SPORTS REPORT

The Super Bowl was just that … Super! What a great, high-scoring, action packed football game! The Kansas City Chiefs were victorious by a 38-35 score over the Philadelphia Eagles and are building a dynasty behind quarterback Patrick Mahomes who was named the game MVP.

Mahomes was 21/27 for 182 yards and three touchdowns! He also added 44 rushing yards to his stat line. On the other side of the football, Eagle quarterback Jalen Hurts was 27/38 for 304 yards and one passing touchdown but he also rushed for 70 yards and three … yes that’s right … three touchdowns! Needless-to-say, if Philly won the game Jalen would have been taking that trip to Disneyland! It was a hell of a game and a fantastic nish to an exciting NFL year.

Looking ahead to next season, our Tampa Bay Bucs will be making a whole lot of changes. The retirement of Tom Brady forces the team to nd a new starting QB and according to spotrac.com , The Bucs are $55,594,949 over the Salary Cap. This leaves little wiggle room in the attempt to re-sign some of their top players and hampers their ability to attract new talent to Tampa. There are a few options under center… try 2021 draft pick Kyle Trask as your starter … sign SF quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo … sign Geno Smith from Seattle … sign former Cleveland Brown Jacoby Brissett or look at the much-moved-around Baker May eld. The team doesn’t have the money to go after Derek Carr, Aaron Rodgers or Daniel Jones. It will be an exciting o -season to say the least!

Now that football is over we can concentrate on our Tampa Bay Lightning who are once again a serious threat to take home Lord Stanley’s Cup. At press time the Bolts are in third place in the Atlantic Division behind the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs. They have a very respectable 36-17-3 record and the team is ready to make a long playo run.

The team is overall healthy and playing solid hockey. I have went to a few games and the crowds are amazing! Tampa Bay is one great hockey town and the team will be ready for the playo s!

The Tampa Bay area will be MLB’s top area when Spring Training starts this month. The Rays will be playing their Spring Training games in Orlando this year due to the damage caused by Hurricane Ian last year making them move out of Charlotte Sports Park. The team made very few moves during the o -season and they will have their work cut out playing in the American League East Division against the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox. Next month I will give you my yearly baseball predictions and rundowns of every MLB team.