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Buffalo Bills Lease Gets Approval of NFL Owners
March 18th, 2013 at 11:41 PM
The Buffalo Bills' proposed lease at Ralph Wilson Stadium cleared another hurdle Monday when the NFL's owners approved of the plan. ***PHOTO1*** The 10-year lease includes an eight-figure buyout the team must pay if it's moved within the first seven years of the deal. The lease would kick in in July, when...

NFL Nixes Expanded Playoffs for 2013; Tuck, Challenge Rules Changes Considered
March 18th, 2013 at 7:45 PM
If an expanded NFL playoffs are coming, they won't arrive in 2013. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday the topic will be taken up this week at the owners meetings but that any movement will not come this year. ***PHOTO1*** The league has bandied the idea of adding two or four teams to the 12-team...

NFL May Make Field Wider to Better Player Safety
February 12th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
The National Football League is considering widening its field in time for play next season.   ***PHOTO1***   The National Football Post reported the league is looking to take on CFL dimensions, expanding the field from 160 feet wide to 195 feet. The thought is a wider playing surface would give players more...

Buffalo Bills Near Bottom of 2013 NFL Power Rankings
February 5th, 2013 at 7:28 PM
Early prognostications have the Buffalo BIils resuming their familiar place in the NFL's basement in 2013. ***PHOTO1*** NFL.com released its initial NFL power rankings for next season Tuesday. The Bills came in at No. 25, with the writers questioning the Bills' manpower: "The K-Gun offense is all the rage in Buffalo. It's being...

Super Bowl Falls Short of Ratings Record; Las Vegas Sets Gambling Record
February 4th, 2013 at 7:24 PM
For the first time in four years, the Super Bowl failed to set a viewership record. Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII win by Baltimore over San Francisco drew 108.4 million viewers - about one-third of the U.S. population. ***PHOTO1*** That makes it the third-highest watched TV program in U.S. history, according to Nielsen....

Buffalo Bills Found to Have Very Regional Fanbase
January 30th, 2013 at 2:00 PM
A recent Deadspin analysis of Facebook data found the Buffalo Bills to have one of the most regional fanbases in the NFL, with only a handful of counties favoring the Bills. The analysis took into account what team Facebook users in each county in the nation listed as their favorite. The...

Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers Involved in Plenty of Prop Bets at Super Bowl XLVII
January 27th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
The big game next week is, well, the Super Bowl of gambling.   Projections of gambling numbers on Super Bowl XLVII are approaching $93 million, which would be close to the record $94.9 bet on the game in 2006.    ***PHOTO1***   Most of that money is wagered on standard bets such as picking the...

Buffalo Bills Face Long Odds of Winning Super Bowl XLVIII
January 22nd, 2013 at 9:00 AM
The Buffalo Bills enter the 2013 season with just about the longest odds in the NFL of winning the Super Bowl.   The Las Vegas Hotel and Casino has already released its odds for next season.   ***PHOTO1***   Buffalo is listed as a 100-to-1 long shot to reach the Super Bowl. That ties the Bills...

Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers to Play in Super Bowl XLVII
January 20th, 2013 at 11:40 PM
The San Francisco 49ers overcame a 17-point deficit to punch a ticket to Super Bowl XLVII, while the Baltimore Ravens won in one of the most hostile environments in the NFL to secure a Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh coaching duel in the championship game.   In Atlanta, the 49ers held off a late...

Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots Round Out Final Four in NFL Playoffs
January 13th, 2013 at 8:00 PM
The Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots won their divisional round NFL playoff games Sunday to advance to the league's final four.   In Atlanta, the Seahawks overcame a 20-point deficit to take a one-point lead, only to find they'd left 31 seconds too many on the game clock. Atlanta took a...

Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers Inch Toward Super Bowl with NFL Playoff Wins
January 12th, 2013 at 11:53 PM
The second week of the NFL playoffs got off to a much faster start than Wild Card weekend, with the Ravens winning an instant classic and the 49ers earning a repeat trip to the NFC championship game. In Denver, the Ravens and Broncos put on such an entertaining show they decided...

Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks Win to Wrap up Wild Card Weekend
January 6th, 2013 at 7:52 PM
The Seattle Seahawks were the only road team to win Wild Card weekend in the NFL playoffs Sunday, while the Baltimore Ravens gave Ray Lewis a successful home finale. In Washington, the Seahawks overcame a 14-0 deficit to pull away from the Redskins and claim victory. Robert Griffin III threw two...

Houston Texans, Green Bay Packers Win in Wild Card Round of NFL Playoffs
January 5th, 2013 at 11:33 PM
Both home teams held serve in the NFL playoffs Saturday, with the Houston Texans beating the Cincinnati Bengals and the Green Bay Packers beating the Minnesota Vikings.   In Houston, the Texans used a superb defensive effort to best the Bengals, 19-13. Andy Dalton was held to 3 yards through the first...

NFL Playoff Matchups, Schedule are Set
December 30th, 2012 at 11:31 PM
The Minnesota Vikings and Washington Redskins won Sunday to secure the final two playoff spots. ***PHOTO1*** Here is the schedule for next weekend's opening round of the playoffs. AFC First-round byes: Denver (No. 1 overall, 13-3), New England (No. 2 overall, 12-4) Wild Card 1: No. 6 Cincinnati (10-6) at No. 3 Houston (12-4), 4:30...

NFL Looking to Expand Playoffs; Players Union Mum on Issue Thus Far
December 18th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Half the teams in the National Football League could soon make the playoffs if the wishes of Commissioner Roger Goodell come to fruition. ***PHOTO1*** At the NFL owners' meetings last week, Goodell reiterated his stance that the playoffs should expand the playoffs sooner rather than later: "Of course, something that we discussed in...

Buffalo Bills Still Have Shot at Playoffs – Barely
December 11th, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Hope is not lost for Buffalo Bills fans, but it is on life support. In spite of the fact the Bills can't finish better than 8-8, they still have a 0.7 percent chance of making the AFC playoffs, according to coolstandings.com. With nine wins, the Colts have a stranglehold on the No....

Reassessing the Buffalo Bills’ Playoff Chances
December 5th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
The Buffalo Bills are still alive in the hunt for the AFC playoffs, although their chances remain slim. Buffalo did its part Sunday by beating Jacksonville, 34-18. The teams ahead of Buffalo - Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and the Jets - all won Sunday, but three teams that were ahead of the...

Assessing the Buffalo Bills’ Playoff Picture
November 27th, 2012 at 7:11 PM
Some Buffalo Bills fans may consider this a cruel activity, but the Buffalo Bills are still mathematically alive for the AFC Playoffs. The Bills stand at 4-7 and are in four-way tie for ninth place, two games back of Pittsburgh and Cincinnati for the sixth and final Wild Card slot. But...

Buffalo Bills Gain Ground in Chase for AFC Wild Card Spot
November 19th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
The Buffalo Bills had Sunday off after winning Thursday in prime time against the Miami Dolphins, so they got to sit back and watch other teams do the work for them in the quest to make up ground in the playoff chase. The Bills now stand two games out of a...

Buffalo Bills to Assist with Concussion Study at the University at Buffalo
October 28th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Members of the Buffalo Bills and other professional and collegiate athletes will help in a research project meant to determine a safer method of returning athletes who suffer a concussion to the field. ***PHOTO1*** Sports medicine researchers at the University at Buffalo recently got a $100,000 grant from NFL Charities to develop scientific...