Review by Budd Bailey The title of “The History of the NBA in Twelve Games” sets the concept before the book is opened, and it’s an audacious one. Author Sean…
Review: A History of the NBA in 12 Games
Review: A Lucky Life
Review by Budd Bailey Before discussing Steve Simmons’ new anthology, we need to talk about a subject near and dear to my heart: the sports column. Throughout my entire life,…
TONY’S TAKE – 2023 STANLEY CUP FIRST ROUND QUARTERFINAL PREVIEW
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Typically that’s a phrase one would hear around Christmas. But for hockey fans, there’s no better time of year to enjoy the…
Bandits’ Byrne has plenty to celebrate
By Budd Bailey You may have had a good day on Saturday, but Josh Byrne had a better one. He scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lead the Buffalo…
Book Review: Welcome to the Circus of Baseball
Review by Budd Bailey There’s something inherently charming about minor league baseball. It represents something of a throwback to a bygone era. For more than a hundred years, young baseball…
Book Review: The Blood and Guts
Review by Budd Bailey It’s two of the best words in football: “go long.” It means that the wide receiver should take off down the field as fast as possible….
Book review: The Book of Joe
Review by Budd Bailey Time has a funny way of changing the perspective on a book. Case in point: “The Book of Joe.” We start with the names on the…
Book Review: Unfiltered
Review by Budd Bailey Matthew Barnaby was a hockey writer’s dream. Take it from someone who was there at the time. The National Hockey League player was one of the…
Mammoth stops Bandits’ win streak
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits had a rare off-night on Saturday night. The Colorado Mammoth must have been involved. Indeed, the Bandits’ six-game winning streak came to an end…
Book Review: Moving the Chains
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,…
UB reboots its basketball program
By Budd Bailey Jim Whitesell had one major problem while serving as the men’s basketball coach at the University at Buffalo: He had an impossible act to follow. Whitesell lost…
A Bandits’ not-so-instant replay
By Budd Bailey It was 10 years ago today that the Buffalo Bandits completed the most interesting deal in team history. That prompted perhaps the silliest sports column of my…
Bandits win under the Big Top
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits are no longer an indoor lacrosse team. They are a circus act. Come see the Bandits walk along a tight rope. Watch them perform…
Book Review: Three Ring Circus
Review by Budd Bailey The biggest story line in the NBA in the years between 1996 and 2004 was the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three championships along the way,…
