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Training camp

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published July 29, 2001


WHEN: Players report today. First workout is at 8:30 a.m. Monday. Camp ends Aug. 17.

WHEN: Players report today. First workout is at 8:30 a.m. Monday. Camp ends Aug. 17.

WHERE: Pepin/Rood Stadium, University of Tampa.

WORKOUT TIMES: The most common day includes a morning workout at 8:30 and afternoon practice at 3:30.

KEY DATES: Bucs practice with Miami Dolphins from 3-5 p.m. on Aug. 10 and from 9-11 a.m. and 3-5 p.m. Aug. 11. Night workouts from 7:30 on Wednesday and Aug. 8.

TICKET INFO: A limited number for each of the eight regular-season and two preseason games will be available starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday. There is a limit of eight per person. Tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster via telephone and the Internet. Tickets will not be sold at the Buccaneers ticket office or at Raymond James Stadium. To order tickets online, visit ticketmaster.com. To order by phone, call Ticketmaster Charge-by-phone at the following numbers: Tampa (813) 287-8844; St. Petersburg (Pinellas) (727) 898-2100; Lakeland (863) 682-5300; Central Florida (407) 839-3900; North Florida (904) 353-3309; Fort Myers (941) 334-3309.

AUTOGRAPHS: Best time is right before or just after the completion of a workout as players make their way from the Martinez Sports Center to Pepin/Rood Stadium. Be warned. Not everyone signs and their tanks are empty after two hours in the heat. Want a tip? Try an afternoon workout. The crowd is thinner and players are in a hurry for lunch.

Bucs schedule

PRESEASON

AUG.: 13 -- Miami; 18 -- at Cleveland; 25 -- New England; 31 -- at Atlanta.

REGULAR SEASON

SEPT.: 9 -- at Dallas; 16 -- Philadelphia; 30 -- at Minnesota.

OCT.: 7 -- Green Bay; 14 -- at Tennessee; 21 -- Pittsburgh; 28 -- Minnesota.

NOV.: 4 -- at Green Bay; 11 -- at Detroit; 18 -- Chicago; 26 -- at St. Louis.

DEC.: 2 -- at Cincinnati; 9 -- Detroit; 16 -- 16 at Chicago; 23 -- New Orleans; 29 -- Baltimore.

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