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All this talk about the fans, but as the Dolphins-Bills game in Toronto looms just 18 days from now, what about the people who rely upon the Bills playing eight regular-season home games in order to maintain a livelihood? I spoke to a few scalpers Monday in Orchard Park. Instead of making the trip to...
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With all the bitter feelings, jealousy, and frustration plaguing the Buffalo Bills’ eight-game relationship with the city of Toronto, the focus has been on the fans, and rightly so. If it weren’t for them, franchise relocation wouldn’t be so gruelling. Owners wouldn’t have to move teams, with little...
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Brad Gagnon
on 11-18-2008
Filed under: Toronto, Buffalo Bills, Bills in Toronto, Bills Toronto Series
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Driving in to work today, I noticed Bills Toronto Series ads hanging from street posts. We're 25 days away from the first regular-season NFL game ever played in Toronto. Coincidentally, I received a press release today from the Bills with the schedule of events slated for Dec. 7. Game time is 4:05...
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In case you missed it, NBC’s Peter King reported on “Football Night in America” that former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly is putting a group together to buy the Bills from Ralph Wilson . Wilson, who’s kicking it at 90 years of age, has established quite the business relationship with Rogers Communications...
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Brad Gagnon
on 11-04-2008
Filed under: Toronto, NFL in Toronto, Buffalo Bills, Bills in Toronto, Jim Kelly, Ted Rogers, Tom Golisano
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1. How will they survive without left tackle Jason Peters? They won’t. The Bills need Peters, who may very well be the best football player on the team, back in the lineup ASAP. Gigantic right tackle Langston Walker has done a nice job while the Pro Bowler Peters has been holding out for a new contract...
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Call it Friday morning quarterback. Here’s what people are saying one day after the “big” game: • ESPN’s Tim Graham was in the house, and filed more than one rather negative story about the game and the atmosphere. Take your pick: “Bills hope Toronto is dome sweet dome” “The Buffalo Bills rode three...
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Was it possible to live up to the hype? Probably not. But the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers did all they could to keep the crowd entertained in the first installment of Bills North. The Steelers were the perfect team to play the Bills in the series opener. The city of Toronto has a plethora of...
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6:05 -- We're all set up, with about 90 minutes until game time. The Bills and Steelers are on the field warming up, and the stadium's about this full: 6:15 -- We spent some time at the "Tailgate party" across the street, which was actually not too bad. Beers were $6 and several guys...
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Jim Kelly doesn’t hide the way he feels about the Buffalo Bills and western New York. “I have no mixed emotions,” says the Hall of Fame quarterback. “My loyalty is with western New York and the Buffalo Bills.” But Kelly also knows the Bills need financial help to stay in Buffalo, and while many think...
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Brad Gagnon
on 08-14-2008
Filed under: Toronto, NFL in Toronto, Buffalo Bills, Bills in Toronto, Jim Kelly
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My friend’s grandfather has a word for those situations in which you have to put on a happy face, even if you’re not all game. You know, those days when you just don’t have the energy to attend that function or go to that dinner, but you just suck it up. “Showtime,” he says. Turn that frown upside down...
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Brad Gagnon
on 08-13-2008
Filed under: Pittsburgh Steelers, Toronto, NFL in Toronto, Buffalo Bills, Bills in Toronto
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The game’s just a day away, and the festivities start today. Here’s a sample of the vibe leading up to the opening game of this “historic” series. • Jim Kelley (not the ex-Bills quarterback; note the different spelling) says Buffalo feels the same way about the Bills as Canada does about hockey . They...