February 29, 2008

Bills cut Tripplett

The Buffalo Bills made another big move Friday, but it was a subtraction, not an addition.  Just a couple hours after signing free-agent linebacker Kawika Mitchell to a contract, the Bills released veteran defensive tackle Larry Tripplett.

Troupe to visit Bills

Tight end Ben Troupe is scheduled to visit the Buffalo Bills this weekend, according to the NFL Network.

Bills reach deal with Giants linebacker Mitchell

The Buffalo Bills have reached an agreement with New York Giants free-agent outside linebacker Kawika Mitchell, The Buffalo News has learned.

Bills need to act quickly

The Buffalo Bills will need to act quickly if they want to do any serious damage in the NFL’s free-agency derby.

Leaguewide free-agency scramble under way

The Buffalo Bills will need to act quickly if they want to do any serious damage in the NFL’s free-agency derby.

February 28, 2008

Defensive Lineman Jefferson Tendered

The rights to defensive tackle Jason Jefferson have been retained as the restricted free agent was tendered a qualifying offer prior to Thursday's 4pm deadline by the Bills.

Bills Release CB Thomas

A day after releasing three other veteran players, Buffalo released another in cornerback Kiwaukee Thomas. The contract of the eight-year veteran was terminated after he played two seasons with the Bills serving mainly as the team's nickel back.

Bills have plenty of needs as NFL's free-agency is set to open

Defensive end Aaron Schobel's vote is for the Buffalo Bills to go after a big run-stopping defensive tackle.

Five free agents Bills should pursue

Leading up to the beginning of the NFL's free agency period on Friday, RealFootball365.com will analyze available players the Buffalo Bills should pursue and avoid in this class. Today, we'll start with players whom Buffalo should be interested in, counting down from five to one in the process.

McFadden still tops prospect list

The NFL Scouting Combine is over and teams have returned home to evaluate workouts and interviews of the 333 prospects invited to Indianapolis.

Some good catches to hit market

The Buffalo Bills might find some help at wide receiver when the NFL’s free-agency season begins Friday.

Panthers release Carr

David Carr is out of work again. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 NFL draft was released by Carolina on Wednesday, the same day the Panthers brought back Muhsin Muhammad for a second stint with the team.

Kevin Everett, upbeat and robust, says his recovery is ‘God’s doing’

Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett was asked Wednesday how much weight he could lift on a bench press.

February 27, 2008

Bills Release A-Train, Wire and Two Others

With the opening of free agency looming at the end of the week, Buffalo got their roster in order by releasing three veteran players and a young offensive lineman Wednesday.

Bills Sign Punter Fitzpatrick

The Bills re-signed a young prospect who performed admirably in last year's preseason as punter D.J. Fitzpatrick was brought back into the fold Tuesday. Signed last offseason as a bonus NFL Europa roster exemption, Fitzpatrick appeared in Buffalo's first three preseason games in 2007 before he was one of three cuts to reduce Buffalo's roster to the necessary 75 by Aug. 28 last summer.

Veteran receiver tops Bills' to-do list

(February 27, 2008) — Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson liked what he saw out of rookie quarterback Trent Edwards last season. "I'm high on the quarterback, very much so. But he needs some help," Wilson said. "Everyone knows our need for a tall wide receiver, but they take two or three years to develop out of college. There are exceptions, but we need a tall receiver with speed and toughness."

Losman on block as shopping season starts

The trade-market dial for Buffalo Bills quarterback J.P. Losman should be set on medium this offseason. It’s not going to be hot, because Losman lost his starting job last year. However, there are enough teams in need of quarterback help that the Bills should be able to find a trading partner for him in the next two months.

February 26, 2008

Crumpler would bring plenty to Bills

Wide bodies, wide receivers and top free-agent wish list

The National Football League's free-agency frenzy begins at 12:01 a.m. on Feb. 29 -- that's Friday morning, for those for whom winter days have all started to blend together.

