Derrick Brooks

Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Ronde Barber to retire after 16 seasons

2013-05-08 14:27:00

Ronde Barber has played 16 seasons, pulled in 47 interceptions, won a Super Bowl and made five Pro Bowls. And he did it with just one team, Tampa Bay. And even though the Buccaneers were open to having him return another season, the 38-year-old...

AFL player Chandler Williams dies while playing flag football

2013-01-07 07:02:00

Arena Football League player Chandler Williams, a seventh-round draft pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2007 who also was a member of the Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons and Kansas City Chiefs, died Sunday. He was 27. According to the AFL, Williams...

Jay Cutler's shortcoming: not guts but failing to "act" gutsy

2011-01-25 21:32:46

Raiders May Be Caught Short

2003-01-26 00:00:00

This is a game that figures to go Tampa Bay's way — on a relatively low-scoring day — because the Raiders haven't had time, during a short work week, to make the extensive changes they need to solve the Buccaneers' unconventional defense....

Del Rio Time

2004-09-28 13:27:00

Jack Del Rio, a 1981-84 USC linebacker who started for the Trojans all four years, will get the next chance to stop Peyton Manning, the Indianapolis quarterback who threw the ball on every snap in the first quarter of last Sunday's 43-31 win over Green...

LB Geno Hayes thankful for chance to play

2013-05-20 11:14:02

As six linebackers came off the board in the second round of last month's NFL Draft, some earlier than expected, it became apparent Geno Hayes would not face additional competition to win a starting position on the Jaguars' defense. Not that Hayes was...

Meet Tampa's networking heavyweights

2013-05-12 09:14:01

If you've ever mingled at a chamber of commerce mixer or watched dignitaries turn shovels at a groundbreaking, you've probably met Ron Weaver or Aakash Patel. There are no studies on the subject, but the two Tampa businessmen may be the area's best...

The Bradenton Herald Alan Dell column

2013-05-12 00:34:01

TAMPA Off the field, Ronde Barber was easy to miss. He wasn't big, he didn't boast about his accomplishments, and his 40-yard dash times didn't warrant a second glance. In the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' crowded locker room after a game, if you didn't...

Kaufman: Does Ronde Barber belong in the Hall of Fame?

2013-05-10 03:24:03

For Buccaneers fans who had the privilege of watching No. 20 report to work for the past 16 seasons, his new title appears to be "Hall of Famer Ronde Barber." Not so fast. Barber, who switched from cornerback to safety for his final NFL season,...

Buccaneers' Ronde Barber retires after storied career

2013-05-08 15:32:00

Ronde Barber is retiring from the NFL after 17 seasons and a franchise-record 241 games played, all with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. FOX Sports' Jay Glazer first reported Barber's retirement Wednesday. Barber, a five-time Pro Bowl pick and three-time...

Warren Sapp: From picking oranges in Plymouth to Bucs Ring of Honor

2013-05-02 17:06:00

TAMPA – "Just a little boy from Plymouth, Florida," Warren Sapp says, wiping away a single tear zigzagging down his cheek. A little boy who had a ginormous dream. "If they ain't laughing at your dreams," Sapp says, "you ain't dreamin' big...

Notre Dame Football: A inside look at the post-hoax Manti Te'o

2013-04-24 17:30:00

SOUTH BEND -- Perhaps the height of the absurdity in the tabloid phase of Manti mania came in early February, when ESPN.com counted among its top headlines that the former Notre Dame All-America linebacker was deleting his Twitter account. Perhaps a game...

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Warren Sapp (left) hugs former player Derrick Brooks after being selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

2013-02-02 00:00:00

Former NFL players Brett Favre (left) and Derrick Brooks (right) at the EA SPORTS Madden NFL 13 Pigskin Pro-Am June 22 2012 in Grant Park.

2012-06-26 04:55:00

Former NFL player and celebrities were in Chicago for the EA Sports Madden NFL 13 Pigskin Pro-Am on June 22, 2012 in Grant Park.

2012-06-25 10:14:00