USF dominates the boards in win over UCF

January 15, 2018 Basketball

Monday, 2 a.m. The USF women’s basketball team improved its record to 10 games over .500 Sunday, beating their rival UCF. The Bulls used a huge rebounding margin to win a 62-45 game against the Knights. USF had 48 rebounds, including 17 offensive boards. USF allowed the Knights to succeed on only 34 percent of […]

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Random thoughts: Rolling Tide, Eating Tide

January 14, 2018 Tampa Bay Bucs

When the announcer kept telling “it’s hard to come to South Philadelphia and get a win” Saturday, I wondered if Ronde Barber was listening. And smiling. — Rob Gronkowski had to come out and warn fans not to eat Tide pods, the little detergent capsules designed for washing machines. This was necessary? Other things you […]

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Ask Gary: Could Saban try the NFL once more?

January 13, 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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Tampa Bay’s Hedman to miss 3-6 weeks

January 13, 2018 general

Saturday, 2 a.m. If you are an optimist, if you hoped that a band-aid and an aspirin would make Victor Hedman okay overnight, it was bad news. But if you are pessimist, if you feared the worst for Hedman, it was good news. The truth is probably somewhere in between. Hedman will miss between three […]

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Hedman injured as Lightning lose to Calgary

January 12, 2018 general

Friday 2 a.m. For a half of a season, the Tampa Bay Lightning has taken your breath away. Now, the Bolts find themselves holding their own. Victor Hedman, the rock of the Lightning’s defense, limped off the ice in Thursday night’s 5-1 loss to Calgary. Hedman played only 10 minutes; for the season, he’s averaging […]

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Ask the experts: Tim & Jerry

January 11, 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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Sorry, UCF. Your championship claim falls short

January 11, 2018 College Sports in Florida

Thursday, 2 a.m. By nature, I’m a contrarian. And if you happen to agree with me, well, I’ll disagree with you on that, too. I was a child of the 60s, and I once participated in something called the Flowers for Peace Day massacre. I was raised on arguments and disagreement. Most of the time, […]

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Will you pull for Jon Gruden to win?

January 10, 2018 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. His face will contort the same way as ever. His sound bites will sound as good. He will pump is fist in victory the way he used to. But will you pull for Jon Gruden, the guy who used to work here? A continent away, will you pull for him to succeed? […]

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Johnson’s hat trick leads Lightning victory

January 10, 2018 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. On the first one, he was a swordsman. He feinted. He parried. He stood in the heavy traffic in front of the goal, and he deflected the puck into the net. It was an impressive bit of hand-eye coordination. On the second, he was a trapeze artist. He flew. He twisted. Somehow, […]

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One for history, one for lore in Alabama victory

January 9, 2018 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. He was supposed to belong to tomorrow. Maybe the day after. He was supposed to be along for the ride. He was supposed to watch. He was supposed to congratulate his teammates. He was supposed to pose for the team picture. Never was Tua Tagovailoa supposed to make an impact on the national […]

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