Review by Budd Bailey “The Russian Five” starts in a very unusual way for a sports book. Author Keith Gave goes back in time almost 30 years to 1990 when…
Review: The Russian Five
An afternoon at the movies
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist As Tuesday night’s game between the Buffalo Sabres and the Detroit Red Wings approached, I found that I needed something of a booster…
Sabres lose to lowly Red Wings in shootout
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Was it really less two weeks ago that the Buffalo Sabres were looking forward to their upcoming homestand? Everyone figured that if the…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 4
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 4: December 2, 1981 – The Sabres trade Jim Schoenfeld, Danny Gare and Derek Smith to Detroit for Mike Foligno, Dale McCourt…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 22
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 22: July 1, 2001 – The Sabres trade Dominik Hasek to Detroit for Vyacheslav Kozlov, a first-round draft pick in 2002, and…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 39
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page No. 39: June 10, 1970 – The Sabres trade Tom Webster to Detroit for Roger Crozier. The Boston Bruins had it all figured out…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 51
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page No. 51 – May 25, 1971 – The Sabres trade Joe Daley to Detroit for Don Luce and Mike Robitaille. In most cities, Joe…
Sabres fall short in a new way
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Every game for the Buffalo Sabres has been an adventure lately. You know they are going to lose, but you just don’t know…
Sabres cut down on dramatics and win
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist There was a little too much drama going on at the KeyBank Center on Thursday night for the Buffalo Sabres’ tastes. During the…
