Warmest Holiday Greetings!

I'd like to wish all my listeners the Warmest Holiday Greetings this year, and a very happy/healthy 2009 too!

It's nice to have the NHL's Leading Scorer on OUR Team!

Even though The SABRES season has been "up and down" this year it's nice to know that Thomas Vanek's season has been WAY UP! Saturday night's 2 goals against the NJ Devils have made #26 the NHL's Leading Scorer by a nice margin (he's posted 24 goals so far)...keep up the GREAT work Thomas!

The BULLS are THE CHAMPIONS...my friends!

I wish I could send a "ha-ha" to DAVID LETTERMAN, his 12-0 Ball State Cardinals go down to defeat to our UB BULLS!! Coach Turner Gill and the boys played a game for the ages in Detroit bringing the MAC Championship to Buffalo for the first time Friday night, and I'd just like to wish THE BULLS good luck in their first ever BOWL Game!

It wasn't PANIC AT THE DISCO!

Another very successful WORLD'S LARGEST DISCO on the 29th...I always love DJ'ing in the V.I.P. Room (where "the happy people go")! It's also the night where you see The World's Largest Event for FAKE-AFRO's for men, and for women "revealing" is the kindest word I can think of.

See you next year!

If you're not, you should sign up for...

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think of becoming a member of FACEBOOK, but when a friend invited me a month ago I decided why not. Since then I've found it to be more than fascinating, connecting with long-lost old friends and making new one's and of course the pictures and stories posted by friends/members are a "riot!"

If you're "bored to tears" sometimes, or would just like to catch up with old friends I suggest you join now http://www.facebook.com/.

How 'bout them BULLS!

I've got to admit I almost turned off the Bulls/Bowling Green Falcons game at half-time (the Bulls were down 14-Zip in the COLD at Bowling Green)...I didn't and what a finish for the BULLS! After a Double Overtime come-from-behind WIN and winner of the MAC EAST, no one can doubt that Drew Willy, James Starks, and Coach Turner Gill's ENTIRE Team is the BEST IN BUFFALO (don't get me started on The Bills and Sabres)!

Now it's on to a BOWL GAME...GO BULLS!

Is BROWN going GREEN?

Since UPS began mapping routes to maximize right and minimize left turns on their truck routes, they have cut the time trucks spend idling and shaved more than 3.3 MILLION gallons of gas (if only we could all just turn right when driving)!

Beyonce wants to be WONDER WOMAN!

I think she'd be a GREAT Wonder Woman, and I think Lynda Carter the original (above) would agree that BEYONCE would be perfect in the part. Beyonce says "I want to do a superhero and what would be better than Wonder Woman? It would be great and it would be a very bold choice, a black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing." In fact she's already met with DC Comics and Warner Brothers to talk about the role, and according to Hero Complex Beyonce's interest in Wonder Woman was first piqued when she saw the costume Lynda Carter wore in the TV series in the '70's.

We'll keep you posted if this movie project comes about.

History made for the UB BULLS too!

If your were watching election returns Tuesday you missed an historic win for The UB BULLS when they manhandled The Miami (Ohio) University Red Hawks for their first win ever over the team.

QB Drew Willy, WR Naaman Roosevelt, and RB James Starks (with 177 yards rushing...his 4th 100+ yard game of the season) assured The Bulls a home winning record for the 2nd straight year.

I really did wish (coach) TURNER GILL had been running for some elected office!

Congrats to the BOSS' daughter!

It seems Bruce Springsteen's daughter JESSICA is quite the equestrian! Saturday Jessica won the Maclay ASPCA Horsemanship Award at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament. Jessica beat out 150 junior riders and along with horse TIZIANO also won the Small Junior Hunter Champion Award. In the above picture you can see a beaming Mom (Patti Scialfa), Dad (Bruce), and brothers Sam and Evan holding the Award at the 125th National Horse Show at the Onondaga County War Memorial.

Bruce quickly exited to play a benefit for Barack Obama in Cleveland.

I'm lovin' The UB BULLS win!

There's nothing like a HIGH DEFINITION/National TV (ESPNU) UB Bulls Win last night over The Ohio Bobcats! #19 James Starks with a season high 185 yards on the ground, and once again Coach Turner Gill's Team is ROCKIN'...I don't get out much, but my mom is from a town in Ohio near Athens, and when I visited there I was impressed at how it is a real typical college town.

GO BULLS!

Be wary of HIGHLY FAVORED Teams!

The old NFL adage was certainly true for The Bills

"on any given Sunday..."

Monday night the "highly favored" SABRES ran into

the same problem with The Ottawa Senators losing their first game "in

regulation." My advice...wager at your own risk!

Happy Birthday TOM PETTY!