February 25, 2008

Rogers to Buffalo? Decision could be Jauron's

Despite all the baggage Rogers brings, there are a decent amount of teams interested in acquiring the 6-foot-4, 340-pounder. One of those organizations is believed to be the Buffalo Bills, a club whose biggest need may very well be D-tackle.

NFL teams sizing up Caulcrick

INDIANAPOLIS — Growing up in Findley Lake and attending tiny Clymer High School, where he was part of a 26-person graduating class, Jehuu Caulcrick imagined playing in the NFL but could only dream of the possibility. “It’s a dream that’s coming true now,” he said.

February 24, 2008

Need a quarterback? Need to wait

"Buyer Beware."

That should be the sign hanging around the neck of every single NFL quarterback prospect as the first ten selections are made during the 2008 draft this April.

Buffalo Bills 2007 Cornerback Analysis

Cornerback Nate Clements made himself a rich man a year ago after spending his first six seasons in Buffalo. The 49ers inked Clements to a monster contract worth $80 million over eight years.

Bills face front-office talent gap as draft approaches

This weekend the NFL is holding its annual meat market in Indianapolis, the prodding, probing, timing and peering into the psyches of the best of the nation's college football talent now eligible to draw paychecks from the pros

For Bills fans, no love lost if team leaves

The votes are in, the result is clear: If the Bills eventually move to Toronto, most Buffalo fans will turn their backs.

February 23, 2008

Bills think big on WRs

It’s a good time to be a big wide receiver.  Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Braylon Edwards, Plaxico Burress and Roy Williams are among the ever growing list of tall targets who are terrorizing NFL defenses. They have become perennial All-Pros and set the standard for those who follow.

Everett to sign books

Former Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett, whose recovery from a potentially devastating spinal injury captured the attention of Americans, will appear at a Thursday book signing.

Joe D. holds fitness seminar

Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe DeLamielleure will participate in a day-long seminar on injury prevention and functional exercise Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Ross buys half of Dolphins

New York real estate developer Stephen Ross agreed to buy half the Miami Dolphins from owner Wayne Huizenga for $550 million, with an opportunity to become managing general partner.

Some prospects skip workouts

Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan is not going to throw. Oklahoma wide receiver Malcolm Kelly is not working out at all. LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey chose not to attend.

February 22, 2008

Bills formulating draft, free-agency plans

With the high number of players getting the franchise tag and others likely to be resigned by their teams, there could be slim pickings in the NFL free-agent market.

Toronto seats priced out of our world

Fast food for thought . . .

• Stunned by the talk of $250 tickets for Bills games in the Rogers Centre? Don’t be. Individual game seats for a Toronto Raptors game located anywhere in the lower bowl of the Air Canada Centre and between the end lines start at $168 U.S. Some VIP courtside seats exceed $1,000. And they play 41 home games. It’s a different economic world. And a bit sick at that.

Bills are much more than a business to fans

“Pro football is a business.” We hear this on talk radio and Sportscenter. As a jaded 29-year-old, I accept it, albeit through clenched teeth. Football is a business that pays its employees a tremendous amount of money to entertain millions with vicious tackles, arching throws and hurdling runs. This doesn’t work for you, does it? If you grew up in Buffalo, it never will.

Bills face decisions at quarterback

The Buffalo Bills appear to have convinced themselves that Trent Edwards is the team's "quarterback of the future."

He might be, but it is far from a sure thing.

Tale of two coaches

Two AFC East coaches addressed the media at the NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday morning, and their demeanors and the way they were received couldn’t have stood in starker contrast.

For Bills coach Dick Jauron, his physical presentation reflected the ease with which he talked. With a mop of free-flowing hair flopping over his forehead and wearing a casual blue fleece without any team logo to identify him as a team representative, he looked as if he were just as ready to take a stroll through the mall as he did ready to indulge the hoards of media members with all that’s been happening in Buffalo.

