Ask Gary: Rookie QBs, deflategate and lefty hitters

May 16, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 6 a.m. (Each week, the readers take over 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 […]

Tagged as: Bartkowski, Longoria, Marino, Rookies, Scully, Vinik, Winston

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Rowdies players eager to play against old team

May 15, 2015 general

Friday 1 p.m. There was a time that this would not have been nearly as pleasant a weekend. The crowd wouldn’t be as friendly, and the game would be on the road, and atmosphere would be hostile. You know, back in the days where they wore the wrong colors. Content beyond this point is for […]

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Lightning prepares to play a familiar face in playoffs

May 15, 2015 general

Friday, 9:15 a.m. There was a time it was Ruth’s town. A little later, it was DiMaggio’s. And Mantle’s. And Namath’s. And Messier’s. And Reed’s. And Jackson’s. It was Taylor’s. And Steinbrenner’s. And Jeter’s. The greats have passed it down like a torch, every one of them taking a bite from the Big Apple. These […]

Tagged as: Callahan, Conference Final, Lightning, St. Louis, Stamkos, Yzerman

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Ramirez is an unlikely hero as Rays win another

May 14, 2015 general

Thursday, 11;16 p.m. Rameriz won for the first time in 13 1/2 months./JEFFREY S. KING St. Petersburg The cavalry doesn’t always look the way you might expect when it charges over the hill. Sometimes, help comes from the darnedest places. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing your latest really big deal for the Tampa Bay Rays: Erasmo […]

Tagged as: Cash, Loney, Ramirez, Rays, Rivera, Souza, Yankees

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Kiermaier comes in to just enough stop Yankees

May 13, 2015 general

Wednesday, 11:49 p.m. St. Petersburg Kevin Kiermaier had a hunch. In baseball, there are worse things. Kiermaier, the center fielder for the Rays, was at his post in the fifth inning when Carlos Beltran came to the plate with the tying run on second. For Kiermaier, that could have meant Content beyond this point is […]

Tagged as: Beltran, Butler, Cabrera, Karms, Kiermaier, Rays, Yankees

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Bucs to induct Alstott, Williams into Ring of Honor

May 13, 2015 general

Wednesday, 6:08 p.m. Even now, the memory has not faded. The stands might as well be passionate again. They might as well be filled again. The anticipation that something good might happen was there again. And so it was that Mike Alstott took the football, and he turned into a bumper car. Content beyond this […]

Tagged as: Alstott, Brooks, Bucs, Giles, Gruber, McKay, Ring of Honor, Sapp, Selmon, Williams

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Rays rally to beat Yankees, remain in second

May 13, 2015 general

Wednesday, 1:49 a.m. The night couldn’t have started a lot worse for the Tampa Bay Rays. It couldn’t have finished a lot better. The Rays came from behind Tuesday night to beat the Yankees 4-2 to remain in second place in the American League East. It was a nice way to finish a terrible start […]

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Lightning excels in Game Six, eliminates Montreal

May 13, 2015 general

Wednesday, 12:14 a.m. TAMPA The seas were rough. The boat was sinking. There were sharks in the water. It was not a good time to be a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning, whose season Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Kucherov, Lightning, Montreal, NHL, Palat, playoffs, Stamkos, Tampa Bay

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Lightning has made memories in Game Six

May 12, 2015 general

Tuesday, 7:00 a.m. Moments are made at times such this. Men, too. Game six. Win or go home. Yes, you can talk about Game Seven all you wish, and how it is the ultimate walk across the tightrope. You can talk about how Tampa Bay once beat Calgary in a Game Seven win the Stanley […]

Tagged as: Game Six, Khabibulin, Lightning, St. Louis, Stamkos

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Goodell over-punishes Brady for stealing air

May 11, 2015 general

Monday, 11:40 p.m. There for awhile, he had us. He was the strong commissioner, the hanging commissioner, the two-fisted commissioner. He can in slapping down suspensions, and everyone thought that Roger Goodell as the right muscle for the job. But that was long ago, and a great many stubbed toes have passed. Too many players […]

Tagged as: Aqib, Brady, Deflate, Goodell, Patriots, Pittman, Taylor

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