I hate to say age or dress size (especially on the air) but I don't think Tom Petty would mind being acknowledged turning 58 on Monday (10/20). Tom went into The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002 by way of The Traveling Wilburys...George Harrison (Nelson), Jeff Lynn (Otis),

Roy Orbison (Lefty), Bob Dylan (Lucky), and TOM (Charlie T.) WILBURY.

I had the pleasure, back in the 80's, of attending two of Tom's Concerts (on consecutive nights) in Providence and Boston (going backstage for both). After seeing Tom at the 2nd show in Boston backstage I remember him telling me "OH, IT'S YOU AGAIN"...I still to this day didn't know how to take the comment.

SABRES: so far so GOOD!

I loved the first sentence of the USA Today's coverage of The Sabres/Rangers Game Wednesday, Ira Podell wrote: "There is only one undefeated NHL Team in New York, and it isn't the Rangers!" The Team's HOT start this season is reminiscent of 2 years ago when they went a long way in the playoffs, and Thomas Vanek is really looking like our "50 Million Dollar Man!"

A big congrats to Coach LINDY RUFF for being just the 23rd NHL Coach to register 400 Career Wins!

GO SABRES!

ELVIS fans it's never too early for Christmas!

It's just out (http://www.shopelvis.com) and ELVIS fans will love this first ever compilation of Elvis Christmas favorites with some of today's top female vocalists. Blue Christmas with Martina McBride, I'll Be Home For Christmas with Carrie Underwood, Here Comes Santa Claus with LeAnn Rimes and more. There's even a behind-the-scenes look at THE MAKING OF DUETS at http://www.elvis.com/.

Carrie Underwood honors her pooch!

I ran this by GINA BROWNING of the SPCA and she loved the fact that CARRIE UNDERWOOD has a website for her dog ACE http://aceunderwood.com.
It's the first time I've seen a STAR honor their pet by incorporating a website for them and don't be surprised if Gina works up an angle for something like this for our Buffalo and Erie County SPCA!

Faith & Tim buy their own ISLAND!

It's nice to see some stars doing OK with their money...Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have just purchased their own Bahamian Island! The Island is part of the EXUMAS and is fully developed with perfect sandy beaches and lots of trails in the middle of some 360 other islands. Other celebs have islands within the chain including OPRAH, JOHNNY DEPP, EDDIE MURPHY, NICOLAS CAGE, and magician DAVID COPPERFIELD.

Buffalo Bills are the NFL's 60 Minute Team!

I've got at tip: don't start watching Bills games until

the 4th quarter (you'll eliminate the aggravation of the

first 3 quarters). If the Bills win all their games in

come from behind fashion this season it would be

OK with me (after watching the first half from St.

Louis I really thought The Bills winning bubble

would burst).

Now it's on to ARIZONA for Sunday's 4:15pm start

and the Cardinals will be especially upset after getting

blown out by The Jets on Sunday. Let's go for 5-in-a-row

Buffalo!

Bills rookies should "step up"

Now that we've found out that #11 ROSCOE PARRISH will be out for a few weeks with a thumb injury it's time for Rookies JAMES HARDY and LEODIS McKELVIN to step up into his role and help the Team. I know that Leodis can "break the big one" in return yardage (much like he did in kick returns in pre-season), and James Hardy already has one big (or should I say Tall) TD catch this year, and I feel both can easily step into Roscoe's role as punt/kick returner and 3rd wide receiver while he's out.





Note to Bills (like my blog from last week)... don't take the St. Louis Rams too lightly (even though they're 0-3) this Sunday...look what the Raiders did for 3 quarters last Sunday!

Did you hear The Bills Won?

I'm loving the sound of 3-0, and I thought the

Jacksonville game was an exciting finish!

No doubt The Bills have come of age with the

maturity of Trent Edwards and the solid "D" they

have really lived up to the phrase "GOOD TEAMS

FIND A WAY TO WIN!"

By the way, I love the throwback uniforms/helmet,
and wish they wore them all the time...
GO BILLS!

Great story about my friend and Paige Hemmis of Extreme Makeover Home Edition!

My friend Jason has been the biggest fan I know of Paige Hemmis of ABC's EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITON and has been trying for about the past year to contact her through her management company to no avail. Just this week while watching Good Morning America on Channel 7 I saw Ty Pennington (of Extreme Makeover Home Edition) live in Niagara Falls on with Jon Thomas Robertson a 7th grader from The Cuba/Rushford Central School who wrote Ty about making the ARCADE & ATTICA RAILROAD accessible to wheelchairs. I figured that since Ty would be in Arcade for a few days this week working on the rail cars and train station with his crew that Paige might be part of that crew, so I quickly called my friend saying "drop whatever you're doing and get to Arcade to meet Paige in person!" About 45 minutes later my friend called and said he had just gotten to meet and get a hug from Paige (a great story after trying to get a hold of her for nearly a year)!

By the way the segment from Arcade will be featured on Good Morning America on Friday September 26th on Channel 7.

