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No longer playoff nervous, Dallas Cowboys are comfortable and confident for Tampa Bay

Mike McCarthy regretted his words as soon as they left his mouth.

Tribune News Service · Jan 12, 2023

Healthy Bucs enter the playoffs believing it’s a new season

TAMPA, Fla. — Linebacker Lavonte David quoted the message written on the grease board in the Bucs locker room this week.

Tribune News Service · Jan 12, 2023

Mark Bradley: The Falcons need cover at QB. Would Aaron Rodgers suffice?

ATLANTA — Year 2 under Arthur Smith ended as Year 1 did — the Falcons are 7-10, having secured the draft’s No. 8 pick. If you were hoping for a true tank job at the end, you were disappointed. The Falcons finished by beating terrible Arizona and a half-trying Tampa…

Tribune News Service · Jan 11, 2023

Bucs will enter playoffs with losing record after falling to Falcons

ATLANTA — The Bucs and coach Todd Bowles found themselves in a no-win situation Sunday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 8, 2023

John Romano: Opening day is in sight, and the Rays still need more hitters

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Exactly three months ago, the Rays offense rolled over and died.

Tribune News Service · Jan 8, 2023

Sit this one out? Not Tom Brady. ‘I’m ready to play.’

TAMPA, Fla. — Aside from when he tore his ACL in the 2008 season opener, Tom Brady has always been an ironman at quarterback.

Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023

John Romano: Without the no-huddle, the Bucs will be a no-hope playoff team

TAMPA, Fla. — Here’s the playbook. There’s the trash can. You know what to do.

Tribune News Service · Jan 4, 2023

Lightning strike late to open road trip with win in Chicago

CHICAGO — Opening their three-game road trip Tuesday night against the league’s worst team, the Lightning had plenty of opportunities to pull away from the Blackhawks at the United Center, but found themselves going into the final period of regulation still deadlocked at 1.

Tribune News Service · Jan 4, 2023

Playing fewer AL East games should benefit the Yankees tremendously

The Yankees went 47-29 in American League East games last season, securing nearly half of their 99 wins against divisional foes. The .618 winning percentage against the four other AL East teams — who were no slouches, evidenced by a combined 339-309 mark — was legitimately impressive. Their division was…

Tribune News Service · Jan 3, 2023

Tom Brady leads Tampa Bay Buccaneers to NFL playoffs with epic comeback win

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has struggled in 2022 but the quarterback put in his best performance of the season to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past the Carolina Panthers

Daily Mirror · Jan 2, 2023