By Budd Bailey John Tavares’ streak ended last winter. He had been coming to Buffalo for lacrosse season every year since 1992, but the pandemic took care of that and…
Bandits Interview: John Tavares
Bandits’ Interview: Steve Dietrich
By Budd Bailey On Saturday, lacrosse players were roaming the halls of the KeyBank Center in Buffalo for the first time in 20 months. The Bandits were finally back home…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 3
By Budd Bailey Billy Dee Smith of the Bandits Taken in Round 1 in 2002 The next pick: Defender Travis Gillespie only played four seasons in the NLL. He was…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 21
By Budd Bailey Steve Priolo of the Bandits Taken in Round 2 in 2009 The next pick: Michael Evans of Johns Hopkins was taken by the Orlando Titans. He did…
A changing NLL
By Budd Bailey News about the National Lacrosse League has been hard to find in recent months. Thanks to the pandemic, the NLL hasn’t had a game played since March…
The NLL holds a unique draft
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist You think you’ve got problems? How would you like to be in charge of drafting players for a team in the National Lacrosse…
Buffalo’s Biggest Free Agents: No. 59
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Matt Vinc – Signed by the Bandits in 2018 It seemed only fitting that Matt Vinc turned up in a Buffalo Bandits’ uniform…
The Interview: Steve Dietrich
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits were taking part in a midweek practice in Ontario in March when goalie coach Anthony Cosmo delivered some stunning news. Rudy Gobert of the…
Bandits regain offensive spark in win
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Dan Lintner never thought he’d be playing for the Buffalo Bandits on Saturday night. The former Rochester Knighthawks forward came over in a…
Wings shut down Bandits’ offense
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist For those who like indoor lacrosse for its frequent scoring and quick transitional play, Saturday night was not your night. That was just…
Bandits pull out another OT win
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The perfect script for an exciting win in indoor lacrosse is for a team to score the tying goal in the final seconds…
The NLL’s Glass Ceilings
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We’re about six weeks into the current National Lacrosse League season. That means there’s been enough time to look around at how the…
Bandits pull out win over Rock
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Chase Fraser had a big night in leading the Buffalo Bandits to a 10-8 win over the Toronto Rock on Saturday night. The…
Bandits stumble badly in loss to Halifax
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist It’s been a tough weekend at the KeyBank Center for the home teams. On Friday night, the Buffalo Sabres couldn’t score a goal…
