By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits had a rare off-night on Saturday night. The Colorado Mammoth must have been involved. Indeed, the Bandits’ six-game winning streak came to an end…
Mammoth stops Bandits’ win streak
Book Review: Moving the Chains
Review by Budd Bailey Sometimes advances in civil rights in the United States have come along so slowly that it’s like waiting for a glacier to recede. At other times,…
UB reboots its basketball program
By Budd Bailey Jim Whitesell had one major problem while serving as the men’s basketball coach at the University at Buffalo: He had an impossible act to follow. Whitesell lost…
A Bandits’ not-so-instant replay
By Budd Bailey It was 10 years ago today that the Buffalo Bandits completed the most interesting deal in team history. That prompted perhaps the silliest sports column of my…
Bandits win under the Big Top
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits are no longer an indoor lacrosse team. They are a circus act. Come see the Bandits walk along a tight rope. Watch them perform…
Book Review: Three Ring Circus
Review by Budd Bailey The biggest story line in the NBA in the years between 1996 and 2004 was the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three championships along the way,…
Syracuse ends an era
By Budd Bailey Sometimes I like to tease my fellow reporters by explaining to them just how old I am with a simple analogy. “I covered Jim Boeheim’s hiring at…
Beauts crawl toward season’s end
By Budd Bailey As the Buffalo Beauts’ season crawls toward its disappointing outcome, you can almost hear the clock ticking. The Beauts fell to the Connecticut Whale 4-2 Sunday afternoon…
Review: A Giant Win
Review by Budd Bailey Former New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin has written a book about the Giants’ surprising and memorable win in the Super Bowl over the New England…
Book Review: Head On
Review by Budd Bailey Remember fullbacks? More to the point, remember when they actually ran the ball once in a while? As football has evolved over the years, the passing…
Paul Wieland: Forever Young
By Budd Bailey The many friends of Paul Wieland probably all had the same reaction when they heard the news of his death earlier this week. They were saddened, of…
Book Review: Barkley
Review by Budd Bailey Who doesn’t like Charles Barkley? And who wouldn’t like to hit the town with him for at least a little while (knowing that you’ll never keep…
Pitino’s journey continues
By Budd Bailey It’s been a long time since Coach Rick Pitino first arrived in Upstate New York. Pitino was hired as an assistant coach in 1976 by the new…
Stone Cold Locks
By Bob Gaughan 2022 Record 66-38-2 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 314-230-11=57% Mr. Over/Under: First Score will be a Field Goal or…
