Review by Budd Bailey Fifty years? Fifty years. It’s been a half-century as of 2020 since Bobby Orr did a Superman impression for the Boston Bruins, flying through the air…
Book Review: Kooks and Degenerates on the Ice
Book Review: Broph
Review by Budd Bailey There aren’t many “underground” sports legends these days. In a world with social media and cameras everywhere, no one who acts outrageously can be anonymous for…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 23
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnnist Ville Leino – Signed by the Sabres in 2011 It seemed like such a good idea at the time. Ville Leino was a…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 28
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Christian Ehrhoff – Signed by the Sabres in 2011 When the Sabres’ management thinks about Christian Ehrhoff, the idea of signing checks probably comes…
With no particular place to go
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Greetings from a disclosed location – my house. I’ve seen a lot of it during the past five months or so. We’re coming up…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 33
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Matt Moulson – Signed by the Sabres in 2014 There are few success stories among the Sabres’ major free agent signings over the…
Book Review: Ya Wanna Go?
Review by Budd Bailey The first test of an autobiography comes down to one question: Do you like the person while reading it? That seems simple, but sometimes it can…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 43
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Teppo Numminen – Signed by the Sabres in 2005 It took 16 seasons for Teppo Numminen to finish playing for other teams and…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 47
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Kyle Okposo – Signed by the Sabres in 2016 Kyle Okposo has had a respectable career in the National Hockey League. Still, he…
Book Review: Toe Blake
Review by Budd Bailey One of the joys of reading history is the way it came make somewhat dusty names from the past spring to life. Take Toe Blake, the…
Book Review: The 1993 Canadiens
Review by Budd Bailey Reading selections can provide a bit of whimsy even when you aren’t thinking about it. My last sports book review was on the 1993 NHL playoff…
Hockey Hall of Fame Preview
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Today is the day that the Hockey Hall of Fame announces its choices for the Class of 2020. And it’s a day when…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 57
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist James Patrick – Signed by the Sabres in 1998 James Patrick was 35 years old when he arrived in Buffalo in 1998. He…
Book Review: The Last Good Year
Review by Budd Bailey It was several years after 1993, and a hockey writer from Toronto and I were chatting. Not surprisingly, the 1993 conference final between the Los Angeles…
