Bucs don’t expect immediate stardom

April 28, 2024 general

 Monday, 4 a.m. Gone are the plug-and-play days, those seasons when the Bucs would draft a 21-year-old kid and expect him to the best player on the team. These days, the team and talent need the same thing: Patience. Content beyond this point is for members only. Already a member? To view the rest of […]

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Bolts stay alive with playoff victory

April 28, 2024 general

Monday, 3 a.m. Turns out, the Tampa Bay Lightning isn’t ready to stop playing yet. The Lightning, one foot in the grave in the NHL playoffs, showed a bit of a pulse Sunday afternoon in a 6-3 victory over the Florida Panthers. The Bolts showed their most aggressiveness, their most efficiency, in the victory. Content […]

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Bucs bet on prospects’ abilities

April 27, 2024 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Sometimes, you have to roll the dice. Sometimes, when yoiu are stuck in the back end of the draft, when most of the can’t-miss prospects have been claimed, yoiu have to squint and see the possibilities. And so it was that Jason Licht looked at a linebacker who started two games for […]

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Rays crumble against White Sox in loss

April 27, 2024 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. If you are looking for exhibit A in the argument that the Tampa Bay Rays are off to a dreadful beginning to the 2024 season, this is it. The Rays embarrassed themselves Friday night. Playing agains a woeful Chicago White Sox team — one that had won only three games all season […]

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Bucs pick Barton to rebuild line

April 26, 2024 general

Friday, 4 a.m. You remember things about a champion. You remember the quarterback, the best there ever was. You remember the running back and the cool nickname. You remember the relentless pass rush. And, perhaps, you remember a solid but effective offensive line. The Tampa Bay Bucs took a step toward rebuilding that Thursday night […]

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Bolts on brink of elimination after loss

April 26, 2024 general

Friday, 3 a.m. From here, you can see the darkness. From here, you can hear the silence of an empty arena. You can imagine the fans who may not have much left to cheer about. You can see the rocks below. From here, the Tampa Bay Lightning can see the off-season. The Bolts are down […]

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Mead’s home run leads Rays to victory

April 25, 2024 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. The last thing you might expect from the Tampa Bay Rays is the guy from down under to go up and over. Curtis Mead, hardly a fence-buster, lifted the Rays to a 7-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers with a two-run homer in the sixth inning. It was Mead’s first home run […]

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Bolts fall behind 2-0 in series against Panthers

April 24, 2024 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. The moments when it got away are with them still. Carter Verehaeghe’s winning goal. The save by Sergie Bobrovskiy’s elbow. The four-minute power play where they didn’t score. They might as well look at those moments. It beats looking at their situation. Content beyond this point is for members only. Already a […]

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Rays’ bullpen blows another game

April 24, 2024 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. Stop them if you’ve heard this before. The bullpen of the Tampa Bay Rays is still leaky. The Rays dropped a 4-2 game to Detroit — their fourth loss in five games — when, once again, their relief corps could not make a narrow lead hold up late. This time, the losing […]

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Tigers batter Rays behind Skubal

April 23, 2024 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. The less said about this one, the better. The Tampa Bay Rays were clobbered Monday night, losing a 7-1 rout to the Detroit Tigers and pitcher Tarik Skubal. It was the team’s third loss in its last four games and sent them back to the .500 level at 12-12. The Rays could […]

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