Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Back in the old days, before Pete Rozelle invented wild-card teams and other gimmicks for stretching the season, the NFL had something known as the Runner-Up Bowl. It was played in Florida and was, in the immortal...

•Willie Stargell, explaining why he didn't become a free agent: "You pull up an old tree from the ground and move it, say, to California, well, you can damage the roots."

Recovering this fumble helped the once humble Bucs beat the Eagles as underdogs prevailed in three of the four playoffs

After five tries he finally got a win, but it was hardly a laugher for new New York Coach Ray Perkins

BUCCANEER SPIRITSir:Thank you for recognizing the Buccaneers' dramatic turnabout (Time for Good Times in Tampa Bay, Oct. 1). The change has been as big as the change in the Tampa weather shown in your photographs. Up...