Tampa Bay Times Sports

Sports podcasts from the Tampa Bay Times, including Marc Topkin's Rays Tales on the Tampa Bay Rays, Greg Auman's Bucs Beat on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Joe Smith's Lightning Strikes! on the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Episodes

Lightning Strikes! Bolts tie series with Bruins with Game 2 win

May 1, 2018 • 13 mins

What got into the Tampa Bay Lightning Monday night? Good question. Better question: What got back into the Lightning? Tampa Bay Times sports columnist Tom Jones and staff writer Roger Mooney go inside the turnaround that sent the NHL playoff series back to Boston tied 1-1.

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Lightning Strikes! Was Game 1 as bad as it looked?

April 29, 2018 • 10 mins

Was Game 1 of the Lightning-Bruins series as bad as it looked? Tampa Bay Times sports columnist Tom Jones and staff writer Roger Mooney break down the opening act of the Eastern Conference semifinal series and look ahead to Monday's Game 2.

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Lightning Strikes! Lightning-Devils playoff preview

April 11, 2018 • 15 mins

Times sports columnist Tom Jones and pro beat reporter Roger Mooney preview the series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils in the first round of the NHL playoffs. They discuss the matchup, the Lightning's readiness for the postseason, Andrei Vasilevskiy's importance, players to watch and their predictions for the series.

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Lightning Strikes! NHL trade deadline/Andrei Vasilevskiy

March 19, 2018 • 18 mins

Tampa Bay Times beat reporter Joe Smith breaks down the Tampa Bay Lightning's trade deadline additions — defenseman Ryan McDonagh and forward J.T. Miller. We also talk about Andrei Vasilevskiy's recent comments about being tired and what it means for Tampa Bay. Is prospect Anthony Cirelli here to stay? Who will be the backup goaltender? We answer those questions and more.

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Lightning Strikes! NHL trade deadline talk from Toronto

February 12, 2018 • 21 mins

Joe Smith breaks down what the Tampa Bay Lightning might do at the NHL trade deadline, which is two weeks away, and goes over his conversation with Lightning GM Steve Yzerman. He also discusses Vinny Lecavalier's regal jersey retirement ceremony, Andrei Vasilevskiy's save of the year and the team's current funk. Finally, Joe also answers your questions.

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Lightning Strikes! Talking with Tom Jones about NHL All-Star Game

January 30, 2018 • 19 mins

Lightning Strikes Podcast: All-Star Edition. Tampa Bay Times Lightning beat reporter Joe Smith and columnist Tom Jones break down All-Star Weekend in Tampa, from Nikita Kucherov's sick hat trick, to behind the scenes with host Steven Stamkos and the heartbeat of the game, former Lightning center Brian Boyle. We also discuss Brayden Point, potential moves by Tampa Bay at the deadline and the road ahead.

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Rays Tales: MLB draft, Dave Eiland's Tampa Bay roots, Danny Farquhar's schedule

May 10, 2017 • 21 mins

In this episode, Tampa Bay Times beat writer Marc Topkin talks with Tampa Bay Rays scouting director Rob Metzler about having the No. 4 pick in the upcoming draft, Royals pitching coach Dave Eiland on his deep Tampa Bay roots and successful career, and reliever Danny Farquhar on being the busiest man in baseball.

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Rays Tales: Kevin Kiermaier's struggles, Andy Freed's thoughts

May 4, 2017 • 28 mins

In a new episode of our Rays Tales podcast, Tampa Bay Times beat writer Marc Topkin shares a candid conversation with Kevin Kiermaier about his extended struggles at the plate and how that affects him, shares an interesting Wade Boggs anecdote and talks to Tampa Bay Rays radio man Andy Freed about his thoughts on the first month of the season and who is most key going forward.

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Rays Tales: Matt Duffy's rehab, Chad Mottola's career, Todd Kalas' return

April 26, 2017 • 22 mins

In episode 4 of our Rays Tales podcast, Tampa Bay Times beat writer Marc Topkin talks with rehabbing shortstop Matt Duffy about how tough it is to watch and what podcasts he likes to listen to, Chad Mottola about his playing career and how it shaped his philosophies as a hitting coach and longtime Rays TV man Todd Kalas about his return to the Trop.

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