Misc.

Cards and Collectibles: All-Time Favorites - Blog

Posted by fillingspace on February 3, 2011 - 12:38pm

Ask a veteran sports card collector for his favorite baseball card set and he'll tell you the 1952 Topps set.
Six cards and a stick of bubble gum for a nickel in those days and this was a great set. It was the first time career statistics were listed on the back of a card.

Cards and Collectibles: New Cards Ready to Debut - Blog

Posted by mike dyer on January 27, 2011 - 12:02pm

We're less than a week away from the debut of the 2011 Topps Baseball Cards.
I have seen some cards and they are ugly. I had hopes Topps would give us a nice design. No.
The Topps Heritage (based on 1962) will be out in March and they will look great.

Cards and Collectibles: You Never Know - Blog

Posted by mike dyer on January 26, 2011 - 1:31pm

You never know.
Sports cards do change in value.
I was combing through my commons the other day. I was sure I had seen these cards recently.
But I found five 1993 SP Derek Jeter rookie cards in a small pile. Each of these is valued at $100. How did I miss these? I was happy I could find the cards.

Tim Teufel Named Manager of the Buffalo Bisons - Press Release

Posted by press release on January 21, 2011 - 1:15pm

Bones, Chicklo, Coward Remain on Staff, Mike Easler is New Hitting Coach

Buffalo, N.Y., January 21, 2011 -The Buffalo Bisons are pleased to announce that the New York Mets have selected TIM TEUFEL as the Herd’s manager for the 2011 season. The World Series Champion is the Bisons 16th manager in the team’s modern era.

SENECA NIAGARA CASINO IN NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON ESPN - Press Release

Posted by Marian Rose on January 20, 2011 - 1:16pm

Women’s Professional Billiard Association 2010 Tour Championship to air Jan. 23

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – The Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, N.Y. will be in the national spotlight on television this weekend as ESPN debuts taped footage of the final rounds of the Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) 2010 Tour Championship. Three one-hour programs will air consecutively beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Sled Hockey: Fast, Furious and Fun - Blog

Posted by Buffalo Jeffrey on January 17, 2011 - 7:15pm

For anyone who has never seen sled hockey live, do yourself a favor and check out a practice or a game. Sled Hockey is played on aluminum sleds with two skate blades mounted underneath by players with mobility limitations, amputees and able-bodied players with knee, leg or hip injuries that limit participation in standard hockey. The general rules of hockey are used and all players suit up in full hockey equipment, using two shorter, modified sticks with metal teeth at the butt end to propel them down the ice.

Why the World Juniors Might Have Been Bad for Buffalo - Blog

Posted by cgusmann on January 5, 2011 - 3:12am

For the past week the best junior ice hockey players in the world have converged on Buffalo to play for the IIHF World Junior Championship. Along with these hockey players Buffalo has also been inundated with their fans, which was kind of the point.

MMA Raging Wolf, Nov 6, 2010 - Photo

Posted by Marian on November 8, 2010 - 7:20pm

Rashad Evans at Raging Wolf MMA at the Casino Nov 6, 2010.

Raging Wolf MMA Nov 6 - Blog

Posted by Marian Giallombardo on November 8, 2010 - 6:28pm

Went to Raging Wolf MMA....had good time...good turnout. Lots of good action. Loved seeing Rashad Evans and Jon "Bones" Jones.

60 Minutes takes a dive on Pacquaio story - Blog

Posted by shawnkrest on November 8, 2010 - 10:52am

I normally just think of 60 Minutes as the show that screws up my recording of the Amazing Race when football games run long. But I seem to remember a time not so long ago when the show earned the right to run “in its entirety” no matter how late the game went.
60 Minutes was cutting-edge investigative journalism that made CEOs and politicians slam doors and cower under their desks when the camera crew arrived.