Sports Day Tampa Bay

Undrafted and Untested: Jalon Daniels Gets the Keys to the Bucs' Season as Baker Is Out At Least 3 Weeks

Baker Mayfield's thumb injury turns out to be the good news/bad news scenario Rick Stroud feared: no torn ligaments, no broken bones, but a minimum three-week absence tha

The Doomsday Scenario: Bucs Fall to 0-3 as Baker Mayfield's Hand Gets Mangled

Rick Stroud doesn't mince words: the Bucs' 0-3 loss to Minnesota is the doomsday scenario come to life. Baker Mayfield left with a bloodied, dislocated thumb on his throw

Stop the Bleeding: Bucs Face As Close To A Must-Win Against the Vikings As You Can Get

Rick Stroud lays out why Sunday's game against Minnesota is as close to a must-win as it gets for the 0-2 Buccaneers: lose, and they're 0-3 with Green Bay at home and a s

Bucs' Rueben Bain Jr. Can't Catch a Break — Or a Quarterback

Rick Stroud borrows his own Tampa Bay Times line to open the show: rookie edge rusher Rueben Bain Jr. now has a groin strain to go with his shoulder issue, and after two

Rays Win The AL East at Yankee Stadium, 5th Time in Franchise History

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 —

How Hot is Todd Bowles Seat As Buccaneers Head Coach After 0-2 Start?

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

0-2: The Bucs Fall Apart at Home Against Cleveland

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 d

Bucs-Browns Preview & Rays Win 6th Straight, Closing In On AL East Title

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 again

Kucherov's Contract Limbo, Hedman's Fresh Start, Rays Magic Number & Bucs' Baker Mayfield Tough Week

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

Junior Caminero Walks It Off Again, Makes Case for MVP & Mailbag Question On Bucs' Rueben Bain Jr.

Junior Caminero does it again. Rick and Steve open with last night's walk-off thriller — Caminero's second walk-off homer in four games, this one a 100-mph fastball flick

Baker Mayfield's Fumble Problem, By the Numbers — Plus Bucs-Browns Preview

The stat that should worry Bucs fans: Baker Mayfield has fumbled the ball 35 times since 2023 — more than any quarterback in football. A day after Tampa Bay's turnover-p

Baker Mayfield's 3 Fumbles Sink Bucs in Bengals' Loss & Caminero’s Walk-Off HR Send Rays To Playoffs

Four turnovers, three by Baker Mayfield, and the Bucs handed Cincinnati a game they had no business winning. Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick break down a brutal season-op

Bucs-Bengals Week 1 Preview: Can Tampa Bay's New Look Defense Slow Down Joe Burrow?

Rick Stroud breaks down every angle of Sunday's opener in Cincinnati — and whether Tampa Bay's overhauled defense is ready for one of the NFL's most explosive passing att

How Baker Mayfield's $165M Deal Came Together & Rays' Magic Number Drops to 14 with Win in Atlanta

Baker Mayfield's new deal came together in about 48 hours — and he found out while he was at the movies with his kids. Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick go behind the scene

Baker Mayfield Signs A $165 Million Extension with Bucs & Rays' Magic Number Drops to 15

Baker Mayfield just got paid — Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick break down every angle of his stunning new deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Five days before kickoff in

Bucs vs Bengals Preview: Joe Burrow, Emeka Egbuka Injury Update & NFC South Predictions

It's finally NFL Week 1. Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick preview Sunday's Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals showdown, breaking down the injury news on Emeka Egbuk

Killer Instinct: Why Baker Mayfield Thinks This Bucs Team Is Different

Baker Mayfield opens up to Rick Stroud about why he shut down contract talks during Training Camp, and more importantly, why he believes this Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster

Deepest Position - Todd Bowles Has Some Explaining to Do and Is WR a Strength For The Bucs?

Todd Bowles dropped a surprise answer this week when asked what the deepest position on the Buccaneers roster is — and it wasn't the offensive line, the edge rush, or a w

Jason Light Explains the Jalen Daniels Decision and the Bucs' Roster Keeps Churning

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick recap today’s media avail with Bucs GM Jason Light, who revealed the call to make Jalen Daniels the number two quarterback was essentially

Buccaneers Set Practice Squad with QB Easton Stick and CB Sean Murphy-Bunting & Rays Lose To Mets

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick break down the newly finalized Buccaneers practice squad, headlined by two familiar-feeling additions. Veteran quarterback Easton Stick — t