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Rays grow tired of seeing Grant Balfour blow up on the mound

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In the last ride of Grant Balfour, there were runners everywhere. A deficit got out of hand. Gas was thrown on the fire. There was ugly all around. A game was lost. You know, like usual. One of the largest financial mistakes in Rays’ history came to an inglorious end Saturday night. Balfour, brought in as the team’s closer, was released after a miserable outing to the New York Yankees. He walked three. He gave up a grand slam. He turned…

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Lightning finally wins one in the post-season

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TAMPA It was going to come. Of course it was going to come. A team this good doesn’t keep coming up empty. A sport this close doesn’t end up one-sided. Disappointment can’t last forever. And yet, Jon Cooper wondered. When, exactly, would winning start? For the Lightning, it finally happened Saturday. After going 0-for-five over the previous two seasons, Tampa Bay finally took one to the bank Saturday afternoon in a 5-1 victory over Detroit. Finally, Ben Bishop was solid…

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Gary Shelton: Lightning finds a way to lose its playoff opener

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Some losses, a team slinks away. Some losses, it talks of how much better it will do. Some losses, it vows to do away with its mistakes. This one. First, the Lightning has to figure out what happened. This time, a 3-2 loss in their playoff opener left the Lightning players muttering to themselves, trying to figure out how such an advantage on one of the game’s most meaningful statistics — shots — didn’t turn things in their direction. The…

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As Lightning enter playoffs, it’s not fair to compare them to 2003-04 team

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That team did it. This team might. That team, the 2003-04 Lightning, won 16 playoff games. That team lifted the cup. That team skated into immortality. This team? Well, it’s one of 16 that has a chance. When it comes to comparing a team that took home a trophy and a team that hopes to, that’s pretty much all you can say. As the Lighting opens its post-season play tonight, it has a pulse. It has an opportunity. But if…

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Jury finds Patriots’ Aaron Hernandez guilty of murder

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In the end, he will be remembered as a murderer. Nothing more. Aaron Hernandenz had it all. Fame. Fortune. Love. Respect. Instead, he sacrificed it all. As a result, Hernandez will be remembered as one of the worst criminals to ever come out of a Florida college. Jurors found Hernandez, a tight end for the New England Patriots and formerly of the University of Florida, guilty of murdering Odin Lloyd. He will serve life in prison without the possibility of…

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All Bucs fans are not behind the team drafting Jameis Winston

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Here, he is not a savior. Here, he is not the next big thing. Here, he is not a glittering ball of potential on his way to town. Here, he is not the quarterback the Bucs have always desired. Here, Jameis Winston is simply a mistake who is waiting to happen. Just that. The conversation happens in a second-story office building, where four interested bystanders sit around a round table and talk of the upcoming draft. Perhaps, your office looks…

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Phillip Buchanon’s troubles a reminder for us all on athletes

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To Phillip Buchanon’s mother, it came down to about a buck a reason. Seems fair, right? One of the juiciest tidbits of the recent book by Buchanon, the former Buc cornerback, was that on the day he was the 17th overall pick by the Raiders, Buchanon’s mother asked him for $1 million for raising him. With the NFL draft just in front of us, it is a telling glimpse into the financial struggles that many athletes face as they enter…

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