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Bucs Sealver Siliga Leaves $1,000 Tip At Tampa Applebee's On Christmas Eve
SEALVER SILIGA
Just hours after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to the Carolina Panthers 22-19 on Christmas Eve, Bucs de- fensive tackle Sealver Siliga did his part to spread some holiday cheer, leaving a $1,000 tip at a Tampa Apple- bee's restaurant and nearly moving one server to tears.
Siliga had just gotten in from Charlotte and was eat- ing with three of his friends at the bar area. When they re- ceived their bill at 10:30 p.m., Siliga asked the manager how many people were still working. When he learned that there were 10 of them, he informed the manager that he wanted them to split the tip evenly among everyone.
Elizabeth Reyes, a server who was working that night, told reporters she was in disbelief. She'd never re- ceived a tip that large before.
“Never. I wasn't even around that area. I had like a complete different area. And then this amazing man just blesses us -- all of us," Reyes told reporters. "He was so thoughtful to think of like the cooks in the back that are cleaning up, the dishwasher too. That was extremely gen- erous."
Reyes said that when their shift was over, their manager called the group to- gether. She figured it was for a staff meeting. That's when he told them about Siliga and handed them each a $100 bill.
WILD CARD WEEKEND: SATURDAY, JAN. 6
AFC Wild Card Playoffs:
Tennessee at Kansas City 4:35pm ESPN/ABC
NFC Wild Card Playoffs:
Atlanta at L.A. Rams 8:15pm NBC
WILD CARD WEEKEND: SUNDAY, JAN. 7
AFC Wild Card Playoffs:
Buffalo at Jacksonville 1:05pm CBS
NFC Wild Card Playoffs:
Carolina at New Orleans 4:40pm FOX
DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS: SATURDAY, JAN. 13
NFC Divisional Playoffs:
New Orleans/Carolina/Atlanta at Philadelphia 4:35pm NBC
AFC Divisional Playoffs:
Kansas City/Tennessee/Buffalo at New England 8:15pm CBS
DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS: SUNDAY, JAN. 14
AFC Divisional Playoffs:
Jacksonville/Kansas City/Tennessee at Pittsburgh 1:05pm CBS
NFC Divisional Playoffs:
L.A. Rams/New Orleans/Carolina at Minnesota 4:40pm FOX
Winston, WR Mike Evans
Set NFL Records In Win
Tampa Bay Buccaneers star quarterback Jameis Winston and star wide re- ceiver Mike Evans both made history in Sunday's 31- 24 win over theNew Orleans Saints.
Evans joined an elite group, reaching 1,000 re- ceiving yards for the fourth- straight season. With 55 receiving yards and a catch on a two-point conversion, Evans joins Randy Moss and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green as the only receivers in NFL history to reach 1,000 yards in each of their first four seasons.
Evans needed 54 yards heading into Sunday's game and had to do it against one of the league's best up-and- coming cornerbacks, Marshon Lattimore, who held him to just one catch for 13 yards in Week 9.
JAMEIS WINSTON
Nineteen of Evans' 32 career touchdowns have come from the hand of Win- ston, who on Sunday threw his 69th career TD pass.
While Winston's strike went to Chris Godwin and not Evans, it did, however, break Hall of Fame quarter- back Dan Marino's record for most touchdown passes before a player's 24th birth- day.
Mike Evans Apologizes To
Marshon Lattimore For Charging
Him In Week 9 Incident
Serena Williams Was The 2017 Snapchatter Of The Year
Tampa Bay Buccaneers star wide receiver Mike Evans apologized to New Orleans Saints rookie corner- back Marshon Lattimore during Sunday's season finale in Tampa.
In Week 9 in New Orleans, quarterback Jameis Win- ston tapped Lattimore on the back of his helmet and told him to go back to his sideline. Lattimore then turned around and pushed Winston. Evans, who felt like he needed to defend Winston, charged Latti- more and launched himself into Lattimore's back.
Evans was suspended for one game without pay for his role in the incident, which he immediately expressed re- morse for. Winston was fined $12,154.
Evans said Thursday that it was a "bulls--- move" on his part and that it was done "in the heat of the moment." At that point in the game, the Bucs were down 30-3.
He was very complimen- tary of the season Lattimore has had; the rookie received a Pro Bowl invite and is now in consideration for NFL Defen- sive Rookie of the Year.
"He's a great player, hav- ing a fantastic season. The
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ball just finds him, a physical corner, a really good player," Evans said. "It's gonna be fun to play him again."
Lattimore downplayed the incident when talking to reporters Wednesday, saying, "I'm not about to answer a hundred questions about it. But, yeah, I'm looking for- ward to it."
Lattimore did, however, "like" a tweet that was posted with the quote from Evans praising him.
Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter told New Orleans re- porters that he didn't feel the need to address the incident with Evans.
"That's in the past, and mistakes were made, and fines were handed out," Koetter said. "There was a suspension, and that was in the past. That was the last game, and this is a different game."
Serena Williams had an epic 2017.
She beat her sister Venus Williams to win the Aus- tralian Open in January, which was her 23rd Grand Slam title, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and she had a gorgeous wedding.
Fortunately for the fans, Serena Snapchatted through all of it — from the accidental Snap that let everyone know she was pregnant to the night in February when she decided to go out and play tennis with random people to adorable selfies with her baby girl.
This was Serena’s year.
Here are 3 of her best Snapchats from 2017:
1. The Snapchat that was never meant to be Snapped
Serena made fans go wild in April when she posted then deleted a photo of herself with the caption “20 weeks.” She later explained that she was using the app as a way of tak- ing photos of herself and la- beling them to document how far along she was, but one day she hit the wrong button.
However, she added that was was going to make the public announcement within
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the week anyway, so the leak wasn’t too big of a deal. But it was a huge deal for everyone else.
2. Serena casually googling herself
On top of everything else awesome happening for her, Serena was ranked as the No. 1 women’s tennis player in the world because of, as the Associated Press explained, a “calendar quirk.” She, of course, had to share it as a humble brag.
3. Serena played ten- nis with two random peo- ple
A month after she won the Australian Open, Serena surprised two random people at tennis courts at night while she was walking her dog. She played tennis with them in boots. It made for an incredi- ble Snapchat Story.
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