February 21, 2008

Los Angeles, Toronto top list of NFL-less markets

Fans of the Buffalo Bills are understandably nervous about Toronto's designs on their team, but that shouldn't be their only cause for concern.

Collins, Brown seek meeting with NFL commissioner

Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown and Erie County Executive Chris Collins are requesting a meeting with National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell.

NFL should not be held responsible for players' legal issues, medical expenses

The NFL undoubtedly has tons of money. It is the most successful sports league ever in the United States. Each team sells out almost every single game. League parity keeps every team's and fan's hopes alive (besides the Buffalo Bills) that their team will win it all this year, and the Super Bowl is by far the biggest spectacle in American sports. So with all this money laying around, it's easy to understand why the NFL is such a big target.

With DT pool thinning, where can Buffalo turn?

Tennessee has franchised Albert Haynesworth. The Packers followed suit this evening, tagging Corey Williams. With the Buffalo Bills searching for help at defensive tackle - and with the two "big names" off of the market - where can the Bills turn to find a run-stuffing complement to their current DT corps? There are a few avenues to explore - so I'll lay them out on the line, and y'all can decide what the best route to take is. Here we go:

CENTER STAGE

The NFL Scouting Combine is pro football’s version of a beauty contest. Instead of the swimsuit competition, contestants are weighed and measured while parading around in their underwear in front of hundreds of coaches, scouts and front office personnel types.

February 20, 2008

What could Buffalo expect from a rookie WR?

Can you expect a wide receiver to give solid production in his rookie year? And what would you consider solid production for that matter? For the sake of argument I will say that a solid season (statistically) for a wide receiver will be: 50+ catches, 750+ yards, and 3 or more touchdowns. Those aren't superstar type numbers, but they do represent a solid season, particularly for a rookie.

Buffalo Bills 2008 Offseason Preview

When it comes to the Buffalo Bills, most if not all the talk centers around if the franchise will even remain in the Queen City. It comes with good reason. The NFL recently announced five regular season Bills games will be played in Toronto over the next five years. Owner Ralph Wilson is approaching 90 and has stated numerous times he will not sell the team before he dies. He’s also said he will not leave the team to his family after his passing.

Potential Bills Free Agent: WR Bernard Berrian

In the never-ending search for wide receiver help for the Buffalo Bills, certain qualities seem to dominate the search for receiver talent. Size, toughness, being a possession and red zone threat, and yards-after-catch potential are the most common traits. The thought is that with Lee Evans and Roscoe Parrish on board - two very fast players - a possession receiver with the ability to score in the red zone would be the perfect complement. Is

North down, east to go for Bills

The Bills have of course just formalized plans to attempt to expand their fan base northward. While heading due west from downtown Buffalo means ending up in a lake, the fact is they haven't gone as far east as possible. I

It's A Seller's Market

TheBuffalo Bills have enough salary cap space to be an active player in the free-agent market this year. So does just about every other team in the NFL.

Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett Making Progress, Still Has Long Way to Go for Full Recovery

Sophisticated medical techniques and smart doctors have done a great deal for Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett, who suffered a near-fatal spinal cord injury during the first weekend of the NFL season but is now back on his feet. But as Everett described in an interview on ESPN's Jim Rome Is Burning, he still has a long way to go to make a full recovery:

Top 100 prospects for the NFL draft

The NFL scouting combine annually provides a forum for draft-eligible college players to flash their wares to NFL personnel chiefs, coaches and scouts on a level playing field.

QB Keepers

Keeper leagues come in various types and sizes. Some allow owners to hang onto one player, whether just once or as often as he or she likes. Others let you select three or four favorites, while still others draft only for rookies and require maintenance of an entire rollover roster.

Potential Bills Free Agent: LB Lance Briggs

It's a name that has enticed Buffalo Bills fans for over a calendar year. For a Bills team that is in need of playmakers wherever they can find them, fans have continually pleaded the organization to make a move for this linebacker.

