Review by Budd Bailey Authors don’t often have the chance to take a second swing at a subject. It turns out that Scott Morrison is an exception. Back in 1989,…
Review by Budd Bailey I hope you’ll excuse a quick personal story about the 1985 fight between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns, which is at the center of Don…
Review by Budd Bailey There’s always an argument brewing when the subject of “America’s best sportswriter” comes up. There are plenty of names that could be tossed around. Such a…
Review by Budd Bailey We love our rivalries in sports. The concept probably started in the 19th century, when the team in my town challenged the team from the town…
Review by Budd Bailey Let’s start with a personal story about the regionally famous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo area on October 12-13, 2006 – known in most places as…
By Budd Bailey I’ve been thinking a lot this week about Doug Smith, the late Buffalo journalist who went by the nicknames of “The Cheap Gourmet,” “The Fun Ranger,” and…
Review by Budd Bailey The 1980s were a good period for movies that used baseball as an important part of the story. “The Natural,” “Field of Dreams,” “Major League” and…
By Budd Bailey I received most of my baseball education as a child watching games on the Double-A level. Elmira had a team in the Eastern League during the late…
Review by Budd Bailey As someone who has spent most of the past half-century in Buffalo Bills country, it’s been easy to avoid discussions about the New England Patriots during…
By Budd Bailey It was 1868 during a visit to Genesee Country Village in Mumford on Sunday afternoon – at least in baseball terms. New York’s largest outdoor museum has…
By Budd Bailey All right, it’s early July. The football news is more or less recycled from minicamp interviews, unless you happen to be a fan of Baker Mayfield. Clearly…
Review by Budd Bailey It’s time for another look at the tragedy and triumph of unfulfilled potential in the sports world. Sam McDowell seemed as if he was one of…
By Budd Bailey The powers that be in the National Lacrosse League didn’t allow too many members of the Buffalo Bandits’ organization to speak to the media after the final…
Review by Budd Bailey An unusual book, “No One Wins Alone.” There are all sorts of biographies, sports-related or not, out there. This one is simply different in some ways….