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As is an annual rite of passage within the National Football League, the Buffalo Bills will soon shift in to training camp to...
The Conference Finals are set and I think the NHL couldn’t have gotten two better matchups.The last four Stanley Cup Ch...
Jeremy Whitewhitey@wgr550.com@JeremyWGRAs you watch the NHL playoffs you may be inclined to feel like the Sabres are "fa...
Perhaps feeling slim at the position, the Buffalo Bills have acquired another tight end to help shape the roster as they cont...
It certainly was not a normal regular season with only 48 games played due to the lockout, but now we get back to normal as t...
It certainly was not a normal regular season with only 48 games played due to the lockout, but now we get back to normal as t...
The Buffalo Sabres will draft 8th in New Jersey on June 30th. The Sabres are also holding the 16th overall pick which they ac...
The 2013 NFL Draft is finally here. In what is sure to be one of the craziest first rounds in recent memory, the Buffalo Bill...
Ask 100 fans of the Buffalo Bills, and I'm willing to bet a solid 80 of them would prefer the team to trade down from the...
By Sal CapaccioTwitter: @SalSportsAbout the first round. And only the first round…..Position that's very possible,...
Round 1PickTeamPositionNameCollege1OTEric FisherCentral Michigan2OTLuke JoeckelTexas A&M3OLBDion JordanOregon4OTLane JohnsonO...
A two way center of the future and perhaps the number one goalie of the future. That is what theSabres hope they traded for e...
On Thursday, the NFL officially unveiled it's preseason schedule for the 2013 season and the Buffalo Bills will face off ...
Rochester Americans head coach Chadd Cassidy said recently-acquired prospect Johan Larsson will make his debut for the Sabres...
Many fans were expecting a total fire sale by the Sabres, but we got pretty much what I expected.Jason Pominville, Robyn Rege...
The best part of trade deadline day 2013 happened between 4pm and 420pm. It was at that point that we already knew that there...
The Buffalo Sabres added two more draft picks to an already stacked pile when they received a 2013 first round pick and 2014 ...
The Buffalo Sabres made one move on Wednesday before the NHL's 3 o'clock trade deadline and that moved sent the capta...
(WGR -Bulldog) Ready to deal?I had a thought last night as the Jarome Iginla trade drama was unfolding in Calgary. One of the...
The Buffalo Sabres are in serious trouble. They've dropped to 3-5-1 in a 48 game season and the team – Thomas Vanek...
When the Buffalo Bills unveiled their staff via press release, there was one position that the Bills elected to hire two men ...
The Buffalo Bills have filled the last remaining opening for head positional coaches.On Saturday, the team announced they'...
SaturdaySyracuse 38 West Virginia 14 Pinstripe BowlThe game was supposed to be a battle of two of the top QB’s in the d...
The Buffalo Bandits today announced their final 23-man roster for the upcoming 2013 season.General Manager Steve Dietrich sig...
There is little question that C.J. Spiller has established himself as a great talent in the backfield for the Buffalo Bills. ...
Week 12 RecapBy Bob GaughanBaylor 52 Kansas State 24Was it Plato, Shakespeare, Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Nicholas Cage tha...
Now that Buffalo Bills General Manager Buddy Nix has promised to address the quarterback of the future, who are the best guys...
Anyone who's watched the Bills play this season can’t realistically expect the team to make the playoffs considerin...
We all know one of the problems that plagues the Bills consistency on offense is the inability for Ryan Fitzpatrick to hit th...
The Buffalo Bills are heading in to the weekend with a chance to not only collect a victory over an underdog opponent at home...
I had to dust off the old time football handbook for this week's preview. Its time to talk about run and stop the run for...
There were many plays fans have been questioning from the overtime win in Arizona.The first was the wildcat throw late in the...
Well that's not exactly the way to start off what will be the most critical part of the season, now is it?The Buffalo Bil...
Connecticut 24 UB 17Connecticut running backs Lyle McCombs and Martin Hyppolite led the way to victoryfor the Huskies with 15...
Week 5 RecapBy Bob GaughanConnecticut 24 UB 17Connecticut running backs Lyle McCombs and Martin Hyppolite led the way to vict...
