There is an old adage in the NFL that implies you cannot buy a championship. Daniel Snyder and scores of Washington Redskin fans would be hard pressed to argue with that line of thinking. The 2011 Philadelphia Eagles are another shining example of spendi

By Rick Stroud, Times Staff Writer Rick Stroud Tampa Bay Times In Print: Sunday, February 19, 2012 Bucs coach Greg Schiano is an organized, detailed man; some even say, a micromanager who concerns himself with every facet of a football program. That's no

Bucs coach Greg Schiano is an organized, detailed man, some even say, a micro-manager who concerns himself with every facet of a football program. That's not a criticism because it was a strength of Schiano's that enabled him to build Rutgers into a Big

We had a question in Friday’s NFC South chat about the future of tight end Kellen Winslow with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A reader was critical of Winslow’s production in the 2011 season and asked if the Buccaneers might part ways with him. I said that wo

According to the Lantern, an Ohio State University newspaper, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired OSU defensive backs coach Bill Sheridan as their new defensive coordinator. Bill Sheridan was hired as Ohio State's secondary coach this year, after being t

Greg Schiano is off to a pretty good start as the new coach of the Buccaneers. After winning his introductory news conference last month, he posted a second victory last week with the hiring of Butch Davis as a special assistant. Davis won't spend his ti

Still, the constraints on Butch Davis' tasks related to his North Carolina contract as well as the way the Buccaneers have been presenting him do point to this fact. Mark Dominik's credibility took a hit with last year's four-win season, and the Glazers

CHAPEL HILL -- A group of faculty members at the University of North Carolina has urged the university to pursue athletic excellence on a foundation of academic integrity while remaining consistent to the universitys overall mission. The faculty members

Got Scoop? Click Here to send us your breaking news! Seattle Seahawks OT James Carpenter (knee) could start next season on the Physically Unable to Perform list because of his knee injury. Seattle Seahawks OT Breno Giacomini will enter the offseason as t

Got Scoop? Click Here to send us your breaking news! Seattle Seahawks OT James Carpenter (knee) could start next season on the Physically Unable to Perform list because of his knee injury. Seattle Seahawks OT Breno Giacomini will enter the offseason as t

Got Scoop? Click Here to send us your breaking news! Seattle Seahawks OT James Carpenter (knee) could start next season on the Physically Unable to Perform list because of his knee injury. Seattle Seahawks OT Breno Giacomini will enter the offseason as t

Got Scoop? Click Here to send us your breaking news! Seattle Seahawks OT James Carpenter (knee) could start next season on the Physically Unable to Perform list because of his knee injury. Seattle Seahawks OT Breno Giacomini will enter the offseason as t

Tampa Bay Buccaneers special assistant Butch Davis said he sees great potential in QB Josh Freeman. "I'd say this team definitely got the quarterback part right and in this league it starts with the quarterback," Davis said.

Butch Davis didn't waste time jumping into his role as advisor to Buccaneers rookie head coach Greg Schiano. On the job less than a week, Davis has already passed along what he considers one of the most important lessons any NFL coach can learn. "I told

Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano already has received his first bit of advice from special assistant Butch Davis. "I've told him to just be yourself and that the thing that National Football League players respect more than anything is honesty,''

Butch Davis, Assistant to Coach Greg Schiano was officially named as such today and took some questions at One Buc Place. On his role with the Buccaneers: “talent evaluation and finding the missing pieces” “There are so many things within an organization

TAMPA, Fla. AP Photo/Gerry Broome Former North Carolina coach Butch

Late in the 1984 Orange Bowl, Tom Osborne's Nebraska team had just scored to trail Miami by one point. Instead of kicking the extra point to tie the game, Osborne elected to go for it. Nebraska came out and Turner Gill threw a pass that was tipped away f

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers continue building what is becoming a bit of an unconventional coaching staff, naming, as expected, Jimmy Raye a Senior Offensive Assistant. Raye, a longtime NFL assistant and veteran offensive coordinator, presumably won't coach