NAMES IN THE GAMES

Tampa Bay linebacker Broderick Thomas was back home today, recuperating from gunshot wounds he got outside a Tampa nightclub.

Thomas, 23, was released from Tampa General Hospital on Sunday, a day after he was wounded in the armpit and chest when he allegedly intervened in an argument over a woman.

Frank Taylor Jr., 27, a staff sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base, was charged with aggravated battery with a firearm in the shooting and released on his own recognizance.

Police said Thomas started the fight by punching Taylor, bruising his face and breaking his glasses. Police said they haven’t decided whether to charge Thomas in the incident.