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Lightning wins 9th straight on Alex Killorn’s overtime goal

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The streak has reached record proportions. The Tampa Bay Lightning won their ninth straight game Saturday night, the most in the history of the franchise. The previous best was eight in the Stanley Cup-winning season of 2004. Alex Killorn scored the winning goal with 42.5 seconds left in overtime to snap a 3-3 tie with the Carolina Hurricanes. Ondrej Palat scored two goals and Tyler Johnson scored one when the Bolts trailed 3-2 in the third period. Killorn took the…

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Goaltender Ben Bishop leads Lightning to 3rd straight win

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There are times he seems taller than his 6-foot-seven. There are times he seems to be bigger than his 216 pounds. Take the closing moments of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 4-2 victory over the Carolina Panthers, when Ben Bishop was as huge as you could imagine. Bishop closed out the victory with perfect goaltending, stopping all 17 third period shots. Some of them were terrific saves, prompting coach Jon Cooper to refer to the closing moments as “the Ben Bishop…

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Year in Review: Season of turmoil ends with Miami heading in new direction

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It ended OK, OK? A season of turmoil ended with a football team that wasn’t terrible, with a quarterback who was pretty good, and with a new coach who looks promising for the Miami Hurricanes. It wasn’t the prettiest season for Miami, what with giving up 59 points to North Carolina and 58 to Clemson, with coach Al Golden being fired, with the controversy of a last-second kickoff return against Duke. In the end, however, Miami was a bowl team,…

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Tampa Bay Lightning resemble their old selves in victory over Carolina

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Now, that’s the Tampa Bay Lightning you remember. Fast. Skilled. Gathered in front of the net to celebrate another goal. You know. Those guys. After a scoring drought in which the team scored only two goals in a four-game losing streak, the Bolts broke out against Carolina. It finished 4-3, but only because the Hurricanes scored two goals in the final minutes. Goaltender Andrej Vasilevskiy made his first start of the season for the Lighting and stopped 32 shots in…

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When’s a hurricane going to be named after your buddy Ignacio?

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As Tropical Storm Erika comes barreling toward Florida and Tampa Bay sits menacingly inside the cone of uncertainty, the Tampa Bay Times wants you to know a bit about where those names come from and why some of us will sadly never become a hurricane. According to the Times, the National Hurricane Center used a combination of letters and numbers to describe hurricanes. But apparently that wasn’t easy enough to market and lended to a bit of confusion. With names,…

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Miami Hurricanes making strides toward returning to an elite defense

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They are not Ray Lewis, Warren Sapp and the boys again. Not yet. But the University of Miami’s defense has gotten closer. The Hurricanes took huge strides defensively a year ago. This year, under head coach Al Golden, more steps are needed. “There were dramatic improvements,” said defensive coordinator Mark D’Onfrio to the Miami Herald. “Now we have to take the next step.” A year ago, UM went from 90th to 14th in total defensee and from 76th to fifth…

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Magazine says FSU football will rule the state again, win ACC

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The oldest adage in sports is that a football season is not played on paper. That’s true. But paper can get a fan through the off-season. Take, for instance, the latest issue of Athlon Magazine, which predicts, among other things, that the state will still belong to Florida State this year. Athlon says the Seminoles will win their fourth consecutive ACC title. It has FSU finishing ninth in the country, at 10-2. It has them playing in the Peach Bowl…

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