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‘”Further tests need to be done to confirm that he had adequate oxygen to the brain during the cardiac arrest. But for now, it seems like everything is going in the right direction.”‘

‘In addition, the team says Hamlin’s neurologic function remains intact and has been able to talk to his family, care team, as well as his teammates over FaceTime. During his FaceTime with the team on Friday, he told the players and coaches on the call, “Love you boys.”‘

‘Erie County Legislative Chair April Baskin says they need a little more time with their reviewing process as the deadly Buffalo blizzard took precedent, “I think the leadership here in Buffalo and Erie County was definitely focused on recovery initiatives focused around the blizzard in the last week or so. This stadium deal is the biggest infrastructure deal locally, of our generation and so the fact that it is not necessarily always on the time frame that we set, to me, is to be expected. I want us to do this right, because we only get one chance to do it right.”‘

‘”As unfortunate as it is, we’ve got a game to play on Sunday. As unusual as this week has been, it’s business as usual from a football standpoint, unfortunately,” said Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. “I don’t even really know what to say about it, because it’s such a scary, emotional time, and guys still have a football game to play on Sunday. It’s our job to get out there and execute, and play the game the way that we need to play it to go and win. It is what it is. We’ve had discussions as a team about what happened, and about where we’re at going forward. It’s where we’re at.”‘

‘All of this, however, takes a back seat to Damar’s recovery. “The story I’m waiting to hear, is of Damar waking up, and being told what happened, while walking out of that hospital.”‘

‘WBEN’s Brian Mazurowski was at the stadium during the game and shared the reaction of the stadium as the collapse played out, “The two words that I keep coming back to is just confusion and shock,” Brian said Tuesday morning. “Nobody had really the slightest clue for a while exactly how serious this was.”‘

‘The family also thanked the first responders, medical staff at UC Medical Center, the Bills and Cincinnati Bengals for their support.’

‘In the days following Buffalo’s win, a cutout of Allen has, once again, been spotted in the City of Buffalo, this time of the Bills quarterback depicted as Superman himself. Very fittingly, this cutout of Allen can be found jumping over the sign at the corner of Clark Street and Kent Street (Superman’s alter ego, Clark Kent) in the Broadway-Fillmore District in East Buffalo.’

‘”We’ll deal with it as it comes,” said Buffalo Bills Vice President of Operations and Guest Experience Andy Major Friday as plans were being tweaked to clear snow from the lots, stands and field as a lake effect snow storm was looming.’

‘WGR Bills beat reporter Sal Capaccio confirms that in Dallas on Wednesday, NFL owners met and approved a lease extension for the Bills to play out the next few years at Highmark Stadium. In addition, owners voted in approval of the 30-year lease slated for the Bills when they move into their new stadium for the 2026 season.’

‘During the nearly 75-minute presentation to Legislators, a number of issues were brought up as part of the SEQR review, including the decision of the stadium location, water pressure and runoff issues, stadium traffic concerns, future stadium turf and much more.’

‘”Your knee joint is a combination where your thigh bone comes together with your lower leg bone, your femur with your tibia. In between those two bones, you have these two cartilage cushions that act as, relatively, shock absorbers for the joints and those are called your menisci. Those are kind of a spongy type of cartilage that helps to prevent the bones from impacting each other. Now, because those are a little bit soft, they can be prone to damage and these things can get damaged in a lot of different ways,” explains Dr. Jason Matuszak, Chief of Sports Medicine at Excelsior Orthopedics.’

‘”Basically, these are transaction records from third-party payment networks – Pay Pal or Stubhub,” added Bloomberg personal finance reporter Claire Ballentine. “In the past, you’d only receive this form, which then has to be included when you file your taxes, if you received more than $20,000 in a calendar year from a third-party network. Starting this next tax year, though, you will receive one if you receive as little as $600. So basically, that means that in the past, you could sell secondhand tickets and sort of not have to pay taxes on them, or be able to sort of skirt that a little bit. Now it’s gonna be a lot harder, especially if you’re selling a fair amount more than $600 worth.”‘

‘Garcia says Gabe Davis, Jordan Poye,r Matt Milano, Tre White, Ike Boettiger, Spencer Brown & Matt Barkley had the meals sent to employees as they took on the Lions. “I just want to say thank you for appreciating the work that those still we’re enjoying Thanksgiving,” says Garcia.’

‘”It was a mix of. ‘Oh, shoot. Where are we going? What are we doing? What our plans? Where we get tickets? How can we support the team?’ It kind of hit us fast and furious,” said Kim Showalter, co-President of the Detroit Bills Backers chapter. “Myself and Fans of Buffalo, we were already planning, obviously, some things for Thanksgiving, so it became ‘What can we kind of steal from Thanksgiving Day plans that we can repurpose for Sunday?’ So we made that happen. A bunch of people were flooding our Facebook with questions and messages and comments. We kept it up, we were able to turn around a tailgate plan within about 2-3 hours after the announcement.’