in sports tom korun talks to the bucs coach about how the weather could affect final roster cuts. >> reporter: good morning. big night tonight for about a dozen buccaneer players, they are against the washington redskins at raymond james stadium. again, one major obstacle tonight will be the weather as rain and wind expected for the game. how bad will it be? we're not sure but buccaneer head coach koetter knows how important this game is to the players. which is why they try to get it in with this tropical disturbance bearing down on the area. >> there's still guys that the game is really important to as making practice squad, getting picked up by other teams. it's the same for both teams. so -- appreciate everybody's hard work. a lot of changes had to be made to get it done. >> reporter: the buccaneer/redskins game once again tonight 8:00 at raymond james stadium. not thursday as originally scheduled. hopefully the weather will be decent enough to the players don't get hurt and the field doesn't get ruined for the usf home opener saturday. >>> rays and red sox. ticket last nigh top

tom korun has that and more in sports. >> good morning. it is just too late now to save this season but if the rays were to keep the pitching up and some of the power at the plate they could have something to build on for next season. let's hope so. drew smiley had another good start and gets another win. logan forsyth with some of the power the ray vs. been wanting to see all season. a two ru inning. broke the game open in the eighth with a two run homer by kevin kiermaier. the rays win the first of three, final 8-2. >>> if dotson was turning professional in any sport football wasn't it. he was a basketball player. no one in the pros is going to draft him, he hardly played the see what is up withem the 6'9">>> dotson a raw talent but worked hard and kept working. eventually taking over for jeremy trueblood. yesterday his first big contract. dotson signing a three-year extense worth $16.5 million. not bad. >> everything i had in life i worked for. i came in as a rookie. i i think that just -- is what god made me. always stay humble. if you

tom korun has more. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. i know it's only been a couple of days of practice, and none of it the buccaneers break through the power poll, i think they could be selling the buccaneers a little short. the bucs were impressive in the two days of joint practices, but this was a little scare into the buc. down with a slight ankle sprain. mccoy says he's fine but we know ankle sprains have ruined >> i'm a competitor, so i'm going to go hard. missing opportunities, it bugs me. >> reporter: a story from gainsville, luke del rio has been named the starting quarterback. he was named the starter for the team's opener on september 3rd against umass. the new starter will be the backup. >>> that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> call the kids and tell them how high i'm gonna get. >> an alaska man is blaming his kids for freaking out and calling 911. what he says he did to the cat after eating pot brownies. >> a rocket launched from cape canaveral this morning. a mission aimed at stopping collisions in space

tom korun sports report. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. wednesday will be a day melanie margalis will remember for a lifetime. the clearwater swimmer was part of the 4 by 200 relay team that qualified for the final tonight. that team ended up winning the gold. she did not swim in the final tonight, but she did swim, as i said, in the prelim, which should have earned her the right to a medal. after all, she finished fourth in the women's 200im, so that would be redemption. >>> a big night tonight for george cutter. his first nfl game as a head coach. yes, his check list of things to look for tonight, here's my top three. at the top of the list, poise. this team has been so penalized last year. that trend has got to reverse itself. so far, i have to say the jury is still second, the defense last year couldn't get off the field if their life depended on it. that has to be fixed as well. finally, i'd like to see if defensive end noah spence is as advertised. he look goods at the camp, but let's see what the kid can do in live action tonight at

tom korun has sports. >> reporter: good morning. pitcher blake snell and rays went up against a red hot red sox team at the trop. price on the mound for boston, just wasn't pretty. s will l went 3 2/3 innings, only one bad inning but bad enough to lose control of the game. that scores one run in the fourth. two batters later, andrew benetendi gets it home from third. nothing fancy, a sack fly. red sox score another 4 in the seventh, 3 in the ninth. while the rays got mowed down in a familiar face called david price. he got help here. steven souza robbed of a home run by benetendi who extends over the wall. red sox beat the rays -- 6-2. their way to tampa for two days of joint practices over at 1 buc beginning this morning. then on friday they will take it to raymond james stadium for game three of the preseason. >>> indy circuit had to finish in pocono because of weekend run. rossi's car goes on top of castro nevess's cockpit and it was a scary moment. elio was fine, walked away from the accident and will ended up making his way to

and tom korun shows us why bucs fans booed a player during practice. >> reporter: good morning. there are some nights that chris archer just doesn't have it and then like last night. that he pitched well enough to win but didn't get help from the line-up. just like blake snell a night ago, archer won that inning only this wasn't entirely his fault. giving up the rbi single to ortiz scoring the first run of the game here in the third inning. but, this run coming up, not archer's to earn. betz gets the nice bounce over first base, ortiz no threat to throw to third, relay by soussa jr. to ortiz ends up coming home. that is the winning run. red sox beat the rays final 2- 1. >>> buccaneer kicker aguayo got an earful from ticket holders at tuesday's practice. browns players in for joint workouts this week must have been amused to see the fans being him after he miss -- booing him consecutive kicks. after he gave one -- whoever it is, better get into this kid's head because right now that has scrambled eggs. >> he's struggling a little bit right now. he's not to work his way through --

