…noticed a spike in the Randy Smith content. Oh no. I knew immediately what had happened and went directly to Google News and found what I did not what to find…
Randy passed yesterday -By JIM BAKER, Buffalo Courier Express- Randy who? That was the cry throughout the NBA this early season as fans who thought…
John Ireland on the Laker’s pre game just said that if the Lakers and Rockets played 10 times maybe the Lakers would win 9 times. UH…. Earth to John >>
The Official Buffalo Braves Retro Homepage. Yes, it’s really here. Being converted into a blog format. Despite claims to the contrary, this is THE ORIGINAL Buffalo Braves page, dating back to 1996, or 5 even.
By Talia Bargil July 27, 2007
Each May 26, Gus Gerard celebrates a meaningful day. It’s not his birthday, his wedding anniversary or the date he was drafted to the ABA’s Spirits of St. Louis. May 26 represents much more to the former professional basketball player than any cake or trophy will ever signify.
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This article originally appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer October 15, 1970.
Cavaliers Lose in NBA Debut
by Bill Nichols
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cleveland and Buffalo, two of the National Basketball Association’s babies, held a coming-out party last night and for the Cavaliers, at least, it turned out like warm pop — very hard to digest.
Buffalo, considered by [...]
October 1972
Welcome to the dark ages of NBA marketing. What high school gym was THIS? Canisus? St. Joe’s? Riverside?…
And WBEN Radio & TV will play an important role.
The NBA Buffalo Braves Basketball team includes 7 foot 1 inch (and still growing?) Elmore Smith, plus heralded rookie Freddie Hilton, as well as established NBA stars Walt [...]
February 1978. I’m a college freshman at The Rochester Institute of Technology. I return home to the Tau Kappa Epsilon house about 7:30pm on a Wednesday evening. I’m tired, lonely, broke, hungry, and homesick. The place is amazingly quiet for this time in the evening. The usual crew around the TV watching lame M*A*S*H reruns [...]