Hey, didn’t you used to be Doug Martin?

November 25, 2014 Tampa Bay Bucs

TAMPA Looking back, no one remembers the details of his features. That’s because, for the longest time, Doug Martin was a blur. Back when he was a rookie, no one saw Martin standing still. He was always in motion – so good,  so fast, so elusive — that it seemed as if the Tampa Bay […]

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Someday, they’ll love Marty again. Just not yet

November 25, 2014 general

For all time, his face would be frozen in triumph. His mouth would be open, caught in mid-celebration. His eyes would be on fire. His arms would be raised, the way they were so often. For accuracy’s sake, there would be a trickle of blood running down his forehead. This is what the statue of […]

Tagged as: Lightning, St. Louis

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The best Bucs’ QB? It’s a debate without a winner

November 24, 2014 general

Some arguments are silly. Some arguments are pointless. Some arguments don’t have a defendable position available. This one, for instance: Josh McCown vs. Mike Glennon. Yikes. I know, I know. We are in the final third of a wasted season, and you would like very much to find something to care about. This guy vs. […]

Tagged as: Bucs, quarterback, Winston

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McCown struggles as the Bucs blow an opportunity

November 23, 2014 Tampa Bay Bucs

Looking back, perhaps Josh McCown should have saved his tears. This week, a lot of people might have wept along with him. After watching the Tampa Bay Bucs hand one over to the Chicago Bears, he could have led a cry-along. McCown had perhaps the worst day a quarterback with 341 yards passing has ever […]

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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 […]

Tagged as: Blount, Bucs, Freeman

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