FEATURE ARTICLES AND COLUMNISTS
Click on the story to revisit some of the best feature articles run on this site
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In 2008, BUCPOWER was asked to contribute a feature article on each opponent for the gameday magazine, Buccaneer Review
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 1988 game with the New England Patriots - winning the toss and kicking the ball away?
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 1995 game with the Jacksonville Jaguars - they're going for two?
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 1987 game with the Atlanta Falcons - what a debut!
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 1985 game with the Green Bay Packers - the legendary Snow Bowl
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 1995 game with the Carolina Panthers - the first meeting of the two teams
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 1976 game with the Seattle Seahawks - the expansion bowl game
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 1979 game with the Minnesota Vikings - all those missed kicks
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 2002 game with the New Orleans Saints - the start of the Super Bowl season
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 1981 game with the San Diego Chargers - a thriller for a division title
Buccaneer Review 2008
A feature on the 1996 game with the Oakland Raiders - when it began to turn around
Interviews with former Buccaneer players, coaches and officials
2012
Neil Reynolds
An interview with the leading British authority on the NFL and current
Sky Sports
presenter
2011
Jeff Carlson
An interview with former Buccaneer quarterback and current Tampa sports presenter Jeff Carlson
2011
Gary Shelton
An interview with the long-time columnist of
The Tampa Bay Times
2011
Keith McCants
An interview with one of the biggest draft busts in franchise history
2011
Greg Olsen
An interview with former Buccaneer offensive co-ordinator Greg Olson
2010
Woody Paige
An interview with the star of ESPN's Around the Horn show, legendary reporter Woody Paige
2010
Shelton Quarles
An interview with the starting middle linebacker of the Super Bowl team
2010
TJ Rives
An interview with the Tampa sports presenting legend and current Buccaneer sideline reporter
2010
Gary Huff
An interview with the quarterback in the Bucs' first-ever victory over New Orleans in 1977
2010
Jerry Bell
An interview with former Buccaneer tight end Jerry Bell who played from 1982 to 1986
2009
Barry Smith
An interview with another of the expansion Buccaneers and popular Florida State former 1st round pick
2007
Dave Reavis
An interview with one of the expansion Buccaneers and mainstay of the offensive line for nearly a decade
Special Feature articles written over the years and worth keeping in this section of the site
1989
Jerry Anderson
The story of the former Buccaneer who gave his life trying to save two drowning children
2004
Ricky Bell
A look back at the legacy left by the former No.1 overall pick who died at such an early age
2005
Ricky Bell
Triumph of the Heart - the made for TV special film about the life of Ricky Bell
2005
Joe Diaco
A feature on the long-time doctor of the Buccaneers and some great stories from those years
2004
Tom Ford
Memories from a former Tampa Tribune reporter on covering the Bucs in the 1980s
2007
Isaac Hagins
One of the expansion Bucs who scored on a 102-yard kick return the first time he touched the ball
2011
Ira Kaufman
An excellent piece written for the Tampa Tribune on health issues suffered by former Buccaneers
2003
The LA Bucs
A feature on the 1926 Los Angeles Buccaneers who played just one season in the NFL
2006
Larry Lawrence
The former expansion Buc who had a heart transplant in Texas in 2003
2006
Rick Stroud
Memories of the old woodshed as One Buc Place closed for good
2006
Martin Fennelly
And a more satirical look at the original headquarters of the Buccaneers
2011
Donald Penn
Getting to know the Bucs' left tackle during his visit to London in 2011
2009
Joey Johnston
Memories of the Buccaneers' pre-season games over the years
2004
Booker Reese
One of the biggest draft busts in franchise history now a resident in the state peniteniary
2004
The Snow Bowl
The legendary game in Green Bay in 1985 played in a total blizzard
2005
The 1982 strike
Looking back at the strike-shortened 1982 season and what it menat to those involved
2006
The first TD pass
Which naturally for the expansion Bucs did not come from a quarterback at all
2005
Dave Warnke
The worst kicker in franchise history and his one appalling appearance in the 1983 season finale
2003
The XFL
Several former Buccaneers played in the one-year joke that was the XFL
2011
Extra Point
Memories of the satirical British gridiron magazine that flourished in the 1990s
There have been several magazine features over the years - we have the magazine features here
2003
Memories of the early days of the Tampa Bay franchise
2003
The Buccaneers are Super Bowl champions - The Sporting News
2003
The Buccaneers are Super Bowl champions - Sports Illustrated
1976
Expansion Bucs - John McKay's job to build an NFL franchise
1979
Unbeaten, untied and unbelievable
1987
Is Vinny Testaverde the new saviour of the Buccaneers?