Two Bills Drive

‘A picnic recognizing Joe DeLamielleure for his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be held from 2-5 p.m. next Sunday at Brierwood Country Club in Hamburg.’

Only single seats remain for the team’s 2003 home games vs. New England (9/7), Philadelphia (9/28) and Washington (10/19). The only way to guarantee tickets for all home games is by purchasing season tickets.

‘The workouts, July 28 and Aug. 4, will be on the grass practice fields at St. John Fisher College. Practices run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and will feature a team autograph session after the workout. Shuttle services will begin at 4:45 p.m. and gates open at 5.’

‘If you intend to buy early-season, single-game Bills’ tickets, be prepared to be disappointed.’

‘Tickets for the first of two Buffalo Bills training camp night practices will be available beginning next week. The Bills will have two Monday night practices from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, on July 28 and August 4.’

The Bills announced that tickets for the team’s first of the team’s two Monday evening practices during the Buffalo Bills Bausch & Lomb Training Camp will be available to the public next week at all participating Tops Friendly Markets locations.

For instance, the Bills replaced Larry Centers, whose greatest skill is catching the ball, with Sam Gash, who is a bulldozer. They clearly want to pound the ball more often this season, and believe Gash can significantly enhance Travis Henry’s 2002 production.

Channel 7 Sports Director John Murphy welcomes Buffalo Bills General Manager Tom Donahoe to a LIVE town meeting from Paddock Chevrolet, Thursday July 10th at 8pm on WKBW-TV. John will talk with Mr. Donahoe about the team, and welcome players Eric Moulds and Sam Gash. “AM/Buffalo’s Linda Pellegrino will be there to take questions from a live studio audience.

Watch the WKBW-TV Eyewitness Sports special – The Bills Town Hall Meeting – LIVE on the internet at 8 PM EST on Thursday, July 10

Dick LeBeau Joined the Bills staff as Assistant Head Coach on March 10, 2003. The '03 season will mark the 45th in the NFL for LeBeau, who played 14 years as a defensive back and has been a coach in the league for the last 30. Most recently, he spent the last three seasons as the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals.

‘Two big names have joined the list of participants in this year’s ESL Tours Challenge for Youth. Pro football Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly and Gionta have agreed to play in the event at Lake Shore Country Club on Tuesday, July 22.’

If Billy Shaw hadn’t been a little stubborn, he may have ended up playing in the NFL with a star on his helmet instead of becoming a star in the AFL with the Bills. An All-American offensive tackle at Georgia Tech where he also played defensive end, Shaw didn’t appreciate Dallas’ plan to select him in the 1961 NFL draft and move him to linebacker.

‘ The Buffalo Bills announced on Tuesday that only single seats remain for three of the team’s 2003 home games: New England (Sept. 7), Philadelphia (Sept. 28) and Washington (Oct. 19).’

‘Tickets will be available in person at the Ralph Wilson Stadium box office, the Rochester office in Pittsford Plaza, and at all participating Tops Friendly Markets. For those buying tickets at Tops, a handbill policy will again be in effect.’

‘By the end of September last year, the Bills ranked 24th in total yards allowed and 30th in points allowed. However, Buffalo rallied the last half of the season to finish 15th overall and had a pass defense rated sixth best in the NFL. “We started out kind of slow, but I thought we made a lot of progress from the middle of the season to the end. We didn’t take advantage of some turnovers we came up with that hurt us.”‘