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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

April 7, 2016 general

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. Thursday, 6 a.m. Greg Hardy went into damage control […]

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Do Bucs have a better shot at free agency this year?

March 28, 2016 general

Monday, 6 a.m. When evaluating the players in a team’s shopping cart, you start with this admission. This might not work out, either. That’s the thing you have to keep in mind about free agency. Failure is always an option. It doesn’t matter how much you spend, or how many years you invest, or how […]

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Random thoughts: Winston fourth among QBs

March 27, 2016 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hello, I’m Ben Affleck, and instead of all this conversation about bat flips, I think we should talk about the Bat flop. – Seriously, Goose Gossage, then Johnny Bench, now Mike Schmidt are grumbling about how things aren’t how they used to be. What? Is this Aunt Bee’s pickling social? Let players […]

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Trying to get a clue about this year’s NFL draft

March 25, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. The last time I felt like this, I was in biology class, and I think the test was in Chinese. Or was it Chinese class, and the test was biological? Everyone seemed to know the answers but me. My palms were sweating. My throat was dry. Small animals were running around in […]

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Is Ayers the answer he appears to be for Bucs?

March 17, 2016 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. On the video, he looks fast enough. He looks strong enough. He looks talented enough. On the video, he looks like the answer. But is he? Punch up the highlights, and Robert Ayers can finish. He can blow by an offensive tackle, and he can race his teammates into the backfield, and […]

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A quick quiz on sports in Tampa Bay

March 16, 2016 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. How well do you know Tampa Bay sports? Pick up your No. 2 pencil. Keep your eyes on your own paper. 1. Why are the Tampa Bay Rays traveling to Cuba? a.). To make fun of Fidel Castro’s beard. b.). To look for bullpen help. c,). To help further American-Cuban relations. d.). […]

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Free agency has been the first clue to Bucs’ coaches

March 15, 2016 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. It is the first sign of hope. It is the first hint of failure. It means that reinforcements are on the way. Or that money is being thrown into the street. It can mean the final piece of a turnaround. It can be Simeon Rice or Hardy Nickerson, Brad Johnson or Joe […]

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Ask Gary: The Bucs had a better free agent plan

March 12, 2016 general

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning 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 […]

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Bucs have struggled to find defensive ends

March 11, 2016 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. The latest fix-up is falling through the draft, passing quarterbacks and cornerbacks as he goes. Oops, there goes a linebacker. Oops, there is an offensive tackle. Joey Bosa? Stumble on down. And so, as the Bucs sit and ponder just how far Bosa might plummet, perhaps you want to consider how a […]

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Bucs are betting they signed the good Martin

March 10, 2016 general

Thursday, 6 a.m. A year ago, no one cared which direction Doug Martin might have run. He was yesterday’s flavor, a kid who had hit the league hard but had been spent the two seasons afterward getting hit hard. He was the product of the previous coach, a memory in cleats. He ran between disappointment […]

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