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08/11/10

Some scary 2010 Bills predictions

Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick, and Brian Brohm will each get a start under center before December 1. To decide who will get the call and when, Buddy Nix will set up a Wheel of Misfortune.

Posted at 11:08 AM | Permalink | Comments

08/05/10

Losing Tim Kennedy is a bummer, but makes little difference

Tim Kennedy's unceremonious departure this week from the Buffalo Sabres won't make the difference between making and missing the playoffs next April. After all, our most prolific spring memory of the kid was him getting rag-dolled by a guy twice his age.

Posted at 03:22 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1

08/03/10

Schobel's exit gives Maybin his chance

Schobel's not part of the team's "now," much less its future, and he's much better off signing with an on-the-cusp team in need of a weakside defensive end who can release the hounds on passing downs.

Posted at 02:12 PM | Permalink | Comments

07/28/10

The Braves are missed, but they saved us more heartbreak

Us younger Buffalo folk have often heard our older counterparts wax nostalgic about this town's NBA days, about the Braves, Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Jack Ramsay, and so on and so forth. But we'd be setting ourselves up for the usual heartbreak if they'd stayed.

Posted at 07:39 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1

07/22/10

What the Kovalchuk decision means for the Sabres

There's no question where Buffalo Sabres fans—and other supporters of small-market NHL franchises—should stand in the wake of the NHL putting the kybosh on Ilya Kovalchuk's colossal contract with the New Jersey Devils. And that's directly in support of Commissioner Gary Bettman.

Posted at 08:57 AM | Permalink | Comments

	08/11/10 Some scary 2010 Bills predictions Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick, and Brian Brohm will each get a start under center before December 1. To decide who will get the call and when, Buddy Nix will set up a Wheel of Misfortune. Posted at 11:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	08/05/10 Losing Tim Kennedy is a bummer, but makes little difference Tim Kennedy's unceremonious departure this week from the Buffalo Sabres won't make the difference between making and missing the playoffs next April. After all, our most prolific spring memory of the kid was him getting rag-dolled by a guy twice his age. Posted at 03:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	08/03/10 Schobel's exit gives Maybin his chance Schobel's not part of the team's "now," much less its future, and he's much better off signing with an on-the-cusp team in need of a weakside defensive end who can release the hounds on passing downs. Posted at 02:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	07/28/10 The Braves are missed, but they saved us more heartbreak Us younger Buffalo folk have often heard our older counterparts wax nostalgic about this town's NBA days, about the Braves, Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Jack Ramsay, and so on and so forth. But we'd be setting ourselves up for the usual heartbreak if they'd stayed. Posted at 07:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	07/22/10 What the Kovalchuk decision means for the Sabres There's no question where Buffalo Sabres fans—and other supporters of small-market NHL franchises—should stand in the wake of the NHL putting the kybosh on Ilya Kovalchuk's colossal contract with the New Jersey Devils. And that's directly in support of Commissioner Gary Bettman. Posted at 08:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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