Nationals clobber the Rays as even non-pitchers struggle

June 17, 2015 general

Wednesday, 12:05 a.m. First, Wilson Ramos hit a home run off the first baseman. Then, he hit one off the second baseman. As it turns out, even volunteers couldn’t slow down the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. The Nationals banged out 23 hits and scored 16 runs in an easy victory over the Tampa Bay […]

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How will you remember this Lightning season?

June 16, 2015 general

Tuesday, 12:30 p.m. Now that it is over, how will you remember this hockey season of the Tampa Bay Lightning? For the dominance at home? For the vulnerability that came along later? For Steven Stamkos’ abilities as a scorer? Or for the frustrations at the end? For the fact this was a pretty good team? […]

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Lightning nets nothing as Chicago captures Cup

June 16, 2015 general

Tuesday, 1:07 a.m. For the first time in 270 days, they are out of tomorrows. For the first time in 108 games, time has expired on them. A season ran out for the Tampa Bay Lightning Monday night in Chicago. The Bolts lost a 2-0 game to the Chicago Blackhawks, finishing their question for the […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Johnson, Lightning, Stamkos, Stanley Cup

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Rays’ Souza walks five times in easy victory

June 16, 2015 general

Tuesday, 12:26 a.m. The Washington Nationals let Steven Souza Jr. walk in the off-season. They did it again Wednesday night. Souza walked five times as the Tampa bay Rays rolled to a 6-1 victory over the Nationals Monday night, improving the team record to seven games over .500 and stretching their lead in the AL […]

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It’s time Stamkos was a great scorer once again

June 15, 2015 general

Monday, 8:58 a.m. It has been a very long time since he was a very dangerous player. At this point, no one is sure he can still lift his arms in celebration. Steven Stamkos has not scored since May. That blistering shot of his has been AWOL for seven straight games now. At a time […]

Tagged as: Blackhawks, Johnson, Kucherov, Lightning, Stamkos, Stanley Cup Finals

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Cabrera, of all players, is the Rays’ hitting star

June 14, 2015 general

Sunday, 5:20 p.m. The Tampa Bay Rays were outnumbered. They seemed to be outgunned. The other guys had Chris Sale, who kept sending Rays back to the dugout on a regular basis. And all the Rays had was shortstop Adrubal Cabrera. As matchups go, it was like having a pawn against a queen, like having […]

Tagged as: Cabrera, Cash, Karns, Rays, Souza, White Sox

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Proposed Olympic sports include chess, Frisbee

June 14, 2015 Florida State University

Random Thoughts: – Here’s the reason Demar Dotson returned to Bucs’ camp. He checked the leverage bowl, and he was fresh out. – Steve Kerr lied to the media? Big deal. If coaches were Pinocchio, they would all look like swordfish. – I guess we can assume that Michael Sam didn’t care much for the […]

Tagged as: Bryant, Cromartie, Jenner, Kerr, Lynch, Sam, Solo, Winslow

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Rays beat White Sox, go 5 above .500

June 14, 2015 general

The Tampa Bay Rays won a back-and-forth game against the Chicago White Sox to move five games over .500 in the league standings Saturday. The Rays won by scoring two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning when Steven Souza Jr. singled in David DeJesus and Jake Elmore singled in Souza. Shortstop Alexi Ramirez […]

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Rowdies win big, finish spring in 2nd

June 14, 2015 general

Sunday, 1:34 a.m. The Rowdies did their part, winning by three. The Cosmos, however, would not cooperate. On a night the team from New York would have had to lose by three, they instead tied Jacksonville. It left the Rowdies in second place in their spring season, but with positives. The Rowdies finished the spring […]

Tagged as: Cosmos, Hertzog, Hristov, NASL, Nunez, Rowdies

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Bishop-Hedman collision leaves Bolts reeling

June 14, 2015 general

Sunday, 12:37 a.m. TAMPA All in all, it had been a tough enough week for Ben Bishop. First of all, there was the mysterious injury. Then there was the constant game of dodge-the-question about when he would be able to play next. There were, of course, the experienced Blackhawks. And suddenly, there was teammate Victor […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Blackhawks, Cooper, Hedman, Johnson, Kucherov, Lightning, playoffs, Stamkos

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