This season, return specialist Smith averages 30.6 yards on kickoff returns to rank second in the NFC. He was named NFC special teams player of the week. ...more

November 11, 2009

While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were stealing a win from the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon, another type of theft was discovered just across town. ...more

November 10, 2009

When the deed was finished, when the Bucs completed their 38-28 victory against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon at Raymond James Stadium, the pressure finally lifted. There will be no more talk about finishing 0-16. ...more

November 9, 2009

On a day they saluted their past, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers gave their fans a tantalizing glimpse of the future with a 38-28 comeback victory against the Green Bay Packers. ...more

November 9, 2009

For one Sunday this season, the cynicism turned into euphoria for Bucs fans. ...more

November 9, 2009

TAMPA It has to have a starting point. Every escape from the darkness does. Maybe that game-winning drive late Sunday against the Packers, which produced a 38-28 victory, was it. It wasn't necessarily one for the ages. But coming as it did, with rookie quarterback Josh Freeman at the wheel and in a uniform that has come to symbolize a losing era, it was enough to make some believe better days are just ahead. ...more

November 8, 2009

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and receiver Donald Driver practiced Friday and are probably for Sunday's game at Tampa Bay. ...more

November 6, 2009

Thirty years later, the 1979 Bucs remain an incredible story. When the former players gather to be honored Sunday afternoon at Raymond James Stadium, part of the franchise's Throwback Game as the Bucs (0-7) meet the Green Bay Packers (4-3), the fuss might be difficult to understand for younger fans or transplanted Tampa Bay area residents. ...more

November 6, 2009

Since the NFL merger in 1970, there have been 80 quarterbacks selected with a first-round pick in the regular draft. Bucs rookie Josh Freeman, who gets his first start on Sunday afternoon against the Green Bay Packers, is No. 80. ...more

November 5, 2009

Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer points to a change in uniforms when the team's losing perception finally changed. ...more

November 4, 2009