It seems that ignorance about basic economics (macro version) reigns supreme these days, especially when we get visited by the ghost of Ronald Raygun past (remember the Toles image of the Particle Board Beam?). So…same facts to burst this seemingly Prozac and Valium induced fantasy: http://www.angrybearblog.com/2011/02/few-graphs-describing-reagan-presidency.html#more But nowadays, with a Democrat in charge, businessmen keep [...]

Geek out with Social Media Club Buffalo for a panel discussion with some of the best local and national sports reporters around. Our panel will be commenting on how twitter and other social media tools are impacting and changing the way sports news is covered and communicated. Our distinguished panel will include: •Tim Graham, ESPN.com, [...]

All of the talk over Superbowl commercials really got me thinking about good marketing. Millions spent; endless speculation from “marketing experts” ….just where does this get us? Well, I have decided that my award for the best marketing of the last 100 years goes to the Crack industry. Obviously, there is very little written about [...]

  Matthew Perry has always been my favorite “Friend.” That may only be partially because he once helped me with directions when I was lost in Pacific Palisades, Calif. I recall pulling over in my car years ago and looking for anybody to help guide me when Perry and his girlfriend at the time came to [...]

The general post-Super Bowl consensus is that the commercials sucked, except, perhaps for this one: Imported from Detroit. Catchy, right? Chris Byrd, Broadway-Fillmore advocate and general Buffalo booster, summed up the feelings of plenty when he said he wished Buffalo had such an ad. The commercial reminded me, though, of how Buffalo, probably through accident, or at [...]

Yesterday, Ray Walter suggested that I write about why it is that New York’s 1st Degree murder statute doesn’t cover situations such as the Hassan murder.  New York’s Penal Law enumerates 13 special circumstances, any one of which must be present for 1st degree murder to apply. None of them were present here.  So, it [...]

by Ryan It wasn’t a miracle, but it may be categorized by the Florida government as an Act of God. At least then fans could get some money back after the damage the Lightning inflicted on the season ticket holders last night. Watching the game on tape delay gave me a lot of time to [...]

2010 graduate Jacob Rosenbeck became the seventh Buffalo baseball player in the past four years to sign a professional contract after he joined the Brockton Rox of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball league.
Rosenbeck capped his …

Buffalo State’s football team is promoting reading in local elementary schools as a community outreach project throughout the month of February.
Several Bengal players and members of the coaching staff kicked off the program recently with a visit to …

If there’s one thing we learned from the Super Bowl this past Sunday, it’s that defense still wins championships in this league.  Look no further than Pittsburgh’s second-ranked and Green Bay’s fifth overall defense as evidence.  Sure, Aaron …

Byron Mulkey scored a career-high 29 points to lead the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team to a 72-43 win over Central Michigan at Alumni Arena on Tuesday night.
Buffalo (15-7, 7-3 MAC) played one of its finest defensive games of the sea…

One of the most popular sayings by famed Buffalo Sabres broadcaster Rick Jeanneret when a player scores a goal up high is “he put it top shelf where momma hides the cookies”!  When it comes to the play of Drew Stafford this season, the winger is p…

A literal last minute flurry by McKinley high school led to one of the most exciting finishes on the Western New York basketball scene this season.  Trailing by a half dozen points with under a minute left to play, McKinley scored five points in the f…

The Buffalo Public Schools parent coordinating council held a meeting Tuesday to discuss some of the school district’s biggest concerns, like the low graduation rate. YNN’s Ryan Burgess tells us about some of the changes being proposed, which go all th…

Carl Paladino’s campaign advisor is facing charges he stole more than a million dollars in campaign cash from New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. John Haggerty’s attorneys argue the charges against him should be dismissed, while prosecutors revealed…