Jonas Valanciunas, one of the NBA’s most reliable veteran rebounders, could be nearing a surprising exit from the league, according to recent reports. Rumors suggest the 33-year-old center, currently expected to join the Denver Nuggets via trade, is considering a lucrative contract offer from Panathinaikos Athens in Greece. If true, this would mark a significant … Read more
One NFL insider believes that Cleveland Browns quarterback Kenny Pickett possesses a singular trait that should earn him the starting job this fall. While intangibles can give athletes an edge over the similarly talented competing for the same job, measurables and traits do matter. Granted, few people at the professional level will use a stopwatch … Read more
In yesterday’s story, How To Watch Cycling, I wrote offhand that the Tour de France was “poker on two wheels.” That poker game is an important element of tactics, but it’s not the only one. With the Tour so close and so much more coverage to come, it seemed worth addressing the principles of team … Read more
The vote looked like a funeral. Residents showed up to the council meeting dressed in black, carrying prop tombstones. One carried drooping flowers. “I feel that what the council has just done has sentenced us to a long, agonizing death,” she said. “We’re disgusted,” said another protester. Dire predictions had been made at earlier hearings. … Read more
The Cincinnati Bengals have once again found themselves in an awkward spot over a contract dispute, but this time it involves their first-round draft pick. No one expected negotiations to get this complicated with Shemar Stewart, but leave it to the Bengals, a team with a history of fumbling these situations. Sure, it happens with … Read more
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. Just as the team itself has plenty in store to celebrate the 50th season, Pewter Report does as well. Today kicks … Read more
That Joan Didion line, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” is ubiquitous because like so much of her work, it gets at an essential truth. But the thing about that quote—the idea that we form narratives out of the things that happen to us—is that it suggests we do it in order to … Read more
Let’s put the spotlight on Bucs wide receiver Chris Godwin. With the 2024 season firmly in the rearview mirror and the pre-draft process, free agency, the draft itself, OTAs and mini-camp also behind us, it’s time to ramp up the excitement for training camp and then, of course, the Bucs’ 50th season. As we did … Read more
“Eight hours per day, we’re not allowed to do more,” FIA World Rally Championship safety delegate Nicolas Klinger jokes. “Eight hours in the morning, eight hours in the afternoon.” I’m sitting with Klinger in the WRC’s race control room at the Rally de Portugal, which took place in May. Klinger has been here since 6:00 … Read more
When looking at the Bucs’ defense, there is plenty of room for optimism as the team heads into training camp later this month. There are areas of concern, however; the biggest being at inside linebacker. Head coach Todd Bowles thinks otherwise, but that does not dismiss understandable doubts after the contributions Tampa Bay received from … Read more