The Senator

...with a positively bovine physique, to boot!

Right on, L+W=W - nice to see the whole town, even TSW (save for a few fringe-lunatics), in a great mood on Monday morning. Hasn't happened in quite a while!

You know who makes that pass? If you turn the wind at RWS up another 20 MPH, you know who still makes that pass??? Ryan Mallett.

Oh it's quite true - Buffalo was, literally,one of the 'greenest' cities in the country, at least until the dreaded Dutch Elm Disease claimed over 95,000 mature trees from the 1950's to the mid-'70s. I'm surprised more Buffalonians aren't aware of this - but then, I'm also surprised there are people in Erie County, NY who have never been to Buffalo.

Thanks, BufTex, and 'right back at ya!' Goes back to my days in Boston during the Bird/McHale/Parrish/Walton era and even before that, growing up watching Russell and Havlicek beat up on the Lakers - and everyone else - but it was always great watching LA lose to 'The Green', and, in those days, they always did! Loved going to games at the old 'Gahden' - in fact, the Aud reminded me a lot of the Boston Garden- obstructed-view seats and all. Back when we had the Braves, the Celtics games were about the only ones I went to see. When I lived in Boston, I used to occasionally hang out at the Scotch & Sirloin on Friday nites and - after a Celtics game - Bird, Ainge, DJ, McHale, etc. would casually mosey on in and sit down to dinner. Nice guys, all of 'em. Also was on a flight from Logan to Minneapolis to visit Westlaw (they were a huge client) and out of the first-class cabin saunters a Sequoia-sized guy with an infant in his freaky-long arms and 3 other little ones tugging on his pants-legs as he dragged them down the aisle to 'the potty', Kevin McHale. Really really nice guy - stayed in coach most of the flight and chatted up the flight attendants and fellow passengers - and, very surprisingly, smoked a cigarette or two! Also used to see Dave Cowens at Fenway Park all the time. And the thing to do - back in those days - if you were watching the game on TV, was to turn the volume down, turn on your radio, and listen to an entirely different game (than the one you thought you were seeing) being called by the legendary... BTW, not sure why you (And Exiled) think it's wrong to back the Celtics - The Dean has a better take on this than I do, but it's my understanding that the current Celtics franchise is actually the old Buffalo Braves! And, the Clippers are the old Celtics - all I know is something terribly confusing happened in the whole 'franchise-swap' of John Y. Brown and Ira Levin... By the summer of 1976, the team's founding owner Paul Snyder was doing all he could to sell the team. The June 15, 1976 issue of Buffalo's Courier-Express blasted the headline "Braves Go to Florida, Leaving 'Hockey Town'." Snyder had a handshake deal to sell the team to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Cowan, who would move the Braves to Hollywood, Florida, yet the City of Buffalo filed a $10 million damage suit to block the move. The sale eventually fell through and the Braves and the city signed a new 15 year Memorial Auditorium lease in July with a provision that the lease could be voided if the team did not sell 5,000 season tickets in any season. Later that summer Snyder finally sold 50 percent of the franchise to businessman John Y. Brown, Jr., who had previously owned the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association. Brown later acquired the remaining half from Snyder sometime in the 1976–77 season. ... Because of the team's poor play in its final two years (30–52 in 1976–77 and 27–55 in 1977–78), along with rumors of the franchise relocating because of low season ticket sales, John Y. Brown met with the Celtics' then-owner, Irv Levin and negotiated a deal in which the owners would swap franchises, with Brown taking control of the Celtics while Levin would get the Braves. Levin was a California businessman, and wanted to own an NBA team in his native state. The deal was brokered by David Stern, the general counsel for the NBA who would go on to later become the league's current commissioner. Following what would be the final season in western New York, the NBA owners voted 21–1 to let the Braves relocate. As Levin wanted, the Buffalo Braves moved to San Diego, California after the 1977–78 season, and became the San Diego Clippers. (from Wiki) Also see... Are the old Braves really the new Celtics? (from buffalobraves.net) When the Braves left Buffalo, there was a franchise swap between the team's owners (John Y. Brown and Harry Mangurian) and the owner of the Boston Celtics ( Irv Levin). The NBA wants us to believe that the Braves became the Clippers and moved to San Diego. However, there are also reports that the Braves actually legally became the Celtics and Celtics legally turned into the Clippers. In fact, Braves GM Bob MacKinnon was quoted as saying "The old Braves are the new Celtics and the new Clippers are the old Celtics. When I joined the Celtics with John Y Brown, I didn't have to fill out a W-4 form, but Red Auerbach did." We at BuffaloBraves.net understand that it would be difficult, to say the least, to rewrite history but the loyal Braves fans worldwide deserve to know if the legal legacy of their team was actually the Celtics (who have won 3 world championships since "they left Buffalo") or the lowly Clippers, who were selected by Sports Illustrated as the worst run franchise in American sports history. What's keeping the true story from being told? Perhaps because the lead attorney on the deal was a promising young legal mind in the league office by the name of David Stern. Six years later Stern would become the most powerful commissioner in all of professional sports. His vision of international expansion of the league led to a team being place in Toronto, essentially killing any chance of NBA basketball returning to Buffalo. So, BufTex, regardless of what EII admonishes, IMO you and I can shout it at the top of our lungs... GO BRAVES CELTICS!!!!!

