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Messi’s Miss Hard To Stomach When Pursuit is Perfection

Messi’s Miss Hard To Stomach When Pursuit is Perfection

Apr. 24 | It’s lonely at the top. When someone is so clearly the best player of his generation — as Lionel Messi is right now — that person doesn’t have to worry about peers, rather history. Put plainly: Lionel Messi has a chance to be the...

Don’t mock me bro!

Don’t mock me bro!

Apr. 23 | Here is your Buffalo Wins official 2012 Mock Draft. To keep it simple with this mock draft, I made no trades, and went up till Buffalo's second round pick (41). Some surprises here, but then again not really. You will notice I don't have Mike...

My Bills 2012 schedule piece is better than yours!

My Bills 2012 schedule piece is better than yours!

Apr. 21 | BRAAAAA!!! RAAAAAA!!!! SCHEDULE! FOOTBALL!!! grrrr!! OK, that's some what sarcastic. Sorry, but anyone who watched ESPN's three hour special on the schedule, needs to go outside and find a girlfriend...please. Obviously, we know that when we say "Hey,...

Draft Talk

Draft Talk

Apr. 20 | I did a fake draft before the season was completed. May still do one next week, but it’s fun to look back and see how things have changed. Why didn’t Matt Barkley come out, the jerk? Among the many, many things that annoy me about NFL Draft...

Draftwatch for the Bills: Riley Reiff

Draftwatch for the Bills: Riley Reiff

Apr. 20 | Photo property of US Presswire In the first two installments of this series, we examined Alabama cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick and Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly – looking not only at the good and bad in their games, but how they’d fit with...

The Late Nick Mendola, Seas2Ep33: Conversing with Nick Bakay

The Late Nick Mendola, Seas2Ep33: Conversing with Nick Bakay

Apr. 20 | AB Podcast Thirty-three: A Conversation With Nick Bakay Talking Bills draft, Hollywood, poop diapers and… “Paul Blart 2?” with Buffalo native, actor, comedian, sportscaster, dad Nick Bakay. Email: nick@fcbuffalo.org

5 hidden gems in the draft for the Bills

5 hidden gems in the draft for the Bills

Apr. 19 | We've discussed potential first and second round players, we took a look at the quarterbacks (the ones I liked anyway) and now let's talk about some later round draft picks that have caught my eye and that could help your Buffalo Bills in 2012.  ...

Levon Helm and Death In Music

Levon Helm and Death In Music

Apr. 19 | Few people affect our souls more than those graced with meaningful pipes and few resonate with as much significance as those that ultimately lead to the demise of Mr. Levon Helm. The Band’s backbeat has died of throat cancer, leaving behind a legion...

Q&A about Dre Kirkpatrick

Q&A about Dre Kirkpatrick

Apr. 18 | For the next few days or so, I'm going to reach out to some of the collegiate blogs on bloguin.com to ask about some of the prospects who may fall to the Bills at the #10 spot in the draft. For now, it is a Q&A with Ell from Bama Sports Report,...

2 Q&As about Michael Floyd

2 Q&As about Michael Floyd

Apr. 18 | Time to comb all these mock drafts and pass on their information as my own. OK. Not really. If we believe the mock drafts, we already know what possible targets the Bills are going after with their first pick, which leads me to doing this Q&A with...

The Late Nick Mendola, Seas2Ep32: “Cabin In The Woods” own Rich Herbeck

The Late Nick Mendola, Seas2Ep32: “Cabin In The Woods” own Rich Herbeck

Apr. 18 | AB Podcast Thirty-Two: “Cabin In The Woods” own Rich Herbeck Buffalo boy Rich Herbeck has been involved with “Lost”, “Alphas”, and now we’re finally seeing the work he did on “Cabin In The Woods.”

Full Court Press

Full Court Press

Apr. 18 | Because I have a dream, I work lots of extra hours every week as a freelance writer. Some would call it moonlighting. Freelance writing is supposed to be one of the gateways by which you can get a steady, healthy job somewhere as a writer and/or reporter....

