Jon Gruden Becomes Trusted Name In Accommodations

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As Bucs players and coaches were ushered into plush accommodations at the Celebration Hotel on Friday, they couldn't help but pass the Jon Gruden Suite.
Yes, Chucky has a room named after him.

"It's a corner suite, with a four- poster bed, a large armoire, a separate sitting area and an oversized bathroom,'' hotel spokeswoman Mary Kenny said of the suite now officially named after Tampa Bay's second-year head coach. "And yes, we had a treadmill brought in for the occasion.''

All 115 rooms will be occupied by Bucs employees until camp breaks Aug. 15. Most of the players are paired in rooms, but a select few, including DT Warren Sapp, will be permitted to go solo. MORE.... (http://bucs.tbo.com/bucs/MGA7AA84BID.html)

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At about 8:35 this morning, Bucs offensive line coach Bill Muir will walk onto a football field at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, scream at Kenyatta Walker, and call two of his rookie linemen #$%&*$#@!
On an adjacent field, Bucs defensive line coach Rod Marinelli will trumpet the start of training camp by doing likewise, and Warren Sapp and Anthony McFarland will be there to see it. So will Brian Kelly.

Though contractual matters created the potential for holdouts by Sapp, McFarland and Kelly, each reported to camp Friday as scheduled and, it turns out, as planned.

One day after his agent said Kelly was considering holding out because the Bucs have refused to rework his contract, Kelly said he never contemplated a holdout. MORE.... (http://bucs.tbo.com/bucs/MGAY6TTZAID.html)