 15 years with a 34-3 victory. Backup quarterback […]

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Adames leads the Rays to a walk-off victory

September 21, 2019 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Tommy Pham has the stare. Charlie Morton has the arm. Austin Meadows has the wrists. And Willy Adames? He has the heart. Adames, who just turned 24, slammed a pitch into left field late Friday night, giving his Rays a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over Boston to stay in the AL Wild Card […]

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The predictions: Bucs should expose rookie quarterback

September 21, 2019 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 3 a.m. The offenses, we can assume, are excited. The defenses? Not so much. When the Giants visit the Tampa Bay Bucs on Sunday (4:05 p.m.), there is plenty of reason to expect plenty of points. Never mind that the teams are a combined 1-3.  The  Giants won a 38-35 game a year ago. […]

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For Bucs, Winston must be efficient, not spectacular

September 20, 2019 general

Friday, 4 a.m. They have won exactly one game in a row, and that one, they won by a foot. Their quarterback has played one game without throwing touchdowns to the other team. Their coach just notched his first victory, one that he suggested the team won “despite” him. And yet, there is a different […]

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