Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Since it's impossible to earn a ring on the field as a Buffalo Bill, Mario Williams is going to court.
The highest-priced free agent defensive end in NFL history will go to a hearing Friday in Houston after suing his ex-fiancee for the $785,000 engagement ring he proposed to her with. ...
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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
For as long as I have written for this blog, I have chronicled the Battle of Lake Erie between Cleveland and Buffalo for the right to be called America's most tortured sports city. It turns out I wasn't the only one paying attention.
"Draft Day" is a soon-to-be filmed sports comedy ...
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Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Fittingly, like a bolt of lightning, Shawne Merriman's career has come and gone in a flash.
The outside linebacker who burst onto the NFL scene with the Chargers in his first three seasons announced his retirement on Tuesday at the age of 28, ending his career far short of the Canton-bound ...
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Monday, December 31st, 2012
On Sunday, I threatened to burn every piece of Bears paraphernalia in my wardrobe if they brought Lovie Smith back next year after becoming just the second NFL team in history — and the first not coached by Norv Turner — to miss the playoffs after a 7-1 start.
A day ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
As Chris Berman always says, no one circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills.
Unfortunately, the Bills appear to be perpetually traveling as members of the Donner Party.
A once-promising season is swirling down the toilet after the Bills lost their third-straight game on Sunday, this one a 35-8 blowout at the ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Shawne Merriman was supposed to have a bounce-back season for the Buffalo Bills, but that hasn't happened, and now his comeback year is over. Despite promising to play in Week 8, the 27-year-old linebacker has been placed on injured reserve by the Bills, ending his season.
Merriman has confirmed he will ...
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Lots of things happened in the NFL this weekend. Here are my quick thoughts on the ones I paid attention to.
- Mike Martz is a GD, MF-ing idiot. After Matt Forte gashed through the Saints defense on the Bears' second possession of the game, Martz decided it would be a ...
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