With the NLL champion Buffalo Bandits in the house – and Dhane Smith throwing the game’s ceremonial first pitch – the Bisons, donning orange, black and white uniforms, took their…
BISONS BEAT SYRACUSE, WIN 7-4
Bandits’ wait for a title ends happily
By Budd Bailey This one was for the history books. The Buffalo Bandits hadn’t won a championship since 2008. They had lost in three straight Finals since 2016. Another loss…
Bandits win opener of NLL Finals
By Budd Bailey Saturday’s game between the Buffalo Bandits and the Colorado Mammoth literally came down to the last second … as we all thought it might. Buffalo was clinging…
Bandits thrash Rochester to advance
By Budd Bailey That noted boxer, philosopher, and lacrosse expert Mike Tyson once famously said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Providing the punch, at…
Bandits find a way to win the East
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits and Toronto Rock had a not-so-instant replay of a game on Saturday night. Remember last year, when the Bandits and Rock met twice in…
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…
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…
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…
