By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page This is the time when newspapers love to run year-end summaries – perhaps because it fills space in a period when the news can…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The Buffalo Bandits couldn’t have come much closer to winning a National Lacrosse League title than they did last season. The Bandits reached…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist If you are a local sports fan who hasn’t been to the Buffalo History Museum to see its Icons exhibit, well, what are…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The time seemed like a mistake. The Buffalo Bandits were scheduled to play a preseason game (maybe scrimmage would be a better word)…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports page Columnist There were two people who virtually were part of the Buffalo Bandits’ organization since Day One in 1992. Now we’re down to one….
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits suffered some big losses in the expansion draft earlier this year in Shawn Evans and Jordan Durston. On Tuesday night, they had the chance…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 8: October, 1991 – The Bandits trade Brian Nikula to Detroit for John Tavares. The Major Indoor Lacrosse League (forerunner of the…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Let’s continue our short series on those who spent only one year as a member of a particular professional team in Buffalo, and…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The Buffalo Bandits paid the expected price for having the deepest roster in the National Lacrosse League during Tuesday’s expansion draft. In fact,…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 34: February 28, 2018 – The Bandits trade Callum Crawford and a second-round draft choice in 2019 to New England for Shawn…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columist No. 42: December 19, 2002 – The Bandits trade Ken Montour and a third-round draft choice in 2004 to Columbus for Mark Steenhuis….
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We all knew that the Buffalo Bandits had some difficult choices to make when it came to this year’s expansion draft, where they…
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 53: August 1, 2017 – The Bandits trade Ryan Benesch and a third-round draft choice in 2018 to Colorado (Dennon Armstrong) for…