SABRES: New Buffalo Sabres head coach Phil Housley, introduced at a press conference yesterday is ready to coach and build relationships with the players, John Vogl of the Buffalo News writes. YANKEES: New York is suddenly in a slump after losing their third straight on the west coast, 8-7 to Oakland in extra innings. Giovanny … Read More
Author: Patrick Moran
MoranAlytics Take: Housley Named Sabres Head Coach
The new head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, its 18th in team history is a face most fans are familiar with. The team announced today that Phil Housley got the job. Housley had been an assistant coach in Nashville since 2013 and helped guide the Predators to their first Stanley Cup final this past season. … Read More
Favorite 100 Songs of the 80s: (#46) Hall & Oates – Maneater
As a young child, there’s precious few bass guitar leads I remember more fondly than Maneater. Honestly, if the entire 4:31 had zero vocals and contained nothing else than the baseline I’d be satisfied. Of course, Darryl Hall (and I guess Oates too) do sing in it and do so quite well. This is the … Read More
MoranAlytics’ Must Reads For June 15, 2017
BILLS: Last year’s first-round draft pick, Shaq Lawson is starting to feeling more comfortable with Sean McDermott’s defense. YANKEES: New York scored three runs in the first inning but for a second consecutive night couldn’t hold against the Angels and lost, 7-5 to lose two of three in the series. Red hot catcher Gary Sanchez … Read More
Favorite 100 Songs of the 80s: (#47) Madonna – Crazy For You
Madonna is no stranger to this countdown, with Crazy For You marking her fourth appearance already, joining Papa Don’t Preach (No. 96), Borderline (88) and Like A Prayer (84). Here’s a spoiler alert—this isn’t quite the last you’ll see of Madonna either. While she’s far better known for delivering pop records that govern clubs and … Read More
MoranAlytics’ Must Reads For June 14, 2017
YANKEES: The Bombers seven game winning streak came to an end in a 3-2 extra innings loss to the Angels. The Yanks were up 2-1 late but Tyler Clippard couldn’t hold the lead. More significantly than the loss was C.C. Sabathia leaving the game with an apparent hamstring injury. BILLS: What can the Buffalo Bills … Read More
Favorite 100 Songs of the 80s: (#48) Huey Lewis & The News – Do You Believe In Love
I love me some Huey Lewis & The News, and this song is my favorite amongst many of their formidable choices. It’s also mandatory that “The News” gets their props from me. Because Lewis was the face of the group and lead singer it’s easy to only refer to them as Huey Lewis, but the … Read More
MoranAlytics’ Must Reads For 6/13/17
BILLS: A few days old but well worth reading if you haven’t already, Buffalo News reporter Vic Carucci has an excellent story on Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus finding it a challenge to play for new DL coach Mike Waulfe, who became a star as a Los Angeles Rams coach on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” … Read More
Favorite 100 Songs of the 80s: (#49) Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
Everyone knows Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” is the preeminent song to get down to. Not everyone knows is exactly how America’s unofficial humping anthem came out. It turns out Gaye was quite the pornography addict. From Songfacts.com: “The renown writer David Ritz gave Gaye the idea for this song. Gaye had a large collection of … Read More
Hot Taekery: G.O.T, Judge & WWE Sucking
Don’t ask me what I was thinking over the past six years because I can’t provide an acceptable excuse, but over this past month I binge-watched the entire six seasons of Game of Thrones on HBO. There’s not many things on television or film that get past me, considering I haven’t much of a life, … Read More