WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS (My Friend)!!

CONGRATULATIONS to our BUFFALO BANDITS 2008 National

Lacrosse League Champions!!

In a hard fought 14-13 WIN over the Portland LumberJax at a sold-out HSBC ARENA Saturday night with MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Mark Steenuis (picture above) and a

fantastic goal-tending performance by MIKEY THOMPSON the BANDITS will again hoist

a Championship NLL Banner to the rafters of HSBC ARENA!

Congratulations again to Buffalo's ONLY professional sports team CHAMPIONS (my only regret is there were NO highlights on ESPN Sports Center)!!

Buffalo's only pro sports team going for 4th National Title!

Buffalo's only PRO SPORTS Team is going for its 4th NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSHIP on Saturday night at 7:30 at HSBC ARENA!

After winning The National Lacrosse League (NLL) Championship in 1992,

1993 and 1996 let's cheer on our Bandits to a 4th Championship against the

Portland LumberJax (who have NEVER won an NLL Championship)!

With all the BILLS (WIDE RIGHT) and SABRES (FOOT IN THE CREASE)

"woe-is-Buffalo" talk we can root for our true Championship Team...

The Buffalo Bandits lead by Mark Steenhuis (picture above)!!

I can't believe I watched the WHOLE game!

I just can't seem to get HOCKEY out of my system, even though I promised I wouldn't watch

because the SABRES are out, plenty of FORMER Sabres are still playing and I can't seem to

turn it off! Take Sunday night, game 6 of the Dallas Stars/San Jose Sharks, the 4th OVERTIME and at 2:20AM former Sabre BRIAN CAMPBELL (above left) gets a tripping penalty and The

Dallas Stars score on a powerplay to end "Soupy" and The Sharks season.

I loved that The Philadelphia Flyers eliminated the NHL's Top Scoring Team The Montreal Canadiens and a very big part of the win was former Sabre Goalie Marin Biron (center above...who in many post-game interviews seemed to mention his time in BUFFALO a lot) and Daniel Briere (above right) who was a big "player" in Philly's advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals too.

Would I be too bold to say that Buffalo's Stanley Cup ADOPTIVE Team to root for is Philadelphia?