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Join award-winning journalist Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times and co-host Steve Versnick every weekday as they dive deep into the biggest stories in Tampa Bay sports.
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Rays Win The AL East at Yankee Stadium, 5th Time in Franchise History (opens the original)
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There was no venue Rick Stroud would have rather seen it happen in: the Tampa Bay Rays clinched the AL East at Yankee Stadium, capped by a dominant Drew Rasmussen start — 11 strikeouts and a no-hitter into the seventh before finishing off the win. It's the Rays' fifth division title ever and third since 2020, more than any other team in that span, and Rick and Steve marvel at how it happened: a $100 million payroll outspent 3-to-1 by the Yankees, contact-first hitting, aggressive baserunning, an
How Hot is Todd Bowles Seat As Buccaneers Head Coach After 0-2 Start? (opens the original)
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Rick Stroud goes deep on just how bad things have gotten for the Bucs, framing the 0-2 start in stark historical terms: this is a team that has now lost 10 of its last 13 games, keeping company with the league's true bottom-feeders — the Titans, Commanders, and Cardinals. With only 12 of the last 84 teams to start 0-2 making the playoffs, and a brutal stretch looming (Vikings and Packers at home, then a short week at Dallas), Rick calls this a season that could be effectively over within 12 days
0-2: The Bucs Fall Apart at Home Against Cleveland (opens the original)
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Rick Stroud doesn't sugarcoat it: losing at home to Deshaun Watson and a Cleveland Browns team most didn't think could compete is a genuine crisis. Rick and Steve break down exactly how it happened — settling for four field goals, another Baker Mayfield turnover, missed tackles, blown coverage, and a shaky offensive line that was supposed to be top-five in the league. Watson, written off after Cleveland's Week 1 blowout, outplayed Mayfield by a wide margin (24-of-30, 238 yards, two touchdowns, n
Bucs-Browns Preview & Rays Win 6th Straight, Closing In On AL East Title (opens the original)
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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick preview Sunday's Bucs home opener against Cleveland, and Rick doesn't hold back: this is a game the Buccaneers should win comfortably against a young, still-finding-itself Browns team under first-year head coach Todd Monken. They dig into Monken's history with Baker Mayfield in Cleveland, why last week's four fumbles (not interceptions) have to be cleaned up, and how a broken communicator in Baker's helmet contributed to the Week 1 mess. Rick's bottom line: turnove
Kucherov's Contract Limbo, Hedman's Fresh Start, Rays Magic Number & Bucs' Baker Mayfield Tough Week (opens the original)
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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick open with the Rays' magic number dropping to seven to clinch the AL East over the Yankees, then dig into Baker Mayfield's much-hyped return to Cleveland — the viral moment of Baker walking into his press conference in Michigan gear (repping Troy Bowles after Oklahoma's loss) and the tangled history between Baker, the Browns, and new Bucs OC Todd Monken. They also revisit Alex Anzalone's rough Week 1 and Josiah Trotter's historic NFL debut before turning to the Rays
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