Helter Skelter
“When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide. Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride.” — The Beatles With 44 seconds left in the third period of a tie game, Kevin Porter lined up...
View ArticleThe Formula
My fury’s rising faster than bus fare. Can someone clarify why there’s no structured narrative? No neat storyline to explain? — Exiles Among You, The Weakerthans Jon K. Samson’s Jets all but ended the...
View ArticleThe Noosphere
“I’m not like you. I’m not. I’m not. All the things you do, I do a better version of all those things.” — Louis C.K., Live at the Beacon Theater This is a comedian making a joke about flying first...
View ArticlePress Zero
Darcy Regier spoke of suffering on Monday, as if hockey was a thing worth suffering for. We speak of war metaphors and the agony of defeat in sports but when true suffering occurs in the real world,...
View ArticleThe Lens
Raffi Torres watched the opening faceoff from the left wing in Vancouver on Wednesday night and promptly took a stick to the face. Torres, in the starting lineup for the six-seeded Sharks, played...
View ArticleBounce
The ice was tilted in Nassau County on Sunday, and it wasn’t because of poor arena construction. The New York Islanders—sent adrift by the Buffalo Sabres in five games in the yesteryear of 2007—once...
View ArticleSouth by Midwest
If you live in Buffalo and the Cup is in the building, you watch a champion get crowned on CBC. In a league where American cities win titles and American players now routinely win the Conn Smythe, the...
View ArticleTruckloads and Trash Bags
Canadians visiting Western New York make a habit of throwing garbage where it doesn’t belong. On Saturday they continued that proud tradition by first littering mall parking lots and later the ice at...
View ArticleRoostCast 115: Get Woke
In this episode, Ryan is joined by The Defenseman to talk about college newspaper drama, the ETHICS OF TANKING, the unintended consequences of rule changes in the NHL, and getting rid of the loser...
View ArticleRoostCast 119: This Is It
In this episode, Ryan and The Defenseman talk about the life and death of great Twitter accounts, great boxing writers and why Mayweather/Pacquiao made everyone feel like a bad person for caring about...
View ArticleRoostCast 128: High-Risk Activities
Ryan and The Defenseman talk about the New York presidential primary, the last basketball game played by old snake Kobe Bryant, the Warriors hitting 73 wins, and the differences between how hockey and...
View ArticleRoostCast Episode 21: Smooth Moves
In this week’s episode, Ryan and Corey discuss the recent turnaround by the Buffalo Sabres powered by one Thomas Vanek, as well as the Sedin twins, a Bills win at home, and Professor Fitzpatrick. The...
View ArticleOh My God I Can Feel My Brain Inside Of My Skull
by Corey courtesy AP Three days of rest and drainage and I believe that I have recovered from a nasty cold that took a grand tour of my respiratory system. During that time the Bills won and the Sabres...
View ArticleCrack Staff
By Corey Really, what was the point? I ask this with no credentials in public relations or business management. Maybe there is something in those schools, maybe there is a class Larry Quinn took that I...
View ArticleRun The Offense
by Corey Coaches are ruining my mojo. This is not a quote from Allan Iverson. I am becoming more convinced by the day that the only job of a coach is to make sports less fun to watch. As a spectator I...
View ArticleAlchemy
by Corey courtesy AP A refreshing breeze of abject failure after a hope inducing spurt of production from your local hockey team. Such is the breaks. Does a two game skid on the road spell doom for our...
View ArticleRoostCast Special: Year In Review Type Crap
International Recording Artists Hall and Oates Corey and Ryan feel obligated to talk about the year that just past. Because this was posted after the New Year’s and the imbibing of some spirits, Hall...
View ArticleRoostCast Episode 28: Rough Days
Getty ImagesRyan and Corey go over things that don’t matter, like the Sabres victory in Phoenix, the recent play of Drew Stafford, and the NFL Playoffs. They also go into things that do, like the...
View ArticleRandom Saturday Things On A Sunday: Traumatic Brain Injury Edition
by Corey So my brother Jason and I were hanging out this evening after taking in a 7-0 thrashing dealt out by FC Buffalo. Seriously, it was a tragic affair for the Buxmont Torch. The Torch are a new...
View ArticleRoostCast Episode 44: The Lost Weekend
It’s been a while since we sat down to record a podcast, but after that weekend that was it felt like the right time to pull the trigger. Ryan and Corey talk Bills, Sabres and the chaos in Happy...
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