By Budd Bailey This was supposed to be a typical end-of-the-season, locker clean-out day interviews with the members of the Buffalo Sabres. The players were supposed to say that the…
An Eichel Earthquake
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 87
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Jeff Nixon of the Bills Taken in Round 4 in 1979 Other picks in that round: The Bills had their choice of a…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 88
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Mike Macaluso of the Braves Taken in Round 6 in 1973 Other picks in that round: The basketball draft in 1973 had little…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 89
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 89 – Alexander Mogilny of the Sabres Taken in Round 5 in 1988 Other picks in that round: Nine of the players…
Book Review: The Day the Yankees Made Me Shave
Review by Budd Bailey Greg Pryor may be on to something here. Virtually everyone who has ever put on a baseball uniform in the pros has accumulated some good stories…
Houser, Bjork lead Sabres to win
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Sabres’ season can be summed up quite quickly. In the team’s last home game of the season, Anders Bjork and Michael Houser were the heroes…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 90
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 90 – Willie Ross of the Bills Taken in Round 12 in 1964 Other pick in that round: Ross was taken two…
Houser’s night to remember
By Budd Bailey Cincinnati. San Antonio. Ontario (California). Manchester. Cleveland. Fort Wayne. Tucson. Michael Houser has played for all of those hockey teams during a professional career that began almost…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 91
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Bobby Crockett of the Bills Taken in Round 10 in 1966 Other pick in that round: The only player to participate in more…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 92
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Pete Gogolak, Bills Taken in Round 12 in 1964 Other pick in that round: The name of a Hall of Famer pops up…
Book Review: Judge Landis and 25 Years of Baseball
Review by Budd Bailey What’s a book that was first published in 1947 doing here? That’s a bit of a story. The publisher of The Sporting News wrote a biography…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 93
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Ervin Parker, Bills Taken in Round 4 in 1980 Other picks in that round: Eric Hipple played 102 games at quarterback after he…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 94
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Angelo Crowell of the Bills Taken in Round 3 in 2003 Other picks in that round: Jason Witten turned out to be one…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 95
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Jonas Jennings of the Bills Taken in Round 3 in 2001 Other pick in that round: Steve Smith went to Carolina at No….
