Rays prepare to open another baseball season

April 2, 2017 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Opening Day is when you open the gift packages. Sometimes, to be honest, it isn’t what you wanted. Opening Day is when Wilson Alvarez starts for the Rays. And the pitch is a ball. It is 1998, and the Rays lose to the Detroit Tigers. They never had a chance. Opening Day […]

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Rowdies roll to 2-0 after big victory over Toronto

April 2, 2017 general

Sunday, 2 a.m. Coach Stuart Campbell wants to make his stadium “a fortress.” Star player Joe Cole wants more than that. He’d like to involve the entire city. No matter how big the real estate might be, the Rowdies used it to wallop Toronto FC II Saturday night. The Rowdies won 4-0, scoring three times […]

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Random thoughts: Greg Hardy’s career hits the bottom

April 1, 2017 general

I’m not sure that things can get any worse for Greg Hardy, NFL leper. Now he’s been voted off the team by the mighty Utah Screaming Eagles. – Isn’t that kind of like Milli Vanilli not being allowed in a karaoke bar? – This just in: David, Joe Namath and Buster Douglas are all very […]

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Could the Bucs finally field an scary offense?

April 1, 2017 general

Monday, 4 a.m. In the beginning, the Bucs’ offense wasn’t much. It began with a three-yard run off right guard. In all the years since, that stands as one of the breakaway plays. After five straight runs, it perfected the incomplete pass. It finished the day by being shutout and and making only eight first […]

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Ask Gary: Kucherov has an outside shot at MVP

April 1, 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, make a comment […]

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Down a (big) player, Lightning rally to beat Detroit

March 31, 2017 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Okay. What’s next? How in the world can the Tampa Bay Lightning make things any harder on themselves in this NHL playoff race? Let’s see. They could tie their skate laces together. They could use golf clubs instead of hockey sticks. The defensive players could play offense, and the offensive players could […]

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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

March 30, 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. The NFL has always avoided gambling […]

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To NFL fans, the Raiders become the Traitors

March 30, 2017 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. The first time I was at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, there was a holdup in the security line to get in. Seems that the guards were busy checking out the light sabre of some guy named Darth Vader. Seriously, here I was, waiting for officers to make sure my laptop wasn’t a nuclear device, […]

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Rays’ fans search for a reason to believe

March 29, 2017 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. I believe in the glove. I believe in Kevin Kiermaier, climbing the wall, flashing leather. I believe in his legs, and his heart. I believe that if anyone can chase down a fly ball, it is Kiermaier. I believe in the professionalism. I believe that on his way from this drill to […]

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Bolts’ Gourde has his once-in-a-lifetime moment

March 28, 2017 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. If there was a moment he was born to, this was it. If there was a moment that he had bounced around for, going from the Victoriaville Tigers to the Worcester Sharks to the San Francisco Bulls to the Kalamazoo Wings, it was this one. For a lifetime — if 25 years […]

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