Thanks in advance for indulging me. This is the map of the route my family will be taking home to Buffalo from Louisiana after four months of hanging out with LSU sports, Zapata’s Mexican Restaurant and a bunch of trips to New Orleans. We want to make sure we don’t miss anything cool along the… Continue Reading
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Earning Scholarships at LSU with (maybe) Zach Mettenberger
This evening was a beautiful one in Baton Rouge and on the way home from dinner my wife decided she wanted to pick up some supplies for her final week of teaching down South. For savings sake, she wanted to stop at a mega store whose existence makes me want to dive into a dumpster… Continue Reading
Dogs Are The Best, Right Up Until The End
Life’s kinda rough. Not saying it’s isn’t beautiful or anything like that, but to be frank the best part is easily those who love you. The ones who choose to love you are pretty awesome and the ones that pretty much have to get a slightly bigger high-five. Then there are dogs, who have to… Continue Reading
Words For A Maybe Mentor
BACKGROUND: I’ve been hoping to find an inspirational college professor (TA, actually) for years and may have done so today. I wanted to share what I wrote to him, because it shows: A) the depths of my lunacy 2) a decent-enough life lesson Hope at least one of you enjoys it… Robert, Did you teach… Continue Reading
On “Long” Rebuilds and Sabres-less Playoffs
I’ve been preparing for my return to Buffalo and Friday gig hosting for Rich Gaenzler on 1270 The Fan in Buffalo, and I find it only fair to put some of my prepwork online. While I could bore you with tales of an LSU baseball team that is 43-6 (!!), let’s kick this off with… Continue Reading
NFL Draft: AAAAAAH! Real Drafters?!?
So the NFL Draft is upon us and we’re officially reading the most overthought draft posts of the year, whether they be fake drafts or dudes who’ve watched a lot of Youtube clips. Yet there are some extremely pertinent questions about not just the Buffalo Bills but the league in general heading into Thursday night’s… Continue Reading
Ott in the Slot
Forget for a moment your position on fan booing. Frankly, the amount of talk on the subject recently makes me want to scissor kick a snowplow, so it’s good that we do a different dance when it comes to whether customers should be allowed to audibly hate a product. I’m a huge fan of Steve… Continue Reading
PODCAST: Living Around Murder
Two authors join us today. First: an American author named Robert Andrew Powell, who spent a season in the murder capital of Mexico (and maybe the world) living the culture and following their major soccer team. The book, “This Love Is Not For Cowards”, is terrific, haunting work and you should buy it using the link… Continue Reading
PODCAST: Life In a Post-Pominville Buffalo w/ guests Jeremy White & Ken McKenna
What do we make of Darcy Regier’s dealings, the prospects he’s captured and the Sabres in general? We welcome WGR’s Jeremy White & Hockey’s Future’s Ken McKenna to talk life in a post-Pominville world. AB Podcast Number Seventy-Eight: Post-Pominville talk with WGR’s Jeremy White & Hockey’s Future’s Ken McKenna… Continue Reading
PODCAST: Here Comes Bobby Hurley
So we went to UB spring football practice and left with a new hoops coach. Hear from Paul Peck, Bobby Hurley, Danny White and Will Regan in an Alumni Arena-hosted podcast AB Podcast Number Seventy-Seven: Talking UB with Paul Peck, new hoops coach Bobby Hurley, AD Danny White and player Will Regan… Continue Reading
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