Who has been Brady’s second banana?

January 31, 2018 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. Joe Montana had Jerry Rice. Michael Jordan had Scottie Pippen. Mickey Mantle had Roger Maris. And so it goes. Greatness often travels in twos. If the right hand doesn’t get you, the left one will. Batman had Robin. Lennon had McCartney. Ben had Jerry. It is often this way. Every great player […]

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Bolts resume action with 3-1 loss to Winnipeg

January 31, 2018 general

Wednesday, 2 a.m. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the stars didn’t come out Tuesday night. The Lightning, just on the other side of the All-Star game, sort of fizzled on their return to NHL play in a 3-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. Goaltender Andrei Vaslevskiy? He didn’t play. Captain Steven Stamkos? No goals, no […]

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Let’s cover the Super Bowl together

January 30, 2018 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. There are too many humans to fit into the room. Everyone is jostling everyone else. No one is happy. No one has enough time. At that’s just at the airport. Once you get to the host city, it is harder. For 29 years, I covered the Super Bowl in one of those […]

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Kucherov scores a hat trick in All-Star semis

January 29, 2018 general

Monday, 4 a.m. In the city of Hard Scratch, Iowa, some may still think he’s an up-and-comer. Promising, maybe. But nothing more. In the burg of Elbow, Texas, they may think he’s another mysterious player who brought a scoring touch from Russia. That’s about it. In the metropolis of Goobertown, Arkansas, maybe they know about […]

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Huge third period lifts USF women over Temple

January 29, 2018 general

  Monday, 2 a.m. They limped into the dressing room. They stampeded out of it. The USF Bulls women’s basketball team closed out Temple Sunday afternoon, 76-60, to run their record to 16-5. The Bulls scored but nine points in the second period, and they found themselves down one point at the half. But the […]

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Random thoughts: Skills set NHL all-stars apart

January 28, 2018 general

Sunday, 3 a.m.  I’m sorry, but I’m a sucker for the NHL skills competition. That’s what sets the NHL all-star weekend above most of the others. The accuracy shooting is breathtaking, I find. — The best performance by a Lightning player? How about Brayden Point in the fastest skater competition? And didn’t it feel good […]

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Ask Gary: Reviewing the Hall of Fame ballot

January 27, 2018 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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Lightning rides Vasilevskiy to another victory

January 26, 2018 general

Friday, 3 a.m. When a team’s front line stars are struggling, it is up to the next line. You know. Like the Lightning did on Thursday night. The Bolts, playing in their final game before the All-Star game, blasted the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-1, despite being outshot 37-22.  Content beyond this point is for members only.

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Being the best at being second-best

January 26, 2018 general

Friday, 4 a.m. For the most part, it’s a good gig. You stand near enough to the coach to get on television. You wear a baseball cap. Sometimes, you carry a clipboard. You’re close enough to get a decent view. You get to eat from the post-game spread. You wake up on Monday, and usually, […]

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Ask the experts: Tim & Jerry

January 25, 2018 general

Here at GarySheltonsports.com, we have doubled our experts with the addition of former Bucs’ personnel director and former Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell. He joins his old friend and co-worker Jerry Angelo, a former personnel director for the Bucs and former general manager of the Bears. Each week, Angelo and Ruskell answer your questions regarding […]

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