Review by Budd Bailey The first and last time that many of us knew anything about Paradise, California, was on November 8, 2018. An enormous wildfire ran through the town…
Book Review: Paradise Found
Book Review: Playmakers
Review by Budd Bailey Mike Florio has some opinions about the state of the National Football League, and he’d like to share them. No, that’s not right. That statement doesn’t…
Book Review: Year of the Rocket
Review by Budd Bailey Books about the Canadian Football League don’t pop up on this space very often, and for a very good reason – I live in the United…
Dome Sweet Dome
By Budd Bailey You only have the chance to discuss what sort of new stadium should be built for its football team every 40 or 50 years or so. We’re…
Book Review: The Ice Bowl
Review by Budd Bailey Almost a year after the birth of the Super Bowl, the Ice Bowl was born. That became the unofficial nickname of the NFL Championship game of…
UB suffers a stunning loss
By Budd Bailey Football is a game that can break hearts as well as bones. The difference is that hearts often taken longer to heal. Such was the case on…
UB wins an absolute thriller over Ohio
By Budd Bailey For those of you who stayed home from the University of Buffalo’s football game against Ohio University because of the threat of some rain, here’s an update….
Book Review: Heart and Steel
Review by Budd Bailey At the end of the author’s note that starts his autobiography, Bill Cowher writes, “All in all, I coached the Steelers for 261 games. Fifteen years…
Book Review: Overtime
Review by Budd Bailey It may be time to call John U. Bacon the writer-in-residence for the University of Michigan’s football program. He’s earned that title. After all, Bacon has…
Book Review: How ‘Bout Them Cowboys
Review by Budd Bailey It’s been about 25 years since the Dallas Cowboys truly mattered, at least to most football fans. The Cowboys used to be known informally as “America’s…
Review: The Q Factor
Review by Budd Bailey Looking into the future when it comes to young pro football players is not exactly a science. That’s part of the fun of the NFL draft,…
Book Review: The Game
Book Review by Budd Bailey It seems difficult to grasp the idea that one of the most famous games in college football history – and one that doesn’t date back…
Patterson leads UB to promised land
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist It would be an understatement to say Jaret Patterson single-handedly carried the University at Buffalo to the land of bowl eligibility. A small…
Where’s Budd Bailey? Carrier Dome
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist It was Parents’ Weekend for everyone else at Syracuse University last weekend, as the Orange football team hosted nationally ranked North Carolina State….
