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 return to work with win
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…
With no particular place to go
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Greetings from a disclosed location – my house. I’ve seen a lot of it during the past five months or so. We’re coming up…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 59
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Matt Vinc – Signed by the Bandits in 2018 It seemed only fitting that Matt Vinc turned up in a Buffalo Bandits’ uniform…
The Interview: Steve Dietrich
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits were taking part in a midweek practice in Ontario in March when goalie coach Anthony Cosmo delivered some stunning news. Rudy Gobert of the…
Bandits regain offensive spark in win
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Dan Lintner never thought he’d be playing for the Buffalo Bandits on Saturday night. The former Rochester Knighthawks forward came over in a…
Wings shut down Bandits’ offense
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist For those who like indoor lacrosse for its frequent scoring and quick transitional play, Saturday night was not your night. That was just…
