The Bucs are set to play their 50th season as an NFL franchise in 2025, and the team has plenty in store for fans to celebrate a milestone year for football in Tampa Bay. Tuesday’s unveiling of the 1976 throwback uniforms was just the latest example of how the franchise plans to honor its roots … Read more
There are only two pieces of media that have made me wistful for a small-town/suburban childhood I didn’t have: A Christmas Story, and Calvin And Hobbes. Before you accuse me of specifically longing for the tract housing of Ohio, if I interrogate this a little further it turns out that what I really wanted was … Read more
The Bucs are continuing to embrace the 50th season of Buccaneers football in style. After unveiling the alternate throwback uniform earlier this week and announcing they will wear them in Week 3 against the Jets during their home opener, they will also be rocking them just a couple of weeks later in Week 5 on … Read more
In 2019, Victor Ortega Jiménez was visiting the Atlanta zoo with his family when he became mesmerized by a flock of Chilean flamingos. The flamingos were feeding, their long necks squiggled into the water and flat feet stomping in a kind of dance. Ortega Jiménez noticed the flamingo heads produced capillary waves, concentric ripples on … Read more
With NFL training camps right around the corner, predictions are looming large about who will be the best in the league at various positions. Sometimes, the very best players are found in surprising locations. That’s certainly the case with the top-ranked wide receiver in the NFL. Dive into PFSN’s FREE Mock Draft Simulator and run … Read more
ESPN continues to give Bucs offensive players credit heading into this season. After giving quarterback Baker Mayfield proper recognition, ESPN’s positional rankings after aggregating votes from NFL coaches, scouts, and executives slot future NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Mike Evans at No. 9 at his position. Although he will be turning 32 years old … Read more
Let’s face it: We have been living through a pop-cultural age—particularly in cinema—made in Quentin Tarantino’s image. Before Marvel, before George Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney, Tarantino made nerd culture mainstream, showing that a movie- and culture-obsessed kid could bring that obsession to life in their own art, to great success. Tarantino wasn’t the … Read more
This post was originally published on the author’s Substack on June 24. It has been republished here in conjunction with Bills Week. Everybody knows about the MAGA hat. It’s red. It says what it says on it. The content of the MAGA hat is obvious. It’s a team hat, a cult uniform, a panting, sniveling … Read more
You oughta know by now: This is Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, in honor of Bills Week, Dave McKenna, David Roth, and Lauren Theisen debate Billy Joel’s 1977 smash The Stranger. McKenna: Stunning how few rock and roll Bills are out there! But … Read more
The Bucs are entering their 50th season since first donning the Bucco Bruce helmet and creamsicle uniforms in 1976. So it’s only fitting that Pewter Report unveils its Top 50 All-Time Bucs list. The Buccaneers asked yours truly, Scott Reynolds, to provide my Top 50 list to the team for their media poll and I’ve … Read more