Buccs bounce back

Hello sports fans!
Tampa Bay did it the hard way again, but rallied for a comeback win against winless Detroit. The Buccaneers fell behind the winless Detroit Lions by 17 points, then scored five unanswered touchdowns on their way to a 38-20 victory Sunday. Tampa Bay came back from a 24-3 deficit two weeks ago against Kansas City Chiefs and won in overtime.
''We don't seem to make it easy on ourself and it's not always pretty,'' Jeff Garcia said. ''But we find ways to do it.''
Tampa Bay's third straight win has moved it out to 8-3, while Detroit (0-11) moved a step closer toward becoming the NFL's first 0-16 team.
After falling behind in the first quarter, Warrick Dunn ran for a touchdown and Garcia connected with Ike Hilliard and Jerramy Stevens for scores in the second quarter to put the Bucs ahead 21-17. Rookie Clifton Smith then returned a punt for 70 yards early in the third to give them an 11-point cushion.
Garcia's second fumble of the game gave up the ball to Detroit but Ronde Barber duly stepped in front of Daunte Culpepper's next pass and returned it 65 yards for a 35-17 lead and his seventh career score off an interception. The teams then traded field goals to finish the scoring.
Sunday's game also marked the return of Carnell 'Cadillac' Williams, who rushed for 27 yards on 16 carries in his first game since a knee injury almost ended his career 14 months ago.

Not such good news for Tampa Bay hockey fans. If Lightning had been taking some tentative steps forward under interim head coach Rick Tocchet, they fell over spectacularly Sunday against New Jersey Devils.
After earning points in each of the first three games since Tocchet took over for Barry Melrose, Tampa Bay revisited some old bad habits in a 7-3 loss to the Devils. "This is nowhere near the effort that we need, the desperation," right wing Marty St Louis said. "We have a long way to go, but it's just really disappointing when you take some great strides forward and then you take a dump like that ... it's hard."