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Lifetime Opportunity for Beutel
Feature Photo credit Geoff Schneider It was a tough decision for Nate Beutel, and an easy one at the same time. Last May, Beutel was hired as assistant coach and basketball operations director under new Buffalo women’s head coach Kristen Sharkey. After 13 glorious seasons at SUNY Niagara (former NCCC), Nate was ready for a fresh challenge. Joining UB, a Division I program in full rebuild, seemed ideal. A tireless recruiter, he dove right in, hitting the road, searching out pl
Jerry Sullivan
Dec 125 min read
ECC football on the rise
Early in 2021, Mike Kemp was in a coaching limbo. He was the part-time, interim head football coach at Erie Community College. A year into Covid, however, Kemp wasn’t certain that ECC football would survive the pandemic. The 2020 season had been canceled because of Covid.. Many of the ECC coaches had been laid off. The budget had been cut. Most of the players had scattered, uncertain where the football program was headed. “I wasn’t sure the program was going to continue,” K
Jerry Sullivan
Nov 126 min read
Clarence's Murphy takes a victory lap
Mark and Laurie Murphy, after being married for about three hours. By Budd Bailey Later this week, Mark Murphy will become the latest...
bbailey182
Aug 257 min read
Chemistry has been key to Daemen success
By Jerry Sullivan Mike MacDonald admits he didn’t quite see this coming. Really, who could have foreseen one of the best seasons in...
Jerry Sullivan
Jan 247 min read
STONE COLD LOCKS WEEK 16
Stone Cold Locks By Bob Gaughan 2025 record 40-35 2024 record 67-44-1 2023 Record 82-71-3 2022 Record 68-41-2 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 503-382-15=57% MR. OVER/UNDER: Chicago +1.5 over Green Bay Houston caught me off guard last week, scoring 40-points when the O/U was just 42.5. What surprised me more was they allowed Arizona to score 20-points, the most they’ve allowed any team in 5-weeks. It was the
gaughanbob
1 day ago
The Best of One Bills Drive - Oct. 7, 2018
(Greg D. Tranter and Budd Bailey have written a book about the history of the football stadium in Orchard Park called "One Bills Drive." It has been published by Reedy Press (https://reedypress.com/shop/one-bills-drive-the-buffalo-bills-greatest-home-games/). The books covers the top 50 games played in the stadium's history from 1973 until January 2025. However, there are several other games that qualified as thrilling - but they couldn't crack the top 50. Those contests dese
bbailey182
2 days ago
TONY’S TAKE – THREE THOUGHTS ON JARMO KEKALAINEN
by Tony Fiorello COLUMBUS, OHIO - JULY 01: General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen addresses member of the media during a press conference at Nationwide Arena on July 01, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images) On Monday the Buffalo Sabres announced they had fired sixth-year general manager Kevyn Adams and replaced him with senior advisor Jarmo Kekalainen, making him the 10th person ever to hold that title for the team. Kekalainen, the Finnish-born ex-GM of the C
Tony Fiorello
4 days ago
The Best of One Bills Drive - Oct. 22, 2017
(Greg D. Tranter and Budd Bailey have written a book about the history of the football stadium in Orchard Park called "One Bills Drive." It has been published by Reedy Press (https://reedypress.com/shop/one-bills-drive-the-buffalo-bills-greatest-home-games/). The books covers the top 50 games played in the stadium's history from 1973 until January 2025. However, there are several other games that qualified as thrilling - but they couldn't crack the top 50. Those contests dese
bbailey182
5 days ago
Bandits lose in overtime to Halifax
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Bandits played more than 60 minutes in their game against the Halifax Thunderbirds in the KeyBank Center on Saturday night. Yet it took less than a minute of that time for the game to get away from them … the last minute of play. As a result, the Bandits dropped a 9-8 overtime that was on the painful side. “A tough night,” Dhane Smith summarized. “We came out flat. … We didn’t play to our standard. We played to theirs. We had our moments to build mo
Budd Bailey
6 days ago
TONY’S TAKE – A PREVIEW OF BILLS-PATRIOTS
by Tony Fiorello ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 7: Sean McDermott of the Buffalo Bills stands for the national anthem prior to the NFL 2025 game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium on December 7, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images) Welcome to Week 15 of the 2025 NFL season. Here at Buffalo Sports Page we will attempt to inform and educate our readers about the Buffalo Bills’ upcoming opponent and what each team might do
Tony Fiorello
Dec 13
Remembering Sam Anson
By Budd Bailey Sometimes a local media member can come into Buffalo, be a very public figure for many years, retire and move away, and more or less be forgotten. I’ve seen it happen a few times here over the years. I’m not going to let that happen to Sam Anson, one of the great “bosses” in my life and one of the top broadcasters in Western New York for almost 40 years. Word came from the Charleston, South Carolina, area – where he had retired some years ago – that Sam died la
Budd Bailey
Dec 12
Lifetime Opportunity for Beutel
Feature Photo credit Geoff Schneider It was a tough decision for Nate Beutel, and an easy one at the same time. Last May, Beutel was hired as assistant coach and basketball operations director under new Buffalo women’s head coach Kristen Sharkey. After 13 glorious seasons at SUNY Niagara (former NCCC), Nate was ready for a fresh challenge. Joining UB, a Division I program in full rebuild, seemed ideal. A tireless recruiter, he dove right in, hitting the road, searching out pl
Jerry Sullivan
Dec 12
STONE COLD LOCKS WEEK 15
Stone Cold Locks By Bob Gaughan 2025 record 37-33 2024 record 67-44-1 2023 Record 82-71-3 2022 Record 68-41-2 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 500-380-15=57% MR. OVER/UNDER: 7-point Teaser Bills/NE Over 42.5/ Houston.Arizona Under 49.5 If I was a Raven’s fan, I’d still be fuming over the call that took away a touchdown last week against Pittsburgh. Maybe someone can explain this stupid double standard? If
gaughanbob
Dec 11
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