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Sports Day Tampa Bay

Your daily home for Tampa Bay sports. Award-winning Tampa Bay Times journalist Rick Stroud teams up with Steve Versnick every weekday to break down the biggest stories across the Bucs, Rays, Lightning, USF, and beyond. From locker room insight to trade rumors, injury updates, and the moves shaping each franchise, Rick and Steve go beyond the headlines with reporting you won’t find anywhere else — plus regular mailbag segments answering listener questions. New episodes drop every weekday morning, making it the ultimate insider’s guide to sports in the Bay.

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Latest Episodes:

Crowd Noise At Tropicana Field, Austin Meadows Has COVID-19 and Your Mailbag Questions Jul 17, 2020

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Rays experiment with fake crowd noise at Tropicana Field for games without fans, Austin Meadows placed on the Injured List with COVID-19, NFL and Players Union are still not close to an agreement on return to protocols, 15 women have come forward alleging sexual harassment at the Washington Redskins organization and your mailbag questions including how much do you really miss sports, what happens at Raymond James Stadium if storms come and you to take shelter and social distance, could the pandemic bring electronic officiating faster, who will Bucs do an extension with next, and who is the best player Rick has covered in Tampa Bay.

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Rick and Tom on Sports Radio and the NFL is Struggling With Return To Play Protocols Jul 16, 2020

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Rick Stroud and Tom Jones on the NFL and Players Association struggling to agree on return to play protocols as training camps are nearing their scheduled start and just how much risk are the players taking to come back. Plus Rick and Tom on Sports Radio amid the changes at ESPN including Keyshawn Johnson taking over mornings.

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The Rays Will Win The World Series & The Joys Of A Shower Beer Jul 15, 2020

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Rick Stroud is all in on the Rays winning the World Series this year after he attended Rays practice on Tuesday and his former radio partner Tom Jones can't find much fault in that thinking. Plus Tyler Glasnow is back after testing positive for COVID-19, weird injuries in sports and the joys of having a shower beer.

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Bucs Donovan Smith Considering Sitting Out, Lightning Start Training Camp and Redskins Are No More Jul 14, 2020

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Rick Stroud on Buccaneers Tackle Donovan Smith's comments about whether he should play this season with a young child and wife at home and COVID-19 spreading, Raymond James Stadium is set to get over $10 million to help make adjustments to the stadium to make it safer for fans, the Washington Redskins announce they are retiring that nickname and will have a new one in the future, the Lightning begin training camp at Amalie Arena as Steven Stamkos is hurt but skating.

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Gordy Gronkowski on Raising Rob Gronkowski and His 4 Brothers Jul 13, 2020

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Rick Stroud talks with the patriarch of the Gronkowski family to learn what it was like 'Growing Up Gronk' as Gordy Gronkowski, and his ex-wife Diane, raised 4 boys who played in the NFL and another one who spent 6 years in the Dodgers minor league system. They talk about how he raised his boys, why education is so important and why they are all good with their money.

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Big Ten Drops All Non-Conference Games & Your Mailbag Questions Jul 10, 2020

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Rick Stroud on the latest college football news as the Big Ten announces they are only playing conference games this fall if they play at all. What fallout will this cause as other conferences are likely to follow suit. Plus some NFL game protocols have been agreed upon including no jersey swaps this year and your mailbag questions about how the 4 major sports are affected as they are all starting around the same time, who are the toughest first round matchups for the Lightning when play resumes, how does COVID-19 affect the Rays 2-city plan and has the cannon ever misfired at a Bucs game.

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What To Expect From The Rays As Baseball Prepares To Restart Jul 09, 2020

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Rick Stroud is joined by Rays Radio Host Neil Solondz to discuss how the first week of workouts have gone at Tropicana Field for the Rays, how the Rays versatility should do well for them in a 60-game sprint this year, how the bullpen might shake out this year and the perils of the schedule against the AL East and the NL East.

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Former Bucs WR DeSean Jackson Apologizes After Anti-Semitic Post Jul 08, 2020

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Rick Stroud on DeSean Jackson's anti-Semitic social media post and his apologies since, the NFL is asking for the players to place 35% of their salaries this year in escrow to make up for lost revenue while the players want a 48-day training camp with no preseason games to help avoid injuries from starting back up. Plus Chris Torello joins us again to discuss who really broke the Patrick Mahomes contract signing story and it wasn't Adam Schefter.

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What Bruce Arians Will Do To Stay Safe This Season While Coaching The Bucs Jul 07, 2020

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Rick Stroud on how Buccaneers Head Coach Bruce Arians plans to coach this season while taking precautions for COVID-19 given his medical history as a 3-time cancer survivor. Plus the NHL has a tenative agreement on Return to Play, the Rays schedule is out with Opening Day on July 24th vs. the Blue Jays and Patrick Mahomes signs a 10-year deal that could pay him $500 million. Plus Chris Torello from Spectrum Sports 360 on Bay News 9 joins in on the fun.

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NHL's Return To Play Protocols & Redskins and Indians Looking to Change Their Names Jul 06, 2020

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Rick Stroud on the death of former Buccaneers President Gay Culverhouse at the age of 73 last week, the NHL and Players Association have agreed to Return to Play protocols while still finalizing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement which all need to be voted on still, David Price and other baseball players are opting out of playing this year, the NFL players have asked to eliminate preseason games all together while team meeting might be done via Zoom and the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians are evaluating changing their name which Head Coach Ron Rivera and Manager Terry Francona both saying it's time.

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