Other teams have streaked past the Bucs

January 17, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Think of them as an old jalopy, smoking and spewing as it putters down the highway. It’s going slow, and other vehicles are whizzing past. Parts fall off, and the wheels wobble, and the engine sounds as if it is about to conk out from the weariness of the journey. It is […]

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Bolts bounce back with shutout over Dallas

January 16, 2019 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Perhaps there is a reason why the Tampa Bay Lightning doesn’t lose very often. They don’t like it very much. Team Bounceback did it again Tuesday night, rebounding from Sunday’s 5-1 loss to the New York Islanders with a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars. In the 11 games they have lost […]

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How many do you expect Arians to win in ’19?

January 15, 2019 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Scene one: There was a new energy, a new coach, a new direction. Yep, the Tampa Bay Bucs had it figured out, didn’t they? It was 2009, and the Bucs had made changes. Jon Gruden had won a Super Bowl once, but his team was running in place, and Raheem Morris was […]

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Islanders jump Lightning early, end winning streak

January 14, 2019 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Perhaps the Tampa Bay Lightning needs to pay closer attention to what time their games start. The Lightning, the hottest team in the NHL, had its third consecutive slow start Sunday night. This time, it was disastrous. The Lightning fell to the New York Islanders, a team that was 21 points behind […]

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Random thoughts: Arians the class of the new coaches

January 13, 2019 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. I think I have uncovered an NFL conspiracy. The league is trying to make Bruce Arians look good. How else do you explain the other NFL hires? Cleveland’s Freddie Kitchens? The Jets’ Adam Gase? Green Bay’s Matt LeFluer? The Broncos’ Vic Fangio? The Bengals, who might hire Zac Taylor? The Dolphins, who […]

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Once again, Bolts turn a deficit into a victory

January 13, 2019 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. If Rocky Balboa was a hockey team, this is the one he would be. It doesn’t matter how you knock him around. You can cut him and beat him and bruise him for most of the fight. You can stagger him and hurt him. Then comes the final round, and watch out. […]

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Ask Gary: Does Jackson have a place in the huddle?

January 12, 2019 general

Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports. Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, […]

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Arians doesn’t think a turnaround will be hard

January 11, 2019 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Maybe we’ve been looking at this all wrong. Maybe the problem isn’t that Bruce Arians is too old. Maybe the problem is that all of those other head coaches were too young. Bruce Arians slipped on the Tampa Bay coaching job Thursday as if it were a comfortable old shoe. He didn’t […]

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Lightning comes from behind once again to win

January 11, 2019 general

Friday, 3 a.m. They didn’t have the jump in their legs. They had a tying goal disallowed.  Halfway through the third period, they were being shut out. And the Tampa Bay Lightning won. Of course they did. This is the way the season has gone for the Lightning. Even on “one of those nights,” even […]

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Arians will be busy from the start rebuilding Bucs

January 10, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Today’s Bruce Arians day-planner: 7 a.m. — Ask if your office is in the cellar. Everything else is with this franchise. 7:30 a.m. — Meet with Jameis Winston, even before you unpack your coach of the year awards and that plaque that says “Quarterback Whisperer.” Jameis is job one. He has to […]

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