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FSU star running back Dalvin Cook undergoes shoulder surgery

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FSU’s football world is not on Dalvin Cook’s shoulders. Still, the strain is showing. Cook has had minor shoulder surgery, which will keep him out for Saturday’s spring game as well as the next two months. The star running back should be ready for summer practice, coach Jimbo Fisher said. “We cleaned up some stuff in the back of his shoulder, and he’ll be ready in a couple of months,” Fisher said. “He’ll be ready to go in June or…

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Bucs could use Doug Martin’s autograph … on new contract

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He can break tackles. He can dodge linebackers. He can catch the ball out of the backfield. Ah, but can Doug Martin sign his name? For the Tampa Bay Bucs, that might be the next impressive play by Martin. To sign a new contract. To make sure he stays in a backfield where he has gained 941 yards this season. That’s impressive, considering that Martin had only 950 yards combined for the Bucs in the previous two seasons. He was…

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The endangered running back not so endangered

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Jeff Fisher hasn’t lasted so long as an NFL coach without being a risk taker. He likes aggressive defenses, and when he was a coordinator, he loved the blitz. Fisher also builds his offenses around the running game, which goes against current NFL philosophies — at the club and league level — that passing is the most effective way to keep fans intrigued. And, oh yeah, the surest way to win. Fisher put the Rams’ first-round draft choice where his…

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Tampa Bay Bucs could use a player like Mike Alstott to stop losing streak

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Right about now, they could use his effort. Right about now, they could use his will. The Bucs could use a running back to burst into the offensive line and attack. They could use someone to break a tackle or five. They could use someone determined to get every drop of ability out of his body. They could use Mike Alstott, and not just the name that will forever be on the stadium. The Bucs enshrined Alstott into their Ring…

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Tampa Bay Bucs cut former UM running back Mike James

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Backup running back Mike James didn’t help Tampa Bay on special teams. In the end, it cost him his job. In the NFL, a running back pretty much has to be a star to skip out on the special teams, which made carrying James a luxury especially in these days of three quarterbacks. In his three seasons here, James played in 20 games, rushed 79 times for 332 yards and caught 11 passes for 38 yards. James played his college…

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Bucs’ Doug Martin showing signs that he can be a weapon once again

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Say. Didn’t you used to be Doug Martin? Martin, the once-and-current running back of the Tampa Bay Bucs, seem to have extra juice in his stride these days. Once again, he is healthy. Once again, he is happy. And once again, he looks like a threat for the Bucs. And who said a man can’t rediscover himself in the preseason? Lately, Martin has been a memory for the Bucs, a back who hasn’t gained 500 yards the past two seasons.…

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FSU’s suspended running back Dalvin Cook has trial moved up

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Dalvin Cook got an accelerated trial. Now, if he is found not guilty, how fast will he able to rejoin his Florida State Seminoles? Cook’s court case has been moved up to August 24, giving him as many as an extra 10 days to practice if he is found not guilty. If he is found guilty, it would be difficult for coach Jimbo Fisher to welcome him back any time soon following the insistence that he is opposed to domestic…

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