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Lightning gets lucky bounces in win over Carolina

December 12, 2014 general

Friday, 12:30 a.m. TAMPA Some games, you win by skill. Some games, you win by smarts. Some games, you win by muscle. Then there are games like this one, which you find lying in a field of four-leaf clovers. This time, money fell from the sky, and winning lottery tickets floated by on the breeze. […]

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Lightning fights slump after second straight loss

December 10, 2014 general

Wednesday, 12:39 a.m. TAMPA The word itself seems hard to say. It catches in the throat as if it were foreign, as if its very pronunciation caused pain to attempt. It sticks on something down in the throat, and for some reason, it cannot get past the tongue. It is a stranger’s word, and it […]

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Lightning blows a tire against a bad Jackets’ team

December 6, 2014 general

11:59 p.m., Saturday TAMPA At a time such as this, former coach John Tortorella would growl. An ugly, profane noise would start deep down inside of him, and it would leave his lips with such force it would scald your eardrums. Even the nice words would sound like curse words, not that there would be […]

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Bishop manages to stay awake as Lightning cruises

December 5, 2014 general

TAMPA Sometimes, success comes hard. Sometimes, you have to make that extra effort along the way. Sometimes, you have to find that extra something. Just ask Ben Bishop. Bless his heart, he had to stay awake. In a game that attempted to bore Bishop to death, the Lightning goaltender managed to fight off boredom and […]

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Ask the expert: Phil Esposito

December 3, 2014 general

Phil Esposito was a Hall of Fame forward for the Boston Bruins. Not only that, the Tampa Bay Lightning was his brainchild, and he was the team’s first owner. Even now, he works on the team’s radio crew. Each week, Esposito will answer questions from readers. To ask Phil a question, send it to GarySheltonsports@gmail.com […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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