With the Sabres holding an abominable — sarcasm — 2-3 record through five games, I’m reading an awful lot about how Lindy Ruff needs to be removed from his post as head coach. After all, he ruins all European players (except Thomas Vanek and most of the other Euros he’s coached) and the 18-year-old kid… Continue Reading
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Immediate Reactions: New England 37, Buffalo 31
Follow me on Twitter. And how about Facebook? Today may be the day you verified your suspicions about Chan Gailey as a head coach. – First: Ryan Fitzpatrick. If you’re looking for me to barbecue the non-franchise quarterback after he nearly overcame the world of slop that was his defense and early offensive line play, look elsewhere. You… Continue Reading
The Greatest Goal in Sabres History
There are very few things that make me genuinely wistful, in particular for a time or moment before I had any semblance of wisdom (which admittedly is making quite a claim now, isn’t it?). Still, I was stirred tonight in a way that happens too seldom. Maybe it’s the absence of the National Hockey League… Continue Reading
Strictly Stadium Opinion: Live In The Now
You want headlines in Buffalo? Say something about the future of the Bills in Western New York. Believe me, news and sports directors all over the 716 will be falling all over themselves to lend credence to your plan. If you’re waiting for me to breakdown the dollars and cents of this, you’ll be… Continue Reading
The Late Nick Mendola, Seas3Ep13 “Hanging with WGR’s Dan Cave”
On the day after the Buffalo Bills huge loss to the Patriots, WGR’s Dan Cave stops by to talk Bills, chores, the NHL Lockout and who’s closer to a series: the Red Sox or the Cubs? AB Podcast Sixty-Three: Hanging Out With WGR’s Dan Cave Email: nick@fcbuffalo.org… Continue Reading
Let’s Go Bills Rap 2012, Wk4 v. Patriots
Let’s Go Bills Rap, Week Four Email: nick@fcbuffalo.org… Continue Reading
Immediate Reactions: Buffalo Bills 24, Cleveland Browns 14
Follow me on Twitter. And how about Facebook? – The C.J. Spiller injury is more than a little alarming, even if Fred Jackson is expected back sooner rather than later. And just when I was about to again label Tashard Choice as “unforgivable as anything more than a No. 3 running back,” he rips off 20 carries… Continue Reading
There Is No Spoon, er, QB Controversy (and almost no one thinks there is)
Former Buffalo News broadcasting critic Alan Pergament gained a reputation inside media circles as one who rarely liked anything that made its way through the sports journalism windmill. If he was talking about you, there was probably an 80 percent chance you were going through a thresher in front of the entire town’s readership. Part… Continue Reading
The Late Nick Mendola, Seas3Ep2, “PSU Punishment & Batman (Two Topics)”
Why the huge punishment of Penn State by the NCAA needs big picture viewing and some light-hearted fare — spoiler-and-gun-control-debate-free — on “The Dark Knight Rises” AB Podcast Fifty-Two: Punishment at PSU & Spoiler-free Batman Talk… Continue Reading
The Late Nick Mendola, Seas2Ep44: NBA nears apex & interview w/ Craig Kanalley
For Monday’s podcast, we catch up with Buffalo boy and Huffington Post senior editor Craig Kanalley, but not before reveling in what is easily the second-most popular playoffs in major professional American sports: the National Basketball Association. AB Podcast Forty-Four: NBA nears apex & interview w/ Craig Kanalley… Continue Reading
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