{"id":586686,"date":"2021-07-08T22:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T02:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=586686"},"modified":"2021-07-08T22:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T02:20:57","slug":"tampa-bay-has-become-the-city-of-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tampa-bay-has-become-the-city-of-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Has Become The City Of Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftampa-bay-has-become-the-city-of-champions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=586686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233862952.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Just a few years ago, the idea that the city of Tampa Bay would be home to three recent championships would have warranted a hearty laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were floundering away with Jameis Winston as their quarterback, the Rays were known more for their terrible stadium than for their success on the diamond, and the Lightning had not won a Stanley Cup since 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>No one is laughing now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning won their second consecutive Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Canadiens in five games with a 1-0 championship-clinching win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Lightning are just the third team since 1998 to repeat as champions. The Detroit Red Wings did it in 1997-1998, and the Pittsburgh Penguins won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s so hard to win the Stanley Cup. And then you do it two years in a row, you deserve to go down in history,\u201d Lightning captain Steven Stamkos <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2945485-modern-day-dynasty-lightning-making-the-case-after-back-to-back-stanley-cup-win\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAnd this group, no matter what happens from here on out, this group is going to be etched in history forever and that\u2019s pretty f-ing special. I\u2019m so proud of the guys. You can\u2019t soak it in yet. It\u2019s so fresh. It\u2019s so new. You don\u2019t even realize what\u2019s going to happen. We won the Stanley Cup and we still have the Stanley Cup. That\u2019s just amazing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Even with the Lightning dropping game four in Montreal, the series was not particularly close. Tampa Bay won the first three games of the series by a total of nine goals, and it took Montreal overtime to beat them in game four.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After the game, a shirtless, beer-chugging Nikita Kucherov took a shot at the Canadiens fans, who he felt had celebrated too hard after the game four win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m so happy we, I didn\u2019t want to go back to Montreal but they acted, the fans in Montreal, come on,\u201d <\/span><span>Kucherov<\/span><span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradyTrett\/status\/1412994001163063300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1412994001163063300%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">said<\/a>. \u201cThey acted like they won the Stanley Cup last game. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Their final was last series.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.75\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nikita Kucherov not holding back in his post-game. Legendary press conference. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6hA9KvpgPE\">pic.twitter.com\/6hA9KvpgPE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradyTrett\/status\/1412994001163063300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The championship is the second in five months for the city of Tampa Bay, and the third in the last year.<\/p>\n<p><span>In February, Tom Brady led the Buccaneers to the organization\u2019s second Super Bowl win, defeating Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brady\u2019s decision to leave the New England Patriots \u2014 his home of 20 years \u2014 turned the Bucs into immediate Super Bowl contenders. His presence persuaded others to take the leap, with tight end Rob Gronkowski following his quarterback to Tampa, and wide receiver Antonio Brown also coming along for the ride. The Bucs are currently +650 to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegasinsider.com\/nfl\/odds\/futures\/\"><span>win<\/span><\/a><span> Super Bowl LV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Tampa Bay Rays won the AL Pennant in 2020, losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. The Rays currently sit 2.5 games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox in the American League East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Seemingly overnight, Tampa Bay has become the city of champions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With Brady returning to a loaded Buccaneers roster for a second season, and the Lightning seemingly building a dynasty, don\u2019t expect the city of Tampa Bay to give up their new title any time soon.<\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few years ago, the idea that the city of Tampa Bay would be home to three recent championships would have warranted a hearty laugh.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314315,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233862952.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Tampa Bay Has Become The City Of Champions","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233862952.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Tampa Bay Has Become The City Of Champions","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}