nikita kucherov, he gets the shot off, he stuffs it in 3-3, six minutes to go, this one goes into ot, this is a wild one. finally alex muscles it up the ice, and the bolts take a 9th consecutive victory. bruce couldn't contain his joy? when the real games begin in april. smiley making his first spring outing and it was a good one. strikes out chris davis, orioles most dangerous batter. of pop, brad miller slice it down the line, then everyone's favorite kevin kier meyer, making a trip to sarasota, he comes through. it's a triple in the fifth. 2 rbis. rays are back in port charlotte to play at 1:00 tomorrow. >> well, there is an unusual skill. but dozens of people in key west put their sea shell skills to the test at the conch-blowing skill. they are judged on the novelty of the sounds and the duration. composed his own music for conch shell. >> everybody has a special talent. >> not everybody can do it. >> animation domination is next. >> have a great night. realtime closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company again! r again! again! again? again! again! general mills is remo

with two more goals from nikita kucherov and steven stamkos. ben bishop got 3 33 saves... and the bolts won, four to one. they've now won eight in row... tying their franchise record. they can *break the mark tomorrow night at *home... against the carolina hurricanes. 3 thursday... in their second spring training matchup. taking on the baltimore orioles. rays pitcher "erasmo ramirez" had two scoreless 3 innings, and gave up just one hit. the rays *bats... warmed up early. in the second inning, - an rbi double for desmond jennings. he is now 3 for four so far later in the second, corey dickerson just obliterated this one. the ball bounced onto the roof of the rays offices and landed an estimated 569 feet away from home plate the rays won... ten to three. they head to fort myers today to face the red sox. 3 a big treat for soccer fans last night at raymond james stadium. more than taking on england. in 72nd minute... the home crowd has reason to cheer: usa's crystal dunn with the missle shot to the upper corner.... no chance for the england goaltender , it's one-nothing u-s.

however, nikita kucherov would answer on the 5 on 3, nice from tyler johnson to kuch. when these guys are on no one can beat them. deck friday night. >>> i get the feeling as the rays landed back in florida spring training will never be the same. last two days have been a significant 48 hours as one baseball team. yesterday's score against the cuban national team in havana almost seemed insignificant. it was more the rays acting as a conduit to relaxing the tensions between two countries. there they were, president obama, president castro sitting in the front row, along with 50,000 who arrived as early as five hours before the games started yesterday. a little disappointed on the verona got from the crowd, so- so but as you saw all the rays came out to applaud. james with the base hit to right, kevin gets the green light and he's motoring. kk is safe. yeah, he's safe. loney would hit a two-run homer in the fourth and the rays win by a final of 4-1. >>> finally, the buccaneers agreeing to a one-year deal with free agent punter brian anger, who finished in the top 10 in

keep and eye on nikita kucherov.... a blatant elbow shot.... kucherov instantly drops... no penalty called!! this game was all about the defense. both goalies did a great job. this game went to overtime... with *no score. but the overtime didn't last long. ten seconds in, patrice bergeron with the pass to brad marchand and the bruins gets the win... one-nothing. boston is now *tied with tampa bay for *first place in the division. 3 and the bolts could soon be getting help... from an unlikely source. jonathan drouin! he ended his two month holdout yesterday. syracuse for their minor league squad. drouin was demanding a trade... before the bolts suspended him. later this season: 3 3 and now... to a pretty big deadline today, for the nfl. this is the *first day , teams can sign free agents. and one of the biggest names out there is bucs running back doug martin. upwards of *six teams are hard to re-sign him. a report out tuesday they were working on a contract with him... worth as much as six *million dollars a year. but several other teams could have *bigger offers. martin

we should be get news later today on the status of terry and nikita kucherov for this game. that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> going into surgery. coming up at 5:00 -- the operation sarah palin's husband will underago that is taking the former alaska governor off >> a new dinosaur discovered just ahead. what this smaller t-rex means >>> warm and muggy start. temperatures in the 70s. patchy fog so be careful. otherwise temperatures in the low 80s by the time we get into the afternoon. >>> 4:54. asia is helping scientists understand the evolution of dinosaurs. >> they believe the bones show a t-rex smaller than the one park. but the new dinosaur is only 10 to 12 feet long, weighs 600 pounds. compare it to a t-rex which grows to two times as long and weighs 20 times more. >> scientists say bones show supersized. >> people always wonder how these giants like t-rex, around the end of the age of dinosaurs evolved from the smaller ones. >> paleontologists believe the discovery shows a location where they need to dig to find dinosaur evolution. healer" arrested.

