big win and tom korun was there and has more. >> reporter: thank you, chicago, you've turned ray jay into home sweet home again. defense setting the tone early, resulting in 16 buccaneer points. >> he acts like he's never scored a touchdown before. when you come off, after you score a touchdown, it's okay to head bump guys that have give you a hug, butted me in the head. >> reporter: the majority was on the arm p winston. he game the youngest quarterback to throw 40 touchdowns. rating for this game, impressive 107.1. throwing 300 yards and two touchdown's. >> winston jim i say is going to do some things i don't like, but that's who he is. i was talking about that fine line. can't coach that out of him. he's a special player in that respect. >> reporter: perhaps the biggest surprise today, wide receiver mike evans sat down during the national anthem. evans explained his reasoning after the game. >> i don't want to disrespect the veterans or anything, the men and women that served this country i'm forever indebted to them. but the things that's been going on in america lately, i'm i'm

tom korun has your sports update. >> good morning everybody. just in case the buccaneers make a serious run at the playoffs, the cowboys did them a nice favor by beating the washington redskins. the redskins did make a game of it. 4th quarter down 24-12. desean jackson. dallas had the answers. on 3rd and 9 right here, dak prescott completes the pass to dez bryant and from there ezekiel elliott brings it home and washington goes to 9 and 1, 31-26 the final over washington. >>> how about the detroit lions, they are now the central division leaders at another thanksgiving win for the boys from mo town and this one over the vikings, matt prater's 40-yard field goal, 16- 13 detroit. vikings falling to 6 and 5. now speaking of the buccaneers, a couple of injury updates. kevin panfield still under concussion protocol and cornerback brett grimes did go grimes suffered a quad injury very early in the chiefs game last sunday. >>> as for the lightning, they are certainly winning their share of games, 5 in the last 6. columbus coming to town tonight. i lik

tom korun has your sports update. >> good morning everybody, amalie arena has been good to the lightning this season and appreciation night. the bolts go to 5, 1 and 1 at home while keeping montreal within eyesight. the key last night, the lightning's power play as it was between these two teams in the beginning of the month. steven stamkos gets things rolling off the assist by tyler johnson right here to make it 1- 0. that cheetah couch of would make it 2-0 after one and in the second another power johnson during that shot and the lightning go on to beat the islanders 4-1. andre vasless i can getting the victory. >>> buccaneer's ride receiver mike evans has been cleared to play sunday against chicago, and running back doug barton said it felt good to be back practicing with the team but we're not at the point where martin is a definite go for sunday against the bears. and after starting 6 and 0 on the season, on that quick turn with our pick last thursday night. this week at this point the line has the bears minus 1 in vegas, and as i said mike evans ising. i'm not going to hold out for

tom korun has your morning sports. >> and good morning everybody. if only every other season series was so easy issue the lightning finishing off the islanders last night much like they did the previous two. this one a 4-0 shutout some stellar goal tending by andre vas lev ski. the bolts didn't get going until late in the 1st. j. t. brown breaking that scoreless tie there. with 1:02 left in the 1st, 1-0 bolts. 42 seconds later, the lightning would score again, andre shyster will send a rocket from beyond the circle. ryan alan screening in front, callahan credited with the adding two more goals in the 2nd. congratulations to trenton flowers. he was named aac offensive player of the week for the third time. after last saturday's number in memphis, he would have been offensive player of the week in any conference, 473 yards, totals on 5 touchdowns. >>> in gainesville the gators have a huge week they're headed to baton rouge for a date with lsu, one of the loudest stadiums in country and an sec title hanging in the balance. a win and it's theirs. that's

tom korun has more in morning sports. >>> and good morning everybody, for those of you looking for a sign of where the buccaneer team is headed, why don't you check out yesterday's game at ray jay. the bucs defense put a beatdown on one of the top teams in the league in seattle and more on the d here in just a second. first, it was the jameis winston mike evans connection that gave the bucs the nice 14- 0 cushion. the first td toss from 3 yards out, the second from 23, and evans beat sherman one on one 14-06789 thanks to the seattle offense led by quarterback russell wilson never scored a touchdown. he was sacked six times yesterday, picked off twice. this one here by alta ron veteranner whose dad died this week. as for the clincher, lavon tampa bay david will recover this fumble here by jimmy graham and return it 54 yards to turn seattle away for the final time. this was the kind of defensive performance we saw buccaneers in 02. the win only keeps the bucs back a game in atlanta and a game ahead in new orleans. they both won as well yesterday. the final over seattle 14-5. >> yeah, o

tom korun has your morning sports. >> and a good morning everybody. the buccaneers made a couple of roster moves on monday, one that likely tells us running go thursday night against atlanta. the buccaneers had to come to terms here with mike james and they will resign him off detroit's practice squad. this move coming after running back rogers sprained his foot in sunday's loss to oakland. to make room for james, the buccaneers released the quarterback jonathan banks. somehow the lightning needs to find a way to right the ship against the i don't think i've seen -- the goalie, then bishop was hung out to dry in a couple of occasions. he was having a pedestrian start at 3 and 3, giving up over 3 1/2 goals a game. the same percentage down to 880. that is most unlike bishop. >> i think we're concerned with the way we're playing right now. it's not something we can't fix. it's just about watching the you don't want to stay in this rut. you want to get out as fast as you can. >> and the lightning have also recalled defense -- that's your morning update. e

in sports, worrying news for the bucs and tom korun talks about one piece of good news and one piece of bad news in college hoops. >> good morning everybody. you know, what would another week in the nfl be without a buccaneer injury report. two more injuries we're definitely keeping an eye on. safety chris connie left with an injury, gerald mccoy also injured sometime during the first half. he was testing it on the sidelines and left ray jay wearing a boot again, and coach said they're going to run some tests and he'll have more on those two on wednesday. >>> tiger woods is set to make his return to play this week who's in his foursome two tampa guys. they're in the bahamas for the hero world challenge that benefits the tiger woods foundation. >>> college hoops, the gator men's team in the top 25. they're parked at 24th. usf women did not make the top 25 which is rather surprising. they are sitting 26th. and the usf men beat kennesaw state last night, 71-69. that's your morning sports update. >>> 9 minutes until a coming up on abc action news, a man falls into a huge sinkhole in nort