By Budd Bailey The short version of the story of Friday’s indoor lacrosse was that the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Albany FireWolves, 13-8, before 7,408 in the KeyBank Center. The…
Bandits have a bizarre winning night
Bandits make it a six-pack of wins
By Budd Bailey Start with the basics. The Buffalo Bandits made it six wins in a row to start the season on Saturday night. They defeated the Rochester Knighthawks, 11-8,…
Bandits win fourth in a row
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits have gotten off to such a good start so far this season that the rest of us can’t really comment on the outcome. It’s…
Bandits don’t miss a beat in return
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits came out of their “bye month” better than ever. The Bandits started the season with victories way back on December 4 and 11. Then…
NLL attendance starts slowly
By Budd Bailey It’s a little difficult to keep track of the National Lacrosse League’s attendance figures these days. The league changed statistical services since its last game in the…
Bandits return to work with win
By Budd Bailey There were so many questions about the Buffalo Bandits as they took the field for their first game in 644 days on Saturday night at the KeyBank…
Bandits Interview: John Tavares
By Budd Bailey John Tavares’ streak ended last winter. He had been coming to Buffalo for lacrosse season every year since 1992, but the pandemic took care of that and…
Bandits’ Interview: Steve Dietrich
By Budd Bailey On Saturday, lacrosse players were roaming the halls of the KeyBank Center in Buffalo for the first time in 20 months. The Bandits were finally back home…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 3
By Budd Bailey Billy Dee Smith of the Bandits Taken in Round 1 in 2002 The next pick: Defender Travis Gillespie only played four seasons in the NLL. He was…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 21
By Budd Bailey Steve Priolo of the Bandits Taken in Round 2 in 2009 The next pick: Michael Evans of Johns Hopkins was taken by the Orlando Titans. He did…
A changing NLL
By Budd Bailey News about the National Lacrosse League has been hard to find in recent months. Thanks to the pandemic, the NLL hasn’t had a game played since March…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: Introduction
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist This is the fourth straight “summer” that I’ve done a good-sized research project for Buffalo Sports Page. You might remember the ones on…
An NLL experiment ends
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Leave it to the National Lacrosse League to come up with some unexpected news. The league is expected to announce on Tuesday afternoon…
The NLL holds a unique draft
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist You think you’ve got problems? How would you like to be in charge of drafting players for a team in the National Lacrosse…
