Ugly accusations follow Winston once again

November 18, 2017 general

Saturday, 2 a.m. The lesson is this: Charges are forever. They do not wear out. They do not go away. No one forgets, and no one forgives. The headlines just settle down for a while, and then they are back, as vicious as ever. For all of the conclusion-jumping out there, we do not know […]

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USF women blow away Arkansas State

November 18, 2017 general

Saturday, 1 a.m. They started strong. They finished strong. And in the middle, the USF women were pretty strong. As a result, the 22nd ranked Bulls blew away Arkansas State, 98-55, Friday night to soar to 3-0 on the season. The Bulls got 25 points from Kitija Laksa and 19 from Maria Jespersen. Jespersen also […]

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Bull dozers: USF falls asleep but beats Tulsa

November 17, 2017 general

Friday, 2 a.m. Oh, I get it. The plan was to make Central Florida overconfident. That, and to get a good night’s sleep while waiting. The University of South Florida Sleepwalkers set up next week’s gigantic showdown with UCF Thursday night, midnight-strolling their way to a 27-20 victory. It was 21-7 after one quarter, and […]

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Bolts blast Bishop in 6-1 win over Dallas

November 17, 2017 general

Friday, 1 a.m. Nice to see Ben Bishop again. It was even better to see the puck on the other side of Ben Bishop. The Lightning welcomed home their former goaltender Thursday with a half-dozen goals, winning an easy 6-1 victory over the Dallas Stars. Tampa Bay remains the hottest team in the NHL and […]

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Fitz hopes to improve in his second start

November 17, 2017 general

Friday, 1 a.m. In the career of Ryan Fitzpatrick, there have been a lot of “next weeks.” But in this particular next week, Fitzpatrick expects to be better. He won his first game as a Buc Sunday. That wasn’t bad. But this time, against the Dolphins on Sunday, Fitzpatrick hopes to be a better quarterback. […]

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Ask the experts: Tim & Jerry

November 16, 2017 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 the NFL. […]

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Bucs finally hope to take success on the road

November 16, 2017 general

Thursday, 2 a.m. The thing about the Tampa Bay Bucs is this: You can’t take them anywhere. They are fragile. They are brittle. They are delicate. At least, this season, they have been. As bad as the year has gone for the Bucs, most of the damage has been on the road, where they have […]

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The Predictions: USF has to be focused

November 16, 2017 general

Thursday, 1 a.m. Not yet. Don’t think about it. Concentrate on the goal at hand. It’s Tulsa time. Right? For the USF Bulls, the goal tonight will be not to worry about next week’s game at Central Florida. That game will come soon enough. But it will only be  as important as it can be […]

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How good is the Florida coaching job?

November 15, 2017 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. You are a young football coach. You know your x’s from your o’s.You’ve seen Rudy three times, and every time, you’ve walked away thinking you need better athletes than he was. All ego aside, you are pretty good at this. Kids like you. Alumni like you. The scoreboard seems to like you. […]

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Looking back on the Bucs’ victory over the Jets

November 14, 2017 general

5 Observations 1. There is a lot of speculation lately about the future of Jon Gruden and whether he and the Bucs might remarry. The first thing that strikes me is that it depends on who the general manager is. Gruden is a burlap bag of bobcats, and he isn’t for the thin-skinned. But I […]

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