Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a plan for allowing 6,700 Buffalo Bills fans to attend a home playoff game amid calls for caution during the holidays.
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Feedback 8/31
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Fiz 8.31.05
Madden on your back “Playing Madden is like injecting a shot of happiness directly in my veins. And the cost of decreased hygiene and damaged social skills is totally worth it to me.” The inexplicable joy videogames afford their greatest devotees has nothing on Madden. The testimonial above, a random sample of Madden-related Internet postings, […]
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What’s in a name?
The Bills’ first order of business during the new J.P. Losman era is to change the second-year quarterback’s last name to “Winman.” Losman is pronounced LOSS-man, and that makes me uneasy. Hopefully, his name doesn’t reflect his on-field performance. My concern, unfortunately, has merit. I can think of three pro athletes whose real names sparked […]
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Out of control
I’m reflecting on the Bills’ 29-24 season-finale home loss to Pittsburgh, which kept Buffalo from the playoffs, and no song is more appropriate than The Hives’ Hate to Say I Told You So. Incidentally, this column coincides with The Hives’ song, just as Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon allegedly coincides with TheWizard of […]
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Winning in one dimension
The Bills are 8-6 and might make the playoffs. That’s incredible because after the Patriots crushed them 29-6 on November 14, they were 3-6 and alive like a cemetery. Somehow they’ve won five straight. The secret, according to coach Mike Mularkey, was to play one game at a time. You see, earlier in the season, […]
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From Joe Fan: I believe
After an inauspicious 0-4 start, it was looking like another one of those seasons for the Buffalo Bills. You know, the kind that begin with high expectations and end in disillusionment. Fans in Buffalo and beyond were frustrated and clamoring for answers. One of the most common questions was, “Why does this team look the […]
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Those Buffalo blues
The Patriots sacked Drew Bledsoe seven times — five on Buffalo’s last two desperation drives — during the Bills’ 31-17 loss on Sunday. New England scored the game-clinching touchdown when it sacked Bledsoe, forced and recovered his fumble, and ran it 68 yards to the end zone. The play epitomized the long season Bills fans […]
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Oooh, I feel the power
Bills fans should take one positive from Buffalo’s 13-10 opening-day home loss to Jacksonville. It was nothing like last year’s 31-0 Week 1 thrashing of the Patriots, which set up weighty expectations that Buffalo ultimately crumbled under. This time, there shouldn’t be any surprises. I like Mike Mularkey’s temperament. He’s even-keeled, and doesn’t allow emotion […]
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Where is the love?
During a training camp session on a sauna-like day, running back Travis Henry spots a photographer shooting pictures of him from about 40 feet away. He smiles, points, then flashes the thumbs-up sign. The 25-year-old is cheerful and relaxed, exhibiting little concern that former University of Miami superstar Willis McGahee is starting for him while […]
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Dealing with drivel
When he was interviewed by Jerome Holtzman for No Cheering in the Press Box in 1973, former Chicago Tribune sportswriter Ed Prell said, “The sportswriters today depend too much on quotes from the dressing rooms. They’ve become nothing more than messenger boys.” Thirty-one years later, they’re still messenger boys. Unfortunately, that’s what sports journalism […]
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Bledsoe is not today’s QB
Last week I took Secrets of an NFL Scout, a book by the late Tony Razzano, and gave you Part 1 of a scrumptious soufflé of insights into the specific qualities that make good NFL players. It focused on defense. This week, I focus on offense and examine five Bills, just in time for training […]
