By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits have gotten off to such a good start so far this season that the rest of us can’t really comment on the outcome. It’s…
Bandits win fourth in a row
Bandits don’t miss a beat in return
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits came out of their “bye month” better than ever. The Bandits started the season with victories way back on December 4 and 11. Then…
NLL attendance starts slowly
By Budd Bailey It’s a little difficult to keep track of the National Lacrosse League’s attendance figures these days. The league changed statistical services since its last game in the…
Bandits return to work with win
By Budd Bailey There were so many questions about the Buffalo Bandits as they took the field for their first game in 644 days on Saturday night at the KeyBank…
Bandits Interview: John Tavares
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: 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…
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…
An NLL experiment ends
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Leave it to the National Lacrosse League to come up with some unexpected news. The league is expected to announce on Tuesday afternoon…
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…
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…
