During a Philadelphia Eagles practice last week, U.S. Women’s Soccer star Carli Lloyd hit a 55-yard field goal with room to spare. The video went viral. Like everyone who watched it, I was in awe. At first, the overall sense was...
Lyndsey D'Arcangelo is a writer for The Athletic Buffalo. She has contributed toDeadspin, The Ringer, espnW, Vice Sports, The Buffalo News, and more.
It’s official. Nathan Peterman is the Buffalo Bills starting quarterback. And my feelings are, well, muddled. I’m just not invested in this relationship. Sure, Peterman has shown some flashes during preseason and he has all the int...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.—As practice winds down in the Buffalo Bills' ADPRO Training center, 34-year-old Kyle Williams runs through last-minute defensive end drills like a giddy little kid. He pushes and shoves some of his teammates, laughing...
It felt like I was getting ready for an afternoon of sledding with my friends, instead of a football game. The forecast for the Buffalo Bills late-season matchup against the Indianapolis Colts last Sunday was ominous. The temp was low thirties, but the...
When I was eight years old, my twin brother tried out for youth football. I was jealous. I wanted to play, too. I had tagged along with my brothers and their friends, playing tackle football in vacant yards behind schools and other office buildings. I kne...
Midway through the first quarter of Sunday’s Buffalo Bills home opener against the New York Jets, my 72-year-old father turned around to face the guy sitting directly behind us at New Era Field. “Hey bud,” he said politely, but also very fatherly...