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Lifetime Opportunity for Beutel
Feature Photo credit Geoff Schneider It was a tough decision for Nate Beutel, and an easy one at the same time. Last May, Beutel was hired as assistant coach and basketball operations director under new Buffalo women’s head coach Kristen Sharkey. After 13 glorious seasons at SUNY Niagara (former NCCC), Nate was ready for a fresh challenge. Joining UB, a Division I program in full rebuild, seemed ideal. A tireless recruiter, he dove right in, hitting the road, searching out pl
Jerry Sullivan
Dec 12, 20255 min read
ECC football on the rise
Early in 2021, Mike Kemp was in a coaching limbo. He was the part-time, interim head football coach at Erie Community College. A year into Covid, however, Kemp wasn’t certain that ECC football would survive the pandemic. The 2020 season had been canceled because of Covid.. Many of the ECC coaches had been laid off. The budget had been cut. Most of the players had scattered, uncertain where the football program was headed. “I wasn’t sure the program was going to continue,” K
Jerry Sullivan
Nov 12, 20256 min read
Clarence's Murphy takes a victory lap
Mark and Laurie Murphy, after being married for about three hours. By Budd Bailey Later this week, Mark Murphy will become the latest...
bbailey182
Aug 25, 20257 min read
Chemistry has been key to Daemen success
By Jerry Sullivan Mike MacDonald admits he didn’t quite see this coming. Really, who could have foreseen one of the best seasons in...
Jerry Sullivan
Jan 24, 20257 min read
Bandits fall short against Ottawa
By Budd Bailey It was a game that was there for the taking. Jeff Teat and his Ottawa Black Bears took it. They scored four straight goals in the fourth quarter to erase a 7-6 lead for the Buffalo Bandits, and held off the Bandits in the final minutes to take a 10-9 win. While Buffalo’s second loss within a week and a drop to .500 (3-3) is a cause for concern, Teat certainly deserves top billing for what happened on Friday night before 17,190 in the Key Bank Center. He scored
bbailey182
8 hours ago
STONE COLD LOCKS-DIVISIONAL ROUND
By Bob Gaughan 2025 record 47-48 2024 record 67-44-1 2023 Record 82-71-3 2022 Record 68-41-2 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 510-395-15=56% MR. OVER/UNDER: Texans + 3 Over New England How was it that I was able to say the Bills would win last week if they got 2 interceptions (which they did), but I was totally wrong when I thought the Patriots and Chargers would score a lot of points? Speaking of points, every team’s defe
gaughanbob
1 day ago
Niagara's late burst beats Canisius
By Budd Bailey With 7:39 left to play, it seemed that Canisius had all of the momentum on its side in its rivalry basketball game with Niagara at the Koessler Athletic Center. After a slow start, the Golden Griffins slowly climbed back into the game, and ripped off seven straight points to take a 50-45 lead. After all, as that noted basketball fan Isaac Newton once said (more or less), things going in motion tend to stay in motion. Instead, it was the Purple Eagles that took
bbailey182
2 days ago
UB's rally falls a little short
By Budd Bailey A regulation college basketball game only lasts 40 minutes. Yet it can take far less than that to hit a decisive stretch. Ask the University at Buffalo men’s team about that. The Bulls head a 16-15 lead over Kent State after 10 minutes, but the Golden Flashes went on a 17-4 run over the next five minutes. That proved decisive, as Buffalo dropped a 87-81 decision in Alumni Arena. This one figured to be a good test for the Bulls, as Kent State has usually been ne
bbailey182
3 days ago
TONY’S TAKE – A PREVIEW OF BILLS-JAGUARS
by Tony Fiorello ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 4: Sean McDermott of the Buffalo Bills on the sideline during a game against the New York Jets at Highmark Stadium on January 4, 2026 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images) Welcome to the 2025 NFL season’s Wild Card Weekend. Here at Buffalo Sports Page we will attempt to inform and educate our readers about the upcoming playoff games and what each team might do to emerge victorious. One of the AFC’
Tony Fiorello
Jan 10
STONE COLD LOCKS- WILD CARD ROUND
By Bob Gaughan 2025 record 44-46 2024 record 67-44-1 2023 Record 82-71-3 2022 Record 68-41-2 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 507-393-15=56% MR. OVER/UNDER: 7-point Teaser: Rams -3.5/Bears-GB Under 52.5 Boy did San Francisco let me down last week. There’s no doubt injuries have hurt the 49ers, and now they have to travel almost 3,000 miles to play an early Sunday game. Advantage Philly. How many of you are tired of Pittsbu
gaughanbob
Jan 8
The Best of One Bills Drive - Dec. 17, 2023
(Greg D. Tranter and Budd Bailey have written a book about the history of the football stadium in Orchard Park called "One Bills Drive." It has been published by Reedy Press (https://reedypress.com/shop/one-bills-drive-the-buffalo-bills-greatest-home-games/). The books covers the top 50 games played in the stadium's history from 1973 until January 2025. However, there are several other games that qualified as thrilling - but they couldn't crack the top 50. Those contests dese
bbailey182
Jan 5
Bandits make it exciting but still win
By Budd Bailey It was an unexpectedly “entertaining” night for the fans of the Buffalo Bandits at the KeyBank Center on Saturday. The crowd of 19,070 had watched their favorites take a 14-7 lead over Las Vegas with a little more than 10 minutes to play. Since 2016, the Bandits were 22-0 when they had a seven-goal lead at some point in the fourth quarter, so it seemed time to light up a “rhetorical” victory cigar. Then the Desert Dogs scored five goals in a row in a little ove
bbailey182
Jan 3
UB's Oboh sends MAC a message
By Budd Bailey Tim Oboh of the University at Buffalo’s men’s basketball team had something of a coming-out party on Saturday afternoon. The 6-foot-11 center came into the game with Ball State averaging a mere 7.6 points per game. But on Saturday, he went off for a career-high 22 points in 21 minutes in an outstanding performance. Oboh was a major reason why the Bulls had little problem in improving 13-2 on the season, 3-0 in the Mid-American Conference. They took an 85-72 win
bbailey182
Jan 3
TONY’S TAKE – A PREVIEW OF BILLS-JETS
by Tony Fiorello 1988: General view of a Buffalo Bills game at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. Mandatory Credit: Rick Stewart /Allsport Welcome to Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season. Here at Buffalo Sports Page we will attempt to inform and educate our readers about the Buffalo Bills’ upcoming opponent and what each team might do to emerge victorious. The Bills’ 17th game of 2025 will take place at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York as they face the New York Jets.
Tony Fiorello
Jan 3
'Oddities' help Canisius hang on for win
By Budd Bailey In the big picture, the Canisius men’s basketball team accomplished its primary goal Friday afternoon. It defeated Fairfield, 85-81, in the Koessler Athletic Center in its first conference home game of the season. As for how it happened, well, that was the unusual part of the day. Those in attendance saw a couple of basketball oddities along the way that made the game unusual and borderline memorable. But winning is always appreciated around the Main Street cam
bbailey182
Jan 2
The Best of One Bills Drive - Nov. 13, 2023
(Greg D. Tranter and Budd Bailey have written a book about the history of the football stadium in Orchard Park called "One Bills Drive." It has been published by Reedy Press (https://reedypress.com/shop/one-bills-drive-the-buffalo-bills-greatest-home-games/). The books covers the top 50 games played in the stadium's history from 1973 until January 2025. However, there are several other games that qualified as thrilling - but they couldn't crack the top 50. Those contests dese
bbailey182
Jan 1
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