Big BULLS/BILLS Weekend!

What a big weekend for the BULLS and the BILLS! Saturday's UB BULLS game featured the biggest play in UB Football HISTORY with the Hail Mary TD pass from DREW WILLY to NAAMAN ROOSEVELT to seal the Win over Temple, and now we find out that DREW is a candidate for the prestigious JOHNNY UNITAS AWARD given to the top College Football Senior quarterback in the nation (good luck Drew)!

How 'bout them BILLS...I must admit in the 3rd quarter when the Jags got the momentum back after recovering the on-side kick I thought The BILLS were doomed! Little did I know that Turk Schonert's play calling had a rookie wide receiver #81 named JAMES HARDY from Indiana up his sleeve leaping to catch a "high" Trent Edwards TD pass! Once again a Big TEAM Win for The Bills (although I wish the "D" could finish more tackles), and a MESSAGE for the Team: PLEASE DON'T TAKE THE RAIDERS (the next opponent on Sunday at 1 at The Ralph) TOO LIGHTLY...they did win at KC last Sunday!

I'm the most STARSTRUCK person I know!

It's always great to see Robbie Takac when he stops by the station and he was in this morning promoting his MUSIC IS ART FESTIVAL which happens on Saturday (9/13) at The Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1285 Elmwood Avenue... www.musicisart.org) starting at 11am with live music performances and dance exhibitions. Robbie has always taken the time to seek me out and listen to my "rants" (I told him I want to grow up to be like him), even back in the CONTINENTAL days (2nd Floor ONLY), to his Concert a few years ago at SHEA'S (he and Johnny were most kind to me and my kids). I believe we are truly blessed to have this world-class rock and roller in our Western New York midst (and I often see his Parents at many of our remote broadcasts, they even take the time to say "hi"). You really ROCK Robbie!

A lot to LOVE about The BILLS home opener WIN!

It's always a good feeling to win a home opener, but to DOMINATE another team in all facets of the game the way The Bills did to the Seahwaks Sunday is especially satisfying! I'm going to write-in BOBBY APRIL for President Of The United States (and maybe Roscoe Parrish for VP) in November's election...it was just that good Sunday!

Next up for the Bills is a trip to Jacksonville where the JAGS will have their home opener on Sunday at 1 (The JAGS lost a close one in Tennessee Sunday so you know they'll be "up" for The Bills).

Don't let your smile fade too quickly this week...GO BILLS!

Great way to get a "surprise" birthday present...buy it yourself!

Miley Cyrus will turn 16 on November 23rd and has told everyone she wants a new car for her big day. Miley says "I definitely want to get something "bad" on the road, big enough for all my friends and to scare all the cars away from me. I'm a good driver but it's everyone else that I'm worried about!" So Miley has actually ordered the car herself so it could be here in time for her birthday in November, the 2009 Mercedes CLK 550 Cabriolet will be in Arctic White with special options that will take a while to build and ship from Germany. When the car comes in by November 23rd she can say it was a "surprise from her parents for her birthday." Don't worry, Miley can afford it, she made over $18 MILLION as HANNAH MONTANA just last year!

Forget The Bills/Lions game...Remember The Bulls Home Opener WIN!

The Bills/Lions pre-season game 4 should be EASILY forgotten, with almost NO Bills starters losing to the Lions 14-6 at the RALPH...the "bullets" will really fly when The Seattle Seahawks come in on Sunday September 7th for the Season home opener at 1pm.





Call me VERY EXCITED about The UB BULLS, Turner Gill's Team started with a big home opener WIN "blowing out" The University Of Texas-El Paso 42-17! When can you remember College Football excitement in Buffalo (trust me...it's been many, many years)!

A lot to like about The BILLS pre-season game 3!

You've got to like how the BILLS played in pre-season Game 3 beating The COLTS 20-7! The long BILLS drive in the 2nd Quarter, the "D'S" 4 interceptions, a forced fumble that Terrence McGee returns for a TD all gives hope for the Team this pre-season...but left tackle Langston Walker's injured left forearm could leave a gaping hole in the O-line unless pro-bowler Jason Peters gets back on the field before opening day on September 7th! Did you love the Colts new $720 MILLION Lucas Oil Stadium (wouldn't something like that look good on Buffalo's Waterfront)?

He's not on the WHEATIES box, but he can be on any cereal he wants to!

Kellogg's beat out the "BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS" WHEATIES for the honor of putting 8-time Olympic GOLD MEDALIST MICHAEL PHELPS on their boxes of Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes. It seems some nutritionists aren't too happy about the switch either because Frosted Flakes have three times the amount of sugar as Wheaties and one-third the fiber...but if you like Frosted Flakes Michael, you eat as much as you like...you deserve it after those 8 GOLD MEDALS (Congratulations)! Good luck in 2012 in London Michael, and I hope you win MORE Gold when you compete!