Lori

Been meaning to get over here ever since I found out about this thread, but it's been a long week, as y'all can imagine. A long year, for that matter. It hurt like hell to say goodbye, but there comes a point when all you can do is wish someone an peaceful end to their suffering. Thanks for all of your kind words, with special thoughts to SDS, who just went through the same heartache with his own mother. Cancer sucks.

You know, I was sitting here wondering whether or not I should keep bothering to slap together the previews. Between this and some of your previous cheapshots at a friend of mine, thanks for making my decision for me. !@#$ it. Later.

Which is precisely why the owner of this site issued a point of emphasis on this topic earlier this year:

I'd like to think that after 12 years and with more than 10,000 registered users, The Stadium Wall would qualify as successful. And since you were replying to me, I've been here (and on several other boards) since the mid-'90s. To think that anyone deserves to be attacked merely because of their job description is what seems foolish to me. As for John and Tim "choosing" to post under their own names, using a pseudonym to write about a subject they cover is simply not an option. It would be unethical at best -- and in fact, under the current ESPN social-media policy, it might be a fireable offense.

1. Wawrow is not a columnist, and doesn't write opinion pieces. 2. There's a difference between legitimate criticism and personal attacks. 3. The latter are prohibited in the TBD Terms of Service, which some people choose to ignore. Over 20 has it right: why bother continuing to participate?

That was my line about Bentley, not Badol's, ya galoot. Good seeing both you and Kevin, as always. (He probably appreciated me not trying to monopolize his day with shoptalk this time. )

Just hope he understands that after THIRTEEN YEARS (and counting) without a home playoff game, our patience has long since worn threadbare.

So if it's going to take three more years to rebuild, he's cool with me dumping my season tix till then, right? Thanks for the heads-up, jw. Look forward to reading the full story sted the brief.

...in 2008.

Laggard. Seeya there.

Let's see: Russ Brandon is still in the Bills front office (although with a vastly reduced role), and I believe Dick Jauron is now the DBs coach in Philadelphia. You were talking about the gentlemen who actually decided to trade one player and release the other, weren't you?

It was set up because multiple writers requested to speak to him Wednesday morning. Sullivan's take from his ongoing chat: http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sully_on_sports/2010/10/live-chat-with-sully-1.html

Correct; if at all possible, they'd want that proofed and paginated well before they started getting stuff from the evening games. The special Sabres section due out on Thursday would've added to the desk's workload, and at some point that night, they probably had to rip up their front page for the Halladay no-hitter. For those asking about the 11:12 p.m. timestamp on the online version, the website isn't updated until after the print edition has been put to bed. (In English, sent to the pressroom.) Think they have a 10:30 p.m. deadline. Following its own round of editing and post-production, the News' Jax preview video was posted at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday. Guessing they did that on the way out, and that Sully's column had already been filed at that point. I've also heard from a couple of other guys who cover the team that not everyone got the memo for the session with Nix. Entirely possible that the regular beat writers, the ones who are there every day instead of just the Wednesday sessions, were the only ones informed. (That's just a guess, though.)

Halloween '04. Arizona.

No, unless they're written off an evening game or breaking news. In fact, I'm guessing Sullivan wrote it before he left One Bills Drive yesterday afternoon.

Thanks for the info. That certainly does cast his sudden reappearance in a different light.

Whoa, now -- don't lump me in with the guys who are actually accredited by the team. Doubt anyone in that building (outside the ticket office or Guest Services) would answer my call. But to answer your question, VP/Communications Scott Berchtold is in charge of the PR staff -- when "the Bills" release an official statement, for example -- but I think Director of Media Relations Chris Jenkins and Manager of Media Services Matt Heidt handle most of the day-to-day stuff. Believe Jenkins was the one who discussed the training-camp sideline restriction with various members of the media, whose concerns led to the policy being revised to allow better access. Add: Should also note that many GMs -- Bill Polian and Mike Tannenbaum spring immediately to mind -- make regularly-scheduled radio appearances. Guess we were spoiled by all those years of the "Polian (and later Butler) Show."

Looks like someone inside One Bills Drive read the paper this morning.

South Fulton, TN doesn't have its own EMS. Looks like the hospital in Union City, 20 miles away, has the only ambulance service in the entire county. Closest one appears to be across the state line, Twin Cities in Fulton, KY, which is the one that responded to the fire hall when Cranick's son assaulted the chief. And from what I've read, nobody cut fire service to outlying areas -- it was never there to begin with. For reference, this is the "street" address: http://www.411.com/maps/directions?lower=5&search_id=40071371122758141100

As previously explained in the stories I posted, that would be zero. No Obion County taxes go to fire protection, and he did not live in the municipality he called to come put the fire out.

Oh, gee, guess what? Barn door, horse, et cetera, et cetera.

Interesting debate. Curious as to the logistics at work here, I looked up the "city" of South Fulton, and discovered that not only is it smaller than my own tiny rural town, their entire department consists of two engines, a pumper, a brush truck, a cascade system (to refill SCBA), and 17 volunteer firefighters (of which only five had achieved basic FF1 certification in 2008). Seriously, it's remarkable that a department of that size could even survive, much less provide coverage outside the city limits. But in the end, once they DID respond ... Agreed, pay-to-play EMS services are untenable. Time for Obion County to set up fire protection districts to make sure every part of the county is covered ... like the eight fire departments in the county, including the one in South Fulton, suggested they do in 2008. Someone want to ring up the county commissioners and see what happened to that proposal? Adding one more note from the local newspaper: http://www.nwtntoday.com/news.php?viewStory=46801

You mean like the post below? I agree, unnecessary.

Probably should've checked his previous tweets: "I have to say I'm sorry for calling people names. My daughter @oliviajade34 just got on my case... Just blocking idiots from now on..." "There is going to be MAJOR BLOCKING TODAY......."

To be fair, that happens EVERY time they play here. But yeah, there's definitely a reason why that one sold out as soon as it did, one which will be readily apparent when all those friggin' Terrible Towels start twirling.