Andy Kent: Tampa looked like a team with no hope
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TAMPA - Maybe it was appropriate that the lights went out on Tampa Bay&#39;s playoff party plans before Sunday&#39;s game against the Carolina Panthers even started.
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With nothing to left play for but pride, the demoralized Tampa Bay Buccaneers showed how much in shambles they are as a last place-clinching, 10-loss team.
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As the Bucs began preparations for Sundayâs playoff game, there was perhaps more optimism surrounding the team than at any point since it won the Super Bowl nearly five years ago.
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Phoenix Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky called this game against the Florida Panthers his team's biggest of the season. It turned out to be a big disappointment.
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It was a rough night for the Colorado Avalanche.
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Before last night's 2-0 loss to the Colorado Avalanche, Bruins coach Dave Lewis got a surprise.
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Bailed out by his offense for the second straight start after lasting less than four innings, Tim Wakefield had few specific reasons for his performances since returning from a missed outing because of back trouble. His health was fine. He thought his pitches were going to be fine. But the Devil Rays - almost always fooled by the knuckleball - ...
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He might have won that game not so much with his play, as with his presence. Carolina went after him in full force, only they forgot to deal with the rest of the Atlanta Falcons in the proper manner.
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FOXBOROUGH - They are a prideful group and felt as if the last two games were not reflective of their potential. They had watched their own offense carve up the opposition and, in turn, lost their own edge.
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Jason Blake&#39;s game-winning goal was an impressive mess of effort for the United States in the World Cup of Hockey. But moments not recorded on the score sheet also contributed
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His team might have lost five of six games and blown a golden opportunity to salvage a sinking season Monday night in St. Louis. But Tampa Bay Bucs coach Jon Gruden
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After Scott Kazmir frustrated him in his first two at-bats, Bobby Kielty waited for a certain pitch the third time around. His patience paid off. Kielty's two-run homer in the fifth spoiled Kazmir's return to the rotation and lifted the Oakland Athletics over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-2 Friday night.
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John Tortorella and the Tampa Bay Lightning found a very unlikely hero in beating the New Jersey Devils &#151; Nick Tarnasky. Tarnasky had his first career game-winning goal and combined with Vincent Lecavalier to score in a 48-second span late in a three-goal second period in a 4-1 win on Sunday.
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defensive end Kyle Budinscak said. &quot;After last year, the embarrassment we had and this past Saturday, us coming out and not coming up with a victory is not an option.
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Three months ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup. Now there might not be a season for the Lightning to defend that championship.
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There are times to go with the strong -- and there are times to go against the weak. In this case, Buffalo, Houston, and Miami. Each looked miserable last week and the hunch is this week will be more of the same.
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The Boston College football team seemed haunted not just by the presence of Doug Flutie on the 22d anniversary of his Hail Mary heave to Gerard Phelan, but also by the disappointment from a 43-17 setback against Syracuse two years ago at Alumni Stadium that thwarted its last and best bid to win the Big East title outright.