Review by Budd Bailey Sometimes advances in civil rights in the United States have come along so slowly that it’s like waiting for a glacier to recede. At other times,…
Book Review: Moving the Chains
Book Review: The Last Folk Hero
Review by Budd Bailey I loved “The Last Folk Hero” at hello, as the line from the movie “Jerry Maguire” goes. The hello in this case is the introduction. Author…
UB is ready to go bowling
By Budd Bailey The comparison is almost uncanny. The University at Buffalo football team had one of the great up-and-down seasons in its history. It started painfully, then had a…
UB lets another one slip away
By Budd Bailey “No lead is safe at a UB football game. No lead is safe at a UB football game. No lead …” No, it’s not. We’ve learned that…
Stone Cold Locks Week 12
By Bob Gaughan 2022 Record 35-18-2 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 283-210-11=57% Mr. Over/Under: Miami -13 over Houston As I write this,…
A memorable win for UB football
By Budd Bailey A closed door was no match for the sound generated by the University at Buffalo football team after Saturday’s game against Toledo. The Bulls were in the…
UB wins a thriller at home
By Budd Bailey It was the type of moment that can help make a season. Alex McNulty of the University at Buffalo had just tied its game at 20-20 on…
Stone Cold Locks – Week 3
By Bob Gaughan 2022 Record 6-4 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 254-196-9 =57% Mr. Over/Under: Ravens -2.5 over New England Only seven…
Stone Cold Locks – Week 2
By Bob Gaughan 2022 Record 4-1 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 252-193-9 =57% Mr. Over/Under: Saints +2.5 over Tampa Bay So what…
Book Review: Getting to Us
Review by Budd Bailey The bookstores have a very big selection of books on leadership, mostly in the business sense. Not all of them have connections to the sports world,…
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…
Book Review: Fight Songs
Review by Budd Bailey “Fight Songs” is a complicated book … and not just because that big word is included in the subtitle. Ed Southern is one of those serious…
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: 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…
