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Jack Eichel Got Grumpy And Then The Sabres Cleaned House
This morning, the Buffalo Sabres announced that head coach Dan Bylsma and general manager Tim Murray have been fired. Such a culling at the conclusion of a 33-37-12 season, a regression in the middle of what was supposed to be a rebuild, isn’t the most shocking thing to happen, but the timing of the...

Jack Eichel Missed Out On A $2 Million Contract Bonus By A Painfully Thin Margin
Young Sabres center Jack Eichel missed 21 games with an ankle injury, eventually finishing this season with 24 goals and 33 assists, good for 57 points in 61 games. That’s a 0.934 points per game average, which was 11th in the NHL this season, just behind Leon Draisaitl’s 0.939. As infinitesimal as ...

Sabres' Kyle Okposo Sent To Neurosurgical ICU With An Undiagnosed Illness
Sabres winger Kyle Okposo recently returned to the ice from an injury, but after playing in just two games, he’s since missed the team’s last four games....

After All That, Tyrod Taylor Signed A New Deal With Buffalo
The Buffalo Bills announced today that the team has agreed to a new deal with quarterback Tyrod Taylor. It was a bit of an unexpected announcement, seeing as how the Bills spent the tail end of last season doing everything in their power to set themselves up to release Taylor....

Former NHL Player Suspended For His Role In Youth Hockey Fight
Andrew Peters, who had seven points and 650 penalty minutes in six NHL seasons, has been suspended from his youth hockey head coaching duties after he jumped into the mix during a fight involving players Saturday....

That Was A Vintage Pest Performance By Alex Burrows
The hockey boys were rowdy last night! A few hours after Gustav Nyquist tried to embed his stick in Jared Spurgeon’s facehole, Sabres netminder Robin Lehner and Canucks agitator Alexandre Burrows spent the evening going at each other—with Burrows the clear winner....

CU Bros Thrilled To Have Been Slapped By Washington's Malik Dime
I’m not exaggerating in the slightest when I say that this story from BSN Denver is the most heartwarming sports story of 2017. Prepare to be charmed by the tale of the University of Colorado basketball fans who had a great time getting slapped by Washington forward Malik Dime....

Evander Kane Scores Game-Winner, Celebrates By Smashing His Head Into The Boards
Evander Kane scored the overtime winner for the Buffalo Sabres tonight, but he couldn’t avoid tripping a little bit in the process and eating the boards behind the goal....

Illinois State Football Recruit Kobe Buffalomeat Is Indeed Named After Kobe Bryant
Kobe Buffalomeat, a 6-foot-7, 285-pound high school senior offensive lineman out of Lawrence, Kansas, is in all likelihood the most popular Illinois State recruit in school history, and is certainly the only good thing to happen on Twitter during National Signing Day....

Rex Ryan's Obnoxious Bills Truck Is Now An Understated Clemson Truck
We finally have a definitive answer to the question everyone was asking after Rex Ryan was fired by the Buffalo Bills: What will be the fate of Rex’s big-ass Bills truck?...

Colorado Assistant Asked To Resign After Ex-Girlfriend Accuses Him Of Physically Abusing Her For Over A Year<em></em>
The University of Colorado announced today that safeties coach and interim defensive coordinator Joe Tumpkin had resigned after disturbing domestic violence allegations came out—and the school asked him he to leave. Tumpkin had been with the school for two seasons and was calling plays for the defen...

New Broncos Coach Vance Joseph Left University Of Colorado After Being Accused Of Rubbing His Erect Penis On A Woman
The Denver Broncos named Vance Joseph as their new head coach last week, returning him to the state where he started out his coaching career with the University of Colorado Boulder—and abruptly left under unexplained circumstances....

Rex Ryan Was Too Human To Be A Great NFL Coach
Rex and Rob Ryan surprised absolutely no one when they swung by the Hooters in downtown Indianapolis. It was at the NFL combine three years ago, and the Brothers Ryan—Rex beginning his final year with the Jets, Rob having finished his first season in New Orleans—posed for a photograph with the wait ...

Tyrod Taylor Might Be Calling The Bills' Bluff
As fucked as it already was, the Tyrod Taylor situation has gotten a whole hell of a lot messier....

Bills GM's Press Conference Really Couldn't Have Gone Much Worse
Bills GM Doug Whaley is facing the music today, giving an end-of-season press conference after a mess of a year and apparently failing to inspire much confidence that the Bills are internally healthy and ready for a turnaround....

The Jets Scored 10 Points In Zero Seconds
Today, the Bills Jetsed themselves—against the Jets....

Hmm, Why Is Tyrod Taylor Missing From These Bills' Season Highlights?
To get pumped for this weekend’s season finale, the Buffalo Bills have released a nice little highlight video of the year. In more than a minute of footage featuring action from multiple players on both sides of the ball, there is not so much as a passing glance at quarterback Tyrod Taylor....

Looks Like That's About It For Tyrod Taylor In Buffalo
The Bills made obvious their lack of commitment to QB Tyrod Taylor when they announced he would be benched for Sunday’s season finale, a clear move to protect him from a serious injury which would lock them into $27.5 million guaranteed next season. Taylor appears to be making his intentions known, ...

Autopsy Reveals That Rashaan Salaam Shot Himself In The Head
Former University of Colorado and NFL running back Rashaan Salaam was found dead in a park in Boulder, Colo. on Dec. 5, 2016. According to an autopsy report released today by the Boulder County Coroner’s Office, Salaam died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head....

Rex Ryan Drives Away In His Obnoxious Bills Truck
The Buffalo Bills fired head coach Rex Ryan yesterday, and the camera was rolling as he slowly rolled away in his ostentatious pickup truck, painted in Bills colors, from the facilities....