Scenes of team getting ready to get ready

February 6, 2015 general

Friday, 2:22 p.m. They rolled the baseballs onto the field Friday. No one wondered if they were deflated. They rolled them past the seats that were still covered in plastic, and past the stacks of dirt that will be used underneath the turf. They rolled them onto the field which, thankfully, was in the shape […]

Tagged as: Archer, Cash, Cobb, Maddon, Rays, Siverman

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Why does Daddy have to sign letter of intent?

February 5, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Thursday, 8:25 p.m. My speech to the Pinellas County Gator Club: First of all, have all of you faxed in your national letters of intent? Show of hands? I don’t know about you, but it seems silly to me that a kid such as CeCe Jefferson has earned a scholarship to college, road and board […]

Tagged as: Emmitt, Florida, Ivy, Jefferson, Meyer, Muschamp, Pell, Spurrie, Teblow, Wuerffel

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Turns out, the Gators have some fight in them

February 4, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Wednesday, 5:26 p.m. If recruiting day taught us anything, it is that the Gators are going to be good in the fourth quarter. And that’s a start. Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Fisher, Florida, FSU, Gators, Ivey, Jefferson, McElwain, Semioles, Taggart

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Testimonial Tuesday: Talking about Gary Shelton

February 3, 2015 general

  Gary has keen knowledge of the sports landscape and has a special was of sharing his expertise. Dick Vitale, Basketball Hall of Fame * * * Not many people know it, but Gary Shelton invented the verb. Just kidding. But from the time I arrived in Tampa Bay, one of the few voices that […]

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Sapp pays hefty price for hookers

February 3, 2015 NFL

Tuesday, 6:01 a.m. Oh, Warren, for crying out loud. How much does a little bit on the side really cost? Warren Sapp, a man who has lived his life on the edge, paid dearly for an early morning prostitute Monday when it cost him his job as an NFL analyst, a gig that brought him, […]

Tagged as: analyst, Bucs, Hall of Fame, NFL network, prostitude, Sapp

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

February 3, 2015 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. 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. As a former general manager, what […]

Tagged as: Belichick, crowd noise, Dungy, Falcons, Kearse, Lynch, Noll, Patriots, Seahawks, Shula, Walsh

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Time’s up for Nabokov; Lightning change goalies

February 2, 2015 general

10:02 a.m. Being nearly 40 years old and leaky is no way to stay in the NHL. Neither is sitting and watching. And so time was bound to run out of Evgeni Nabokov. The play was too sporadic. The kid was too good. The season was too important. And so he went, the Lightning waiving […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Cooper, Lightning, Nabokov, Vasilevskiy, waivers

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What would Lovie have learned from Super Bowl?

February 1, 2015 general

Sunday, 11:05 p.m. You imagine him watching. You imagine him comparing. You remember him looking at various players and thinking “I want one of those.” Yep, it should have been an interesting night of watching the Super Bowl for Lovie Smith. Who needs to get to work. There was so much about the this game […]

Tagged as: Bennett, Brady, Bucs, Edelman, Lynch, Matthews, Patriots, Seahawks, Wilson

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Will this be a Super Bowl for the ages?

February 1, 2015 general

Sunday, 10:20 a.m. Say this for the New England Patriots. Win or lose, they make for a good Super Bowl. Maybe it’s because of the Darth Vader image. Maybe it’s because of efficiencey. Maybe it’s Bill Belichick. Maybe it’s Tom Brady. Maybe it’s a rotationing cast of characters. But when the Patriots are in the […]

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Lightning get another home win, but road awaits

January 31, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:40 p.m. TAMPA Here, they are a juggernaut. Out there on the road, they are another pair of gray pants. Here, they skate like the wind, and their big guys make muscles, and their goaltender plays as if he is at Hell’s Gate. Out there, they skate in circles, the sometimes they get lost, […]

Tagged as: Amalie Arena, Bishop, Bolts, Lightning, NHL, Paquette, winning streak

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