bucs star "gerald mccoy" is heading out to lanier elementary school this morning, to help teach the kids how to plant and nurture foundation teamed up with "united healthcare" to give the school a "learning garden." mccoy is one of several bucs players taking part in the event, along with the bucs cheerleaders and the bucs mascot. and in sarasota: there's a new resident at the big cat habitat and gulf coast sanctuary. they've just adopted a "tigon." that's a mix between a female lion and a male tiger! tigon'sar bred in captivity. this one is named "rhaja." he was moved to sarasota less than a week ago in order to help out another rescue facility: "rhaja" will more than likely spend the rest of his life at big cat habitat. he can't be released into the wild because he was born and raised in captivity. and "tigons" "liger." that's a mix between a ?male lion and a ?female tiger. ((//2shot)) toss to dave... ((vanessa toss to shayla.... shayla.... toss to ((vanessa((vanessa still ahead in the five o'clock hour of good day: breaking news... at tampa international airport. fox 13's shayla reave

fourth down, gerald mccoy deflects the past. the bucs take any. >> man: we have a lot of things! i dropped there, missed tackle there. oh boy it could be completely different. interesting game. we did enough to win. >> man: we have to enjoy this day. we enjoy it from 5:00 p.m. till why go we move past this victory and move on for next week. >> sports anchor: head coaches presented the game ball. >> next week off to face the arizona cardinals. >> anchor: winos will follow on twitter. with regard to a smile at 4:00 >>>tonight bill clinton may regret attacking trump's slogan. >> together we can make america great again. make america great again. >> donald trump may regret his affections for putin and ripping our mel tear leaders. >> reduced to rubble. >> johnson may regret his oops moment on tv. >> we score the week if politics and call out the contradictions and gapseses. and explain what's up with north korea. >> provocations invite more pressure and deepen the isolation. >> we examine the dictator who keeps testing nukes. how it got to this point and what happens next. >> this is

gerald mccoy squashes any hope of a comeback. batting ryan's pass. the bucs beat fa third time in a row, 31-24 the final. 1-for-1 as an nfl head coach. >> i told him great job. it's a team effort. it's a team effort. everybody helped. everybody helped. excited. excited for every guy in that room because we played like a team today. that was good. >> we're happy we were able to the hard work hi put in. >> i knew it was going to happen. a lot telling we were going to lose. i love my team to death. i go the to war with them. >> you have 15 more minimum. minimum. we got a lot of work to do. exciting. 2002 at home against carolina we haven't got an opening day win. >>> yankees rays out of the big apple. big old broom of his own. two-run homer. his 19th of the year. fast forward to the sixth. tampa bay up 2-1. brad miller would add an insurance run. the rays take one from the yankees. 4-2 the final. that snaps new york's winning streak. >> good day for the home teams. >> another test next week against arizona. it's going to be tougher. >>> how's our foreca

gerald mccoy says the bucs have their own triple thread, though. >> when you look across the field, on the other side of the field you take what we got jaimis and v jay and -- you go dang, and they can watch us step for step so those three are as good as it gets. >> and scwaisen light is looking out to his first winning season since joining the team a couple of years ago. the roster. but despite that licht says the bbucs feel a lot mar than in previous years. >> there is a sense of calmness from a confidence level that is very high and i feel very confident and dirk and our headcoach and players feel very confident that we are going be a much better show significant progress this year. it all starts with week one, so we are excited. >> the rays fall into a 3-10 hole. morrison drills a solo shot to get one back here, and then steven sousa with another. this is his third homer in two days but this has been a problem for the rays all season, too before rain hits again, and they are now in their fourth rain delay. so it's not with, chris, they have a shot here. >> i know! i need to scamper

bucs go up 31-13, the falcons get within a touchdown late but on their last try gerald mccoy going to tip it at the line of scrimmage. 31-24 the bucs hold on. gatorade showers here. >>> the emotion of the september 11 attacks especially strong at yankee stadium where four-game series against new york. the rays lost their first three games but finally get it together in the bronx. corey dickerson breaks a scoreless tie in the second with his 19th home run of the season, two run shoutout to right field. the rays get good pitching from matt andreess in bullpen and homers from forsyth and miller. rays win 4-2 they are in toronto tonight. >>> this is the mets in atlanta. this is a grand field but look who catches it. yeah. the guy in the yellow vest selling the 50/5050 tickets. no glove. what a catch. sign him up. i like it. that's your morning sports update. have a great day.>>> picking up debris left behind by hermine in pasco county. >> and a live report about requesting debris pickup and trash. >> distracted driving is to blame for a chain reaction crash on the courtney campbell causew

