Erik Brady: Red and blue may define and divide our nation, but on autumn Sundays, it unites Bills fans By Erik Brady Special to The News Sep 24, 2021 Sep 24, 2021 Updated Jan 17, 2022 0 Buffalo Bills fans display the Bills flag in the stands in the fourth quarter at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. James P. McCoy / Buffalo News Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Erik Brady Special to The News Remember when football was just football, and not political football?kAm%9@D6 H6C6 E96 8@@5 @=5 52JD[ H96? J@F 4@F=5 8@ E@ 2 qF772=@ q:==D 82>6 2?5 ?@E 92G6 E@ E9:?< 23@FE E96 H@C=5G:6H @7 E96 A6CD@? 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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: From Bills to Chiefs to Bills, and the unique player-sharing deal of Mike Mercer Mercer is a frequent football footnote for having scored the first points in Minnesota Vikings history, for booting that first field goal in a…
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 …
