Saban to Bucs? Sounds like dreaming to me

January 13, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. If you are going to dream, dream big. If you are going to imagine, imagine wild. If you are going to try to make up a rumor, well, make one up that will get some buzz, right? All of which explains the brand new Nick-Saban-to-the-Bucs reports that seem to be making the […]

Tagged as: Alabama, Buc;s, Coach, Saban

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Alabama adds one more title to its dynasty

January 12, 2016 Florida State University

Monday, 6 a.m. Start with the coach. In college football, you always start with the coach. This one is a small, aging man who is constantly in a bad mood. In fact, it has become a bit of a punch line what a grump Nick Saban is and how seldom he seems to get a […]

Tagged as: Alabama, Clemson, National title, Saban

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Alabama keeps adding titles to its legacy

January 11, 2016 College Sports in Florida

Monday, 6 a.m. The University of Alabama invented the idea of fourth-and-one. Also, it invented the idea of going for it. And so it goes. There are stories and myths, fables and lore. There are invented championships and reworked history. There are great moments and great fabrications. This is a football program that seems like […]

Tagged as: Alabama, Bear, Clemson, Lore, Saban

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Random Thoughts: Bucs barely missed playoffs

January 10, 2016 general

Just think. If the NFL expanded its playoffs to only 22 teams, the Bucs would still barely miss. – If Nick Saban wins on Monday night, do they change the name of the joint to Sabanburg? – Just getting it out there. Next year, I plan to vote for Fred McGriff again. I do not […]

Tagged as: Gase, Koetter, Lovie, Rays

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Ask Gary: Ready to accept Koetter as Bucs’ coach?

January 9, 2016 Florida State University

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, 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 or be funny. Send the […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Evans, Koetter, Rays

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

January 8, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. 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. Were you surprised by Lovie Smith’s […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Pagano, Predictions Expert

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If the Bucs hire Koetter, are they better off?

January 8, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. On the afternoon of October 25, no one thought Dirk Koetter was the solution to the Bucs’ problems. The Bucs had just had a meltdown against the Washington Redskins. The offense, which had come so far under Koetter, had blown a late first-and-goal situation from the five that could have iced the […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Koetter, Smith, Winston

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Bucs start over, fire Lovie Smith as coach

January 7, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. The move smacks of desperation. It cries out of impatience. It was sudden, and it was shocking, and it was dramatic. But, in the echo of Lovie Smith’s firing, is any of that really wrong? For the Tampa Bay Bucs, these are desperate times. Shouldn’t the team be impatient? Doesn’t the situation […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Fired, Koetter, Smith, Winston

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When will another Ray make the Hall of Fame?

January 7, 2016 general

Wednesday, 5:45 a.m. The Hall of Fame doesn’t happen here. Not anymore. Not a career’s worth, anyway. If you found a smile to match Ken Griffey Jr.’s on Tuesday when he was a near-unanimous selection to the Hall, or one for Mike Piazza, the tough-hitting catcher, that was good. It’s getting hard to find keepers […]

Tagged as: baseball, Boggs, Hall of Fame, Longoria

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Making an impact: Osmundson made a difference

January 6, 2016 general

On the other side of our last breath, all that remains is the struggle we took on. It is then that the length of a person’s shadow can be measured. It is then that we can tell of a life worth living. It is then that we mattered, or that we did not. Linda Osmundson […]

Tagged as: CASA, Domestic Violence, Dukes, Osmundson

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