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Benches Clear In Red Sox-Rays When Yunel Escobar Steals Third
After the Rays built a five-run lead in the bottom of the seventh inning, Yunel Escobar stole third base. A couple of Red Sox players saw that as disrespectful, and it wasn't long before benches cleared and players pushed each other around....

Mike Evans's <em>Jim Rome Show</em> Appearance Was Truly Awful
Brand new Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans appeared on The Jim Rome Show this afternoon, and the experience was painful for everyone involved....

Wil Myers Hit An Inside-The-Park Home Run
Wil Myers took his time going to first on his assumed homer, but when the ball didn't leave the park, he still reacted quickly enough to earn an inside-the-park home run against the Yankees....

Umpires Use Replay To Check Count, Get It Wrong Anyway
Yunel Escobar struck out on a 4-2 pitch, which is a good sign that something went horribly wrong....

Josh Lueke Is A Rapist, You Say? Keep Saying It.
Late Saturday night, during the Yankees-Rays game, I stumbled onto an online conversation among baseball writers and fans regarding the propriety of tweeting about Rays pitcher Josh Lueke's criminal history every time he's on the mound....

Lightning Fan Takes Selfie With Scrum
Those are damned expensive seats to be turning away from the ice, and the curmudgeon in me wants to yell at the guy to look at the damn scrum that's going on a few feet away with your own eyes. But then I realize that if that photo comes out well, it's going to be fantastic....

Canadiens Take First Game In OT, Spoil Steven Stamkos's Stellar Night
On the first night of playoff hockey, we had free playoff hockey, and it was good....

Tampa Bay Lightning's Ryan Malone Charged With DUI, Cocaine Possession
Tampa Bay Lightning winger Ryan Malone was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and cocaine possession early Saturday morning....

Rays Groundskeeper Fond Of His Huge, Spurting Hose
Sun Sports had some fancy high-speed cameras on hand for their broadcasts from the Rangers-Rays series in St. Petersburg this weekend, and took every opportunity to use them—including during yesterday's pregame. We took their slow-mo coverage of this Tropicana Field groundskeeper and made it extra s...

Dick Vitale GIF Better Sans Context
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Steven Stamkos Scores On His Own Empty Net During Delayed Penalty
Though the Tampa Bay Lightning were on a delayed penalty, they still somehow surrendered a goal last night. Steven Stamkos is a scoring machine that doesn't have time to distinguish nets, dammit....

His Own Path
Pat Jordan's latest for Sports on Earth is a profile of Rays' pitcher, Chris Archer:...

Report: Bucs WR Mike Williams Stabbed; Brother Is Suspect
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams is in a Tampa hospital after he was stabbed in the thigh while in his gated-community home in Avila. Police suspect his brother was responsible. There has been no word on the extent of his injury or his condition....

Ottawa's Ales Hemsky Scores One Of The Best Goals Of The Season
Ottawa Senators trade-deadline acquisition Ales Hemsky scored a beauty of a goal in tonight's game against the Lightning. The move is lovely, but the goal in its entirety is better....

Paul Ranger Stretchered Off After Being Boarded By Alex Killorn
Officials called an early end to the first period in Toronto tonight as Maple Leafs defenseman Paul Ranger had to be stretchered off the ice due to a crushing blow into the boards delivered by the Lightning's Alex Killorn....

John Daly Shoots A 90, Continues To Give No Fucks
John Daly, professional golf's drunkest uncle, is 47 years old and still playing the game like someone who's there for the sunshine and the beer more than he is the actual golf. ...

The Bucs Are Shopping Darrelle Revis
Alex Marvez of Fox Sports has the news and he says Tampa Bay is "really trying hard to trade Darrelle Revis. Hoping to strike a deal pretty quickly." Well, it should be super easy now that everyone knows....

Hickey's Shit Is Not To Be Trifled With
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