Book Review by Budd Bailey One of the first times that the phrase “Big Three” came up in sports was in the late 1970s. It was used to describe the…
Book Review: The Big Three
Book Review: Hang Time
Review by Budd Bailey The first time I noticed Elgin Baylor was in 1974, when I was 18 years old. I was in the Basketball Hall of Fame – the…
Book Review: From Hang Time to Prime Time
Review by Budd Bailey For those of you who think the National Basketball Association has been the proverbial big-league organization forever, well, think again. It wasn’t that long ago –…
Review: Wish It Lasted Forever
Review by Budd Bailey Dan Shaughnessy can be a tough sportswriter some times. That’s a little more rare than you might think. Criticism of sports figures has become increasingly rare,…
Book Review: Getting to Us
Review by Budd Bailey The bookstores have a very big selection of books on leadership, mostly in the business sense. Not all of them have connections to the sports world,…
Book Review: Bubbleball
Review by Budd Bailey “What was it like?” That’s one of the basic questions that can be answered by journalism. Reporters can often take readers and viewers to places that…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 2
By Budd Bailey Bob McAdoo of the Braves Taken in Round 1 in 1971 The next pick: Dwight Davis went No. 3 to Cleveland, and the forward spent three years…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 15
By Budd Bailey John Hummer of the Braves Taken in Round 1 in 1970 The next pick: Gary Freeman went to the Bucks at No. 16, and was traded to…
Book Review: Steve Kerr
Review by Budd Bailey It is the age-old question in the world of books. What’s more valuable: biography or autobiography? That is to say, what’s the best way of learning…
Book Review: Tall Men, Short Shorts
Review by Budd Bailey Leigh Montville was a member of the “Dream Team” even before the term was used in association with basketball. Montville was part of the sports department…
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: Boxed Out of the NBA
Review by Budd Bailey What’s better than reliving a fun part of your childhood, and perhaps making a little money along the way? Nothing, of course. That’s what author Syl…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 88
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Mike Macaluso of the Braves Taken in Round 6 in 1973 Other picks in that round: The basketball draft in 1973 had little…
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…
