By Budd Bailey Like your college basketball to have plenty of drama? Close finishes? Individual accomplishments? Alumni Arena was not your kind of place on Saturday afternoon. And that’s not…
UB takes care of business
UB opens MAC play in style
By Budd Bailey In a sense, it was Opening Day – again – for the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team. The Bulls have spent the last two months getting…
Book Review: The Last Folk Hero
Review by Budd Bailey I loved “The Last Folk Hero” at hello, as the line from the movie “Jerry Maguire” goes. The hello in this case is the introduction. Author…
Jones paces Bulls to nice victory
By Budd Bailey It seems that the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team has found it “go-to guy.” You know the type. He’s a player who consistently comes up with…
UB is ready to go bowling
By Budd Bailey The comparison is almost uncanny. The University at Buffalo football team had one of the great up-and-down seasons in its history. It started painfully, then had a…
UB is too good for Canisius
By Budd Bailey Call this a Tale of Two Teams. The men’s basketball teams from the University at Buffalo and Canisius College had plenty in common entering the current season….
UB lets another one slip away
By Budd Bailey “No lead is safe at a UB football game. No lead is safe at a UB football game. No lead …” No, it’s not. We’ve learned that…
Stone Cold Locks Week 12
By Bob Gaughan 2022 Record 35-18-2 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 283-210-11=57% Mr. Over/Under: Miami -13 over Houston As I write this,…
A memorable win for UB football
By Budd Bailey A closed door was no match for the sound generated by the University at Buffalo football team after Saturday’s game against Toledo. The Bulls were in the…
UB wins a thriller at home
By Budd Bailey It was the type of moment that can help make a season. Alex McNulty of the University at Buffalo had just tied its game at 20-20 on…
Stone Cold Locks – Week 3
By Bob Gaughan 2022 Record 6-4 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 254-196-9 =57% Mr. Over/Under: Ravens -2.5 over New England Only seven…
Stone Cold Locks – Week 2
By Bob Gaughan 2022 Record 4-1 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 252-193-9 =57% Mr. Over/Under: Saints +2.5 over Tampa Bay So what…
Where’s Budd Bailey? Saluting Doug Smith’s Power
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…
Book Review: Miracles on the Hardwood
By Budd Bailey College basketball fans probably have noticed something odd and interesting about their favorite sport. Catholic colleges and universities probably punch over their weight, as they say in…
