Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Simms hasn't started a game since Sept. 24, 2006, in Tampa Bay when he was battered so badly by the Carolina Panthers that he needed emergency surgery to remove his spleen.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Antonio Bryant is expected to start on Sunday against New Orleans after missing the past two games with a knee injury.

The NFL Players Association wants the league to remove the co-chairman of the league's committee on concussions because the union believes he is biased. Dr. Ira Casson has criticized independent and league-sponsored studies linking NFL careers with heightened risk for dementia and cognitive decline, saying more research is needed.

By ROY CUMMINGS
rcummings@tampatrib.com

TAMPA – Now that Arron Sears is back, the Bucs plan is take it slow with him. Real slow.
Back following an absence due to a personal matter that dates back to April, it Sears will spend this week working out on…

By ROY CUMMINGS
rcummings@tampatrib.com

MIAMI GARDENS – For those of you keeping score at home today, we have a clarification on the wildcat.

Though it’s clearly a changeup from their normal package, the Dolphins don’t count the play as being part of the wildcat when…

By ROY CUMMINGS
rcummings@tampatrib.com

MIAMI GARDENS - Just as he was getting into a groove, defensive end Stylez G. White has been forced out of the Bucs lineup.

Pushed to the sideline by what appears to be a pinched nerve in his neck…

Injuries have started to pile up for the New Orleans Saints' defense, and their offense has had trouble taking care of the ball.

Chad Henne directed a 77-yard drive, Dan Carpenter kicked a 25-yard field goal with 10 seconds remaining and the Miami Dolphins beat the Bucs 25-23 Sunday.

It turns out the Dolphins got the right running back when they drafted Ronnie Brown, leaving Cadillac Williams for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's certainly too early, though, to judge the teams' young quarterbacks.

Profootballtalk.com is reporting that Raheem Morris has been fined 20k for his “expletive filled tirade” against officials during Sunday’s game after Michael Clayton’s catch/no-catch. “You know I got fined,” Morris said. “I got fined and I’m more than happy to give my money to a charity of their choosing. That’s just who I am. I’m fortunate [...]

This piece was written by the Pewter Planks’ best writer, Daniel Edwards.  Only problem with Dan is he writes 3 articles a year.  Enjoy. The Good Connor Barth: Apparently this Connor kid is pretty good.  Barth went 3 for 3 on FGA from 50+ yards (tying the NFL record for most 50+ yard FGMs in a game), [...]

For the first time in almost a year the Bucs have a chance to put a win streak together.  It won’t be an easy task as they take on the Wildcat heavy offense of the Miami Dolphins.  The Bucs showed last week that they still have a lot of fight left in them.  The key to [...]

Tonights Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadians show down will feature for the Caps a season debut and a NHL debut. When the Caps take the ice tonight, 2008 first round draft pick John Carlson will make his NHL debut.  With injuries to Milan Jurcina and Shaone Morrisonn, Carlson will get into the lineup for the first [...]

Rookies ranked according to Win Contribution I went on 82games.com and calculated the Marginal Win Score, Win Contribution, and Player Win Average for every rookie who is averaging at least 17 minutes a game (the accepted cutoff for determining whether a player is at least second string).  I then ranked them all.  Here is the NBA [...]

Statistics — The Magic shoot 64% of their shots from long range, and 27% near the basket. That’s a pretty interesting stat seeing that they have Dwight Howard hulking down low. Orlando has committed 66 ball-handling turnovers. Without Jameer Nelson for tonight’s game (out 4-6 weeks with a knee injury), look for Rondo to stuff the [...]

In stark contrast to todays news by Twitter comes a decidedly refreshing return to in-depth looks at professional footballs biggest stars. VIZIOS PRO FOOTBALL PROFILES, with host Laura Okmin, debuts October of 2009 across all Fox Sports Net (FSN) regional networks and dedicates each 30-minute episode to getting to know the real people that we [...]

Sunday found a Florida matchup, courtesy of a quirk of sorts in the NFL scheduling, between the Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. At first glance, you might think that there wouldn’t be very much scoring; if you subscribed to that line of thinking, then surprisingly, you’d be wrong. Actually there were the obligatory lead [...]

The Bucs have placed linebacker Rod Wilson on Injured Reserve. Wilson is the Bucs backup middle linebacker to Barrett Ruud. The nature of his injury has not been announced.