As I reported on May 9th, the Tampa Bay Lightning were in need of a goalie for the 2012-2013 season. Well now they will have a good young competition going into training camp as they acquired Anders Lindback from the Nashville Predators late Friday afternoon.
The Lightning sent 2 second round draft picks in next Friday’s NHL Draft, a 20 [...]
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Bolts Get Lindback From Predators
As I reported on May 9th, the Tampa Bay Lightning were in need of a goalie for the 2012-2013 season. Well now they will have a good young competition going into training camp as they acquired Anders Lindback from the Nashville Predators late Friday afternoon.
The Lightning sent 2 second round draft picks in next Friday’s NHL Draft, a 20 [...]
Bucs And LeGrand: Publicity Stunt Or ...
On May 2nd the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Eric LeGrand as an undrafted free agent. LeGrand played at Rutgers when he was hurt on October 16, 2010 in a game against Army. The former defensive tackle suffered two fractured vertebrae and a serious spinal cord injury. The end result was that LeGrand was paralyzed and told he was going to spend [...]
Top 4 Playoff In The Future?
SEC Presidents and Athletic Directors took a vote on Friday and the result was unanimous. They want a college football playoff that takes place between the top 4 teams in the country, with no bearing on conference champions at all.
And why would they vote differently? The SEC Championship was meaningless last season as LSU beat Georgia 42-10 [...]
‘Canes Football Notes (May 24)
Photo: T.J. Witten
Quarterback Stephen Morris told members of the press on Friday that he is 100% and has been given full medical clearance to play. Morris had surgery on his back 3 months ago and was forced to sit out all of the Hurricanes’ spring sessions.
Miami has been connected to FSU and Clemson as a team that may jump over to the [...]
Bucs Trade Winslow, Sign Dallas Clark
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have sent tight end Kellen Winslow to the Seattle Seahawks. (Photo: Guy Harbert)
Late Monday night, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded tight end Kellen Winslow to the Seattle Seahawks and announced that they had signed tight end Dallas Clark.
Winslow, 28, had been a major part of the Tampa Bay offense since joining the t [...]
USF Football Notes (May 21)
The kickoff time for the September 8th game at Nevada has been set for 3:30pm. The Bulls were hoping for an earlier kickoff so they could get back to Tampa to start preparing for the Rutgers game the following week. That game, according to ESPN and the USF website, has been moved to Thursday night September 13th and has a 7:30pm kickoff. The [...]
Does The Big East Deserve A BCS Bid?
Before I get labeled a Big East hater, let me start out by saying that I am a Big East fan from back in the days when Miami and Boston College were members. As a Hurricane, my allegiance must follow wherever they go, so I am now an ACC fan. But that doesn’t mean I stopped being a fan of the Big East. With the USF Bulls playing here in Tampa, [...]
BSH Holding Several Fan Contests
Blanchette Sports Holdings has been a busy place the last few weeks. Currently they have a couple of fan contests going on and this week they announced that they increased their staff with the hiring of nationally recognized Bella Dee. Dee is taking on the role of Lead Model and will also hold some positions in upper management with the compa [...]
Bolts News And Notes (May 9)
Nate Thompson, J.T. Brown, Victor Hedman and Teddy Purcell are taking part in the World Championship of Hockey. Thompson and Brown with the USA, Purcell with Canada and Hedman with Sweden.
Former Lightning goalie Mike Smith has led the Phoenix Coyotes into the Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Kings. Do you remember when Smith [...]
Hurricanes Send 6 To The NFL
Photo: T.J. Witten
The Miami Hurricanes had 6 players chosen in the 2012 NFL Draft. Two went in the 3rd round, 2 in the 4th, and another pair in the 6th round.
Defensive end Olivier Vernon went to the Miami Dolphins in the third round, 72nd overall. After having to sit out the first six games in 2011 Vernon finished the season with 18 tack [...]
Buccaneers Draft Results
With the draft now complete we can take a look at the Buccaneers draft picks and see how they did. They addressed some needs and overall didn’t do too badly at all.
1st Round: Mark Barron (DB) from Alabama. We already touched on this selection on Thursday and while a bit of a surprise, it was a great pick and fills a gap that they neede [...]
USF Football Notes (April 20)
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Starting defensive tackle Cory Grissom fractured his fibula in his right ankle early this week during a morning practice. He was scheduled for surgery on Thursday. He will be out of action for about 3 months. Grissom started 12 games in 2011 collecting 38 tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
USF will play it̵ [...]
Canes Football Notes (April 20)
Miami held it’s annual Orange and Green Game Saturday in front of about 10,000 fans at Sun Life Stadium. Running back Mike James gave the Orange a tough 7-6 win over the Green team. Ryan Williams threw the ball with good precision and moved around pretty well, completing 15 of 27 passes for 169 yards, but also threw two interceptions. Rafael [...]
Tampa Bay Bucs Notes (April 20)
The Buccaneers are gearing up for the NFL Draft coming up on Thursday night and as we draw closer to draft day, the more rumors that are flying around. One has Tampa Bay trading Aqib Talib to the Cowboys for their first round draft pick (14th overall). But why would Dallas, or any other team for that matter, trade a high pick for a player who [...]
USF Football Notes (April 12)
The USF Bulls are in the news across the country but not for the reason they would like. With Arkansas firing head coach Bobby Petrino, the name that keeps coming up as a possible replacement for him is Bulls head coach Skip Holtz. Holtz is 13-12 in his two seasons with the Bulls and has a career record of 51-39. He had the Bulls ranked up t [...]
Canes Football Notes (April 11)
The Hurricanes have received a commitment from Standish Dobard according to the tight end’s Facebook page. “Im taking my talents to South Beach.. Its all about the U!! Go Miami Hurricanes!!!!”, posted the 6 foot 5 inch 235 pounder from Edna Karr High School in New Orleans. In his senior season Dobard had 4 touchdowns on 27 r [...]
Tampa Bay Bucs Notes (April 11)
The Buccaneers released free safety Tanard Jackson on Tuesday. The team is not pointing to one particular reason for the move but Jackson did miss the first week of offseason work and has had a few off the field issues. Under new head coach Greg Schiano the Bucs have adopted a policy of accountability. This was a surprise move and one that g [...]
Outside the Redzone, Blanchette Sport...
The kinks have been worked out and it is official; Outside the Redzone and Blanchette Sports Holdings have reached a deal. Outside the Redzone will have exclusive rights to coverage of the many leagues run by BSH which will include some in-game coverage, breaking news and player interviews.
Blanchette Sports Holdings has several leagues. The [...]
