Archives for April 2, 2014

‘The New Stadium Working Group has important work to do, and it starts right away. Members have the credibility, experience and deep commitment to this area to understand that keeping the Bills in Buffalo is the No. 1 priority and, with Schumer, they have another team player with the clout to smooth the way.’

‘If Trump were to join a group with a intentions of buying the Bills, the group would have to be approved by the league’s other 31 owners. Given Trump’s history in the USFL – fairly or unfairly, the former owner of the New Jersey Generals is accused of killing the league by successfully lobbying USLF owners to agree to move its schedule from the spring to the fall to compete against the NFL and bringing the lawsuit against the NFL – any potential bid may be nothing more than a Hail Mary pass.’

‘Trump is close friends with Bills great Jim Kelly, who is currently undergoing treatment for an aggressive cancer at Lenox Hill Hospital. “He called me, and actually his family is staying at one of my apartments in New York as he’s going through a very rough time,” Trump said. “He’s a great guy, and he sounded actually really good two days ago. He called me from the hospital.”‘

‘But Trump, for all his successes away from the football field, was also was the driving force behind a series of moves that shuttered a promising pro football league in less than three years’ time, and it’s with that failure in mind that the Bills should proceed with caution in any future dealings with The Donald.’

‘Since the death of owner Ralph Wilson last week, speculation around the Bills’ future in Buffalo has increased. Trump said he would like to see the team stay in the city.’

‘The Bills’ future in Buffalo remains unclear after longtime owner Ralph Wilson died last week. Despite the rumours of a possible relocation, Trump would prefer the franchise to stay in Buffalo.’

‘”That’s the reason, we’re standing here today,” Brandon said Tuesday, after a newly formed stadium search committee met for the first time. “This will be a long process. We have a lot of work that needs to be done. But I know our group is up for the task.”‘

‘Costantino says he’s confident the regimen has a good chance of success. If not, he says Kelly’s skull-base tumor remains operable.’

‘The statement said Kelly will be receiving a single dose of chemotherapy at Lenox Hill Hospital, along with concurrent daily radiation therapy treatments. The chemotherapy will be repeated as an outpatient in approximately three weeks and six weeks. The radiation therapy will be a six-week regimen carried out at the North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute’s Center for Advanced Medicine in Lake Success, N.Y., which is home to a new $47 million, 30,000-square-foot radiation medicine facility that opened earlier this year.’

‘”I know so many people in Buffalo and they have asked me about look at that and I certainly would look at it but I would … if it were me I’d keep the team in Buffalo,” he said. “I think it’s something that is really vital to the area. … It would be catastrophic, in my opinion, if Buffalo lost the Buffalo Bills.”‘

‘”I heard about it last week. A group of people called me and asked ‘would I be interested in investing’, and I’ll take a look at it,” Trump said of Buffalo’s NFL team, which will eventually have to be sold in the wake of owner Ralph Wilson’s death last week at age 95.’

‘Latimer told reporters at the Indiana pro day on March 26th that he had a pre-draft visit scheduled with the Bills. The Hoosiers wideout earned second team All-Big 10 honors this past season after rolling up 72 receptions for 1,096 yards to average just over 15 yards a reception (15.2) with nine touchdowns.’

‘Mr. Kelly will be receiving a single dose of chemotherapy at Lenox Hill Hospital, along with concurrent daily radiation therapy treatments. The chemotherapy will be repeated as an outpatient in approximately three weeks and six weeks. The radiation therapy will be a six-week regimen carried out at the North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute’s Center for Advanced Medicine in Lake Success, NY, which is home to a new $47 million, 30,000-square-foot radiation medicine facility that opened earlier this year.’

‘”My father’s side of the family, they weren’t really educated,” Spikes said. “They had to quit school. Even though slavery was over they still had to stay on the plantations and farm. We come from a line of sharecroppers. You still had to stay on the white man’s land in order to live. A lot of my dad’s brothers died off so I just didn’t know who else was out there.”‘