Lightning make another move to shore up defense

June 23, 2017 general

Friday, 9 p.m. The biggest fan of the recent moves of the Tampa Bay Lightning may not be either general manager Steve Yzerman nor coach Jon Cooper. The biggest fan may be goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. Every move the Bolts have made this off-season seems designed to protect Vasilevskiy. The team has traded for Montreal prospect […]

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Say what? The quotes that came before the decisions

June 23, 2017 general

Friday, 4 a.m. It sounded like a good idea at the time. Before there was the action, there had to be a thought. Someone had to think that the worst follies in the history of sports were actually good ideas. Someone had to feel smarter than everyone else. Only they weren’t. Still, before you charge […]

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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

June 22, 2017 general

Jerry Angelo is a former personnel director for the Bucs and former general manager of the Bears. Each week, Angelo answers your questions regarding the NFL. Send your questions to GarySheltonsports@gmail.com with “ask the expert” in the subject line. The most interesting questions will be selected. Thursday, 4 a.m. I would be a lousy scout. […]

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Newcomers lead Rays to another series victory

June 22, 2017 general

Thursday, 2 a.m. As recently as June 9, Taylor Featherston was a Philly. Mallex Smith was a Durham Bull. And Trevor Plouffe was an Oakland A. Today? Today they are part of the new Murderer’s Row of the Tampa Bay Rays. Taylor and Trevor both went deep Wednesday to pace the Rays to an 8-3 […]

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Lightning lose Garrison, picks in expansion draft

June 22, 2017 general

Thursday, 1 a.m. Jason Garrison, one of the mainstays on defense for the Tampa Bay Lightning, has said Good Knight to the team. Garrison, 32, was selected by the Las Vegas Knights in Wednesday night’s expansion draft. The selection came after a deal between Vegas and the Lightning to protect their younger defenseman. The Lightning […]

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Sapp joins fight to preserve health of ex-players

June 21, 2017 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Warren Sapp is donating his brain to science which, by the way, should make some scientists awfully nervous. After all, they first have to decide whether to operate or to exorcise. No one knows what’s going to fly out when they cut into his head. Yeah, you understand why the internet is […]

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Colome gets a save, but mostly, he survives

June 21, 2017 general

Wednesday, 2 a.m. This is why it is hard to trust the save statistic. In collecting his most recent one, the best thing that Alex Colome did was to survive. Colome earned the 20th save of this season against Cincinnati Tuesday night, but it was hardly a night he’ll tell his grandchildren about. Colome struggled, […]

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Even after defeat, the Rays are better than last year

June 20, 2017 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. You would not call them dangerous. You would not call them dominant. You would not call them dynamic. Not yet, anyway. And still, the Tampa Bay Rays are better than they were. Isn’t that a start? This time a year ago, the Rays were about to conclude an 11-game losing streak that […]

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Bullpen implodes as Rays let Reds get healthy

June 20, 2017 general

Wednesday, 1 a.m. For a minute, just for a minute, the Tampa Bay Rays looked like the Comeback Kids once again. As quick as light switch bringing on the darkness, the Rays had battled back from a 3-0 deficit. They had tied the game, and they looked as if they were about to hand the […]

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If you ran the Knights, which Bolt would you want?

June 19, 2017 general

Monday, 4 a.m. You are Vegas. You are the Strip. You are loaded dice. You have a locker between Sigfried and Roy. You eat figs with Wayne Newton. You went to school with Dan Tanna. Your dad used to hang out with Bugsy Siegel and Moe Greene. Your second-favorite team is the Flying Elvises, Utah […]

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