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…
Mammoth stops Bandits’ win streak
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…
Shorthanded Bandits find a way
By Budd Bailey When Buffalo Bandits coach John Tavares looked at his bench in the second half of Saturday night’s game, he could have asked himself, “Where did everybody go?”…
Bandits change course in win over Rochester
By Budd Bailey It was quite easy to figure out the cliched “turning point” of the Buffalo Bandits’ 13-10 win over the Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday night in the KeyBank…
Bandits make it four straight
By Budd Bailey For all of you who expected the winless Georgia Swarm to roll over and play dead while playing the Buffalo Bandits for the second straight week ……
Bandits storm back, beat Halifax
By Budd Bailey By the end of Friday night, the Buffalo Bandits had shown they were just like the rest of us. They had been sitting around for much of…
Bandits drop home opener
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits played their first game of the 2022-23 season on Saturday night, a contest against the Albany FireWolves in the KeyBank Center. If they needed…
Tavares talks training camp
By Budd Bailey (John Tavares has been the head coach of the Bandits since 2019, although he’s been around the team non-stop since 1992. John recently took some time after…
The Interview: Steve Dietrich
By Budd Bailey (The Buffalo Bandits came ever-so-close to an NLL Championship a year ago, falling in the third-and-deciding game of the Finals to Colorado. The team started to turn…
Bandits try to turn the page
By Budd Bailey The powers that be in the National Lacrosse League didn’t allow too many members of the Buffalo Bandits’ organization to speak to the media after the final…
Bandits fall in title game
By Budd Bailey Steve Priolo had every reason to feel discouraged and frustrated on Saturday night. The Buffalo Bandits’ defenseman has been on the team since 2010. He’s been on…
Bandits win Finals opener
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits and Colorado Mammoth were tied, 14-14, with less than a minute to go at the KeyBank Center on Saturday night. Someone was going to…
A night to remember for Bandits
By Budd Bailey Dhane Smith of the Buffalo Bandits had no idea how he’d feel when his team faced the Toronto Rock in the KeyBank Center on Sunday night. All…
