No matter how angry we get with its sometimes greedy and corrupt characters, sports has a way of always pulling us back in. Maybe it's the fairy-tale factor. Like a fairy tale, sports make us believe anything can happen. ...more

January 6, 2008

There's no sense trying to dress this one up. Job 1 on defense in the NFL is to stop the run, especially come playoff time, and especially when your opponent is a Giants team that ranked fourth in the league in rushing. The Bucs' ultimate objective will be to make the Giants' attack one-dimensional, which means forcing QB Eli Manning into a situation where he must throw the ball to win the game. If the Bucs can't do that, they could be in for a long day. Brandon Jacobs is a powerful runner who can break off large gains and keep the chains moving. He'll follow his guards and his center on an attack that goes right through the middle of the defense, so the Bucs have to fill well from the secondary and get top-level play from DTs Jovan Haye and Chris Hovan. ...more

January 5, 2008

A storybook regular season resplendent with storybook heroes officially comes to an end for the Bucs today. ...more

December 29, 2007

The Bucs' game this weekend against San Francisco is not one many outside the Tampa Bay locker room can get excited about. ...more

December 21, 2007

On the list of the most dangerous things you can do in football, judging a draft class in its first year ranks right up there with fielding a punt inside your own 10-yard line and leaving a cornerback to cover Joey Galloway one-on-one. ...more

December 20, 2007

Go ahead and dream. Dream the impossible. As if there is such a thing anymore. ...more

December 17, 2007

TAMPA – Oh, by the way ... the Bucs won a division championship Sunday. Admittedly that little factoid stands a fair chance of getting lost after Micheal Spurlock became the once-and-forever answer to the trivia question: Who ran the first kickoff back for a touchdown in Bucs history? ...more

December 16, 2007

Earnest Graham, Greg White, Donald Penn, Jovan Haye and Luke McCown have the Bucs hunting for the playoffs. ...more

December 9, 2007

Their once devastating one-two punch is gone. It disappeared when RB Deuce McAllister left the lineup for good after suffering a knee injury, and it has left the Saints a mostly one-dimensional team. ...more

December 1, 2007

Here's to fires that still burn. Here's to Bucs quarterback Jeff Garcia, who plays like he's 27 instead of 37, though his head coach lovingly insists Garcia's face looks 47. ...more

November 24, 2007