Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

October 7, 2015 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. Wednesday, 6 a.m. The Dolphins fired Joe Philbin this […]

Tagged as: Angelo, Buc;s, Expert, NFL, Winston

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First month in NFL has been difficult for Winston

October 6, 2015 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. At times like this, it feels wrong. At times like this, he feels wrong. The National Football League looks too big for Jameis Winston, too fast, too slick. The schemes that the opposition uses seems too advanced, too complicated. He has dared to be a rookie, merely one month into his career, […]

Tagged as: interceptions, Manning, Smith, Winston

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Couldn’t the Bucs use an effort like Alstott’s?

October 5, 2015 general

Monday, 6 a.m. For a running back, there wasn’t a lot of wiggle to his game. That’s okay. There were other guys to wiggle. There were faster guys, and there were sleeker guys, and there were guys who could dance more in the hole. There were guys who gained more yards. There were guys who […]

Tagged as: Alstott, Brooks, Buc;s, Gruden

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Scattered passing, scattered kicking beat Bucs

October 4, 2015 general

Sunday, 9:40 a.m. The frustration fell like drops from the sky, relentless and unending. It always seems to rain on the unloved. The torrents came, each drop representing a bad moment in a defeat. We all have seen a storm of failure when it comes to the Bucs, and it does not seem that the […]

Tagged as: Brindza, Buc;s, Lovie, Panthers, Smith, Winston

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Rays close out 2015 by slamming Blue Jays

October 4, 2015 general

For an entire season, Tampa Bay had waited for this imaginary beast called the “grand slam.” Other teams hit them. Some others hit a lot of them. But not this one. Not for  161 games. Oh, there were solo shots, and there were some two-run jobs, and every now and then, there was a three-spot. […]

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Random Thoughts: Dolphins to ax another coach?

October 4, 2015 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hello. I’m Charlie Strong, and the eyes of Texas are upon me. Soon, the toes of the boots will be, too. – Steve Bartman has declined an offer of fans to attend the Cubs’ first playoff game. So the Cub outfielders are on their own. – Turns out, Don Shula really was […]

Tagged as: Corso, Harding, NFL, Phillips, Tiger

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Rays’ Beckham has a moment to take home with him

October 4, 2015 general

Sunday, 12:10 a.m. There he was, the man who is not Buster Posey, having a party. He grinned and he gestured, and he waited for the teammates who flooded toward him. He had waited so long for a night like this, so long for a moment to declare that maybe there was something special about […]

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In his wisdom, McElwain slow to praise Grier

October 3, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:55 p.m. Jim McElwain is the smartest man in Gainesville, of course. No one is going to second-guess a coach who has resurrected a program on its deathbed. He is Einstein. He is Hawking. He is Sheldon Cooper. You could power villages with his brain power. He is smart, and he is accomplished, and […]

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Ask Gary: The NFL goes a month without an arrest

October 3, 2015 general

(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 […]

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Offense not good enough in South Florida loss

October 2, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Friday, 11:38 p.m. The defense of the South Florida Bulls played well enough to think about an upset Friday night. The offense? Not so much. The Bulls fell to 1-3 on the season, losing a 24-17 decision to the undefeated Memphis Tigers. USF held Memphis to less than half of the 53.7 points per game […]

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