Draftwatch for the Bills: Luke Kuechly

Draftwatch for the Bills: Luke Kuechly

Apr. 16 | Photo property of Getty Images WHO HE IS Luke Kuechly, born and bred in Cincinnati, Ohio, is seen by many as the top linebacker and one of the safest picks amongst all incoming rookies this year.  A three-year starter at Boston College,...

QB Prospects for the Bills

QB Prospects for the Bills

Apr. 16 | Here is what I've been pondering the last couple of weeks about the Bills and how they should enter this draft: The front office and coaching staff have to believe that this is the last time they will be drafting in the top ten. So,...

Making my way through the swamp of sadness

Making my way through the swamp of sadness

Apr. 13 | Thomas Vanek tries to save Derek Roy. Just let him drown, Tommy. I'm borrowing this post form the fine folks at Dear God, Why us? Sports. Be sure to check out their awesome website which is dedicated to snark, the Bills, the Sabres and the greatest...

Just remember what we are missing out on

Just remember what we are missing out on

Apr. 11 | As fans and even athletes, we breathe every single breath of hockey for games like tonight. The playoffs. The playoffs mean everything to anyone associated with hockey. The weather seasons may change on the 21st of every 3rd month, but when you...

Cup Half Full: An optimistic view of the Sabres season

Cup Half Full: An optimistic view of the Sabres season

Apr. 9 | You have every reason to be angry. In fact, you should be angry. You should be downright fuming at the Buffalo Sabres after the year they gave you. The season was a loss. A waste. An embarrassing travesty. The Sabres spent $65,360,369 on payroll...

2012 NHL Postseason Predictions

2012 NHL Postseason Predictions

Apr. 9 | My preseason Final Four predictions for the National Hockey League are an impossibility thanks to the state of Pennsylvania, but that doesn’t change the pivotal nature of the Pittsburgh v. Philadelphia first-round series. Here are my NHL Playoff...

Draftwatch for the Bills: Dre Kirkpatrick

Draftwatch for the Bills: Dre Kirkpatrick

Apr. 8 | Everywhere you turn on the web right now you’re bound to stumble across NFL draft coverage, speculation, and extreme over-analysis. In looking with not just the experts and network-claimed gurus, but with fans, coaches, and players alike; you’ll...

“My Guy” For the 2012 NFL Draft

“My Guy” For the 2012 NFL Draft

Apr. 7 | Look at the size of this human being. He resembles a mix of Brian Orakpo, pure terror and a tiger. Terror Tiger is going to ransack the opposition’s personal goals. They are going to be so angry when he’s done with them, but there isn’t...

How One Brave Kid, a Volunteer and a Sabre Brightened Today

How One Brave Kid, a Volunteer and a Sabre Brightened Today

Apr. 7 | It’s fair and sad to say that I’ve had a cynical year; Since approximately June of 2011 I’ve struggled to find and believe in a lot of good things and that runs in the exact wrong direction of the person I’d like to become. For...

From Hell to Breakfast: A Review of the Sabres 11-12 Season

From Hell to Breakfast: A Review of the Sabres 11-12 Season

Apr. 6 |   And at your funeralI'll sing the requiem.     There will be no banners raised into the FN Center's venerable rafters, no majestic chronicle of the season's better moments, no town heroes; nothing, really, in the words of the celebrated...

Talkamania VII: Sabres are toast

Talkamania VII: Sabres are toast

Apr. 6 |   Title says it all. Listen to Matthew Stewart and I discuss the Sabres missing the playoffs.

Gregg Williams Shouldn’t Coach In the NFL Again

Gregg Williams Shouldn’t Coach In the NFL Again

Apr. 5 | As much as it hurt, I had Gregg Williams back. The former Bills boss whose repertoire in Buffalo involving losing and awkward sound bites had been under the proverbial gun for running a bounty system for his defenders on opposition players. Every defender...