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What’s Next? San Jose Sharks Search For Evgeni Nabokov’s Replacement
Posted: 9th July 2010 by JC De La Torre in NHL
When long time goaltender Evgeni Nabokov defected to mother Russia, it left the San Jose Sharks with a gigantic hole between the pipes.
Coming off one of his best seasons, the 35 year old net minder put up a 44-16-10 record with three shutouts. He had a goals against average of 2.43 and a save percentage of .922. Both were improvements on his previous year’s totals.
San Jose, meanwhile, puts $6 million ...
Players to Watch at 2010 Buccaneers Training Camp: RB Kareem Huggins
Posted: 9th July 2010 by JC De La Torre in NFL
As the pundits make their previews of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2010 season, the common thought among them is the Buccaneers are in trouble with their running game.
With Carnell Williams' rebuilt knees, Derrick Ward's decline, Clifton Smith's fumblitis, and Earnest Graham moonlighting as a fullback, Tampa Bay lacks a true playmaker at the halfback position.
Enter Kareem Huggins.
Who, you ask? Kareem was handpicked by coach Raheem Morris from his ...
2010 NHL Draft: Tampa Bay Lightning Make Brett Connolly Their Top Pick
Posted: 25th June 2010 by JC De La Torre in NHL
Steve Yzerman certainly knows how to make an entrance. The new General Manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning stunned many of the experts by selecting Prince George (WHL) center Brett Connolly with the sixth overall selection in the NHL Draft.
Connolly was believed to be one of the top prospects available for this year's entry draft, but a severe hip injury limited the 2009 WHL and CHL Rookie of the Year ...
Tampa Bay Rays Announce They Are Leaving Downtown St. Petersburg
Posted: 21st June 2010 by JC De La Torre in MLB
Listen to Sterberg's full press conference here (courtesy of 620am-WDAE Tampa Bay)
The Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg announced today that the Tampa Bay Rays are leaving downtown St. Petersburg. He urged community leaders to rise above municipal and provisional differences to find a location that best suits the entire community.
The Tampa Bay owner stopped short of saying that the franchise will move from the Tampa Bay community, but ...
Reports: Guy Boucher To Be the Guy For Tampa Bay Lightning
Posted: 8th June 2010 by JC De La Torre in NHL
It's not official, but numerous outlets are reporting that the Tampa Bay Lightning are about to name AHL Coach of the Year, Guy Boucher, head coach.
After 12 seasons in Quebec Major Junior, Boucher took over the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL, a Montreal Canadiens affiliate. He led the team to an impressive 52-17-11 record for 115 points, and won the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award for Coach of the ...
Stevie Yzerman Brings Championship Mindset To Tampa Bay
Posted: 25th May 2010 by JC De La Torre in NHL
An icon from one of the NHL's most storied franchise looks to bring a little of the magic to his new home—the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Steve Yzerman, known by many as "Stevie Y", is the new general manager of the hockey club, filling the position formerly owned by the deposed Brian Lawton.
Yzerman, 45, has spent the past 27 years as a Hall of Fame center and executive with the Wings, and will have ...
As the number four starter, young David Price is opening some eyes here in the early going of the 2010 season.
With the most wins in the AL (3), 4th in strike outs (26), and 5th in innings pitched, (28.2) to go along with a solid 2.20 ERA, Price has started to become the dominant pitcher the Rays hoped they were getting when they drafted him first overall in 2007.
In last night's game ...
Boston Massacre: Tampa Bay Rays Sweep The Boston Red Sox
Posted: 19th April 2010 by JC De La Torre in MLB
Like a Nor'easter, they blew in wrecking everything in sight and leaving nothing but rubble in their wake.
Their bats thundered, while their pitchers blew the rawhide by their Boston adversaries as if they were tornadoes twisting the night away.
It was just four games in April, games that perhaps at the end of a 162 game season may not mean a whole lot.
Still, that whooshing sound you heard from ...
Tampa Bay Bucs: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Brandon Marshall
Posted: 15th April 2010 by JC De La Torre in NFL
Michael Clayton, Maurice Stovall, Sammie Stroughter, and Mark Bradley. That's your top four wide receivers, Tampa Bay fans.
However, if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers parted ways with their second- and fifth-round draft picks this week, it could have looked like this: Brandon Marshall, Santonio Holmes, Stroughter, Stovall, Bradley.
For the price of a Dexter Jackson and Xavier Fulton, the Buccaneers could have had a receiver who has caught 100 balls in three ...
Getting the Jump: Tampa Bay Rays Look To Put Boston Red Sox in Early Hole
Posted: 15th April 2010 by JC De La Torre in MLB
Here we go again—Rays and Red Sox, a budding rivalry renewed. The Tampa Bay Rays, fresh off their sweep of division rival Baltimore, head into Beantown to take on the struggling Boston Red Sox, losers of five of their last nine games.
For the Rays, who lead Boston by two games and are a half game behind the perennially fluky Toronto Blue Jays, it's a golden opportunity to put ...