Year Released: 1984 Notable Songs: “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, “Careless Whisper”, “Freedom”, “Everything She Wants” Album MVP: “Careless Whisper” Why I Loved It: This title is about as symbolic to an 80s act as it can get, because boy did Wham ever “Make It Big” with this album. Staying on that symbolic word, … Read More
The Buffalo Bills have signed former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Chris Ivory to a two-year contract, the team announced Tuesday morning. While the team didn’t released terms, Ian Rapoport says the deal is worth $5.5 million, with $3.25M guaranteed in the first year. Incentives would maximize the contract at $6 million. Buffalo is one of … Read More
On this week’s episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast, Patrick Moran interviews Kevin Smokler, author of “Brat Pack America: A Love Letter To 80’s Teen Movies” (8:29). They discuss Smokler’s journey to becoming a full-time writer before ultimately penning this outstanding book. They also talk about some of the 80’s teen movies featured in the book, … Read More
No one was going to leak this news before Vontae Davis himself. The cornerback tweeted #BillsMafia on this Twitter account Monday evening to indicate he was signing with the Bills. Not long after the team made it official, announcing they’ve signed Davis to a one-year contract. Davis is a big “name” and has had a … Read More
Just like last season, which happens when your team is trash, there were rumors of potentially several Buffalo Sabres players being moved at Monday’s deadline. For a second straight season, perhaps the organization and most certainly the fans were left wanting more. As everyone expected, Evander Kane was dealt—shipped off to San Jose Sharks for … Read More
On this second episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast, Patrick Moran interviews Buffalo News award-winning journalist/weekly radio sports talk host/college professor Tim Graham. They discuss the Baby Joe Mesi era—including the sometimes dirty politics of boxing, feeling downcast while writing for ESPN, returning to the Buffalo News to author life-impacting stories and add perspective to Tim’s gigs … Read More
Year Released: 1987 Notable Songs: “I Want Your Sex”, “Faith”, “Hard Day”, “Father Figure”, “One More Try”, “Monkey”, “Kissing a Fool” Album MVP: “One More Try” Why I Loved It: During the mid-to-late George Michael was straight fire. With a black leather jacket, an earring and the memorable beard Michael stylistically became a heartthrob to … Read More
This debut episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast has Patrick Moran interviewing WGR-550 radio host and Buffalo Bills beat reporter Sal Capaccio (7:40). They discuss Sal’s upbringing in Buffalo and his obsession with sports from a young age, why he chose to go to Syracuse for college, his move to Florida in the mid-1990s, what led … Read More
Year Released: 1983 Notable Songs: “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, “Time After Time”, “She Bop”, “All Through the Night” “Money Changes Everything” Album MVP: “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” Why I Loved It: Cyndi Lauper is the Gwen Stefani of the 80’s — only far, far better. Whether they were happy-go-lucky jams like “Girls Just … Read More
The debut episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast drops Monday morning and seeing I have little-to-none, it was important to have my first guest possess both professional credibility and a likeable personality. It’s a big notch in the win column for the good guys as I landed WGR-550 sports talk host and Buffalo Bills sideline reporter … Read More
