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Rick Stroud

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Rick Stroud

@NFLSTROUD

Bucs/NFL beat writer for Tampa Bay Times. Co-author of the Players’ Coach with Tom Moore. Host Sports Day Tampa Bay, a podcast on Apple Podcasts (ITunes)

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Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
May 22, 2024
I’m very proud to announce Tom Moore’s book, The Players’ Coach: From Bradshaw to Manning, Brady and beyond, which I co-wrote with him, is available on Amazon for pre-order. He talked, I typed. Honored to help tell coach Moore’s story. In stores Labor Day
The Players' Coach: From Bradshaw to Manning, Brady, and Beyond
From amazon.com
Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Jan 29, 2022
Confirming Tom Brady has called #Bucs GM Jason Licht to inform him he has NOT made up his mind about retiring or playing in 2022. @MikeSilver reported it first.
Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Oct 25, 2021
Bucs are giving Byron Kennedy the following for the No. 600 TD football: Two signed jerseys and a helmet from Tom Brady, a signed Mike Evans jersey & his game cleats, a $1K credit at our team store, and two season passes for the remainder of this season as well as next season.
Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Jan 25, 2022
Tom Brady on his Let’s Go podcast about his wife and family and football. “It pains her to see me get hit out there. And she deserves what she needs from me as a husband and my kids deserve what they need from me as a dad.
Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Dec 30, 2019
#GoBucs coach Bruce Arians, when asked if this team could win with another quarterback: “With another quarterback? Oh yeah. If we can win with this one, we can definitely win with another one, too.’’
Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Sep 29, 2024
Tom Brady doesn't hold back when responding to Baker Mayfield's claim that it was "stressful," for players when Brady was in Tampa Bay. “I thought stressful was not having Super Bowl rings,'' Brady said. "This wasn’t daycare...If I was going to have fun, I was going to
Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Sep 25, 2025
T Tristan Wirfs says he was relieved when doctors finally discovered there was something wrong with his knee because it wasn’t getting better. “I wasn’t crazy,” he said, noting he had been in pain before the surgery. Now he is pain free and could play Sunday.
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Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Jan 9, 2021
#GoBucs QB Tom Brady in one of the Friday passing competitions organized by QBs coach Clyde Christensen. He hits all three targets in three tries.
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Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Dec 19, 2024
Bucky Irving is asked by Baker Mayfield if he’s become closer to Baker Mayfield than Bo Nix.
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Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Apr 11, 2022
Governor Ron DeSantis signs legislation to provide $70 million to promote fatherhood at the Bucs indoor facility as Tony Dungy looks on.
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Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Sep 11, 2025
#Bucs WR Mike Evans on what could be his last trip to Houston or his home state of Texas as an NFL player.
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Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Feb 1, 2025
#Bucs Pro Bowl QB Baker Mayfield on Liam Coen FaceTiming him and the OLine in the Bahamas to tell him he was taking the Jaguars HC job. “I left him on red a little bit,” he said. But Mayfield understood it was an opportunity Coen couldn’t pass.
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Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Jan 18, 2021
#Bucs are designating DT Vita Vea for return from injured reserve. He will begin practicing Wednesday and could be activated for Sunday's NFC title game. Vea fractured his ankle against the Bears in Oct.
Rick Stroud
@NFLSTROUD
Mar 1, 2022
Arians was asked if Tom Brady wanted to come back with another team, would he accommodate him. “Nope. Bad business.”