Jeff Tewksbury

Rays pitcher Pete Fairbanks is ready to soar to new heights

How things change when you share the huddle with the guy many believe to be the best ever to play the quarterback position. Mike Evans also has won over Tom Brady as a fan and a willing listener.

Peyton Manning was the most successful pupil of Coach Christensen -- until this summer, when Tom Brady began working out at One Buc Place. That's when the 64-year-old coach and the 43-year-old quarterback met for the first time.

Exuberance, joy, and gratitude are feelings only amplified during the holidays. And, on occasion, all of these emotions flow at the same time.

I see two distinctly different, joyous emotions on the face of Dr. Tim Bain as I talk to him via Zoom. There is the joy of being a part of the Lightning's incredible journey to the Stanley Cup championship and there is the equal joy of finally being reunited with his family after 65 days in the isolation bubble in Toronto and Edmonton.

Team managers pull a little orange wagon up and down the Buccaneers' practice field. In it are the items necessary for battling the heat and humidity of Tampa summers: Cold sports drinks, lots of clean fresh towels, and a shaker of baby powder, to name a few.

Chris Godwin wore number 12 in college at Penn State, and he wore number 12 for his first three years as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. He made the Pro Bowl last season wearing that number.

Donovan Smith has missed one start in five years as the Buccaneers’ left tackle. Seventy-nine games out of 80 possible, Number 76 has come out of the tunnel with the Bucs’ starters. 

Fans are forced to sit-out their favorite team's games but thanks to a clever marketing tool, first employed by the South Korean Baseball League, fans are able to put their likeness in the seat of their choice at the stadium.

The Tampa Bay Rays scored two runs in the bottom of the 10th Sunday to beat the Toronto Blue Jays.