Though the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620, first reported last week that helmet-wielding, (alleged) cabbie-puncher Aqib Talib blew curfew and confronted Raheem the Dream with F-bombs in a London hotel lobby, the Tampa Bay area MSM is finally picking up on it.

Or have they?

The Mad Twitterer himself, Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times, twittered Monday night that indeed Talib blew curfew. However, he did not mention any confrontation Talib had with Raheem the Dream.

Bucs CB Aqib Talib among several players breaking curfew following the Bucs 35-7 loss to Pats in London Oct. 25.

Granted, Stroud was using a new media format to break the news. Or was he breaking news? Joe gets confused with how Stroud dictates what format is a vehicle for news and what isn’t. So Joe isn’t sure if Stroud is actually rumormongering or not.