Erik Brady: Search for 'not ever victorious team' spawned a diehard love for the Buffalo Bills By Erik Brady Nov 10, 2021 Nov 10, 2021 Updated Nov 26, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Keita Nakagawa lives in Tokyo and loves the Buffalo Bills. How he came to be a Bills fan from afar is a story about Buffalo – and the Buffaloes.kAmxE 2== 368:?D H:E9 E96 A=2J@77D 7@==@H:?8 E96 `hgg D62D@?] %96 r:?4:??2E: q6?82=D 362E E96 q:==D a`\`_ :? E96 pur 492>A:@?D9:A 82>6] qFE :? $FA6C q@H= ))xxx[ y@6 |@?E2?2 =65 E96 $2? uC2?4:D4@ ch6CD @? 2 ha\J2C5 E@F495@H? 5C:G6 :? E96 4=@D:?8 >:?FE6D E@ 362E E96 q6?82=D a_\`e]k^AmkAm%92E “4C62E65 9F86 7@@E32== 3@@> :? y2A2?[” }2<282H2 E6==D >6 3J 6>2:=[ “2?5 E96 3@@> >F49 :?7=F6?465 >6 E@ 364@>6 :?E6C6DE65 :? 7@@E32==]” Ww6 2A@=@8:K6D 7@C 9:D t?8=:D9] w6 ?665?’E[ @7 4@FCD6[ 2D 96 :D 72C >@C6 AC@7:4:6?E :? @FC =2?8F286 E92? 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A couple's love for the team shows 'Bills fans travel well' is a time-tested truth It doesn’t matter if their team is winning or losing, when the Bills go on the road, the Bills Mafia goes along for the ride. For one couple, …
Erik Brady: A child of South Buffalo found the recipe for happiness at Canisius College: Follow your heart South Buffalo native Tracy O'Grady is the executive chef at Green Pig Bistro, which was named one of the top restaurants in the Washington, D.…
Erik Brady: Joe Ferguson reflects on 1974 game the Bills won without completing a pass Once upon a time, the wind and the rain were so bad that the Buffalo Bills ran the ball 61 times on 63 plays. And won.
Erik Brady: When legalized sports gambling came to Louisiana, a Buffalo native placed the first bet Jason Kelly made the first legal sports bet in Louisiana history this week with these words: “Gimme 50 bucks on the Buffalo Sabres!”
Erik Brady: Mark Maddox on recovery in Comeback Game, 'You've got to go get this' Maddox, a former linebacker, has an important place in Bills history: He played a crucial role in The Comeback, in 1993, when the Bills came f…
Erik Brady: Take O.J. Simpson's name off Bills Wall of Fame, and don't put it up in new stadium "As it happens, the Bills hope to be playing in a new stadium in a few years. If and when a new one opens, will Simpson’s name still be on the…
Erik Brady: How neighborly gesture spawned ex-Sabre Gerry Meehan memorabilia collection When former Buffalo Sabre Gerry Meehan moved next door to Mark Miller in the 1970s, it sparked the beginning of Miller's life as a collector.
Erik Brady: Even a closed border didn't stop these devoted Buffalo Bills fans from Canada For the home opener, they drove to Toronto, flew to Detroit, and then flew to Pittsburgh. There they rented a car for the drive to Buffalo, wh…
Erik Brady: Bills weren't spared from October Surprise Much of Don Purdy's new book, “Thunder Snow of Buffalo: The October Surprise Storm,” centers on the Bills of that era and how they fared when …
