‘That’s bad enough, but the Bills don’t want to tell their fans – the people who support the team, year in and year out – how much those licenses will cost. All the public knows so far is that that the right to be a season ticket in the most exclusive areas of the Bills stadium now under construction will cost up to an eye-popping $50,000 per seat. General admission seat licenses are expected to cost less. But what’s the hold up? Spill it now.’
Archives for April 12, 2024
O.J. Simpson, former Bills star running back later acquitted of murder, dead at age 76
‘O.J. Simpson, the former Buffalo Bills running back who had a Pro Football Hall of Fame career, but later became one of the nation’s most controversial figures, died Wednesday, his family announced. He was 76.’
Ryan O’Halloran: Lament O.J. Simpson’s off-field behavior, but don’t forget on-field career
‘Simpson wasn’t an automatic pro football star. He rushed for 697, 488 and 742 yards and a combined 12 touchdown runs in his first three Bills seasons. The Bills went 8-33-1 and rolled through three coaches. The franchise’s ineptness did him no favors. Playing from behind means a running back’s effectiveness is diminished.’
Erik Brady: O.J. Simpson stole our fond memories of him
‘The murders came only a few months after the Bills lost their fourth consecutive Super Bowl, in 1994. The gavel-to-gavel coverage of the murder trial encouraged today’s trashy reality-TV culture. Simpson was famously acquitted: The gloves didn’t fit. But in the civil trial, the shoes did. Plaintiffs’ attorneys introduced 30 photos of Simpson wearing size-12 Bruno Magli shoes he had denied ever owning. Those “ugly-ass shoes,” as he called them, were the kind the killer had worn.’
Reactions to the death of O.J. Simpson
‘Booker Edgerson, Simpson’s teammate in Buffalo and a Bills Wall of Famer, lamented the loss of his friend. “It was a tough one, but you got to deal with it and go on forward, move forward,” Edgerson told The News by phone.’
Simpson’s closest Buffalo friend recalls the good times and bad
‘The two men became close friends in the 1970s when Simpson was a superstar running back with the Buffalo Bills and one of the world’s most famous athletes. Militello was then running Mulligan’s Cafe & Nightclub on Hertel Avenue, which was then Buffalo’s No. 1 celebrity hangout.’
Timeline: O.J. Simpson through the years
‘1973: Simpson becomes the first player to surpass 2,000 rushing yards in a season, with 2,003. He did so when the league played just 14 games per season. He is the NFL’s Most Valuable Player.’
How Bills beat writer recalled his interview with O.J. Simpson just days before his fall
‘On the afternoon of Saturday, June 4, 1994, my home phone rang and at the other end was O.J. Simpson. Finally. And, as it turned out, just in time.’
How social media is reacting to O.J. Simpson’s death
‘Within hours of the announcement, Simpson’s death and life story were trending across social media platforms.’
NFL Draft 2024: Draft analyst shares latest Buffalo Bills buzz on team’s first round draft plan
‘Even before the Diggs trade, there has been some expectation that the Bills will be aggressive in trying to move up for a wide receiver on Day 1 — but I’m actually hearing the opposite. The Bills might ultimately be content with letting the draft play out and addressing the position at No. 28 — or even possibly trading back. If things go that way, Keon Coleman (Florida State) and Xavier Legette (South Carolina) are worth watching. Buffalo lacks a true boundary X receiver, and both would provide value in that role as strong, physical pass-catchers.’
OJ Simpson, former Buffalo Bills star acquitted of murder, dies at 76
‘According to TMZ, Simpson had been battling prostate cancer in recent years and was allegedly in hospice care. Simpson said in an X (formerly Twitter) video in 2023 that he’d “caught” some form of cancer but suggested he’d beaten it at the time.’
Caitlyn Jenner reacts to O.J. Simpson’s death with 2 surprising words
‘“Good Riddance,” Caitlyn Jenner wrote on X (formerly Twitter).’
O.J. Simpson, Bills HOF RB acquitted of double murder, dead at 76 — Reaction
‘Before becoming embroiled in scandal for much of his life after football, Simpson was once a revered public figure, becoming a crossover star on screen, most notably in the movie “The Naked Gun,” while also serving as a spokesman for the car rental company Hertz, among other corporations. He also briefly served as a replacement broadcaster on “Monday Night Football.”’
Death may turn the lights out for good on O.J. Simpson’s tarnished legacy
‘A smile and engaging personality catapulted Simpson to stardom no Buffalo athlete has ever experienced, parlaying a career of running through defenses to running through the airport in a national Hertz car rental commercial, while working as an analyst on Monday Night Football and the NFL on NBC. And then all of that was washed away on June 12, 1994.’
Pfeiffer: Reflections on the ‘Trial of the Century’
‘For close to 10 months, in 1995, as a reporter for WIVB TV/News4Buffalo, I spent an average of 60 hours a week chronicling Simpson’s trial for the slashing murder of his estranged wife and a restaurant waiter. It had been dubbed the “Trial of the Century” (though truth be told it was more the “Trial of the Second Half of the Century,” proceeded in 1935 by the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the accused Lindbergh baby kidnapper).’