Review by Budd Bailey Jimmy Johnson can be a difficult personality to love. After all, this was someone who jumped from coaching the University of Miami (Florida) after a great…
Book Review: Swagger
Buffalo goes first in baseball
By Budd Bailey Buffalo’s baseball history is surprisingly rich, particularly in its early days. You probably know that a minor-league team has been around almost every year since 1878. The…
Buffalo Bills: The 1980s – The free turkey hoax
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The Running Hall’s Class of 2023
By Budd Bailey Three more superb runners entered the Western New York Running Hall of Fame on a perfect Friday night in the Elmwood Village. Here is the text of…
Book Review: Feherty
Review by Budd Bailey You might remember John Feinstein’s last book. It was “Raise a Fist, Take a Knee” – a quite serious look at what he called the lack…
Buffalo Bills: September 9, 1979 – Hooks’ big day
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Book Review: Freedom to Win
Review by Budd Bailey When it comes to emotion and drama in international hockey games, the standard was set in 1972 in the Super Series between Canada and the Soviet…
Buffalo Bills: March 24, 1978 – O.J. goes home to San Francisco
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FIVE THOUGHTS ON THE BUFFALO BILLS’ PRESEASON THUS FAR
Five thoughts on the Buffalo Bills’ preseason thus far: 1. The wide receiver room looks to have been strengthened compared to last season. Beyond Stefon Diggs, there appears to be…
Farewell to a local legend
By Budd Bailey Rick Jeanneret, the voice of Buffalo Sabres’ hockey for more than 50 years, made hockey games better. No, hold on for a minute. That’s an incomplete sentence….
Book Review: The Lineup
Review by Budd Bailey Paul Aron has given himself quite a challenge, and it’s revealed in the subtitle to “The Lineup.” It reads, “Ten Books That Changed Baseball.” Fans of…
Buffalo Bills: December 14, 1969 – Goodbye AFL
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Review: In the Inner Sanctum
Review by Budd Bailey There probably isn’t a better boxing writer out there than Thomas Hauser. He’s been out there forever, it seems, writing about the Sweet Science. Much of…
Buffalo Bills: November 5, 1967 – King brothers make history
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