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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:

Bucs-Lions on MNF Tonight, Doug Martin Dies at 36 & Billy Napier Fired at Florida Oct 20, 2025

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Buccaneers Monday Night Football game in Detroit tonight as both Mike Evans and Emeka Egbuka could play against a beat up Lions secondary. Plus former Bucs running back Doug Martin dies at age 36, Billy Napier is out at Florida, so who should Scott Strickland target, is Mike Norvell next at Florida State after they lose at Stanford, Miami loses, USF wins, the Lightning only get 4 points out of 8 on their road trip and Shohei Ohtani's impressive performance.

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Mike Evans Returns To Bucs Practice & Mailbag Questions On Chris Godwin and Sean Tucker Oct 17, 2025

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on Mike Evans return to Bucs practice with a chance to play on Monday night in Detroit. Plus we start to preview the Lions game that with a win, would cement the Bucs as the class of the NFC. We look at the College Football games this weekend and answer your mailbag questions about Chris Godwin and Sean Tucker on kickoff returns.

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Bucs' Jamel Dean Wins Defensive Player Of The Week & Should They Trade For Edge Rusher Oct 16, 2025

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Bucs' Jamel Dean winning the NFC Defensive Player of the Week after his performance against the 49ers on Sunday. Plus the Bucs get back to practice today to face the Lions on Monday night, should the Bucs be active at the trade deadline and the Lightning trade a goalie.

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Baker Mayfield Next Contract With Bucs, Todd Bowles Franchise Ranks & Lightning Lose In OT Oct 15, 2025

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-2 overtime loss in Washington and your mailbag questions on Baker Mayfield's next contract, Emeka Egbuka's nickname, Todd Bowles's place in Bucs coaching history and should Jason Licht trade for an edge rusher.

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Buccaneers Waiting On Injury Updates & Lightning Win First Game of the Season Oct 14, 2025

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick with an update on some Buccaneers injuries, especially Emeka Egbuka who is going for further testing today but should miss some time. Mike Evans could return on Monday night against the Lions in a week but that isn't certain. Plus the Bucs are one of only 3 teams in NFL with one blemish on their record and the only one in the NFC and the Lightning win their first game of the season in Boston.

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Baker Mayfield Leads Bucs to 30-19 Win Over 49ers, Egbuka Leaves With Hamstring Injury & Lightning Start 0-2 Oct 13, 2025

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Buccaneers 30-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers to propel them to the top spot in the NFC through 6 weeks. Baker Mayfield continues to lead the team despite missing his now top 4 receivers as Emeka Egbuka left with a hamstring injury. The defense got 6 sacks and 2 interceptions in their best performance of the season. Plus the Lightning start 0-2 and forgot how to shoot the puck and a wild college football weekend as James Franklin is fired, Indiana is ranked #3, USF moves up to 19 and Florida State and Florida both lose.

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Bucs-49ers Preview & Lightning Drop Season Opener Oct 10, 2025

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Tampa Bay Lightning opening night loss despite leading the game 3-1 after 1 period. Plus a preview of the Buccaneers-49ers game which could impact who is the best team in the NFC.

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Lightning Season Preview - Power Play Changes, Vasy's Health, How They Get Past The Panthers Oct 09, 2025

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Rick Stroud is joined by Tampa Bay Times Lightning Beat Writer Ed Encina to preview the Tampa Bay Lightning's season that begins tonight at Benchmark International Arena. How healthy is Andrei Vasilevskiy, what changes will they make on the power play, most of the team returns so what does that say and how do they get past the Florida Panthers?

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Rays New Owners Layout Stadium Wishes & Former Bucs OC Liam Coen's Hot Start in Jacksonville Oct 08, 2025

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Rays new ownership and their plans for a new stadium and the direction of the franchise after they held a press conference on Tuesday. Their goal is to be in a new stadium by Opening Day 2029 which is ambitious. So where will the stadium go and who will pay for it. Plus former Bucs' OC Liam Coen is off to a great start in Jacksonville.

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Is Bucs' Baker Mayfield an MVP Candidate, Tristan Wirfs Was Great Sunday & Egbuka's Rookie Campaign Oct 07, 2025

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on Baker Mayfield's season that see him in the MVP conversation through 5 games as he has a 4-1 record with 10 TD passes and 1 INT. He's done all this with a beat up offensive line and he's been without Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Bucky Irving for some games. Plus Tristan Wirfs was really good on Sunday as was Emeka Egbuka. Then finally the Lightning are issued suspensions and fines for Saturday's melee in Sunrise.

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