Red-hot Lightning captures another win

November 27, 2025 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. The torrid streak of the Tampa Bay Lightning continued Wednesday night. The Bolts won their fifth straight game, and their 13th of their last 16 games, with an easy 5-1 victory over the Calgary Flames at Benchmark International Tampa Bay scored four goals in the first period and coasted. Two of the […]

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Looking back on Bucs’ loss to Rams

November 25, 2025 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. 5 Thoughts No, the problem with Baker Mayfield’s injury isn’t that the Bucs cut Kyle Trask in favor of Teddy Bridgewater. It’s that someone didn’t think to get a backup quarterback far better than either of them. 2. How come any quarterback who plays against the Bucs becomes an MVP candidate? 3. […]

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Surging Bolts shut out Philadelphia

November 25, 2025 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. Tuesday, 3 a.m. He still fills the goalmouth. He still infuses energy into his team. He is still capable of closing the door, the way he did on the Philadelphia Flyers. He is Andrei Vasilevskiy, and bad start or no, is still capable of turning a hockey game into his personal highlight […]

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Bucs embarrassed by Rams in Prime Time

November 24, 2025 general

Monday, 4 a.m. The difficult part about the Tampa Bay Bucs embarrassment on Sunday night is describing it. No, it was uglier than you feared. No, it smelled worse. No, if you’re going to bury the game films, you going to need a deeper hole. It was so ugly it made your eyes hurt. It […]

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USF overcomes sluggish start in win

November 23, 2025 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. You can count on him like music on the radio. You can count on him like sunset in the West. You can count on him like darkness in the night. He is Byrum Brown, and he continues to be a monster. Brown is on the verge of completing one of the finest […]

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Cirelli closes out Caps with late goal

November 23, 2025 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Maybe you’ll remember the outburst in the first period, led by Brandon Hagel’s impressive night.. Maybe you’ll remember Jonas Johansson’s 31-save performance. Maybe, just maybe, you’ll remember Anthony Cirelli’s clinching goal with time running out. And maybe you’ll remember all of it. The Bolts won an impressive 5-3 victory over a hot […]

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Special teams let FSU down in defeat

November 22, 2025 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. The offense wasn’t very good. The defense could have been better. All in all, however, FSU might have won their Friday night game if only they could catch a punt. The Seminoles lost to N.C. State, 21-11, after botching a pair of punt returns. The Seminoles, who have lost 10 straight games […]

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Bolts strike late to defeat Oilers

November 21, 2025 general

THURSDAY, 4 A.M. For 57 minutes and 32 seconds, the Lightning lacked enough offense to compete. And then the Bolts found the energy to knock off the Edmonton Oilers, 2-1 in overtime at Benchmark International. The Bolts, 11-7-2, played most of the game with a 1-0 deficit. Tampa Bay got off 35 shots, but for […]

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Guentzel’s hat trick lifts Lightning

November 19, 2025 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. The Tampa Bay Lightning bounced back from a disappointing loss Tuesday night. Jake Guentzel made sure of it. The Lightning, still wounded, were missing their top three defensemen against the New Jersey Devils. No Victor Hedman. No Ryan McDonough. No Erik Cernak. No problem. Guentzel scored a hat trick in a 5-1 […]

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Looking back at Bucs’ loss to Bills

November 18, 2025 general

5 Thoughts I get that fans expect their teams to win, but did it ever occur to anyone that the Bills at home are simply better than the beaten-up Bucs? (Of course it didn’t.) 2. I don’t know Bad Bunny from Bugs Bunny, but I have to laugh at the continuing debate over the Super […]

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