Dick Vitale thanks Patriots for 'not keeping' Tom Brady
Tampa Bay resident Dick Vitale did not hold back his excitement for another home team to go to their league's championship game this season.
Photos: Buccaneers' NFC Championship win over Green Bay
For just the second time in team history, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are NFC Champions. Here's a look at their big win over the Packers in Green Bay.
Bucs returning home Sunday night
The NFC Champions, Super Bowl-bound Tampa Bay Buccaneers are headed home after beating the Green Bay Packers Sunday.
Fans give Bucs a warm sendoff as they head to Green Bay for the NFC Championship game
Wearing an orange Bucs jersey and flanked by his two children, Tom Griffing cheered as players drove into the private airport at TIA for their flight to Green Bay.
All eyes on QBs as Packers host Buccaneers for NFC championship
Tampa Bay's Tom Brady and Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers rarely have faced each other during their respective Hall of Fame-caliber careers. Never have they met with so much at stake.
Leftwich helping Brady transform potent Buccaneers offense
Byron Leftwich was a young quarterback in his second NFL season when he led the Jacksonville Jaguars into Green Bay in December 2004. He returns this weekend, a little more than a week after his 41st birthday, as the offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Vita Vea in, Antonio Brown out for Bucs in NFC title game
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers bolstered their defense for Sunday's NFC championship game, activating nose tackle Vita Vea from the reserve/injured list.
Not all football fans in Wisconsin identify as cheeseheads
There are Green Bay Packers fans all over the country -- and it turns out, that goes for fans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well.
Aaron Rodgers vs. Tom Brady: How well the QBs play in cold weather
Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady are no strangers to playing football games in cold weather.
Brady, talented Buccaneers playmakers developing chemistry
When Tom Brady drops back in the pocket he has a bunch of options to attack opposing defenses, including a talented collection of receivers that’s possibly the best he’s played with in more than a decade — maybe even his entire career.
Super Host? Bucs can become first to play Super Bowl at home
No team has ever played a Super Bowl in its home stadium. Tom Brady and the underdog Bucs will try to become the first to do so by winning the NFC championship game against the Packers.
Bucs designate Vita Vea to return from injured list
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have designated nose tackle Vita Vea to return from the reserve/injured list and the third-year pro is expected to resume practice ahead of Sunday's NFC championship game at Green Bay.
Bucs one win away from Super Bowl in Tampa
No NFL team has ever played in the Super Bowl on their home turf.
Buccaneers' defense helps Brady top Brees; NFC championship up next
Tom Brady's best game in three tries against New Orleans kept the Buccaneers moving on in the NFL playoffs, and has Saints quarterback Drew Brees headed home -- perhaps for good.
Saints’ Brees views playoff clash with Brady’s Bucs as fate
When six-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady decided to leave New England and begin a new chapter with Tampa Bay, in the NFC South, Drew Brees couldn’t escape the sense that he’d see Brady in a high-stakes game in January.
Bucs not intimidated by Saints' dominance
There's no secret voodoo with New Orleans. The Saints are not in the Buccaneers’ heads. It just comes down to one simple fact.
Tom Brady and Drew Brees: A matchup for the ages and aged
The NFL has never seen a playoff matchup quite like the upcoming one between Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Drew Brees’ New Orleans Saints.
Brady vs. Brees: Bucs to face Saints in divisional round
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints will once again face off for a third time this season.
Brady outduels Heinicke, leads Buccaneers past Washington for playoff win
Tom Brady threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past Washington 31-23 in their NFC wild-card game Saturday night for their first playoff victory since 2002.
Bucs fans excited to see team in first playoff appearance in more than a decade
The Buccaneers will play the Washington Football Team Saturday night in their first playoff appearance since 2007.