Wednesday, 4 a.m. He will step into the huddle, and Jameis Winston will admire all that he sees. He has never seen this kind of talent. Frankly, the Tampa Bay Bucs have never had this kind of talent. A franchise whose finer moments have been built around a defense dragging an offense toward the finish […]

Wednesday, 1 a.m. The way the Tampa Bay Rowdies are playing defense, it wouldn’t be a surprise if opponents measured their goal. You know, just to make sure it is big enough. The Rowdies won their seventh match of the season with a clean sheet Tuesday night, beating the Jacksonville Armada 3-0 to advance to […]

Monday, 2 a.m. For Chris Archer, the disappointment was more than six decades in the making. Archer was 62 seasons worth of bad Monday night in an 8-7 loss to the Cleveland Indians. It was Archer’s sixth loss in six starts against the Indians, a beginning unmatched since Frank Sullivan pitched for the Red Sox […]

Monday, 2 a.m. First was why the bullpen couldn’t hold the opposition down. Second was why the batting order couldn’t pad to the lead. It happened Sunday afternoon, when the Rays finally ran away from an opponent. Tampa Bay turned a slight 3-2 lead into 4-2, and then erupted with their biggest inning of the […]