Bucs line is key to offense clicking

August 16, 2016 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. It isn’t the sexiest part of the football team. Just one of the most important. They don’t catch passes. They don’t score touchdowns. They don’t smile as they sell pizza. They don’t get the girl or kick field goals or show up on most of your highlights. No one watches one of […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Dotson, offensive line, Ranking

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Rays’ Smyly throws a one-hitter at Padres

August 16, 2016 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. For two  batters, Drew  Smyly looked as if he might have a tough time of  it  Monday night. Five pitches into his start, Smyly gave up a home run to Alexei Ramirez. After that,  nothing. Smyly allowed only two walks to the next 22 batters to shut down the San Diego Padres. […]

Tagged as: Kiermaier, Padres, Rays, Smyly

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10 Olympic villains who were worse than Solo

August 15, 2016 general

Monday, 6 a.m. Hope Solo is a lunkhead. Everyone can agree on that. Let’s admit it. She’s a bad sport. A whiner. A baby. Even worse, she comes across as a borderline bad guy. You won’t win a lot of allies defending her. But is she really one of the worst athletes we have ever […]

Tagged as: Harding, Olympic, Solo, Villains

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Random Thoughts: Phelps is the golden boy

August 14, 2016 Tampa Bay Bucs

Sunday, 6 a.m. Pretty amazing that Michael Phelps has won more gold medals than 108 countries. And Goldmember. – To the world: Sorry about that Hope Solo, ok? – The best part about Antonio Cromartie evicting his mom from the house he bought for her? It’s a long time till Mother’s Day. – Of course, […]

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Ask Gary: Do the Glazers watch their product?

August 13, 2016 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 […]

Tagged as: Glazers., Penalties, Rio, Shula

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Bucs repeat too many flaws in opening game

August 12, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m Is this really the way to start an era? With turnovers? With penalties? With no running game? With one visit to the end zone? With third-down failures? With nowhere near enough crispness as this team will need if it’s going to be taken seriously? Really? Is this the way? “Not what I […]

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

August 11, 2016 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 question will be selected. Thursday, 6 a.m. It’s the first week of preseason […]

Tagged as: Griffin, Packers, Preseason, Williams

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10 players who need to shine for Bucs tonight

August 11, 2016 general

Thursday, 5:30 a.m. It’s AN important thing, of course. It’s just not THE important thing. It will be an interesting thing to see Dirk Koetter lead the Bucs onto the field to coach his first game tonight. And while I’m sure that Koetter would rather win than lose, it isn’t vital. Not when a guy […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Cuter, Opener, Preseason

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Seferian-Jenkins has to be noticed in preseason

August 10, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. The climb uphill begins Thursday. And if you buy that Austin Seferian-Jenkins is kind of chill as he begins it, you might also notice this: Hey, it’s kind of steep. Seferian-Jenkins, the Bucs’ tight end, has placed himself in this predicament. He is a million dollars worth of talent worth about 11 […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Preseason, Seferian-Jenkins, Tight end

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Who is next for the NFL Hall of Fame?

August 9, 2016 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. After the busts are unveiled, when the speeches finally stop, when the gold jackets have been passed out, there is a relief that comes with the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Usually, it’s that of business being taken care of. And so it was with this year’s Hall of Fame class. Everyone […]

Tagged as: 2017, Hall of Fame, Lynch, Tomlinson

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