they held the cermeonial puck drop with his family. 1st per - alex killorn to nikita kucherov... goal.. 1-0 tb end of the 2nd period... steven stamkos his 2nd of the game... 33rd on the season, 3-2 tampa bay in the 3rd... stamkos, not the only one with a 2 goal night... jamie benn is pretty good too... stars take the lead and hold on... another lightning loss, 4-3 3 the rays took on the phillies in clearwater yesterday... where evan longoria left the game after shin. 3 the rays offense didn't seem to struggle too much without longo... first batter of the game, logan forsythe, no ill effects from getting hit on tuesday on the elbow... extends nicely here... one nothing rays... in the eight... richie shaeffer adds to the lead... rays hit 4 homeruns in this contest... really overshadowing a fine day on the hill out of matt moore.. 2 batters after shaeffer, mikie mahtook goes yard... his first of the spring... a two run shot, the rays slug their way to a 6-1 win in clearwater... 3 smith spent the last 3 years in baltimore... but played the previous 9 in jacksonville-- where he played

cermeonial puck drop with his family...1st per - alex killorn to nikita kucherov... goal.. 1-0 tbend of the 2nd period...steven stamkos his 2nd of the game... 33rd on the season, 3-2 tbin the 3rd... stamkos, not the only one with a 2 goal night... jamie benn is pretty good too...stars take the lead and hold on...another lightning loss, 4-3rays in clearwater today taking on the phillies... where evan longoria left the game after fouling a ball off his left the rays offense didn't seem to struggle too much without longo...first batter of the game, logan forsythe, no ill effects from getting hit on tuesday on the elbow... extends nicely here... one nothing rays...in the eight... richie shaeffer adds to the lead...rays hit 4 homeruns in this contest... really overshadowing a fine day on mikie mahtook goes yard... his first of the spring... a two run shot, the rays slug their way to a 6-1 win in clearwater...smith spent the last 3 years in baltimore... but played the previous nine in jacksonville, where he played under bucs d- coordinator mike smith... daryl smith was a c

nikita kucherov setup steven stamkos. he fires the snapshot for his 30th of the year... lightning up 1-0... the 3rd period is where the lightning had some fun.... dalton prout turns it vladislav namestnikov for his minutes later... on the power play... ondrej palat steals stamkos who scores his 2nd of the day.. the lightning pick up an empty 3 netter for a 4-nothing shutout streak. they remain tied with the panthers for 2nd place in surprise on this selection sunday with top 4 seeds... oregon gets the top stop in the west over michigan state. the rest is what was expected except for the the midwest. norht carolina to the east and kansas is in the south. miami and florida gulf coast are the only teams from florida that made it. that's a look at sports... you have yourself a great day. 3 (walter)) 3 it's a huge day for the u-s-f womens basketball team. they should find out today what seed they'll be in the n-c-double-a tournament. they're ranked 20th or 21st, depending on what poll you read, going into this. and they finished second in their conference... it's been sort of

nikita kucherov is there for the goal... his 25th... stamkos added an empty-netter... ben bishop with 33-saves... yeah, this team looks good. lightning win, 4-1... and it's their 8th straight victory... tying a team record. 3 (walter and... score! more than 13-thousand fans were on-hand in raymond james stadium, to watch the u-s women's national soccer team, take-on england. crustal dunn with the missile shot to the upper corner... england's goal-tender had no chance... one-zip, u-s-a. england with the corner kick... but hope solo easily pulls it in... and that's the game... u-s-a wins one-zero... they're tough right now. they've given-up just *one goal in their last 11-matches. 3 3 (jen) it sounds like detective, with the unique criminals. but in this st. pete right now... teaching police employees his special skill. 3 ((jen "eliott perrott" is a "super-recognizer." that means he has a natural ability to recognize and remember faces. he's training a few st. pete officers and staffers who have been tested for the important. with cameras popping up everywhere, there are

carolina goes back ahead, nick tea nikita kucherov, alex muscles the puck away, takes it up the length of the ice, and there it is. the lightning take over first place in the atlantic 4-3. what a night. the rays have a rare grapefruit league game tonight. you know smiley making his first spring outing a good one. he strikes out the orioles most dangerous bat, of course that's chris davis. 30 pitches, 18 for strikes, and he struck out 3. great starting pitching while the third. new ray brad miller, richard sheaferred, schaefer, 2-nothing lead. comes through a triple into the gap and that's going to score miller, 4-1 rays. the rays club the orioles, 10-6. >>> well, remember dan johnson? how can any not remember him? great home runs, first game against boston red sox, that tied the game. and johnson helped one a crucial game to get them into the playoffs. then 162, johnson homered again, extras against yankees. and as a knuckle ball pitcher, as a renewal of his career. >>> for the seminoles to get a ticket to the dance they have to go deep into the acc tourney. hitting on one of their fir