By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist 91. Chris Villarrial – Signed by the Bills in 2004 Only seven players have come out of Indiana (Pa.) to play in the…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Tim Vogler – Signed by the Bills in 1979 It just didn’t seem fair. Just as Tim Vogler was getting the hang of…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Drayton Florence – Signed by the Bills in 2009 The career of Drayton Florence is a reminder that promises of financial bliss sometimes…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Gary Bromley – Signed by the Sabres in 1971 The Buffalo Sabres went through quite a few goaltenders in their first several years…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist 96. Steve Montador – Signed by the Sabres in 2009 Steve Montador’s biggest contribution to the Sabres and to hockey was a unique…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist 97. Alan Branch – Signed by the Bills in 2013 Alan Branch had an NFL career that lasted 11 seasons, but only one…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist 99. Paolo Rossi – Signed by the Stallions in 1980 Buffalo was the home of one of the greatest players in soccer history…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 100 – Robert Daughtry This is an obscure story, one that doesn’t seem to be publicized anywhere. Yet it may rank as…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist A mere two weeks ago today, I covered the game between the Sabres and Capitals at the KeyBank Center. It was an odd…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Don’t look now, but the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team seems to be gathering speed at just the right time of the…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The University at Buffalo had come into Friday night’s home game with Central Michigan in a bit of trouble. The Bulls had lost…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page This is the time when newspapers love to run year-end summaries – perhaps because it fills space in a period when the news can…
By Rich Blake (Buffalo’s list of boxing champions is a short one, but Jimmy Slattery is on it. He won the light heavyweight title twice in his career. Rich Blake,…