OSU > Texas

Well, I was gonna guess Gladys Knight - cause she's not a Mormon - but I guess she converted. Then I was gonna go with Marie Osmond - cause she's not 'Hot'. Then I thought, wait a minute - neither is Gladys Knight. So I'm sticking with Larry King.

What an innovative idea! Hmmm...I wonder why no one ever thought of if before... Mark Kelso/ProCap Helmets Actually, helmet engineering has come a long way since the primitive ProCap foam cover that Keslo and Beebe wore 16 years ago... Protective Sports Equipment/Gladiator Helmet

Larry King?

Hot Mormons

I'm sure he has his good and bad days - if it was sunny and warm, he'd probably seem more robust. Just the fact that, at 92, he's still ambulatory and able to travel to the games from his home in Detroit is pretty impressive.

Seriously???? I think Newton's a recidivist thug, and has a better chance of being the next Jamarcus Russell than Vince Young. Now Oregon's Darron Thomas...there's a talent worth waiting to draft. There are some similarities in that Fitz and Mallett both have Sasquatch-like attributes - maybe Mr. Wonderlic can teach Mr. Rocket-Launcher how to read NFL defenses for a season or two.

I was expecting to have a chat with Brian Moorman...

I know that in Vegas, you can place bets on the second half...

'A journey of a thousand mile begins with he first step...' Now, let's take care of the Bengals next Sunday.

New England*.

Whitner tipped it, then Dwan Edwards grabbed the INT, yes? So you start a thread about the lack of INTs, they get one and double their INTs on the year, and still you complain. I thought the D played fairly well today. JMO.

12 and 8 baby!!!

"Hey Chan - this means we keep our jobs, right? Please tell me we get to keep our jobs..."

This is a great 'feel-good angle' for the current Bills team, besides the fact that there are probably 1.3 billion new Bills fans in the world. (And, there may soon be more Bills jerseys in the Bay area than 49ers or Raiders togs.) I hope Ed has a great career here in The BuffTown.

Congrats to Chan - and the entire team! GO BILLSSS!!!! 12 and 8 baby!!!!!

Nor yours, friend.

Guess I forgot to use these... [sarcasm]OH NO!!!! NO NO NO!!!!! We just lost Andrew Luck! [/sarcasm]

OH NO!!!! NO NO NO!!!!! We just lost Andrew Luck!

I think there are as many different motivations to earn a degree as there are individuals, and would never be so arrogant as to transpose any perceived desire of personal fortune that you, I, Doc, or anyone else may (or may not) have on Andrew Luck in his decision whether to enter the draft in April, or finish his degree first. All indications are, however, that he is a brilliant and hard-working student who places a very high value on finishing his Stanford degree - a desire that is instilled by and strongly supported by his family.