JPP, Barrett pace stingy Buccaneers defense against Rodgers

Tom Brady's signing with the Buccaneers as a free agent last winter spawned hope that brighter days were ahead. To deliver on that hope, Brady needed some relentless play from Tampa Bay's defense.

Where you can buy Bucs NFC Championship gear

Just minutes after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship, sporting goods stores have already started selling merchandise. Here's where you can buy gear to show your Bucs pride.

Buccaneers make history as first team to play Super Bowl in home stadium

With their win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship, the Buccaneers earned a spot in Super Bowl LV, which is being played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, the Bucs’ home stadium, on February 7.

Buccaneers outlast Packers; will head home to Super Bowl

Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers outdueled Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, earning a spot in the Super Bowl and a place in NFL history: The Bucs will become the first team ever to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium.

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.

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.

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.