. >>> let's look at the sports update with tom korun. >> reporter: good morning. why dwell on a lousy night for the rays as they lost 9-4 to boston? i would rather talk about the good stuff that happened before the game. cobb activated, will start this coming friday night at home cobber, tommy john's surgery, reman felt like an eternity. it's all behind him and only three days until his return to the mound. >>> then there's quarterback colin kaepernick from the 49ers who says he will continue to sit during the national anthem until he feels this country is doing something about the oppression of black people and people of color. buccaneer head coach was given the hypothetical question. what if a bucs >> i don't know in our organization has the right to tell a guy that he needs to do that. i would be disappointed if any of our players didn't stand up for the national anthem. personally i look at that as a salute to the people who have paved the way for us, but at the same time this is a free country and i think freedom of speech is something we all believe in and f

. >>> tom korun shows us why the bucs' first regular season game is winnable. >>> good morning, everybody, the rays are back at home after an excellent home stand finishing up with a serious sprint with boston yesterday afternoon. this game went scoreless through five innings, but in holliday scores to make it 1-0. then evan longoria scores from second base. we're tied at 1. it stayed that way until the eighth. mikey 0 for 34 at the plate until this appearance. how about that, it proved to be the winning run. eddie romero coming in recording his first one ever striking out david ortiz. the rays win by a final of 2-1. >>> if we were to go by what we saw last night, the bucs' week one regular season game against atlanta is a very winnable one. the falcons defense had a hard time holding the miami offense. they got this interception early in the game for atl, but it was really all miami in the first half. matt ryan had his chance here picked off at the goal line. atlanta having the same problem the bucs were having inside of the 20. they just can't finish. in miami, they are happy they have

tom korun has your morning sports report. >> reporter: good morning. the rays found a way and drew smiley is slowly but surely knocking that earned run average down to a pretty decent giving up only two runs. you got to think you're going to have a pretty good night when your leadoff hitter parks the first at-bat. logan forsyth with the solo homer to open the 1-0 lead in the first. rays kept building the lead. evan longoria here with a double. to the center field wall. that will score. kevin kiermaier from first and the rays led by a score of 4-2. and drew smiley got out of one sixth. bases loaded with no outs, got justin to foul out to end the inning and rays "game of thrones" two north of the -- game two north of the border 9- 2. >>> eagles have been three- point favorites over the buccaneers. i wanted to see some things, third down deficiency by the pass rush situation. after yesterday's practice we might have to add the red zone deficiency for the offense. 0-9 against bucs defense tuesday. head coach has been preaching competition all camp long. on

tom korun has highlights and a big move for the usf basketball program. >> reporter: good morning everybody. we knew san diego wasn't exactly letting the world on fire coming into town but what the rays are doing to them is embarrassing. rays walked 23 runs in their two wins over the paover the padres. we're talking 35 runs in the last three games. where he they coming from? the biggest surprise as far as the type of power he has is brad miller. this guy has been hit monster homers, his first of the night straightaway center. even nick franklin is banging away with a long ball here and there. hits his fourth of the season. this two-run shot giving the rays a 10-1 lead in the fifth. later in the inning it's miller again straightaway center power. these balls look like they are shuttle out of a -- shut out of a cannon. rays win third in a row, final 15-1. >>> there are a only a few days of training camp that are worth watching. two days are tuesday and thursday game. next week is the browns coming to town for two days of practice. coaches get excited with this because the veterans get their a

tom korun has that and more. >> reporter: good morning. if you trying to run with the blue jays chances are you'll end up on the short end of the stick. rays found out last night. this game tied at 4 heading into the seventh, that is where they gave it up. travis starting with the single up the middle, bases loaded, that gives then jose batista uncorks the bat a little more with two more runs. the rays open up their three game series with the 7-5 loss. >>> two days and counting to the buccaneers preseason opener against the eagles. one area on my watch list, buccaneers defense. i would like to see what this group will do under mike smith and see how they get out the field on third downs, if the situation presents itself i defensive end noah spence. as tidessed? from what smith sens about him at least early on he will likely be a third down specialist. >>> the story in rio. clearwater's melody margalles will swim for a medal tonight in the women's 200 individual medley. she was third in the semifinal last night. eastlake's sidney pitbrom wh