The Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame will introduce its 13 member class of 2010, Tuesday afternoon, June 8 in the Pavilion area at HSBC Arena. Introduction of this year’s new members will commence at 3:30 pm with board president, Brian Cavanaugh, presiding.
A reception will follow until 4:30 pm. This event will mark the 20th class to be inducted into the Hall of Fame since its inception in 1991 and brings total membership to 228.
Current Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff, one of several inductees expected on hand for the announcement, will give remarks on behalf of the class. Ruff is the longest tenured coach in the NHL and enjoyed a 13 year NHL playing career with the Sabres and New York Rangers prior to being named Buffalo’s bench boss.
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(We’re counting down our list of the best 20 Buffalo Bills draft picks of all-time. Take note- this is not a rundown of the best 20 players. Where the player was drafted is often a major factor in determining his value and ranking. Today is No. 13 our list, Charles Romes)
Charles Romes, CB (12th Round Pick, 309th overall in 1977 NFL draft)
In order to appease the naysayers, let’s get this out of the way before proceeding. Arguably for the first time in this series, it’s time to reemphasize this being a series counting down the best 20 draft picks in Buffalo Bills history, not the best 20 players ever drafted by the team.
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(Just to do a little something different, we’re going to start a regular feature called “The Daily Did You Know”— a nugget of information about a Buffalo sports team or player that you may not have known—or maybe you did.)
Did you know that indirectly, the Bills trading O.J. Simpson to San Francisco in 1978 led to the team acquiring Jim Kelly five years later?
When the Bills traded Simpson they received four picks from the 49ers; a second and third round draft choice in 1978 and a first and fourth rounder the following year. With that first round pick in 1979 the Bills drafted Tom Cousineau (first overall as well).
Though he never played a game with Buffalo, electing to sign with the CFL instead, Buffalo managed to trade his rights to the Cleveland Browns in 1982 for a first round (14th overall) pick in the ’83 draft.
Buffalo then used that pick on Jim Kelly. A lot of people know the Cousineau pick turned out to be Kelly. Not everyone however, realize it was dealing Simpson to San Francisco that would set up the future Cleveland trade.
International recording artists Third Eye Blind, best known for the single “Semi-Charmed Life”, will headline the Empire State Games Opening Ceremonies on Wednesday July 21 kicking-off four days of gold medal athletic competitions.
The 2010 Buffalo Games will run through Sunday July 25 with more than 6,000 athletes from across the state descending on Western New York to compete in the country’s oldest amateur, multi-sport competition.
“We are a little more than a month away from one of the greatest events to be held in Western New York,” said Jack Quinn, Empire State Games Buffalo 2010 Honorary Co-Chairman. “Athletic history will be made on the sports fields and arenas throughout our community. Buffalo has risen to the challenge of bringing the Games back to life when they may have been lost forever. This accomplishment is a true testament of Western New York’s dedication to its community and the state.”
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For the second-straight week, 300-plus supporters witnessed FC Buffalo take the Robert E. Rich All-High Stadium field for an NPSL contest Sunday afternoon.
For the first time, they saw a ‘W.’
Andrew Tiedt made a dazzling run through several New Jersey Blaze defenders and Scott Zorn fired a laser past Blaze GK Kevin Gramatta as FC Buffalo (1-0-1) earned a 2-0 Sunday win.
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◊ Kawika Mitchell considers himself to be both ahead of and behind schedule in his quest to earn a starting spot on the Buffalo Bills defense in this John Wawrow AP report.
◊ Chris Brown of Bills.com reports that Marv Levy visited the team in his Day 3 minicamp recap.
◊ More on new linebacker acquisition Reggie Torbor, from Mark Gaughan of the Buffalo News.
◊ BillsGab says that Roscoe Parrish wants a bigger role in the Bills offense in 2010. Then again, it’s not like this is anything new (We’re talking about Parrish wanting a bigger role)
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Buffalo’s home away from home has helped the club win three straight.
Norfolk’s Harbor Park continued to be friendly confines for Bisons hitters as the Herd won their third straight road game over the Tides, 8-6, on Sunday afternoon. J.R. House and Russ Adams both went deep to put Buffalo in position for a four-game sweep on Monday afternoon.
The Bisons success on the road in Norfolk has truly been amazing. With the three wins this weekend, the Herd is now 35-16 all time at Harbor Park -good for a whopping .686 winning percentage.
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He’s so close now he can literally taste it.
South Buffalo native Patrick Kane is one victory away from celebrating a Stanley Cup after the Chicago Black Hawks defeated Philadelphia 7-4 on Sunday night to take a 3-2 series lead.
After having a mostly miserable series that includes a minus-four +/- rating in their 5-3 game four loss Friday night that evened the series, Kane bounced back last night with a goal and an assist.
He has two goals and three assists in the Stanley Cup finals and nine goals and 16 assists this postseason.
Game six is in Philadelphia on Wednesday night. If there is a game seven, it will be in Chicago on Friday night. The Black Hawks have not won the Stanley Cup since 1961.
