Archives for November 2013

‘”It doesn’t help anybody when you start giving away tickets to any sort of event. Some people will say that there’s a real fine line between selling tickets and giving away tickets to fill a building and create atmosphere. But we think you create atmosphere by creating value in the ticket, so that’s what we’re continuing to do.”‘

‘Though not ready yet to commit to a long-term contract on Tuesday, the two-time Pro Bowl player wasn’t ruling out the possibility, either.’

‘A group that includes Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment minority owner Larry Tanenbaum, may include Rogers Communications heir Edward Rogers, and which is being shepherded by Tim Leiweke, the president and CEO of MLSE, who recently added a Bon Jovi banner to the Air Canada Centre, the National Post reported.’

‘Comelia Williams made the special delivery dressed in her Buffalo Bills gear. While Marcell Dareus couldn’t be there in person for the delivery, Williams says he helped make it all happen from Buffalo, New York. “He has such a great big heart,” said Williams.’

‘”I was fortunate enough to go through something with my right ankle, I know how to maintain and treat it, and just keep it strong,” he said, speaking from experience. “Ice it, pretty much. Keep it in an ice bath after everything. Don’t let it get too bad. Just keep the inflammation down.”‘

‘”To be sitting here now where we are from a health standpoint is a credit to the players, the trainers, the conditioning guys, the weight coaches. They’ve done a good job,” said head coach Doug Marrone. “It’s important. I’m excited because it’s the healthiest we’ve been.”‘

‘They’re a team that offensively and first down they’re ranked eighth in the league. Completing 40 something percent on third down, so obviously they’ve done a good job moving the sticks. They’re one of the best teams at driving the football that I’ve seen with 10-plus drives, I think they might be ninth in the league in doing that. Defensively I think they’ve gotten better on the outside with the two corners, (Asante) Samuel and (Desmond) Trufant. The safeties obviously went to the Pro Bowl. I think that they’ve had some injuries like a lot of teams have and sometimes the ball hasn’t gone their way.’

‘Buffalo and Atlanta will meet for the 11th time in the regular season this week. The Bills are 4-6 all-time against the Falcons and have won three of the five home contests in the series.’

‘In short, the schedule isn’t as soft as it appeared a month ago. Thus, Buffalo’s odds remain long … but at least there still are some.’

‘Nothing like a little juice to drum up interest, any interest, in the latest installment of the “Bills in Toronto” series which, at least from a competitive perspective, has generally been a collective bust north of the 49.’

‘Either way, it’s clear the singer would need plenty of rich friends to make any sort of purchase work. He seems to have those.’

‘”They did everything, so I was happy with those two guys, the way they came out,” Marrone said. “We’re at full strength from that standpoint. We don’t expect anyone not to be available for us, which is a good sign.”‘

‘Buffalo’s reality is stark with five weeks left in the regular season. With a 4-7 record, and only one more game scheduled for Ralph Wilson Stadium, the Bills are not in an enviable position in their quest to end a 13-year playoff drought. They are tied for 12th in the AFC, and six teams are ahead of them in the race for the final wild-card berth.’

‘Bon Jovi has “a day job that’s doing very well,” Sunshine said in regard to the rock band that bears his client’s surname.’

‘The clock continues to tick – but the strategizing has rarely stopped. And all the while, Wilson just keeps getting older and richer 88 …89… 90 … 91 … tick-tick-tick 95, with the value of his football team increasing year after year. Defying business interests, logic and time.’