I just re-watched last year’s Patriots at Bills game on NFL Rewind (which, by the way, how awesome is that?). It’...
Wins the last two weeks by the Buffalo Bills have calmed the collective nerves of Bills nation. Nerves that were frayed by th...
Week 4 RecapBy Bob GaughanWest Virginia 31 Maryland 21RIP Steve Sabol of NFL films. One of my favorite films of his was an ob...
Bob Gaughan recaps the third week of college football, which featured several predictable routs, a few upsets, and some incre...
Bob Gaughan recaps the third week of college football, which featured several predictable routs, a few upsets, and some incre...
College Football Recap for Week 1Friday:Tennessee 35 NC State 21It was a rough day for star CB David Amerson. Amerson was bur...
The Buffalo Bills have acquired QB Travaris Jackson from Seattle in exchange for a conditional draft pick in 2013. The team m...
From favorite to win the backup job to out of work in just two days, that's how Vince Young's time as a member of the...
NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reports The Buffalo Bills are set to acquire Seattle Seahawks Quarterback Tarvaris Jackson. Accord...
Around the NFL, the third preseason game for individual teams is often regarded as the contest that mimics a regular season t...
Saturday against Pittsburgh is the most playing time the starters will get this preseason. Sometimes coaches have the starter...
If you’re worried about how the Bills offense has looked through the first two games of the pre-season, it could be wor...
In the Buffalo Bills' second preseason contest, the end result was not indicative of how well the team played as a whole....
After being outscored 10-0 and outgained 115-6 in the first quarter the Bills settled down.Ryan Fitzpatrick took the team on ...
Onward and upward to the second preseason game.The Buffalo Bills have concluded training camp at St. John Fisher College, and...
Alex Carrington is starting to run out of time in Buffalo. The DT was a 3rd round pick in 2010 and he along with 2nd round pi...
The Buffalo Bills arrived on the campus of St. John Fisher College a little over three weeks ago, and after one final abbrevi...
Like Ryan Fitzpatrick going no-huddle and throwing on the first fifteen plays from scrimmage, here are some quick Hot Reads f...
The first game for the Buffalo Bills is in the books.There were some fun times for fans in attendance, but a lot of times the...
While it's possible there could be a move in the works, it appears the current Buffalo Sabres roster is likely the one we...
We have debated it over and over. We've taken thousands of phone calls and deleted hundreds of comments on it. And yet th...
The Buffalo Sabres selected Minnesota native and high school player Judd Peterson in the 7th round of the 2012 draft.Peterson...
The Sabres have released their 2012-2013 regular season schedule. The campaign opens at the First Niagara Center on October 1...
In this year's Stanley Cup Final series between the Devils and Kings we were guaranteed to have an American raising the C...
The Buffalo Bandits quest for a fifth NLL Champions Cup title continues Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre when the Band...
With one day in the books, there are two more rounds on tap in the 2012 NFL Draft. The Buffalo Bills own two selections in th...
ESPN's Adam Schefter reporting the Minnesota Vikings have traded their No. 3 overall pick to the Cleveland Browns in exch...
With the 2012 NFL Draft just hours away, it's time to put out my final offering as to what may happen in the first round....
About the first round. And only the first round......Position I don't think Bills should take: Offensive Tackle. Sure, ga...
The 2012 NFL Draft is only two days away, and teams around the league are gearing up for finding the next wave of talent.It s...
With plenty of new things to chew on from what Buffalo Bills GM Buddy Nix has said over the past two days, it seems fitting t...
Preparation for the NHL Draft has its own wrinkle...you have a pipeline. As the Sabres get set to revamp the roster in June, ...
With the 2012 NFL Draft creeping up and just over two weeks away, it's time for another set of projections. It seems most...
With Tyler Myers and Christian Ehrhoff still sidelined by injuries, expect Jordan Leopold to get plenty of ice time tonight. ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, April 4, 2012BILLS ANNOUNCE 2012 PRESEASON SCHEDULEORCHARD PARK, NY – The Buffalo Bills...
The NFL has released their preseason schedule for 2012, and the Buffalo Bills will be taking on three teams from the NFC.VIEW...
