Erik Brady: Why Ron McDole belongs on the Bills Wall of Fame Sep 22, 2021 Sep 22, 2021 Updated Jan 17, 2022 Ron McDole spent eight seasons with the Buffalo Bills. Provided photo Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ron McDole occupies rare air in pro football history. Only a handful of men are, like him, beloved figures in the history of two franchises.kAm|4s@=6 H2D 2 DE2=H2CE 5676?D:G6 6?5 7@C E96 qF772=@ q:==D :? E96 `he_D 2?5 7@C E96 (2D9:?8E@? u@@E32== %62> :? E96 `hf_D]k^AmkAmpD :E 92AA6?D[ E9@D6 EH@ E62>D H:== >66E $F?52J 2E w:89>2C< $E25:F>] qFE J@F H:== ?@E D66 |4s@=6’D ?2>6 @? E96 q:==D (2== @7 u2>6 E96C6] }@C :D 96 @? (2D9:?8E@?’D #:?8 @7 u2>6[ @C :? E96 &?:G6CD:EJ @7 }63C2D<2 pE9=6E:4 w2== @7 u2>6]k^Am kAmp== @7 H9:49 >2<6D %2>>J |4s@=6[ 9:D 52F89E6C[ >25 2D 96==] v@ 36J@?5 qF772=@[ (2D9:?8E@?[ 2?5 }63C2D<2i $96 E9:?<D 96C 72E96C 36=@?8D :? 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Erik Brady: How 'Wide Right' inspired formation of Bills Backers Club in Maine Cory Plummer is a Bills fan unlike any other. He has no ties to our fair city other than this: He felt bad about Wide Right. And, against all …
Erik Brady: As a boy he loved O.J. Simpson – and he still loves the Bills Time has a funny way of changing how we look at our childhood heroes, Erik Brady says.
Erik Brady: Bills weren't spared from October Surprise Much of Don Purdy's new book, “Thunder Snow of Buffalo: The October Surprise Storm,” centers on the Bills of that era and how they fared when …
Erik Brady: When the family patriarch was Stan Barron, sports is a way of life that spans generations No sport was too small for famed sports broadcaster Stan Barron. He loved “sports of all sorts,” as he liked to say.
Erik Brady: Step aside Brian Kelly, Frank Layden will show you how to coach and tell jokes "As it happens, Niagara University’s own Frank Layden was the best coach/comedian of his time," writes Erik Brady.
Erik Brady: In other NFL cities, fans cheer for the uniforms. In Buffalo, we are cheering for ourselves The NFL has 32 teams. Fans in all of its cities want their teams to win, of course, but there is one thing that sets Buffalo apart.
Erik Brady: Former Bills player Doug Goodwin's heart transplant gave life on a day when so much was lost Erik Brady tells the remarkable tale of how Goodwin received is new heart on Sept. 11, 2001.
