Archives for April 23, 2011

‘A Buffalo firefighter who briefly played fullback for the Buffalo Bills was criminally charged on Friday with illegally handling asbestos.’

‘Ponder makes a lot of sense, assuming he’s still there at No. 34. First the Bills have talked about adding another quarterback to study under Ryan Fitzpatrick. Ponder has a history with head coach Chan Gailey and the Bills brought him to Buffalo for a workout.’

‘”Probably one of the most enjoyable things I get to tell people is, ‘Show me your friend, and I’ll show you your future,'” he said. “I try to stress to the young kids that you are who you hang with. If you hang with bad people, that’s who you’re going to be. I tell them that when they’re growing up, there’s going to be so many influences in your life and if you have the good Lord behind you, you’re on your way to a good life."’

‘”Certainly we’ve had our misses up at the top … we’ve missed some that are regrettable, but we’ve tried to make up for it in some of our other areas. We’ve done pretty well in the middle and at the end, the non-glamour kind of picks.”‘