How much of the Rays’ poor results are on Cash?

September 23, 2015 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. His team has fallen so hard, so fast, you might think that the AL East is an empty elevator shaft. The Tampa Bay Rays have stepped off of the ledge of a building, and every day, it seems they plummet past another floor. You feel confident that if the division had more […]

Tagged as: Cash, Kiermaier, Maddon, Rays

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Thurman carves out his own legacy in boxing

September 22, 2015 Boxing

Tuesday, 6 a.m. Inside a small building, constructed by sweat and held upright by dreams, the champion of the world sits on a bench and grins. In front of him is his home, the ring. Around him, bags of various shapes dangle from the ceiling. There are boxing posters on the walls, surrounding motivational phrases. […]

Tagged as: Boxer, Leonard, Maywather, Thurman

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Bucs, Smith give each other what they need

September 21, 2015 general

After a while, a man gets used to his path being blocked. One team after another would look at Jacquies Smith, and one team after another would shake its head. He wasn’t big enough. He wasn’t strong enough. He wasn’t special enough. After a while, then, Smith’s story was written on pink slips, defined by […]

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Miami’s Kaaya continues to lead state QBs

September 21, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Quarterbacks are the reason that the powerhouse teams of the state are unbeaten. And quarterbacks are the reason each team has a chance to remain that way. A brief look, then, at the state’s quarterbacks after Week Three. 1. Brad Kaaya, Miami: Kaaya’s value was never more apparent that in Saturday’s overtime victory against Nebraska. […]

Tagged as: FSU, Golson, Grier, Kaaya, Miami

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Winston regains his swagger in a week 2 victory

September 20, 2015 general

He belongs. Finally. Fully. Gather the quarterbacks of the NFL into a group, and yes, he is one of them now. Jameis Winston joined the club Sunday afternoon when he finally played in a game where he made a difference. He had had a good day. He won a game. He went on the road […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, defense, Saints, Winston

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Bucs find a glimmer of hope in beating Saints

September 20, 2015 general

Sunday, 7:15 p.m. After a week when voices near and far ran them through the wringer, the men in red rose up to turn the Mercedes-Benz Superdome blue. For the moment, the gloomy skies above the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have parted, the monsoon has blown away and the thunderous words of anger directed at them […]

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Kiermaier gives Rays fans a nice moment

September 20, 2015 Tampa Bay Rays

Maybe it was the speed. Maybe it was the hustle. And maybe, just maybe, it was the moment. Kevin Kiermaier gave his fans a taste of all of it in the ninth inning Sunday, beating out a soft single for an infield hit to bring home the Rays’ winning run in a 7-6 victory over […]

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Random Thoughts: Sharper considered for HOF?

September 20, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hello, I’m Tiger Woods, and the  reason I need back surgery? To get my critics off it. Anyway, I  won’t be back until it’s 2002 again. – Making the Hall of Fame as a safety is like winning with Iditarod with cats, but John Lynch made the first cut again. His competition […]

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Florida beats Kentucky; what else is new?

September 19, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 11:29 p.m. Certain things, you can count on. Sunrises. The sun rising in the East. Noise on the radio. And Florida beating Kentucky. Again. For 29 years, since the year that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were born, from the year of the Challenger disaster, since Ronald Reagan was president, Florida has owned the Kentucky Wildcats. Well, it happened again. […]

Tagged as: Florida, FSU, Grier, Miami

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Rays near last place after losing to Orioles

September 19, 2015 general

Saturday, 10 p.m.                   The good start. The new faces. The resiliency in the face of injury. For the Tampa Bay Rays, it has all disappeared. In it’s place? Well, a half-step lower, and what the Rays will own is last place. A 2-1 loss to the […]

Tagged as: Last Place, Orioles, Ramirez, Rays

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