Archives for April 23, 2014

‘Marrone spoke with reporters at length on Tuesday morning, the first day of voluntary offseason conditioning workouts for the Bills’ players. He looked fit, appeared in good spirits and made no mention of any health problems.’

‘Spikes seemed to brace for a backlash, but it certainly wasn’t coming from me Tuesday. Are you kidding? The NFL needs more guys like him, more characters who are unafraid to share their opinions without worrying about getting buried by the very media that begs for colorful personalities.’

‘”I might have took just one week after I left Buffalo to hang out with my family. Then after that I was pretty much getting myself back healthy and getting smarter in the film room.”‘

‘”I could not go back because of the harassment and the way we were treated,” she said, citing degrading sexual comments and inappropriate touching at the Jills annual golf tournament.’

‘On the Bills website, a mysterious story was posted saying that Marrone had a “BLANK TYPE OF CANCER” under a headline that read “Coach Marrone Announces He Has Cancer.” The story was removed Tuesday night, and prompted the Bills to release Marrone’s statement.’

‘”To have all that stuff done, the whole process out of the way,” Manuel said of the laborious pre-draft ritual he had to endure last year, “and just being able to focus from January to this point getting ready for September is great for me. I know my teammates, I know who I’m working with, they know me. We’ve hung out, had a good time, so it’s a lot better.”‘

‘”As I have said before, we’re studying now and it would be premature to talk about a specific owner, a specific location,” Schumer said. “We should look at everything as we will.”‘

‘The announcement capped a bizarre evening, in a bizarre day of news for the Bills.’

‘”That’s basically the end of the story,” Marrone said. “The recent extraction procedure will have no effect on my ability to coach the team moving forward.”‘

‘”I feel fine. I feel normal,” Manuel said, adding there were no limitations placed on him during Tuesday’s workout. “I’m very eager to play a full 16-game regular season.”‘

‘At a news conference with their attorney, Frank Dolce, two members of the Buffalo “Jills” squad said they were wrongly classified as independent contractors by Stejon Productions, which failed to pay them for hundreds of hours of work.’

‘The Buffalo Bills re-signed three exclusive rights free agents, wide receiver Chris Hogan, offensive lineman Antoine McClain and fullback Frank Summers, the team announced Tuesday.’

‘”The recent extraction procedure will have no effect on my ability to coach the team moving forward.”‘