Bills top cap numbers for 2008

These are the top 20 salary cap numbers for the Buffalo Bills for the 2008 season. The cap figure is higher than the real compensation because it includes money from past signing bonuses that was amortized over the life of the contract.

February 19, 2008

Kelly Not A Member Of The Belichick Fan Club

Jim Kelly calls Tom Brady a good friend. The same goes for Junior Seau.

Bills' defense gave up too many points, way too much ground

February 18, 2008

Bills-to-Toronto creates international anxiety

If you think you have concerns about the Buffalo Bills or another National Football League team relocating to Toronto, try talking to Mark Cohon.

Potential Bills Free Agent: CB Drayton Florence

Few positions on the roster of the Buffalo Bills went through as much transition last season as cornerback.

Bills Interested in former Dolphins LB Thomas

Adam Schefter of NFL.com is reporting that former Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas - currently an unrestricted free agent - has many suitors. One of those suitors is, apparently, the Buffalo Bills.

Belichick denies taping

Patriots coach Bill Belichick broke his silence on New England’s twin taping controversies, denying he told anyone to tape the St. Louis Rams’ walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl and apologizing for all the attention generated by Spygate.

NFL’s anti-trust deal merits Senate scrutiny

 It wasn’t just friction over the Buffalo Bills edging toward Toronto that had NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell paying calls on members of Congress last week.

February 17, 2008

McGee’s lawsuit delayed

Attorneys for Buffalo Bills cornerback Terrence McGee said the bankruptcy filing by Craig Curry delays, but will not stop, McGee’s lawsuit against the sports financial planner.

Parrish arrested for DUI infraction

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Roscoe Parrish was arrested for driving under the influence early Saturday morning in Miami, according to the Miami Herald.

Top WR for Bills could be Sooner than later

 The Buffalo Bills are looking for a big wide receiver to complement Lee Evans, and the latest 2008 NFL mock college drafts of both ESPN.com and Fox Sports project Oklahoma's Malcolm Kelly going to the Bills as the No. 11 overall pick.

February 14, 2008

Bills release Price, two others

The Buffalo Bills released veteran receiver Peerless Price along with linebacker Kevin Harrison and defensive back E.J. Underwood today.

February 13, 2008

Schumer, Higgins lobby NFL on Bills' future

Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Brian Higgins separately discussed the future of the Buffalo Bills Wednesday with National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell. Schumer offered few details after the meeting in Washington, but noted that he and Goodell expect to meet with Bills owner Ralph Wilson and discuss keeping the team in Buffalo.

Schumer discusses Bills with NFL commissioner

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY, met in his Capitol Hill office this morning with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the two men decided to set up a meeting with Bills owner Ralph Wilson to discuss ways to keep the team in Buffalo for the long term.

Buffalo migrate to Toronto to pay the Bills

In the 1970s the Canadian government barred the door to American football expansion into the Great White North, introducing legislation to block its move across the world's longest undefended border.

February 11, 2008

Bills hire White as defensive assistant

The Buffalo Bills have hired former NFL defensive back Adrian White to be their defensive quality coach.

Wilson not the one at fault

If the Buffalo Bills leave town it'll be no one's fault but our own. We're the ones electing state and county officials who ignore the populace and pander to political parties concerned not with you and me, but with maintaining or expanding power.

Off-season outlook: Buffalo Bills

 

But will it end the Bills' playoff drought that has reached eight seasons, longest in club history?

Don't bet on fans buying chunk of Bills

If community ownership works so well for the Green Bay Packers, why not the Buffalo Bills?

Peterson gets wheels rolling for NFC

Adrian Peterson stood in front of the car he’d just won as MVP of the Pro Bowl. He wiggled the keys, leaned against the red roof and soaked in the acclaim.

February 10, 2008

Moving on

The young Los Angeles attorney rides a plane bound for Buffalo, the ties between her and the legal profession loosening by the time zone. Her husband is hours away from suiting up in the Buffalo Bills’ 2003 season opener, and she has too much anxiety invested in his career – never mind his career, in their marriage – to be anywhere but at The Ralph when it happens.

