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Center Tyler Johnson injured as Tampa Bay loses final game to Montreal

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Repeat it to yourself: It just didn’t matter. The Tampa Bay Lightning lost Saturday night to Montreal, 5-2, for the third time in its last four games, and it’s fifth time in its last eight, to conclude its regular season. Tampa Bay now proceeds to play Detroit in the playoffs. The Lightning absorbed more than defeat, however. Center Tyler Johnson was driven into the boards by Greg Pateryn, which left Jon Cooper livid. “There’s honor and there’s respect, and that…

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Lightning gets two goals from Tyler Johnson to win eighth straight

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For most of the season, he has been missing from the ice. Just when you thought it might happen again after suffering a gash to the forehead Sunday night, however, Tampa Bay’s Tyler Johnson stood tall. Johnson, who has played in only 26 games this season, had the first two-goal game of the season Monday night in a 2-1 victory over Toronto. Johnson, who had a terrific season a year ago, had scored only nine goals coming into the game. It…

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Lightning makes stunning comeback to beat Nashville

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Time was running out on the Tampa Bay Lightning. Another half-minute, and the team’s third straight loss would be completed. Then, with 27 seconds left to play, Steven Stamkos scored to snap a personal slump. Then, 64 seconds into overtime, Tyler Johnson scored again. Just like that, the Lightning won in a remarkable comeback, 4-3 over the Nashville Predators. It was the team’s ninth straight win on home ice. Stamkos drew a slashing penalty late, setting up three straight shots.…

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Lightning’s offense clicking again in big win over Pittsburgh

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Anton Stralman scored twice. Ondrej Palat scored twice. Tyler Johnson? Well, he almost scored twice. The Tampa Bay Lightning won its 10th game in its last 11 Friday night, burying the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 at Amalie Arena. It was the eighth game in a row the Bolts have won at home, and it left the team in second place in the Atlantic Division, five points behind the Panthers. One of the nicest parts of the streak for the Lightning has…

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Miami prepared to offer open coaching job to Mark Richt

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Mark Richt is coming home. But does he still fit with the Miami Hurricanes? Richt, 55, was just fired at the University of Georgia, and it took only three days for him to find work after at Miami, according to several internet sources. He returns to the Hurricanes, where he was a backup quarterback behind Jim Kelly with the team. He gives the Hurricanes its most proven winner since Jimmy Johnson was hired by the school. Richt is a two-time…

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Former FSU quarterback De’Andre Johnson won’t play football this season

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Former FSU quarterback De’Andre Johnson will attend East Mississippi Community College, but he will not play football. Head coach Buddy Stepens says that Johnson, who was dismissed from FSU after punching a woman in a bar fight, will attend class and “mandated counseling” sessions at the school. However, he won’t play the game. “He is coming here and enrolling in school,” Stephens told The Columbus Dispatch. “He will not participate in football … he is giving up football, something he…

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Bucs look for rookie Jameis Winston to get off to a good start in preseason

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Keep this in mind. Once, another quarterback took the field for the first time, and once, his team thought he was going to be lights-out. Once, he looked smart and poised, and everyone would have thought he was a coming star. He was Ryan Leaf, and his career went downhill from there. Perhaps that is why it is not wise to rely too heavily on whatever good or whatever bad you might see from rookie Jameis Winston of the Tampa…

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