Thursday, 3 a.m. You remember his smile. You remember his bearing. Most of all, you remember the way he got after the opposing quarterback. Don’t look now, but Jason Pierre-Paul is about to take another stride toward getting back into the Bucs’ lineup. Pierre-Paul, out all season because of a car crash, will start practicing […]

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Perhaps you doubted their bats. Perhaps, even with Charlie Morton on the mound, you doubted their pitching. Perhaps you doubted how much of the baseball season remained. But would you ever doubt their fight? After watching this Tampa Bay Rays team for a full season, plus, would you ever doubt the resiliency […]

Monday, 4 am. Where, you might ask, would the back-pedaling defense of the Tampa Bay Bucs be without Shaq Barrett? Well, they’d be in New Orleans, it turns out. And where, pray tell, would the Bucs be without Pro Bowl receiver Mike Evans? They’d be in the Superdome, of course. And where would they be […]

Monday, 2 a.m. At this rate, the Lightning won’t have to worry about over-confidence as it enters this year’s post-season. Assuming, of course, that the team makes it. The Lightning lost its second straight game Sunday night, dropping a 4-3 game to Carolina in overtime. The Bolts were outshot by a staggering 44-13 margin in […]