Rays overpower Yankees in easy victory

May 29, 2016 general

5:45 a.m. Sunday Which one of these teams are the Bronx Bombers? Which one is the home of Murderer’s Row? If you said the New York Yankees, shame on you. The Tampa Bay Rays clobbered the Yankees Sunday, winning 9-5 after taking a 9-1 lead. They had nine extra base hits, and six of the […]

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Ask Gary: Does Lightning need to tweak roster?

May 28, 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 […]

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

May 27, 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. Friday, 6 a.m. FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said he’d […]

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Lightning finally lose, but they made you care

May 27, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. The wounds are fresh now. The heartache is brand new. The couch is freshly kicked and who knows where you threw the remote control. But when it all over, when the sting has subsided and reason returns to your living room, what will you think then? How will you remember this Tampa […]

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Pitching still needs to define this Rays team

May 27, 2016 general

Friday, 5:45 a.m. The hitting has been better lately, but the Tampa Bay Rays are not exactly known as a hitting club. The defense has its nights, but the Rays aren’t exactly known as a fielding team. It isn’t a baserunning team. It isn’t a slick team or a fast team or a closing team. […]

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Rays fall to Marlins despite Morrison’s hot bat

May 26, 2016 Tampa Bay Rays

Thursday, 9 a.m. They lost. The defense wasn’t good enough. The hitting wasn’t timely enough. The baserunning wasn’t good enough. And so the Tampa Bay Rays lost a 4-3 decision to the Miami Marlins. On the other hand, Logan Morrison has been reborn. Morrison, an empty uniform for much of the year, continued his torrid […]

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Defense has to show up for Lightning to win

May 26, 2016 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. There for a while, Victor Hedman was the Ice Linebacker. He was fast, and he was large, and never seemed to make a mistake. He skated, and the opponents got the dickens out of his way. He single-handedly made a mortal out of John Tavares. For the second straight year, there was […]

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Lightning believes it has one more surprise in them

May 25, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. Sometime in the first period, you doubted. Didn’t you? Sometime in the second, you questioned. Admit it. Sometime before the night was over, you considered giving up, didn’t you. The Lightning looked that lethargic, and the Penguins looked that spirited, and there for a while, you looked for the white flag. You […]

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Should Cooper be considered for coach of the year?

May 24, 2016 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. At a key moment in the conference finals, the NHL Coach of the Year was looking under the couch for the remote control. When the game went into overtime, he was fishing a Cheez Doodle out of his navel. When it was time to tweak his line, he decided that a ham […]

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Kucherov making a name for himself in playoffs

May 23, 2016 general

Monday, 6 a.m. Once, you looked at Marty St. Louis the way you look at Nikita Kucherov. He, too, had the magic. He, too, had the touch. Once, you looked at Steven Stamkos the way you look at Kucherov. He, too, carried the hope of this team. He, too, was the difference-maker. Once, you looked […]

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