gerald mccoy says the bucs have their own triple thread, though. >> when you look across the field, on the other side of the field you take what we got jaim, dang, and they can watch us step for step so those three are as good as it gets. >> and scwaisen light is looking out to his first winning season since joining the team a couple of years ago. he spent draft years working up the roster. but despite that licht says the bucs previous years. >> there is a sense of calmness from a confidence level that is very high and i feel very confident and dirk and our headcoach and players feel very confident that we are going be a much better football team and show significant progress this year. it all starts with week one, so we are excited. hole. morrison drills a solo shot to get one back here, and then steven sousa with another. this is his third homer in two days but this has been a problem for the rays all season, too many solo home runs. the yankees take a 7-2 lead before rain hits again, and they are now in their fourth delay. so it's not with, chris, they have a shot here. >> i know! i

but, we had good coverage in there, we got good pressure all day, gerald mccoy played fantc. negative, but there was a personal foul during the game. outside of the building we can say this is ridiculous, however they were in the position. what are your thoughts? >> the thing about that rule when a player celebrates, you can have a planned out celebration with another player. that wasn't planned out, gerald got the sack and he was doing his dance and then in the moment write when i saw it i said they are going to call that. will have a talk about it, it is unfortunate because it could of been huge. we did a lot better on penalties last night, i think it was six for 48 yards but we had foolish penalties but that wasn't malicious. that is one where i have got to a better job making sure our guys know the rules. >> will have the complete rs you love him. watch it. >>> exciting news for lightning fans, the ice is back. they will be working around the clock to get it ready. can you believe it already? >>> nightly news is coming your way next. >> have a great night we will i'm hill

gerald mccoy will be out taking pictures with fans and signing autographs. it's free for anyone to attend. elder ford son north florida avenue. it's happening 5:00 to 7:00 this evening. >>> it's 5:48, and leigh, the regular season is almost here. >> so excited. watching the game late last night, and i'm sure a lot of you are just now waking up. here's the tower camera, and clear, and at 8:00 a.m., 77 degrees, and not too bad, but i do think you will notice the extra humidity. warming up quickly. 87 at noon, and a high of 92. feeling steamy with the 30% rain chance. brooksville at 72. , and 78 in sarasota. and specifically my with watcher. wendy says it's 71 at her 2-5degrees depending on where you are. there's an indication there's higher humidity. we will translate that into afternoon rain, and basically keeping it dry from now to 11:30. the general east to west motion means we will see light, spotty showers in the early afternoon, and by the evening, notice how the storms push closer and closer to the coast, and that could be when you're headed outs for di

tackle gerald mccoy and linebacker jameis winston and vincent jackson named offensive captains with russell shepherd representing special teams. there will be a weekly captain this. week offensive lineman joe holly, another former falcon. atlanta three-point favorite over the buccaneers in the season opener. >>> meanwhile at the trop, rays and orioles opening up a three- game series. big first inning, thanks to logan morrison's three-run the fourth. then puts 5 up in the fifth. chris davis's two-run base hit started that fifth inning comeback and the os win game one of the series, the final 7- 3. >>> that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> it's 4:51. a man leads police on a foot chase in southern california. even took off his shirt to try to hide. how did it end? >> i'll be amendment right -- >> people dressing as clowns to lure kids appears to be spreading. it's already happened in south carolina. the new state where it's now happening and how police are z23ppz zy6z 70 for tampa, clearwater and st. pete with wind out of the east and northeast. climbing up to 81 by 10:00 and

