Budd Bailey

Bandits make it three in a row By Budd BaileySometimes it helps when your best players are your best players.Take the Buffalo Bandits, for example.“The Dhane and Josh Show,” sometimes associated with a talk show shown on YouTube, w...

The Bandits' revival continues with a nice win at home. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/bandits...

Review: Moses and the Doctor (2026) By Luke Epplin It's turning into a good year for the American Basketball Association.  It has been 50 years since the ABA stopped bouncing i...

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Bulls edge closer to MAC playoff berth By Budd BaileyThe task was simple, but not easy.If the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team wanted to qualify for the Mid-American Conference playoffs on Tuesday night, two results had to happe...

UB's win helps the postseason cause. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/bulls-e...

Canisius exits the season with a loss By Budd BaileySenior Day (or Night) used to be a staple of the college basketball season. It was something like graduation – a day to look back at the end of a journey that usually took three or four ...

The Golden Griffins are done until November. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/canisiu...

UB misses an opportunity By Budd BaileyIf you want to know about how to take a direct route from Buffalo to Cleveland, don’t ask the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team. It can’t seem to figure out the way to get ther...

Bulls' task become a good bit more difficult. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/ub-miss...

Bandits edge Rush in 'must win' By Budd BaileyIt’s difficult to imagine a more dramatic midseason indoor lacrosse game than the one that saw the Buffalo Bandits beat the Saskatchewan Rush, 11-10 in overtime, on Friday night. The sub...

The Bandits still have a pulse in the playoff race. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/bandits...

Review: On Her Game (2025) By Christine Brennan It took about five minutes to figure out that Caitlin Clark was something special.  Clark popped up in the national pub...

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Bulls fall at home once again By Budd BaileyMay we have a moment silence, please, for the home-court advantage.It seems to have slipped silently away from Western New York when it comes to college basketball.The latest example cam...

Home cooking again doesn't help the Bulls. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/bulls-f...

Review: The Art of Winning (2025) By Bill Belichick Publishers of business books must read the sports pages sometimes. After all, they crank out all sorts of publications by ...

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Canisius' rally falls a goal short By Budd BaileyIf it’s not the oldest quote in hockey history from a losing team, it’s in the top 10.“We didn’t play 60 minutes.”With so few scores in a game, relatively speaking, a couple of mistakes ...

A slot start doomed the Golden Griffins' hockey team Friday night. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/canisiu...

Bandits' skid reaches four games By Budd BaileyThe dynasty is teetering.The Buffalo Bandits had won three straight championships entering this season and had designs on winning an unprecedented fourth in a row. They started the curre...

The Bandits' problems are mounting. My story: www.buffalosportspage.com/post/bandits...

Review: The History of the World in 12 Soccer Matches (2026) By Stefano Bizzotto It's probably not fair to call the United States a "soccer nation" quite yet. However, it's fair to say the game has gai...

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Miami dodges another bullet from UB By Budd BaileyThe University at Buffalo men’s basketball team has played undefeated Miami (Ohio) for two games and 85 minutes this season, and there’s no doubt that the teams play as if they are evenl...

UB comes close again to a big upset, falling a shot short. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/miami-d...

Niagara closes out a chilly weekend By Budd BaileyLooking for a little relief from this historic cold snap in Western New York? Don’t count on the area’s sports teams for relief.In particular, the area’s men’s college basketball teams w...

Times are tough in local college basketball. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/niagara...

Slow start dooms UB in loss By Budd BaileyNo one was too happy about the way the University at Buffalo’s men’s basketball team played on Saturday afternoon.Especially the coach.“Our entire team is disappointed about the way we c...

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Canisius falls a touch short again By Budd BaileyThere hasn’t been a large amount of sunshine and warmth around Western New York. You may have noticed that.The gloom might be a little more amplified in the Koessler Athletic Center thes...

It's now a six-pack of losses for Canisius. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/canisiu...

Review: Big Fan (2026) By Michael Schur and Joe Posnanski Way back in 1994, Tom Callahan and Dave Kindred - two veteran sportswriters - had an idea. They would tra...

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Review: Death of a Racehorse (2025) By Katie Bo Lillis Live long enough, my fellow sports fan, and you'll realize the popularity of a particular sport is not guaranteed to last...

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UB's attempt at winning slips away By Budd BaileySometimes they fall, sometimes they don’t.The University at Buffalo’s men’s basketball team knew about that entering the final nine seconds of its game with Massachusetts Friday night. T...

UB comes up just short in loss. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/ub-s-at...

Akron's flying start overwhelms UB By Budd BaileyOutside of Alumni Arena in Amherst at 6:40 on Tuesday night, it was snowing a bit, and it was cold.Inside of Alumni Arena, it was raining. Raining threes that is.The Akron Zips opened th...

Not a night to remember for UB basketball. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/akron-s...

Let's see ... Bandits lose on their final possession. Sabres lose in OT. UB men lose on two buzzer-beaters, one in OT. Bills lose in OT. I hope this is as bad a 24 hours that this city can have in sports. Because I don't want to know what might be worse.

Bandits fall short against Ottawa By Budd BaileyIt was a game that was there for the taking. Jeff Teat and his Ottawa Black Bears took it.They scored four straight goals in the fourth quarter to erase a 7-6 lead for the Buffalo Bandit...

The Bandits dropped to the .500 mark on Friday night. My story: www.buffalosportspage.com/post/bandits...

Niagara's late burst beats Canisius By Budd BaileyWith 7:39 left to play, it seemed that Canisius had all of the momentum on its side in its rivalry basketball game with Niagara at the Koessler Athletic Center. After a slow start, the G...

Niagara earns a needed win at Canisius. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/niagara...

UB's rally falls a little short By Budd BaileyA regulation college basketball game only lasts 40 minutes. Yet it can take far less than that to hit a decisive stretch.Ask the University at Buffalo men’s team about that.The Bulls hea...

Bulls drop a close one to visiting Kent State. www.buffalosportspage.com/post/ub-s-ra...

Review: Football (2026) By Chuck Klosterman Say the name "Klosterman" to some avid readers, and the first name of "Chuck" no doubt will come up a few times. Chuck K...

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Review: LIV and Let Die (2023) By Alan Shipnuck It's never too late to go back and take a look at origin stories in the world of sports, particularly when they are still r...

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The Best of One Bills Drive - Dec. 17, 2023 (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/sh...

Coming through in the clutch: www.buffalosportspage.com/post/the-bes...

The KeyBank Center had a little too much drama on Saturday night, but the Bandits made the ending a happy one for the sellout crowd.

Review: Death in the Strike Zone (2026) By Thomas W. Gilbert Author Thomas W. Gilbert isn't quite done with baseball and the 19th century.  His first book on the subject was called...

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