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Evan Closky
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10 Tampa Bay Sports Director | Emmy & Murrow award winner | Proud Buckeye | Long Island born & raised | All opinions are my own
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    Evan Closky
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    May 4
    Statistically & analytically, the Tampa Bay Lightning were a Stanley Cup contender for a reason. This is a franchise littered with perennial playoff winners, who have been anything but that in the last four years. Why? I try to explain in my commentary. #GoBolts
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    Evan Closky
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    Sep 15, 2024
    Baker Mayfield was told in the postgame press conference his 11-yard TD run was the longest touchdown rush of his career. His response: “Really? That’s so sad.”
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    Evan Closky
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    Jan 26, 2020
    This hit me hard. Pop consoling DeMar DeRozan before the game tonight.
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    Evan Closky
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    Sep 7, 2025
    USF product Shane McClanahan certainly knows his Bulls just upset the Gators in the Swamp.
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    Evan Closky
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    Aug 24, 2025
    Here is the play that got Shilo Sanders ejected.
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    Evan Closky
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    Jul 26, 2022
    Tom Brady waiting for Julio to walk through them doors tomorrow. #GoBucs
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    Evan Closky
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    May 30, 2020
    I know the NFL has to come out with a statement, but after everything with Kaepernick — we knew it would be a tone deaf response no matter what. The condolences sent contradicts the actions taken with Kaep, a person who fought for these lives lost.
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    Adam Schefter
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    May 30, 2020
    Statement from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell:
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    Evan Closky
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    Sep 7, 2025
    Alex Golesh was asked how he's soaking in the past two weeks. Here is his response. Worth the 99 seconds of your time. @USFFootball
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    Evan Closky
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    Oct 3, 2025
    For anyone who has not been watching the Florida Panthers/Tampa Bay Lightning game...this is the carnage. Absolute chaos tonight. Greer started it with the Hagel hit. Bolts started swinging the entire 2nd period.
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    Elliotte Friedman
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    Oct 3, 2025
    Florida/Tampa Bay resume hostilities: Several skirmishes, packed penalty boxes, 64 PIM in 27 minutes
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    Evan Closky
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    Dec 5, 2020
    I asked how DeMar and his family are doing after the intruder a few weeks ago and he said something along the lines of ‘I grew up in Compton. We good.’
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    Evan Closky
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    Feb 2, 2024
    Baker Mayfield gets a late add to the Pro Bowl festivities and walks away with the Precision Passing victory. Cracks some jokes along the way. #GoBucs
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    Evan Closky
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    Oct 31, 2017
    This exchange with a reporter on the phone wins the day from the Leach press conference. #WellMyMyMy
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    Evan Closky
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    Aug 24, 2025
    Replying to @ECloskyWTSP
    Here is another angle of the Shilo Sanders ejection. You can see Zach Davidson climb to the facemask, which is what Todd Bowles was arguing to the refs afterwards.
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    Evan Closky
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    Oct 14, 2025
    Bruce Arians definitely helped start that melee in New Orleans three years ago. My fondest memory of that fight was Jason Licht's reaction when Mike Evans went after Lattimore.
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    Pat McAfee
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    Oct 14, 2025
    "Mike Evans got a one game suspension and I probably started that one 😂😂 All that shit happens between the lines and that goes on every week.. This is outside the lines because it happened postgame" ~ @BruceArians #PMSLive
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