The Bills will go when Wilson does

Take Ralph Wilson at his word. The Bills owner meant it when he said in Toronto that fans do not need to worry - for now.

Brady’s boot somehow flew under radar

Some thoughts still vibrating concerning the greatest Super Bowl of them all . . .

How could the point spread barely dip over the 10 days leading to the game after clandestine film showed Tom Brady, outside his girlfriend’s townhouse in New York the weekend before, wearing a walking boot on his left ankle?

Redskins pick Zorn as coach

The Washington Redskins hired Jim Zorn as their coach Saturday night, a surprise ending to a monthlong search for a replacement for Joe Gibbs.

Golisano still interested in buying Bills to keep them in Buffalo

Amid fears the Buffalo Bills could relocate to Toronto, billionaire Tom Golisano has had numerous discussions about purchasing the franchise and keeping it in the community.

"I've talked to all kinds of people, and I'm not going to say anything beyond that," the Buffalo Sabres owner said Saturday in reiterating his interest in the Bills should the team be put up for sale.

February 09, 2008

Kelsay On Road To Recovery

For Chris Kelsay, the 2007 season did not go as planned. Not only was the team ravaged by injuries, but his position was as well, with Al Wallace and Ryan Denney missing significant time. He too succumbed to an injury tearing a tendon on the outside of his ankle.

Poz’s Troop Tour A Success In Iraq

Bills middle linebacker Paul Posluszny thought visiting U-S troops deployed overseas in Iraq would be a unique encounter. After returning from his 10-day visit with the troops he found out he was absolutely right.

Bills have fewer home games, best ticket prices

The Buffalo Bills will have the cheapest tickets in the National Football League in 2008.

The average per game price for a season ticket that will include seven regular-season games and one preseason game is $51.24. That is approximately $16 less than the 2007 NFL average.

Game plans drawn to save Bills

The “Save the Bills” train rumbled through Buffalo political circles Friday, with two key local elected officials offering scenarios they hope will help keep the team here for the long term.

February 08, 2008

Tickets Expected to Remain Least Expensive in NFL

ORCHARD PARK, NY – The Bills announced ticket prices for games played at Ralph Wilson Stadium during the 2008 National Football League season. The average per game price for a Buffalo Bills season ticket will be $51.24 for eight home games at Ralph Wilson Stadium (seven regular season games and one preseason game).

Collins: New Stadium For Bills?

(WGR 550)- Erie County executive Chris Collins added a new wrinkle to the ongoing Bills saga, throwing a new stadium into the mix during an interview on WGR's sister station, Newsradio 930 WBEN. "I will not be surprised that a new stadium is going to be somewhere on the table when it comes time to renegotiate the lease," Collins told WBEN's Dave Debo.

Higgins proposes community ownership for Bills

Rep. Brian Higgins today asked the National Football League to amend its constitution to allow partial community ownership of the Buffalo Bills, borrowing from the model of how the Green Bay Packers are owned.

February 07, 2008

Schumer: Wilson intends to keep Bills in Buffalo

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer spoke via telephone to Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson this morning and came away from the conversation confident that despite the team’s decision to play games in Toronto during the next five years, Wilson has every intention of keeping the Bills in Buffalo.

Bills fans' concerns not eased by Wilson

Western New Yorkers have heard Buffalo Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. discuss concerns about the economic viability of his NFL franchise many times before.

Jolly Rogers sees gold in our Bills

They held a news conference Wednesday to announce the Bills’ plan to play eight games in Toronto over the next five years. Which gave owner Ralph Wilson a rare opportunity to conduct one of his rambling, slapstick routines in front of two countries.

Wilson: ‘People don’t have jobs, and they move out of Buffalo’

Asked what he would say to fans who fear the series is the first step toward an eventual move of the team to Toronto, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. gave a long answer:

Argos had no choice in Bills' invasion

The Argonauts had little choice but to become minor partners in the arrangement that will see the NFL's Buffalo Bills play eight home games at the Rogers Centre over the next five years.

