By Budd Bailey Football is a game that can break hearts as well as bones. The difference is that hearts often taken longer to heal. Such was the case on…
UB suffers a stunning loss
Book Review: Fight Songs
Review by Budd Bailey “Fight Songs” is a complicated book … and not just because that big word is included in the subtitle. Ed Southern is one of those serious…
UB wins an absolute thriller over Ohio
By Budd Bailey For those of you who stayed home from the University of Buffalo’s football game against Ohio University because of the threat of some rain, here’s an update….
Book Review: Glory Days
Review by Budd Bailey Year-in-review books usually represent something of “hanging fruit” when it comes to books. Pick a year, review what happened, perhaps overstate its importance, and … you…
Book Review: Overtime
Review by Budd Bailey It may be time to call John U. Bacon the writer-in-residence for the University of Michigan’s football program. He’s earned that title. After all, Bacon has…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 58
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Travis Henry of the Bills Taken in Round 2 in 2001 Other picks in that round: The group started with the selection of…
Book Review: How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius
Reviewed by Budd Bailey A quick Google search for the phrase “thinking outside the box” reveals more than 5 million hits. Quite a few trees have been chopped in forests…
Book Review: Attacking the Rim
Review by Budd Bailey It’s easy to wonder if Dave Bing considered borrowing the words “I Led Three Lives” for his new autobiography. That was the name of a 1952…
Book Review: You’re Hired
Review by Budd Bailey Once in a great while, I receive a request on this site from a new author that asks me to take a look at his or…
Stone Cold Locks – Super Bowl Edition
2020 record 46-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Mr. Over/Under: First Score Will Be A Field Goal or Safety +140 Every Super Bowl I bet that the first score…
The Buffalo Sports Report – January 22, 2021
Give Stu, Tony and Francis a listen, as they discuss the sports news of the week. Think the Bills will come up? Find the link here.
Stone Cold Locks – NFL Conference Championship Weekend
2020 Record 45-48-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Mr. Over/Under: TEASER- Bills-Chiefs UNDER/ GB-TB UNDER Weather forecasts can change by the minute and this weekend there’s a good chance…
Bobby G’s “STONE COLD LOCKS” NFL Playoff Round II
2020 Record 42-46-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Mr. Over/Under: Teaser: New Orleans/Tampa Over 45 and Bills-Ravens Under 57 Although four of the favorites in the NFL won…
