Song of the Day – 1985 Chicago Bears, “Super Bowl Shuffle”
By Seamus Gallivan
Happy Super Bowl Sunday, Good Neighbors. An all-time classic in the pantheon of sports songs, the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears’ “Super Bowl Shuffle” combined awful early rap rhymes and the synthesized sounds of the day with uncoordinated dance moves and a mock team band to become a huge hit, actually rising to #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and shamefully being nominated for a Grammy for “Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group,” which put them alongside Run DMC and Prince.
On a Good Neighborly note, when the late, great Walter Payton raps, ”now we’re not doing this because we’re greedy/the Bears are doing it to feed the needy,” he wasn’t kidding – Read more
Queen City Roller Girls’ Season Opener Saturday – Pet Food Pantry First 2012 Beneficiary
By Seamus Gallivan
I’m going to my first Queen City Roller Girls (QCRG) bout on Saturday, and while I’m not looking to join any cults this month, there’s a chance it’ll happen at the Rainbow Roller Rink in North Tonawanda. Read more
Bills’ Bryan Scott “Dedicated” to Football, Music, and Community
By Luke Hammill
When he’s not making plays on the football field, Buffalo Bills safety/linebacker Bryan Scott makes music, and on or around October 25th, you’ll be able to buy his own original song on iTunes while supporting his effort to help area youth make music of their own.
“Dedicated” will serve as the flagship song for Scott’s Pick Your Passion Foundation for the Arts, which he is re-launching in Buffalo after founding it in Atlanta while playing for the Falcons. The song will be available on iTunes, and all proceeds will benefit the foundation.
Scott started the Pick Your Passion Foundation because of his love for music.
“When I wanted to start a foundation, I wanted to start something that I was passionate about – something I really cared about – and I’ve always been really passionate about music,” Scott said. Read more
Bills & Roswell Host Tuesday Free Prostate Cancer Screening and Tours at Stadium
By Luke Hammill
Late in yesterday’s 23-20 loss by the Buffalo Bills at the hands of the Cincinnati Bengals, Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson appeared to catch a crucial third-down conversion, but it was ruled incomplete by NFL referees, even after video review. Bad call.
Here’s a good call – on Tuesday, Bills receiver David Nelson will appear in the Paul Maguire Club at Ralph Wilson Stadium, where Roswell Park Cancer Institute doctors will perform free prostate cancer screenings for men from 3:30-7pm. Sabres and Bills alumni Mike Robitaille and Charley Ferguson as well as the Buffalo Jills will also be on hand, and stadium tours will be offered along with raffles. Read more
Six Bills to Sign Autographs at Boulevard Mall Tonight Benefiting Kids Escaping Drugs
By Seamus Gallivan
As the national sports media gushes about the undefeated Buffalo Bills and fans in Western New York giddy up the bandwagon, the team goes about its business in the community with another Tuesday autograph signing to benefit Kids Escaping Drugs (KED) that includes many of the stars of Sunday’s historic comeback victory over the suddenly second-place New England Patriots. Read more
Hammill on Sports – Both Fans and Community Win in Sabres 50/50 Raffles
By Luke Hammill
With the Buffalo Sabres commencing preseason play on Monday and rolling out the Blue & Gold carpet for Saturday night’s exhibition against the Toronto Maple Leafs, it’s officially hockey season – soon enough, fans will fill the newly named First Niagara Center to capacity.
If you’ve been to a game in recent years, you’ve likely been approached and asked to spend $1 on a 50/50 raffle ticket. It’s just like any other 50/50 game: the owner of the winning ticket claims half of the money raised through the raffle, and the other half is kept by raffle organizers.
Of course, most fans are in it to win it, but if you’ve ever wondered where the other half goes, here’s just one example: Read more
Hammill on Sports – Bills Alumni Big Weekend Benefits Wounded Warriors and More
By Luke Hammill
The football field isn’t the only place where the Buffalo Bills are doing great things.
From Saturday to Monday, the Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation will hold its annual Weekend of Events, and this year, the former Bills legends have chosen to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a charity devoted to providing aid to wounded American soldiers and raising awareness about their causes.
Selecting the WWP as the beneficiary of the Alumni Foundation’s biggest fundraising event of the year was a “no-brainer,” according to Foundation President Booker Edgerson, a former Bills cornerback and Wall-of-Famer who won Read more
Players and Alumni in Tow, “Play Ball!” is Called at Buffalo Sabres Miracle Field
By Seamus Gallivan
I’d ask all readers to get involved with this cause, but to stay true to the last line of this article, I’ll say only that the Miracle League of Western New York’s Open House is set for next Sunday, September 11th, 2pm, at Buffalo Sabres Miracle Field at Veteran’s Park on Grand Island.
The Miracle League is all about removing barriers – mainly, the barriers that stop children with special needs from playing baseball, literally leveling the playing field to eliminate mobility issues and offering an inclusive atmosphere in which every batter is safe, every runner scores, every team wins, and everyone involved is enriched beyond measure.
Tuesday afternoon in Veteran’s Park on Grand Island, the opening of Buffalo Sabres Miracle Field allowed for another barrier to be removed in a way that the all-volunteer group behind the Miracle League of Western New York never imagined Read more
