Random thoughts: The weather outside is frightful

February 4, 2018 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 3 a.m. Isn’t it interesting that the guys who run the Super Bowl are tired of their fans being warm? — Tom Brady has a lot of NFL records. He doesn’t have this one, though: The oldest quarterback to start a game. That honor goes to former Buc Steve DeBerg, who started a game […]

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Bolts hang on to win on Conacher’s penalty shot

February 4, 2018 general

Sunday, 2 a.m. The big lead was mostly gone now, and defeat was in the air, and the Vancouver Canucks — the lowly Canucks — had all of the momentum. Which is when Corey Conacher stepped in to save the day for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Really.  Corey Conacher. Conacher scored on a penalty shot […]

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Ask Gary: Has the Super Bowl hype calmed down?

February 3, 2018 College Sports in Florida

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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Patriots have built a dynasty on close wins

February 2, 2018 general

Friday, 4 a.m. It has reached a point where the championships start to blur. It has reached a point where the word “dynasty” is thrown around. The truth of it, however, is that the Patriots are not some high-powered machinery that chews up opponents along its way to another title, however. As well coached, and […]

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Lightning comes from behind to beat Calgary

February 2, 2018 general

Saturday, 2 a.m. Alex Killorn might have thought he had problems. After all, it had been a long time since he found the net. Big deal. Talk to Corey Conacher. It had been a long time since he even found the ice. That was before Thursday night, when both players had season-bests with a pair […]

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Ask the experts: Tim & Jerry

February 1, 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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USF’s Collins has a career night in Memphis loss

February 1, 2018 general

Tuesday, 2 a.m. Freshman guard David Collins is growing up in a hurry. Collins, starting his fourth game, broke loose for 21 points in an 86-74 loss to Memphis Wednesday night. It was the most points by USF freshman since Malik Fitts had 29 in February of last year, also against Memphis. “I thought our guys, […]

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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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