defensive tackle gerald mccoy offers a dose of reality for his happy teammates. >> arizona just lost opening championship. here comes the gms . they don't typically speak out. they spoke out in the media about the team. if you think the best team in the league is going to go 0-2 at home, and go lightly, we have another thing coming. so, this is going to be a real test for us. >> ah, the friday night blitz all charged up for week four of the high school football season. yes. you teams in pasco and hernando counties get spotlight tonight. that includes a giant tub of butter! in land o' lakes! when two rivals meet in our game of the week, paul ryan is live with a preview. hey paul. >> reporter: yeah, the butter bowl. one of my favorite high school football games and one of my favorite things to eat when i'm sad. this is a rivalry game that has been going on since 2007 when they schmidt away from land o' lakes. you may remember when the hawks if you count the forfeit back in 2013, sun lake has won this game five years in a row. they instituted that cool little trophy you saw in the begin

. >> well, we could tell you defensive tackle gerald mccoy and linebackers won't stand for mediocrity. the captains were named with russell shepard representing special teams. there will be a weekly captain. as well. florida state in big-time rally mode, folks. in the second half, down by 22 at one point, fsu would score 23 quick. whitfield's three-yarder giving the noles the one-point lead. then a short time later the rally continues. fsu has scored 33 unanswered points to lead, the score right now is quarter. >>> okay, meanwhile at the trop, rays and orioles open up a three-game series. a three-run home tore give the rays the lead. baltimore scoring in the 4th. chris davis' two-run base hit starting that 5th inning comeback. 7-3 orioles. we're back in a minute and change. save more on i-4. >>> there's continuing coverage on all of today's top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> have a good night. we will see you back here tomorrow night. i'm a coupon guy... i signed up for the publix digital ones... i clip the paper ones... in fact if there was a third kind, i'd probably love those too

just ask gerald mccoy. >> last week i said, don't make a big deal after just one game. anything can happen. is it hard to see that this is one loss? no, because it's one loss. we want win. it is what it is. >> as if the florida gators quarterback lock del luke del rio sidelined, the gators will start austin apple bea. talk about getting thrown into the fire, his first gators road game will be at tennessee. and listen to this. one volunteer fan was so happy to hear appleby will play, he started a go fund apple bea's funeral. the site was taken down but appleby thought it was hilarious. >> it is fun. i would love to get my hands on the go fund me if it's ncaa praw.d if they're going to get me some cash, that would be awesome. i could pay for gas for my scooter. >> who likes gas for their scooter. in high school appleby wore favorite player tim tebow. he arrived in port st. lucie today. this was his first practice at new york mets instructional league. get. this vass this afternoon tim tebow had the third highest selling jersey in major league baseball. impressive for a gu

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gerald mccoy the bucks take it in. derek takes it to the right shower. the bucks when 31/24. it's a great job. a team effort. everyone helped. i am excited. excited for every guy in that room. we played like a team today. it was good. >> he is always preaching that it's a two-minute offense. that we played today. we had a very good minute at the end of the game. it's a great we play good football. lexi receives the game ball from the quarterback. it's a great day for the bucks coordinator. mike's with making his return and the farewell to the georgia dome and the winningest coach and falcon team history. his defense came up big. they got the yards in the bucks had a number of plays. not to mention what the game on the line. they have to come out a certain way. the coach alwaysteaches us hand-off and hand up! i was able to get my hand up and finish the game. >> you might have put yourself in the running for the game of the week with your performance out there. what did it mean to get out of the gate scree. >> i appreciate my teammates. have fun out there. everyone will do thei

defensive tackle gerald mccoy hopes the bucks can turn that excitement into urgency again this week. >> arizona just lost opening day at home after being in the nfc championship. the head coach is the gm. they don't speak out ab their own team. they talk internally. they spoke out in the media about their team. if you think arguably the best in the league will go 0 and 2 at home and go lightly, we got another thing coming. this will be a real test for us. >> sorry to inform you rays fans, late last night, the rays were officially eliminated from the post season. still plenty of work today as the rays by the way did win their third straight game last night against a potential playoff team no less and in longoria hit his 33rd home run of the season. tieing his career best. nine runs batted in away from 100. the number he hasn't reached since the 2010 season. longoria arrived at spring training in tremendous shape, stayed healthy, and produced even though his team struggled, his he finally, this great team leader the rays envision when they locked him up under a long- term deal. we hope