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…
A changing NLL
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…
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…
Preview: Bandits have hard act to follow
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…
Notes from Second Period Gym Class
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)…
The ‘other’ Mr. Bandit
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….
Bandits add depth in draft
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…
