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Gary Shelton has 1999 articles published.

Gary Shelton is one of the most recognized and honored sportswriters in the history of the state. He has won the APSE's national columnist of the year twice and finished in the top 10 eight times. He was named the Florida Sportswriter of the Year six times. Gary joined SaintPetersBlog in the spring, helping to bring a sports presence to the website. Over his time in sports writing, Gary has covered 29 Super Bowls, 10 Olympics, Final Fours, Masters, Wimbledons and college national championships. He was there when the Bucs won a Super Bowl, when the Lightning won a Stanley Cup and when the Rays went to a World Series. He has seen Florida, FSU and Miami all win national championships, and he covered Bear Bryant, Bobby Bowden and Don Shula along the way. He and his wife Janet have four children: Eric, Kevin, K.C. and Tori. To contact, visit [email protected].

Too often, teams think losing is a worse trait than cheating

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More and more, we applaud as our teams deal from the bottom of the deck. More and more, we cheer as they stuff aces up their sleeves. We are immune to cheating. Worse, we seem to have developed a certain appreciation for it, as if those are the guys who are really trying to win. When is the last college football fan you met who was ashamed that his team had broken the rules? When is the last New England…

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Lightning to open next season at home against Philadelphia

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The chase begins anew on Oct. 8 when the Tampa Bay Lightning begins a fresh assault on the Stanley Cup. The Lightning, the NHL runner-up this season, will start their season with seven of their first 10 games on the road. They will finish the season with 15 of their last 25 on the road, including their last four. Tampa Bay struggled away from Amalie Arena in last year’s regular season, but they were the NHL’s best road team during…

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NHL to start looking at possible expansion cities

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The Las Vegas Snake Eyes? The Seattle Salmon? The Toronto Even-Leafiers? Evidently, the race is on for the next NHL expansion hockey teams. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the formal expansion review process will begin July 6, although he cautioned that “this process does not necessarily mean that an expansion team will be granted.” Still, it seems that the league wants to learn what is available and how much revenue it might bring in. Las Vegas is among the early leaders,…

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Lightning’s Steve Yzerman named top general manager

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This time, he won in a landslide. Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman was named General Manager of the Year in the NHL Wednesday evening, compiling 80 points in an easy win. Yzerman, whose Lightning finished second in the NHL this season, won the award over Glenn Sather of the New York Rangers (49 points) and Bob Murray of Anaheim (36 points). It was the first time in the six-year history of the award a Lightning general manager has…

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Rays suffer another shutout in losing to Blue Jays

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When the hitting for the Tampa Bay Rays flickers off, it is a terrible sight to see. The Rays were shut out for the second time in four games Wednesday afternoon at Tropicana Field, losing 1-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays on a day when they flirted with being no-hit. The Rays are ranked 13th out of 15 American League teams in runs scored. This time, it was the Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada who carried a perfect game into the…

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Experts say FSU will be among the best teams in the nation

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At FSU, they would like to think that preseason prognostications mean a great deal. At Florida, not so much. It is the summer, and of course that means that everyone with a typewriter is prepared to tell you how your team will do. If that’s true, then it appears that FSU will be favored in every game it plays. The Florida Gators, in their first season under coach Jim McElwain, will be an underdog five times against a tougher schedule.…

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Rays’ Chris Archer keeps winning, downs Blue Jays

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At this rate, every pitcher in the American League may start dining on salmon and kale. Certainly, it helped to fuel Chris Archer of the Tampa Bay Rays to his latest superb outing, as Archer shut down the high-powered Toronto Blue Jays for his sixth straight victory Tuesday night. Archer allowed only three hits through eight innings and struck out seven. The Rays, who had lost two in a row, snapped back to beat the Blue Jays and stay ahead in…

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