In their biggest game of the season, the Buffalo Sabres were up against a team directly in front of them with one of the most...
The Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals enter a game Tuesday night that won't particularly define where they end up in...
It finally hit me last weekend. I finally reached the point where I couldn’t take the stress of the Sabres frantic purs...
Perhaps you have already researched this and committed it to memory but in the event you have not, here are the remaining sch...
Well here we are. 6 games to go and all tied up in points with Washington heading into a roadie with the Caps on Tuesday. The...
Thom Cich ReportingA perfect week has the Sabres in control of their playoff destiny. Buffalo went 4-0 over the last seven da...
Ryan Miller made his 8thconsecutive start, and 18th out of the last 19 games overall for the Buffalo Sabres. At some point th...
Thomas Vanek snapped a scoring skid and Marcus Foligno found the net for the 6th time in his young career and the Sabres beat...
Back-to-back games are nothing new for the Buffalo Sabres. The team has played 19 sets of back-to-back contests this season, ...
With the wild, wild first week of NFL Free Agency in tow, the landscape has shifted a bit for some teams in the 2012 NFL Draf...
Thom Cich ReportingSabre fans may not be too amped right now as the race for the playoffs comes down to the wire. After Wedne...
For Rochester Americans' goalie David Leggio, asking captain Colin Stuart for advice was as easy as Eddie Vedder turning ...
Welcome to 2012 NFL Mock Draft #2.The last time I projected the first 41 picks (before the NFL Combine), a lot has happened w...
One year ago at this time, I remember doing regular Inside The Numbers features on the Sabres remaining schedule and those of...
Buffalo turned into "Lacrosse Heaven" for a few hours on Saturday night as for the first time the First Niagara Cen...
Welcome to another fun season of NFL Draft analysis!I've been hard at work watching what college football has to offer ov...
There isn't a single other person in the NFL right now like former Oakland Raiders cornerback Stanford Routt.Routt, relea...
For all intents and purposes, Owen Nolan's NHL career ended after the 2009-2010 season with the Minnesota Wild. But the 4...
The Philadelphia Wings used a six-goal fourth quarter rally to defeat the Buffalo Bandits 13-10 to hand the Bandits their fir...
John Tavares can still get the job done. The 21-year veteran and NLL all-time leading scorer led the Buffalo Bandits to a 12-...
More often than not, when a team makes a coaching change there isn’t an immediate or dramatic turnaround that season. O...
As the Buffalo Bills 'Year in Review' series continues here on WGR550.com, it's time to take a look at the area that caused t...
Could it be the Americanization of Canada's game? The number of American born players in the NHL remains on the rise but that...
The Buffalo Bandits are busy getting ready for their 21st season in the National Lacrosse League with one of the most competi...
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that realignment has been approved by the NHL Board of Governors. It must be approved...
The NHL's Board of Governors has passed new league wide realignment set to go into place starting next season. It will be a 4...
Ryan Miller passed his Neuropsych test and is ready to at least dress for a game. He’ll backup Jhonas Enroth against De...
NEW YORK (wgr550.com/wben.com) -- It may have taken almosttwo years, butNBA players and owners are in agreement. Commissioner...
The Buffalo Sabreshave announced that ‘Party Bundles’ are now on sale for select Sabres games throughout the 2011...
Buffalo, N.Y. (wgr550.com) - Two weeks I ago I wrote about NHL realignment for Inside the Numbers and how it made my head exp...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR550.com) -It was something you had come to bank on in recent years.Lindy Ruff would go into the season plan...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR550.com) -That was fast. Less than one month since Brendan Shanahan began doling out his idea of NHL justic...
If you're keeping track at home, the position switches for 2010 sixth round pick Arthur Moats is now at four.Moats went from ...
This morning Joe Buscaglia andIgot into a big discussion about Ryan Fitzpatrick's future. We talked about theBills' desire to...
In September the Sabres prospects will head off to Traverse City, Michigan to play in a tournament hosted by the Detroit Red ...
JasonLaCanfora of the NFLNetwork reports that only four teams in the NFLare spending less money than the Bills on players in ...
Future Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre took time out of his schedule to help out Jim Kelly and the WGR550 Hunter's Hope ...
