The Winter Olympics are a big deal in the Campbell home. So much of a big deal that we even called up Time Warner Cable and purchased a television package so that we wouldn’t miss any part of it.1 Each of us has a different favorite, but we do watch pretty much every event. (Even…
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[Football Friday] Stranger Things Have Happened…
The big news this Football Friday is that the Buffalo Bills game in Orchard Park this Sunday versus the Cincinnati Bengals… will be on TV! There were over 7,000 tickets left at the start of this week, and with the current state of panic and fear—and the ever-present dread, hopelessness, and dismay—amongst Bills fans, there…
[Football Friday] Wait… What Day Is It?
Today is actually Thursday, but since the Buffalo Bills play their weekend game tonight, my Football Friday post—a preview of the next game—will publish on a Thursday! It’s very confusing… Hopefully the BILLS will not be as confused! Though, as I heard pointed out this week, the Thursday Night Games so far this season have…
[Football Friday] Mounting Injuries, Mounting Losses?
NFL football is rough. (That’s probably obvious.) And somehow, it’s always rougher to the Buffalo Bills! I remember just a few years ago when there were seventeen (or more?) players on the season-ending Injured Reserve (IR) list! That’s a third of an NFL roster! Yikes! This year is starting off no better. Look at this…
[Football Friday] On The Road
It’s Friday, and that means another weekend of football is here! A week ago, Alex and I attended a high school football game here in our town. First time ever, actually! It was fun… except for the constant rain, on a cold night, and the college-ready, MJD-bodied running back on the other team… Still, it…
Winning Is All That Matters!
Are you a sports fan? Do you enjoy participating in competition, or just watching other compete? There is often tension, drama, emotional highs and lows, and plenty of excitement. And in the end, there is a winner, and a loser. (Unless a draw is an option for the final outcome in the particular sport of…
The 2013 Buffalo Bills Season: A Prediction
I am in Bills mode today, and so, I’ve decided to publish my VERY EARLY predictions for the Buffalo Bills 2013 season. Take it for what it’s worth, from a person who follows the daily goings on of this franchise very closely, and also (1) has a Twitter account under the name GregTheBillsFan, and (2)…
The Very Intriguing Buffalo Bills
This year’s Buffalo Bills are very intriguing. Really. They are. You may not believe me, but they are. I do realize this is much like the boy who cried wolf, pretending over and over again that he had big news, only to find no one would believe him when it was finally imperative that they…
The Monday Night Flag Football League
ROCHESTER, NY – The MNFFL is a flag football league comprised mostly of home-schooled children (though not exclusively so) that plays its six-game season on Monday nights under the approaching-autumn skies of western New York State. Begun by the enterprising youngster, Alex Campbell (then aged ten), it is entering its second season, and boasting nearly…
A Visit to the 2013 Buffalo Bills Training Camp
For a decade now, in what is certainly an annual tradition for the Campbell family, we welcome each new Buffalo Bills season by attending the first (and several more) training camp practices. The practices are held at St. John Fisher College (our old stomping grounds … Ian was practically born there!) and are full of…