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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Ask Gary: Looking back on Myers, Zobrist trades

September 19, 2015 general

Saturday, 6 a.m. (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 […]

Tagged as: Attendance, Myers, Rays, Smith, Winston, Zobrist

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FSU’s defense stands up in victory over Eagles

September 19, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 12:10 a.m. Turns out, FSU has some guys who can play on the other side of the ball, too. Oh, most of what you hear about the Seminoles is about Dalvin Cook. And the rest of it is about Everett Golson. But when it counts, Antonio Smith and Jalen Ramsey can play a bit, […]

Tagged as: Boston Collge, FSU, Ramsey< Smith

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Does the Rays future look like Mahtook, Beckham?

September 18, 2015 general

Friday, 11:50 p.m. Squint, and see you can see him as a corner outfielder for, oh, another decade or so. Imagine, and you envision seeing him as a middle-of-the-order hitter that will make seasons much better than this one. Yeah, let your fantasies run wild, and you can imagine Mikie Mahtook being a very big […]

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The ultimate Buc-killer? Why, it’s still Brees

September 18, 2015 general

By the time he was his age, Joe Namath was finished. Norm Van Brocklin was in the home. Jim Kelly. And Terry Bradshaw. And Bob Griese. And Troy Aikman. By the time he was his age, Joe Montana had seen the last of his 20-touchdown seasons. Dan Marino was done throwing for 30. Dan Fouts was […]

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Moore makes you remember who he once was

September 17, 2015 general

Thursday, 11:27 p.m. Hey, didn’t you used to be Matt Moore? Yeah, sure. I’d recognize you anywhere. The wide smile. The bushy eyebrows. The magic arm. This was the guy we remember, all right. The guy who won 17 gmes. The guy who was an all-star. The guy who looked like he would be a […]

Tagged as: Colume, Moore, Orioles, Rays

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