February 06, 2008

Bills announce details for Toronto games

The Buffalo Bills and Toronto officials announced plans regarding the Bills’ eight “home” games that will be played north of the border over the next five years at a packed news conference at the Renaissance Toronto Hotel this morning.

Wilson makes no long-term assurances in Toronto

The news conference to announce the Buffalo Bills' foray into Toronto did little to soothe Western New Yorkers' fears about the long-term viability of the NFL franchise.

Wilson Elusive On Buffalo's Future

Ralph Wilson, Jr. had the opportunity to douse the blaze ignited by the Bills' announcement that they'll play eight home games over five years in Toronto.

He chose to fan the flames instead.

February 05, 2008

Bills and Rogers Centre To Provide Toronto Details

Representatives from the Buffalo Bills and Rogers Centre will answer questions from the media and outline some of the details of the team's Toronto initiative in which they will play eight games over the next five seasons at the Rogers Centre.

Brown the Latest Addition to Bills Staff

Dick Jauron has filled the position offensive line coach Sean Kugler once held as veteran NFL player Ray Brown was named assistant offensive line coach Tuesday.

Hamilton team balks at Bills-Toronto deal

A day before the Buffalo Bills are to release details of their plans for shifting games to Toronto, there is opposition north of the border.   The Hamilton Tiger-Cats said Monday the franchise will not take part in helping to market eight Bills' games in Toronto over the next five years.

Ticats want no part in bringing Bills to T.O.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats say they won't participate in the plan to bring eight Buffalo Bills games to Toronto.   "We feel that bringing NFL games to stadiums in Canada without a comprehensive agreement between the CFL and the NFL will lead to unintended consequences, not all of them good," Ticats owner Bob Young said in a statement.

Giants ready to celebrate at home

If the reality that they are indeed Super Bowl champions hadn’t sunk in on the New York Giants’ flight home from Arizona, the ride back from Newark Liberty International Airport probably did the trick.

Brady, Moss pull out

Tom Brady and Randy Moss pulled out of the Pro Bowl, a day after the New England Patriots were beaten in the Super Bowl.

Patriots’ run hardly over

The New England Patriots’ NFL rivals hope the hangover from their heartbreaking loss in Super Bowl XLII lasts long into the 2008 season. Don’t count on it.

Game lives up to its Super name

How good was that?

There has been many great Super Bowls, but there haven’t been many as memorable as the one we witnessed Sunday night.

February 04, 2008

Joe Ferguson Again Fighting For Life

After a successful battle against Burkitt's lymphoma almost two years ago, former Bills quarterback Joe Ferguson is now facing a new and more serious fight with cancer. A few weeks ago Ferguson was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.

February 03, 2008

Hail to the Hall of Fame Redskins

Like the two old friends they are, Darrell Green and Art Monk chatted about the latest news in their lives: making the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Manning may have the last laugh

They love him now. Eli Manning used to be a bum in New York. Now he is the city’s favorite son. Giants fans wanted to run him out of town, but now are ready to throw him a hero’s welcoming party.

History awaits

The New York Giants’ blueprint for pulling an upset for the ages today sits right in the pages of their history book. The best hope the Giants have of beating the New England Patriots is by copying the ball-control plan they executed against the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV.

Pats, NFL deny Rams were taped

A member of the New England Patriots’ video staff taped the St. Louis Rams’ last walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl, a Boston newspaper reported Saturday.

Andre Reed Passed Over For Hall of Fame Induction

For the second straight year Bills all-time leading receiver Andre Reed did not make it to the final grouping of Hall of Fame finalists preventing Reed from being a part of this year's 2008 Hall of Fame Induction class.

February 02, 2008

Cohon makes nice with NFL over Bills invasion

CFL commissioner Mark Cohon will take the non-confrontational route with the NFL when it comes to the Buffalo Bills setting up shop, however minimally, in Toronto.

