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The Lightning general manager speaks with the media about the start of Phase 3 of the NHL's restart.

The Athletic's Josh Tolentino joined Steve Carney on Monday morning to recap a full weekend of Tampa Bay Rays workouts at Tropicana Field. While the COVID19 pandemic has changed how MLB players go about their business, the same could be said of the media who covers each MLB team. With distancing in place with zoom calls, the biggest thing to keep an eye on is which players are practicing day in and day out

WDAE's Steve Carney filled in for Ronnie & TKras Monday morning to go over the BIGGEST stories of the weekend, and if they were truly a BIG deal or NO deal. Stories ranged from the Green Bay Packers CEO saying the NFL no longer has time on its side, Joey Chestnut sets a new world record, and and guess who's running for President!?

Steve Carney filling in for Ronnie & TKras on Monday morning discussed how a cancelled NFL pre-season is not exactly a good idea for the health of the NFL players themselves. While it could prevent spread of COVID19, it could affect how players are prepared for once the regular season actually does fire up.

The NHL bubble protocols are finally in, and they're very detailed as Steve Carney notes on Monday morning filling in for Ronnie & TKras. Where the NHL gets it right with the bubble plan, and why the early failings of MLS, NBA and also MLB could cause harm to the notion that those sports COULD get even off the ground to begin with.

WDAE Rays Insider Steve Carney was at Tropicana Field all weekend long monitoring the Tampa Bay Rays first workouts during the COVID19 pandemic to see what the measures were in order to deal with the virus. Needless to say from the first weekend of practice around the country, there are still many holes in the protocol and the future of baseball in 2020 is dependent on everything working.

The Rays manager speaks with the media after the first Summer Camp practice.

The Rays pitcher speaks with the media after Friday's first practice of Summer Camp.

The Rays pitcher speaks to the media after Friday's first workout of Summer Camp.

Tampa Bay Rays Manager Kevin Cash spoke to Steve Carney on WDAE the morning of the first workout of the return to play summer camp for MLB teams. Cash mentioned how the team is approaching three weeks in the Trop for workouts and how the team is handling all the regulations set by MLB for the camp itself.

Steve Carney filling in for Ronnie & TKras was joined by Brianne Foley of the Barn Burner Network to discuss how the NHL will be approaching the bubble scenario when NHL teams arrive in the rumored hub cities of Toronto and Edmonton later this month. What regulations are still yet to be finalized and what will be the biggest challenges

Steve Carney filling in for Ronnie & TKras on Monday discussed the recent news that a couple of big name sponsors of the Washington football team have decided to pull their sponsorship money and attention from the team until their name is officially changed. Why Steve Carney believes this is the biggest moment and best possibility for the name change.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred may have lit a fire that he truly didn't intend to fire in some recent comments to the Dan Patrick Show on WDAE. Steve Carney recaps his comments and how it could impact on how labor negotiations could be affected by these comments moving not into the 2020 season, but also the 2021 season.

Steve Carney filling in for Ronnie & TKras on Friday celebrated the return to Spring Training..... again. Baseball teams beginning to report for summer camp beginning today but still with plenty of questions to be answered and how things could be handled if there are a rise in positive cases for COVID19. However.... sports could potentially be back in three weeks and that's something to celebrate.

Tampa Bay Times Rays Insider Marc Topkin joined TKras Monday morning to go over the new rules and regulations being put in place by MLB to deal with returning to play during the COVID19 pandemic. While there are some things to still figure out from an agreement standpoint, there will be challenges for both players and coaches but also media as well.

In Monday's edition of What's Up Tampa Bay, all sorts of topics were trending overnight and into the morning following a busy weekend in the world of sports and entertainment. Cam Chowder is now in New England, the NWSL kicked off their challenge cup with all players taking a knee during the national anthem, and how COVID19 cases are potentially reversing re-opening plans.

In Monday's edition of BIG deal or NO deal, TKras shares his thoughts on a cluster of topics including some outlandish predictions by Matt Ryan, the COVID19 impact on how the NBA is approaching their return to play imitative and how would you rate the sense of smell compared to other senses you have?

It was a busy weekend of NFL headlines and TKras was all over it on Monday morning. Cam Newton is now a New England Patriot, Vita Vea and JPP are having surgery... of yeah and DeMarice Smith is NOT happy with Tom Brady's workouts continuing. All that and more with a roundup of the headlines from another BUSY NFL weekend

The return to play manual is out for Major League Baseball, and there is no stone unturned by the league as they prepare for a 60 games in 65 days schedule. TKras breaks down the obvious, the weird, and the just impossible from what MLB thinks they can hold their roster of players to during the COVID19 pandemic attempting to play baseball.