One of the most electric wide receivers since the day he was drafted is hanging up the cleats.According to multiple outlets w...
Today marks the start of free agency, and the names will by flying around throughout the next few days. Before the madness be...
The Buffalo Sabres announced the team has achieved a record renewal rate of 99% for their 2011-12 season tickets. As a result...
The 2011-2012 season for the Buffalo Sabres will be a bit different, because of the reduced schedules of both Rick Jeanneret ...
While we are all focused on which first-line centerman the Buffalo Sabres should acquire via free agency or trade this offsea...
It's not the biggest deal of the day even if it happens, but it's the first deal I heard about as soon as I got to Minnesota....
This year's NHL draft is going to be quite a bit different than what we've seen lately. There is no Taylor Hall, Steve Stamko...
The Buffalo Bills announced the addition of Theo Young as a college scout. His primary scouting region will include schools i...
Now that the Stanley Cup Finals are over, the NHL’s offseason can officially begin in earnest. As the league gears up f...
In the past, when there are stories circulated about NFLfranchises that might move, the Buffalo Bills are usually involved. O...
As the season went on, the responsibilities for Buffalo Bills outside linebacker Arthur Moats were heightened. It seemed like...
A Minnesota Federal Court has cancelled mediation talks set for next week because the NFL's owners and players have engag...
The Buffalo Sabresannounced that they will host an NHL Draft Party at HSBC Arena on Friday, June 24 at 6:30 p.m. The event wi...
Major League Baseball lost a hall of famer on Tuesday and the inspiration for their logo as well. Harmon Killebrew passed awa...
Former Buffalo Bills linebacker Darryl Talley will be a part of the 2011 class to be inducted in to the College Football Hall...
The Minnesota Vikings are attempting to fund a $1.28 billion retractable roof stadium in Arden Hills, MN, and NFLCommissi...
The Rangers have been shocked by the death of one of their players. This was posted on the team's web site.The New York Range...
Thanks to a pair of four game sweeps, the teams in the Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals have had plenty of rest. Tampa B...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell appeared on ProFootball Talk's live show hosted by Mike Florio this morning to talk about the ...
The Minnesota Vikings were on everyone's move-to-Los-Angeles list. You can take them off after today. The team announcing a n...
Detriot Tigers pictherJustin Verlander threw the seond no hitter of this season against the Toronto Blue Jays. Verlander is t...
As we all eagerly await the start of the free agency period for the NFL, the Buffalo Bills will undoubtedly be in the market ...
Seeing as how the Buffalo Bills decided against drafting a quarterback of the future for the second straight year, we sit her...
There were only 23 games this season where somebody wore the "C" in a game for the Sabres. Lindy Ruff had four assi...
With the third overall pick, the Buffalo Bills did something that we haven't seen them do in a very, very long time. They mad...
1.) Carolina - Cam Newton, QB, Auburn2.)Denver - VonMiller, LB, Texas A&M3.)Buffalo - Marcell Dareus, DL, Alabama4.)Cincinnat...
For the first time since mid-March, the NFLand the NFLPA are back at the negotiating table. Judge Susan Nelson demanded the t...
Since talks broke off in mid-March, the NFL and players have not entered in labor negotiations. But after the injuction heari...
The ugly war of words waged during the month of March found a home in a court room in Minnesota on Wednesday.The NFL and NFLP...
The last time Patrick Kaleta joined the WGRmorning show, Howard Simon jokingly told the Sabres' forward to stop blocking shot...
If you believe Tom Sorenson, a twenty-year columnist for the Charlotte Observer, the Carolina Panthers are taking a long look...
With the NFL in a lockout mode and the NFLPA as a union no more, there's a new date on the calendar to circle for the next st...
The Sabres killed off some dumb penalties and still had a good first period. Andrej Sekera came on the ice early with Mark Ma...
The Buffalo Sabres will hope to extend their winning streak to three games when they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the four...
During Saturday's Sabres' postgame show, LindyRuff told our Paul Hamilton that Mike Grier and JochenHecht will missSunday's g...
Well we already have news as your scratches today will be Mike Weber, Jochen Hecht and Jhonas Enroth. Hecht missed practice y...
