Lightning rebounds to beat Minnesota in wild game

November 23, 2014 Tampa Bay Lightning

Welcome to the future. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, this is the image of hockey as it will be in those tense, terrific days ahead. It is 2015, late April, and the team will be a little desperate. The opposition will have them outnumbered and outgunned. The arena will not have enough oxygen. The lead […]

Tagged as: Lightning, Stamkos

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Sure Lovie wants last laugh. He just won’t say it

November 22, 2014 general

When Thor was thrown out of Asgard, it mattered. All those years that Napoleon spent on Elba, it mattered. When Lance Armstrong had his bike taken away from him, it mattered. So, yeah, if you want to guess, Sunday probably means a lot to Lovie Smith. Of course it does. How could it not? Time […]

Tagged as: Lovie, NFL picks, Todayk

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Rays down to a surprising trio to manage

November 21, 2014 Tampa Bay Rays

No Dave Martinez. No Charlie Montoyo. No Barry Larkin. No fooling? The Tampa Bay Rays whittled their list of candidates to three finalists Friday evening, and if you successfully picked the last three standing, then the team should hire you immediately. Because you know what the front office is thinking, which evidently, no one else […]

Tagged as: managerial, Rays, search

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Weekend preview…hitting to all fields

November 21, 2014 College Sports in Florida

In Gainesville… He would probably be a candidate to be the head coach if, say, Georgia had a job opening. He would probably be a candidate if was LSU, or Tennessee, or Mississippi State. He’d be a great fit at Texas A&M or Arkansas or Oklahoma State. Just not at Florida. There, Kirby Smart need […]

Tagged as: Florida, FSU, Lightning, Miami, Rays

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Bucs, Bears share history with Angelo

November 21, 2014 general

Half of his DNA belongs to the Bucs. The other half belongs to the Bears. This week, in particular, what is a guy to do? Jerry Angelo looks into his coffee cup and smiles. He sits at a restaurant in south St. Petersburg and laughs about the good times, some of them here, some of […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Lovie Smith, NFL

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The wasted talent of the three amigos

November 20, 2014 general

Together, they were a constellation. Together, they were stars on the rise. There was such much talent among them. They were spotlights on parade, electricity in your hands. Glance at them, and you could only dream of what the future might hold. You could not help but envision the moments they would have, the touchdowns […]

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Finally, McCown turns tears into triumph

November 19, 2014 Tampa Bay Bucs

TAMPA Somewhere beyond the tears, somewhere on the other side of the fire, we have learned something about the quarterback-for-now. Somewhere in the middle, we have learned there is something to like about Josh McCown, after all. No, he is not everything you want in a quarterback. He is not young, and his arm is […]

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Bucs should win despite their draft position

November 18, 2014 Tampa Bay Bucs

The air smells cleaner. The sun shines brighter. The music plays a little louder. For the moment, the Tampa Bay Bucs have stopped the laughter. For once, they have won a football game. Yay. Just like that, their plan looks sharper, their coach seems smarter and their future looks better. The winning streak is at […]

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To win, the Bucs need to be in a rush

November 17, 2014 general

TAMPA The distance between success and failure isn’t that far, really. You can measure it in the length of your driveway. In the width of a small bedroom. Less than the distance of swimming pool. From here to there. It’s that tantalizingly close. Most weeks, you can almost reach out and touch it. It’s the […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Lovie Smith, pass rush

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Catch a Rising Star: Mike Evans

November 17, 2014 Tampa Bay Bucs

Coming for Christmas: Mike Evans jerseys. And Mike Evans bobbleheads. And Mike Evans action figures. Soon, there will be the Mike Evans chess set, the Mike Evans footballs and the Mike Evans toothbrushes. A Greatest Hits CD is coming soon. For the right fee, I am certain that Evans will juggle at birthday parties. Yeah, […]

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