Everett remains happy to tell moving story

Kevin Everett's tale is about movement, and so much more.  His recent movement was to Chicago on Thursday, to New York on Friday, to Phoenix today and back to Houston on Monday.

Goodell admits Bills games in Toronto could lead to something more

National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell has confirmed plans to have the Buffalo Bills play eight games in Toronto over the next five years, and even though expansion and relocation are not on the immediate horizon, he conceded, "you can never take out the idea that it could lead to more."

Who's afraid of the Buffalo Bills?

Yesterday, in a roundup of his future plans for the National Football League, commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed that the Buffalo Bills will play eight home games, including five regular-season contests, in Toronto over the next five years. The move is widely seen as a potential prelude to a possible cross-border move by the franchise, whose owner, Ralph Wilson, is 89 years old -- an idea that Goodell suggests he may support.

Hall of Fame voters consider Reed today

Andre Reed gets his second chance to gain admission to the Pro Football Hall of Fame today.

Spygate just won't go away

Roger Goodell on Friday defended his decision to destroy notes and videotapes linked to the New England Patriots' cheating scandal, a day after Sen. Arlen Specter asked why the NFL commissioner trashed the evidence. "The action that we took was decisive and it was unprecedented," Goodell said during his State of the NFL address, an annual news conference at the Super Bowl.

February 01, 2008

Bills and Rogers Centre Make Toronto Games Official

In the wake of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's comments in his state of the league address that the Bills Toronto initiative has been finalized, team owner Ralph Wilson in conjunction with Ted and Edwards Rogers and Larry Tannenbaum that the team will play a series of eight games over a five-year period in the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Goodell Confirms Bills Toronto Initiative

In his state of the league address NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed that the plans for the Buffalo Bills to play five regular season games and three preseason games in Toronto over the next five years has been finalized.

NFL's foray into Canada will doom CFL: Ackles

When commissioner NFL Roger Goodell announces today that Toronto will play host to eight Buffalo Bills games over the next five years, he will present it as a positive development for both his league and the CFL.

B.C. Lions president Bob Ackles, on the other hand, has a different take on the matter.

Bills' Everett continues to defy odds

Kevin Everett slowly unbuttons his suit jacket and sits down.

It hardly seems like a big deal, those three little buttons. For Everett, though, it is nothing short of amazing. Less than five months after the catastrophic collision that doctors said might leave him paralyzed or worse he is walking and slowly regaining full use of his hands.

Door opens to full northern exposure

For at least 20 years on the Friday before the Super Bowl, Canadians have tried to read tea leaves to understand what the NFL's intentions might be toward their home and native land.

That's when the commissioner annually makes his state of the league address, and that's where, amid all kinds of issues of far greater importance, a little something about Canada occasionally slips out.

Goodell expected to confirm T.O. games

The top single game ticket for a Buffalo Bills game at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park in 2007 was $70.

When the Bills come across the border next season to play the first of eight games (five regular season and three exhibition) over the next five years, the best seats at the Rogers Centre are expected to be in the $200-250 range.

Boatmen getting a big say

If you have to fight them, you may as well join them.

That's the survival theory the Argonauts have adopted in dealing with the charge of the NFL's Buffalo Bills into their market.

A source familiar with the initiative said the Argos are leading the way in calling the shots of the Bills plan which will be made official this morning at NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's state of the league address.

Bills figure to face Chargers, Seahawks in Toronto

The Buffalo Bills vs. the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 28 in Toronto.

That would be the best-case scenario for most Bills fans in western New York regarding the first annual regular-season "home" game away from home.

Everett is ‘miracle man’

Kevin Everett made the title of his new book, “Standing Tall,” come to life Thursday afternoon during his appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

About five minutes into the syndicated program, the tall, sharply dressed Buffalo Bills tight end walked on stage without a sign of any problem after being introduced by Winfrey. He was greeted with cheers by the talk show host’s Chicago audience.