Ryan Miller will not play back to back games this weekend as the Sabres travel to Philadelphia and then Minnesota. Even thoug...
The Sabres begin their longest road trip of the year against the Rangers tonight but the Sabres' head coach told the Howard S...
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Now that Buffalo Bills General Manager Buddy Nix has promised to address the quarterback of the future, who are the best guys...
I had to dust off the old time football handbook for this week's preview. Its time to talk about run and stop the run for...
The Buffalo Bills tried something a bit a different against the Minnesota Vikings on Friday night.If you noticed throughout t...
If you’re worried about how the Bills offense has looked through the first two games of the pre-season, it could be wor...
The Buffalo Bills are one step closer to naming their backup quarterback."Vince Young has performed well enough in the l...
I can't believe it's already over.Just like that, training camp is wrapped up with practices available to the fans at...
With training camp drawing to a close for the Buffalo Bills, the team got their second-to-last public practice in under the h...
Following the tweet from Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay about a team needing to get to third overall to draft Texas A&...
Every mock draft you look at for the 2012 NFL Draft has the following order, right?1) Indianapolis - QB Andrew Luck, Stanford...
Welcome to another rousing rendition of NFL Draft Rumor Roundup. It merely took a weekend, but there are many new rumors to d...
A day after four prospects for the 2012 NFL Draft visited the facilities of the Buffalo Bills, the team hosted another pair o...
With Tyler Myers and Christian Ehrhoff still sidelined by injuries, expect Jordan Leopold to get plenty of ice time tonight. ...
With the first and second picks of the 2012 NFL Draft nearing lock status with the top two quarterbacks, where exactly does t...
It finally hit me last weekend. I finally reached the point where I couldn’t take the stress of the Sabres frantic purs...
Perhaps you have already researched this and committed it to memory but in the event you have not, here are the remaining sch...
With the 2012 NFL Draft just over a month away, it seems as though finding a left tackle might be an ideal way to spend the 1...
One year ago at this time, I remember doing regular Inside The Numbers features on the Sabres remaining schedule and those of...
The following are 2012 NFL Draft eligible cornerbacks and how I rank them:Morris Claiborne, LSUDre Kirkpatrick, AlabamaStepho...
For all intents and purposes, Owen Nolan's NHL career ended after the 2009-2010 season with the Minnesota Wild. But the 4...
Michael Floyd, #3Notre Dame6'3", 229 lbs., 22 years oldSaint Paul, MN2011: 100 receptions, 1,147 yards, 9 TD2010: 79...
More often than not, when a team makes a coaching change there isn’t an immediate or dramatic turnaround that season. O...
Could it be the Americanization of Canada's game? The number of American born players in the NHL remains on the rise but that...
The Buffalo Bills got plenty of hope for a potential rise in the order for the 2012 NFL Draft thanks to a few separate upsets...
Heading in to their most recent game against the San Diego Chargers, the Buffalo Bills held the 13th overall pick for the 201...
With the Buffalo Bills' chances of getting to the playoffs seemingly slim, the off-season is once again the focal point for m...
Today marks the start of free agency, and the names will by flying around throughout the next few days. Before the madness b...
With a deal in place, there is a timeline in place for the start of training camp around the NFL.The question is, what day m...
As the encouraging news rolls in regarding the NFLLockout, we're getting closer and closer to football. To the blog!With the ...
With the 2011 NFLDraft closing in, it's time to convey my final projections for the three-day event.I've included the Bills'...
It's hard to believe we're just over a week away from the NFLDraft.This hasn't been your normal draft year. Thanks to the NF...
We're on the cusp of April, and I'm back at it again. It's been almost a month since my last mock draft, and a few things hav...
I'm writing this under the assumption that the Buffalo Bills will not relinquish their third overall pick for the likes of Ke...
With time to digest how each prospect looked in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine, the way the draft may play out has...
The 2010-2011 NFL season is officially behind us. When the Green Bay Packers captured the Lombardi Trophy, the focal point fo...
It's All-Star season for selected seniors in college football for the next couple of weeks. In Orlando this weekend, the East...
I have an idea for the next station sponsored Buffalo Sabres road trip.Europe anyone?Not to take anything away from the excur...
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