Bob Dicesare
Kelly's passion for football burns on
He's less than a year shy of 50, nearly 13 years removed from the game, which leads you to wonder how much passion Jim Kelly brings to his football camp these days. Is this his operation in name only, or does he remain an active participant? Does he show up at noon and go through the motions, or is he there from the get-go, highly visible and raring to teach some football? (Updated: 07/01/09 10:46 AM )
Golfer puts on a show at Jr. Masters
Anthony Burdi was 29 holes into medal play at the International Junior Masters on Wednesday and it had hardly been worth the trip from suburban Chicago. He sat 14 over par. He was coming off consecutive bogeys. His chances of qualifying for the championship flight were vanishing quicker than federal bailout money. (Updated: 06/25/09 7:02 AM )
Fahey graduates from First Tee to Jr. Masters
Patrick Fahey got the bug last year, when he attended the Ham- Am preceding the International Junior Masters. He knew players who were in the field. He witnessed the vast array of young talent that had gathered from as close as the host club, East Aurora Country Club, and as far away as South Korea, Colombia and Mexico. (Updated: 06/23/09 8:29 AM )
Golfers not athletes? Take a hike
Jerry Sullivan, in his Sunday column advancing the U. S. Open, labeled Tiger Woods the greatest competitor in sports history. “I hesitate to use the word ‘athlete’ because there are pockets of bias out there against golfers as athletes,” Sully wrote. “It’s an argument for another time.” (Updated: 06/16/09 6:37 AM )
Investigator’s work is never done
Careerexplorer.com offers a list of 10 in-demand jobs in 2009. Most of them involve the health care industry, a few computer technology. What’s missing? NCAA investigator. (Updated: 06/12/09 6:58 AM )
Malkin decision makes sense
Fast food for thought: (Updated: 06/02/09 7:21 AM )
Balen back in the swing with Champions Tour
Lackawanna’s Mark Balen was near 50 when golf grabbed him in its jaws again and wouldn’t let him go. Subtle improvement led to a quest for more greater improvement. Significant strides had friends urging him to take aim at the Champions Tour. And what Balen learned along the way, while recapturing a swing that is legend in these parts, is that, man, golf can be darn addictive. (Updated: 05/24/09 6:07 AM )
Amputees find outlet on course
He still walks the course while playing a casual round, a carry bag slung over his shoulder, because to motor around in a cart deprives him of some of golf’s simple pleasures. (Updated: 05/20/09 7:43 AM )
Baseball scorebooks can serve as time machines
Last week I started cleaning out my basement, a project that should be completed by 2012. I came across a pennant from the inaugural Triple-A All-Star Game at Pilot Field, stacks of sports books I’ve been meaning to read, a cap from Athens 2004, which got me to wondering what’s become of all the sporting venues Greece built for its three weeks on the world stage. (Updated: 05/17/09 6:59 AM )
Favre deserves another shot
Reports that X-rays of his ailing shoulder have made their way to Minnesota indicate that Brett Favre is contemplating unretiring yet again. Excellent. Here’s hoping he plays until he’s 50. (Updated: 05/14/09 7:02 AM )
Bisons can’t hit, refuse to run under Oberkfell
One thing we know about the Buffalo Bisons is they’re most assuredly steroid-free. They can’t hit. They don’t run. Heck, they don’t even walk. Nothing in the way they do business indicates performances illegally enhanced. (Updated: 05/10/09 9:15 AM )
Coyotes situation turns ugly
During times like these it’s good to have friends in high places in the National Hockey League office, friends such as the commissioner, who realizes the folly in siphoning fans from one hockey market to another. Forget No-Goal. Nothing could be more important to Buffalo Sabres fans than the health of the franchise, a concern Gary Bettman has repeatedly addressed by helping the team through its bankruptcy and protecting its territory from outside invasion. (Updated: 05/07/09 6:54 AM )
Kemp name forever etched in Bills lore
The airplane was somewhere between Buffalo and Boston when coach Lou Saban finally decided who would start at quarterback in the most important game in the history of this young Buffalo Bills franchise. (Updated: 05/04/09 7:00 AM )
O-linemen prove to be stuffed shirts
Twenty-five months ago the Buffalo Bills’ decision-makers were tearing rotator cuffs patting themselves on the back. They had just signed guard Derrick Dockery to the biggest contract in team history and supplemented their euphoria by overpaying for offensive tackle Langston Walker on the free-agent market. (Updated: 04/22/09 7:06 AM )
New Yorkers get big bill for stadium
Fast food for thought . . . (Updated: 04/17/09 7:03 AM )
