McKay

When dreams die; tales of cutdown days

August 30, 2016 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. If you could nail him down, Rich McKay was always an interesting interview. Especially when the police lights were flashing into his face. It was late August of 1997, and I was in McKay’s office for one of those state-of-the-union kind of stories we jammed into the football special sections of the […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Cutdown, Jones, McKay

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

July 24, 2015 general

Friday, 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. I have always understood friction between […]

Tagged as: Angelo, Brooks, Dalton, Expert, Gronkowski, Gruden, luck, McKay, Winston

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Bucs to induct Alstott, Williams into Ring of Honor

May 13, 2015 general

Wednesday, 6:08 p.m. Even now, the memory has not faded. The stands might as well be passionate again. They might as well be filled again. The anticipation that something good might happen was there again. And so it was that Mike Alstott took the football, and he turned into a bumper car. Content beyond this […]

Tagged as: Alstott, Brooks, Bucs, Giles, Gruber, McKay, Ring of Honor, Sapp, Selmon, Williams

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Collins era was a mistake on all fronts

March 11, 2015 general

Wednesday, 8:25 a.m. Being the worst is a distinction all its own. It is unique, and it is remarkable.Think about it. Of all the bad seasons, of all the bad units, of all the bad Bucs, you bring up the rear. You are the worst. You are the biggest mistake. You are the most terrible […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Collins, free agency, Gruden, Harper, Leftwich, McKay, Russell, Steussie

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It’s time for Glazers to make a play for Bucs

March 9, 2015 general

Monday, 6 a.m. For the Tampa Bay Bucs, it is time for a playmaker. It is time for assertiveness. It is time to be aggressive. It is time to pursue in packs. And that’s just the Glazers. The Bucs are in their hands. Yeah, I know. In certain years, the Glazers have broken out the […]

Tagged as: Alllen, Collins, Dominik, free agency, Glazers., Gruden, Johnson, McCown, McKay

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