Sports Day Tampa Bay

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the decision ahead for Tom Brady of playing another season or will he retire to spend more time with his family. If he retires, what might the Bucs do, plus Bruce Arians will probably call plays if Byron Leftwich gets a head coaching job, why the Bucs last 2 defensive plays will haunt them and get well wishes for Dick Vitale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Rick Stroud and Joey Knight at Raymond James Stadium after the Buccaneers 30-27 loss to the Rams in the NFL Divisional Playoff round which saw the Bucs fall behind 27-3 and comeback to tie it with 46-seconds remaining. But Matthew Stafford hit Cooper Kupp for a big pass to setup the game winning field goal by Matt Gay. The Bucs season ends and could it mean the end for Bruce Arians and Tom Brady i...

Rick Stroud previews Sunday's Bucs-Rams Divisional Playoff game plus Tampa Bay Times Rays Beat Writer Marc Topkin joins us to discuss Stu Sternberg's announcement that MLB has shutdown their split-city plan leaving the Rays to look to Tampa Bay, or another city, to be a full-season home beginning in the 2028 season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud is joined by longtime LA Times writer Sam Farmer to preview the Bucs-Rams Divisional Playoff game from the LA perspective on Matt Stafford, OBJ, Von Miller, Cam Akers and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud answers your Buccaneers mailbag questions 100% correctly including questions about the Bucs training staff dealing with injuries, who would replace the Coordinators if they get head coaching jobs, who's out when Fournette returns, Bruce Arian's in-game coaching, the Bucs defensive play and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick with Buccaneers injury updates ahead of this weekend's Divisional Playoff game vs. the Rams including Tristan Wirfs in a walking boot but he could play on Sunday. Plus a look around the NFL and the Lightning start their California trip tonight in Los Angeles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Joey Knight breakdown the Buccaneers 31-15 playoff win over the Eagles that saw Tampa Bay take a 31-0 lead before conceding 2 touchdowns late in the game. The Bucs do have some injury concerns as Tristan Wirfs hurt his ankle and missed his snaps for the first time in his career. The Bucs will now face the winner of tonight's Rams-Cardinals game at Raymond James Stadium this weekend...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick preview this weekend's Bucs-Eagles playoff game as the Bucs are getting some players back but will have to contain a Philadelphia running game that is a lot different then when they faced each other in October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud answers your Bucs mailbag questions 100% correct including if the Bucs will use more hurry-up offense, could returning players get off to a slow start, will the playbook change with different receivers, could Bucs lose either coordinator to a head coaching job, any Bucs front office personnel being targeted by other teams and could Jason Licht leave. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Rick Stroud is joined by Tampa Bay Times College Football Writer Matt Baker who was in Indianapolis where Georgia won their first National Championship in 41 years behind a tremendous defense and Stetson Bennett IV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the latest with the Buccaneers injuries before this weekend's playoff game vs. Philadelphia as Shaq Barrett, JPP and Leonard Fournette should be back but not so certain on Lavonte David or Cyril Grayson. Plus Black Monday creates GM and coaching openings around the League and the crazy ending to the Raiders-Chargers game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Rick Stroud and Joey Knight after the Buccaneers beat the Panthers 41-17 to finish the season with 13 wins and with help they clinched the #2 seed in the NFC to face the Eagles on Sunday afternoon. Mike Evans hit 1000 yards for the 8th straight season and Tom Brady set the Bucs all-time season passing yards mark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick have the latest on the Buccaneers finally releasing Antonio Brown 4 days after he walked off the field in the middle of the game. Bruce Arians said Brown was upset over the number of targets he got in the first half, Jason Licht added the Brown wanted guarantees of incentive bonuses prior to the game and an OnlyFans model claims Brown snuck her in the team hotel the...

Rick Stroud on Antonio Brown's statement that including accusing the Bucs of pressuring him to play with bone fragments in his ankle and promoting a false narrative that he quit the team. Plus Tampa Bay Times College Football writer Matt Baker joins us to discuss the College Football Semifinals and preview Monday's Alabama-Georgia rematch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick answer your mailbag questions 100% correct about Antonio Brown. Bucs win in New York, Tom Brady's future, the Bucs offense, Cyril Grayson, Jr., playoff seeding, schedule changes and throwing game balls into the stands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on Bruce Arians comments, or lack thereof, on Antonio Brown leaving the sidelines during the Bucs game on Sunday.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud is in New York where the Bucs and Tom Brady came from behind to beat the Jets for their 12th win of the season but it was Antonio Brown who is getting all the headlines after he quit the team in the 3rd quarter, walking off the field shirtless and catching an Uber out of the stadium. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick preview this weekend's Bucs-Jets game as Mike Evans surprised everyone at practice on Thursday and could play this weekend. Plus we preview the College Football Playoff semifinals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud on the newest Buccaneers to test positive for COVID including Head Coach Bruce Arians, Brayden Point returns for the Lightning and Matt Baker joins us to preview Friday's College Football Playoff Semifinals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick answer your mailbag questions 100% correct about if the NFL will follow new CDC guidelines on quarantines for asymptomatic cases, how the Panthers new positive tests affect the Bucs, why Shaq Barrett came back in the game with a serious injury, could Leonard Fournette come back for the 1st playoff game, playoff seeding, most memorable coach Rick has covered and Chris...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Buccaneers losing Shaq Barrett for the rest of the regular season, how COVID is impacting all of sports, young Bucs stepping up with the injuries and the Lightning scheduled to play the Canadiens tonight with both goalies out with COVID. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Joey Knight are in Charlotte where the Buccaneers beat the Panthers 32-6 to clinch the NFC South for the first time since 2007 and guarantee at least 1 playoff game will be played at Raymond James Stadium this season. Antonio Brown returned to the lineup, caught 10 passes and blamed the media for missing the last 3 weeks. Jordan Whitehead was all over the field but Shaq Barrett lef...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick with a Buccaneers-Panthers preview in which a win would clinch the NFC South for the Bucs. They signed Le'Veon Bell this week to help at the running back position and 5 Bucs were named to the Pro Bowl including 3 offensive lineman. Plus some of your mailbag questions are answered 100% correct. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud is joined by Tampa Bay Times college football writer Matt Baker to discuss tonight's Gasparilla Bowl between Florida and UCF, will Miami actually play in the Sun Bowl as they deal with a COVID outbreak, could Urban Meyer coach again in College and a preview of next week's College Football Playoff semifinals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud details how the Buccaneers injuries from Sunday keep mounting as Leonard Fournette and Lavonte David are out for the rest of the regular season, plus Mike Evans may miss some games too. Plus Lightning Head Coach Jon Cooper enters COVID protocols as the NHL is now paused until after Christmas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.