1. Bolts Shore Up Defense On First Day of Free Agency

    The Tampa Bay Lightning continued the retooling of their suspect blue line with three signings on the first day of free agency. Tampa Bay re-signed defenseman Lukas Krajicek. Krajicek led the Lightning in points and blocked shots by a defenseman...

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  2. Rays Take Two Out of Three from Jays

    The Toronto Blue Jays ended the Tampa Bay Rays' seven-game winning streak, but not before dropping two out of three games to a Rays team that has surpassed them in American League Eastern division...

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  3. Rays Take Two of Three From Jays

    The Toronto Blue Jays ended the Tampa Bay Rays' seven game winning streak, but not before dropping two of three to a team that has surpassed them in the AL Eastern division...

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  4. Vincent Lecavalier a Bolt for Life, Team Focuses on Free Agency

    The clock struck midnight on the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, and other suitors of the Tampa Bay Lightning's team captain Vincent Lecavalier...

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  5. Vinny Lecavalier a Bolt for Life: Lighning Focuses on Free Agency

    The clock struck midnight on the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, and other suitors of the Tampa Bay Lightning's team captain Vincent Lecavalier...

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  6. State of the Tampa Bay Bucs Heading into Training Camp

    Everywhere you look, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are written off. Beat writers talk about this being a rebuilding year. National pundits scratch their heads and wonder who the heck this Raheem Morris ...

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  7. Tampa Bay Rays Sweep Floria Marlins, Move into Third Place in AL East

    The Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep of their cross-state rivals, the Florida Marlins. In doing so, Tampa Bay kept pace with the New York Yankees in the Wild Card chase while ...

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  8. Tampa Bay Lightning: Time to Address Several Positions in Draft's 2nd Day

    After drafting defenseman Viktor Hedman and Forward Carter Ashton on day one of the draft, the "Lightning", went back to work trying to replenish a minor league system that was short on talented forwards and goaltenders...

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  9. Lightning Trade Up in the 1st For Carter Ashton

    The Tampa Bay Lightning traded their 2nd round pick, No. 32 overall and their No. 75 overall to Detroit for the No. 29 pick and selected forward Carter Ashton out of Lethbridge of the WHL...

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  10. Lightning Select Hedman with 1st Round Pick

    With the 2nd overall selection in the 2009 NHL draft, the Tampa Bay Lightning selected defenseman Viktor Hedman, from Modo and WJC in the Swedish Elite League. Hedman is 6' 5", 211 lbs, shoots left and according to TSN...

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  11. Rays Out-Slug World Champion Phillies for Series Win

    I've never been one for moral victories. You either win or you lose. A rematch of teams that met in a championship setting the previous season does not constitute a "revenge game" nor series...

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  12. Rays Fans Loyalty Once Again Questioned

    For the past three nights, the Tampa Bay Rays brought back memories of the 2008 World Series—a series they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies...

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  13. Shocking! Bettman Decides Nothing In Lightning Power Struggle

    NHL commissioner Gary Bettman reaffirmed Oren Koules as the governor of the Tampa Bay Lightning, giving him the power on day-to-day operations of the team...

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  14. Hatfield and McCoys Running Lightning into the Ground

    One owner wants to slice payroll by $10 million, trade the franchise player (one of the best players in hockey), and backs a general manager that traded away the team's best defenseman ...

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  15. Rays-Mets: Tampa Takes Two from Mets for Road Trip Split

    The Tampa Bay Rays split their six-game road trip through interleague play and return to the Trop exactly where they were when they left: three games above the mediocre line...

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  16. Well, At Least They Won a Game

    The Orlando Magic's hopes for an NBA Title were extinguished on Sunday night by the Los Angeles Lakers. LA won their 15th championship with a dominant 99-86 win in Game 5 to clinch the series four games to one...

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  17. Rays Sweep Nats, Finally More Then a Game Over .500

    The Tampa Bay Rays surged past the .500 mark and find themselves not only three games over the mediocre mark, but only four games out of the wildcard, five out of first in the AL East and they have moved into a 3rd place tie with the Toronto Blue Jays...

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