Do SEC teams play too many soft touches?

January 3, 2018 College Sports in Florida

Wednesday, 3 a.m. No one prints a team’s schedule on the confetti as it falls. Once a team has arrived, no one checks to see where it  stopped along the way. And so we are here, ready to bow to  the SEC once more. And it is true, they play pretty good football around here. […]

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Vasilevskiy shuts out another opponent in win

January 3, 2018 general

Wednesday, 1 a.m. Every day, he gets bigger. Every game, he gets better. More and more, the image of Andrei Vasilevskiy looming in net becomes more intimidating. Not long ago, he was 6-foot-3. These days, he seems 10 feet tall, and he wears the net for a belt.  Content beyond this point is for members […]

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Looking Back on Bucs’ Victory Over Saints

January 2, 2018 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. 5 Observations I’m going to be honest here. If I was the coach, that last-second scoring pass from Jameis Winston to Chris Godwin never would have happened. I like Winston, but by that time, he would have been sitting on the pine. I said it after his second interception. “One more, and […]

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Gamecocks come from behind to beat Michigan

January 2, 2018 College Sports in Florida

Tuesday, 2 a.m. Too many turnovers. Too many field goals. Too much Jake Bentley. All of it taxed the Michigan Wolverines Monday afternoon at the Outback Bowl, helping South Carolina win a 26-19 game. The Wolverines had a 16-point lead in the second half, but South Carolina scored the game’s final 19 points. Bentley hit […]

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Finally, Bucs get over the hump to win a game

January 1, 2018 general

Monday, 3 a.m. The pass was 15 games, 59 minutes and 51 seconds in the making. The only moment that really counted in a season best forgotten finally came. At last, there was a reason to grin. Jameis Winston-to-Chris Godwin for the win. Who would have thought it?  Content beyond this point is for members […]

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Four quick goals leads Bolts to victory

January 1, 2018 general

Monday, 2 a.m. For the Tampa Bay Lightning these days, hockey is as easy as flipping a switch. Take Sunday’s game in Columbus, for instance, after the lights came on. There the Bolts were, stumbling through the dark, trying to score goals without shooting the puck. And then, everything changed. The Bolts scored four times […]

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Random Thoughts: Gruden would have cost a lot

December 31, 2017 Alabama

Sunday, 3 a.m. Jon Gruden is the most famous player of chase in history. The guy loves to be rumored to be a target, doesn’t he? – Do you think Gruden read about Dirk Koetter in the paper? Or do you think the price tag of everything Gruden — salary, free agents, assistant coaches, length […]

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Ask Gary: What do to with the Bucs’ leadership?

December 30, 2017 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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Rare defeat leaves Lightning’s Cooper perturbed

December 30, 2017 general

Saturday, 2 a.m. The Tampa Bay Lightning hasn’t lost very often this season. Still, coach Jon Cooper doesn’t like it very much. “We sucked,” Cooper said. “They were way better than us. They deserved the two points. We didn’t deserve anything.” The Lightning, 27-8-2, hasn’t played many games in which they deserved such reviews. After […]

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What’s your verdict in the trial of Dirk Koetter?

December 29, 2017 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Dirk Koetter stands accused. Assault with a dead weapon, you might say. Impersonating an NFL team, perhaps. Every week, he faces an angry jury. The evidence against him is mounting. The witnesses are disturbed by what they have seen. Koetter stands 4-11, and from the looks of things, it’s going to hard […]

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