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Gary SheltonMay 3, 2016

You live from headline to headline and from deadline to deadline. Those are the rules. You try to make this story sharper than yesterday’s. You try to squeeze out the money quote. You try to get one source, one more fact, one more comment. You work until the ink stains your fingers and, sometimes, your heart. […]

Gary SheltonApril 20, 2016

More fans than ever watched Spring Training baseball in Florida this year, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday. For the first time in more than 100 years, more than 7,000 fans per game showed up, which is a lot of Cracker Jack. “I am proud to announce that Florida’s Spring Training reached a 100-year record high per […]

Gary SheltonMarch 31, 2015

The other woman isn’t pretty enough. Not yet, anyway. Still, there is time. If you are a fan of baseball in Tampa Bay, you could not help but notice when Commissioner Rob Manfred flirted a bit this week with Montreal, which is expected to be the other option if things don’t work in Tampa Bay. […]

Gary SheltonMarch 31, 2015

The other woman isn’t pretty enough. Not yet, anyway. Still, there is time. If you are a fan of baseball in Tampa Bay, you could not help but notice when Commissioner Rob Manfred flirted a bit this week with Montreal, which is expected to be the other option if things don’t work in Tampa Bay. […]

Gary SheltonMarch 30, 2015

As game plans go, this one was tougher than Wake Forest. Riskier, too. Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher, who evidently has a little time on his hands, has decided to dabble in politics. Fisher recently joined Gov. Rick Scott in a plea for tax cuts at the Capitol Plaza in Tallahassee. On the surface, it […]

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The loss of the Tampa Tribune is difficult for a former rival

Spring Training baseball draws record crowds in Florida

For MLB, the other woman isn’t prettier than the Rays

For MLB, the other woman isn't prettier than the Rays

Gary Shelton: Does Jimbo Fisher really want to dabble in politics?