Archives for July 11, 2008

‘The Buffalo Bills & Perry’s Ice Cream will hold a press conference and FREE sampling of the new Buffalo Bills ice cream flavor on Monday, July 14, at 11:00 a.m. Media and shoppers will have the first opportunity to taste the new flavor. Tops Friendly Markets, another local hometown team, will host the press conference and sampling at 2101 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Billy Buffalo, the Bills team mascot, and Perry Winkle, Perry’s mascot, will be on hand to assist with the Buffalo Bills Brownie Blitz sampling. The ice cream sampling will end at 1:00 p.m.’

‘"We’re really pleased with the way it’s moved," series general manager Adrian Montgomery said. "Obviously, we wanted to put the registration program forward to give football fans the first chance at the best tickets. And we’re thrilled with the number of tickets they’ve purchased, particularly since, to this point, we’ve only offered them on a multi-game, multi-year basis."’

‘Buffalo’s nickel corner job is completely up for grabs as veteran slot corner Kiwaukee Thomas was not re-signed by the club this offseason. The main candidates to claim the role are veteran free agent signee Will James and rookies Leodis McKelvin and Reggie Corner.’

‘Lindell is emerging as the best kind of player at his position, one who’s easy to ignore until he goes out and does what he’s supposed to when called on.’

‘”A roof for a December home game? As a kicker, you have to like that,” Moorman said yesterday at a downtown Toronto event to push VIP ticket packages to eight of the National Football League team’s games here during the next five years. “You are talking to a guy who plays at Ralph Wilson Stadium in some bad winter conditions. I remember once against Arizona when I put my helmet down after a play and it started blowing across the field. So, yeah, I’m for playing indoors at that time of year.”‘

‘”The demand is very, very good,” Rogers vice-chairman Phil Lind said. “There are still some seats. But even when this thing is sold out to the brim, we’ll still continue to promote it. There’s a promotion schedule, and we’re doing this not just for the 50,000 at the game, but because we want to hype the interest throughout all of Toronto.”‘