Ask Gary: Can Keith Thurman remain champion?

June 25, 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: Ask Gary, injuries, Rays, Serena

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Is Florida on its way to ruling college football again?

June 24, 2016 College football

Friday, 6 a.m. It was Sept. 23, 2006, for all of you keeping score at home. That’s when Paul Finebaum officially ran out of guests. Finebaum, the king of Alabama sports, has become a media star as of late. Always opinionated, always acerbic, he took his sharp wit and observations about college football to be […]

Tagged as: Florida, FSU, Miami, Top 20

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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

June 23, 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. In today’s NFL, with the extra […]

Tagged as: Angelo, Carolina, Expert, Roethlisberger

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What should the Rays do about wobbly Archer?

June 23, 2016 general

Thursday, 5:45 a.m. Did someone say “ace?” These days, Chris Archer is a trey. Maybe a duece. Maybe a joker. These days, Archer is a bad pitcher. Not mediocre. Not slumping. Bad. On a night when the Rays needed Archer to say “enough,” when they needed him to hold up his hand and say “stop” […]

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What should the Rays do with Chris Archer?

June 23, 2016 general

Thursday, 5:45 a.m. Did someone say “ace?” These days, Chris Archer is a trey. Maybe a duece. Maybe a joker. These days, Archer is a bad pitcher. Not mediocre. Not slumping. Bad. On a night when the Rays needed Archer to say “enough,” when they needed him to hold up his hand and say “stop” […]

Tagged as: Archer, pitching, Rays, Skid

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Can the Bucs defense convince you it’s better?

June 22, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. Lavonte David says the team can be the best there ever was. Robert Ayers, on the other hand, says the Bucs’ defense is “a little less terrible” than it was. So who is right? And, as the months go flowing past, how good can these Bucs be? First things first. The Bucs […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, defense, Draft, free agents

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Does the lesson of O.J. apply to Winston?

June 21, 2016 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. We try to make things so simple, don’t we? We ignore history. We deny nuance. We want just the facts, ma’am. We want to be comfortable; we tend to ignore the layers of subtext. Which brings us to O.J. Simpson. And, eventually, to Jameis Winston. As a younger man, I ignored the […]

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Rays leave a series on base against Giants

June 20, 2016 general

Monday, 6 a.m. First base? No problem. The Tampa Bay Rays can get to first. They can leave cleat marks all over it. They can leave notes for the next Rays’ runner. “Go to second,” they might say? Second base? The Rays can get to second, too. Heck, second base is the Atlanta airport. The […]

Tagged as: Giants, Rays, Skid, Stranded

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Cleveland did a lot of losing before LeBron

June 20, 2016 general

Monday, 6 a.m. I love Cleveland. After all, it’s a great place to be stuck in an elevator. It was January of 1987, and history was about to be made outside. But for the moment, none of us could figure out how long the elevator was going to be stuck. It was cold, and it […]

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Random Thoughts: Leave the ball, take the canoli

June 19, 2016 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. And, after a 5,000-hour documentary, I still think O.J. Simpson is guilty. – Wade Phillips finally got his correct Super Bowl ring. But I think he should have embraced the “Peters” identification. That way, when the ax comes, he could always say they have the wrong guy. – Is it just me, […]

Tagged as: Phillips, Random Thoughts, Simpson, Tiger

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