Bucs and Falcons are used to playing for it all

December 4, 2015 general

Friday, 6 a.m. They played for a field goal kicker. They played for a running back. Heck, once upon a time, they played for a general manager. Winner gets Rich McKay, and don’t you wonder what Jon Gruden would have done with him if he had won. So yeah, here at the biggest Bucs game […]

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USF women overwhelm Harvard for easy win

December 3, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Wednesday, 11:15 p.m. The USF women’s basketball team has its own version of the triplets, it turns out. Three players – Alisa Jenkins, Maria Jespersen and Courtney Williams – were more than enough as the Bulls beat Harvard, 86-59. The three of them scored 64 points – enough to win all by themselves – and […]

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Williams helped pave the road for Bucs’ Winston

December 3, 2015 general

Thursday, 6 a.m He heard the insults, mean and hateful, that fell out of  out of the stands like barbed wire. In some ways, perhaps, that has something to do with the cheers that Jameis Winston hears. His team fought him for every nickel, even while he was the lowest paid starting quarterback in the […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Culverhouse, Williams, Winston

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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

December 3, 2015 general

Thursday, 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. Who is the best backup quarterback […]

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One man’s thoughts on the Alabama-Florida rivalry

December 2, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Wednesday, 6 a.m. To a boy with a reporter’s pad, he was the largest man on earth. His skin was leather. His voice was gravel. He spoke slowly, seriously, and you dared not interrupt. He was Bear Bryant, and he was a legend long before the boy got there. It was 1978, and he was […]

Tagged as: Alabama, Bryant, Florida, Spurrier

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Do you realistically believe the Bucs have shot?

December 1, 2015 NFL

Tuesday, 6 a.m. Forget about mathematically. How about realistically? And so at this point of the sentence, we type “Bucs,” and at that point we type “playoffs,” and we look around the room to see if anyone is grinning. It has been that way forever —  not an appearance since after the 2007 season, not […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, NFL, playoffs, Smith

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Dissecting the Bucs’ latest loss to Indianapolis

November 30, 2015 general

Monday, 6 a.m. Say the object was to lose. Say that the point was like golf, and a team was trying to score less than its opponent. Then here is how you do it. You play like the Bucs. You commit penalties. You drop passes. You miss kicks. You do not rush. You don’t cover. […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Colts, Loss, Self-destruction

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Bucs fall into old bad habits against Colts

November 29, 2015 general

Sunday, 7:25 p.m. Teams on the other side of a turnaround do not lose to 40-year-old backup quarterbacks. The Tampa Bay Bucs did. Teams who are getting it together do not have 12 penalties for 95 yards. The Bucs did. Teams who are on the upswing do not constantly blow pass coverage. The Bucs did. […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Colts, defeat, Winston

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USF wins its second game over Savannah State

November 29, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 7:15 p.m. USF won its second game of the season Sunday by a score of 67-57, closing out Savannah State from the free throw line in the late going. The Bulls led only by three with 1:34 to play, but Roddie Peters hit three of four free throws and Jaleel Cousins hit two of […]

Tagged as: Basketball, Cousins, Savannah State, USF

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Random Thoughts: Could Chip replace Goofy?

November 29, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hello. I’m Jimbo Fisher. And I’m staying at FSU because, well, someone has to be the new Burt Reynolds. – I know that Johnny Manziel is a frat boy who needs to stand in the corner for a while, but did the Browns really demote him for partying on his off-time? At […]

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