Best athlete to come from the Buffalo area

[bmd69]

Bob Lanier over all of em

[annoyingmagpie]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Speaking of which...JC Tretter, Akron H.S. grad, elected to lead NFLPA: https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/..._news_headline

Nice!

How you remember these old threads (or periodically check back on them using CD) amazes me. #Dedication

[John Ranallo]

Southpaw Joey Hesketh. MLB

[bmd69]

Spahn or Lanier HOF all others not even close. sorry

[Thundarr457]

What about the Gronk? 3x Super Bowl Champ, 4x First Team All-Pro, sure HOF.

[bmd69]

Bob Lanier was great in college, was Gronkowski nope. I’d take lanier

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by bmd69

Bob Lanier was great in college, was Gronkowski nope. I’d take lanier

Good point about Lanier, as he did lead St. Bonaventure to the 1970 Final Four, but got hurt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkfG...&feature=share

[ckhthankgod]

How Christian Laettner teaches, learns, reflects in his return to Nichols School: https://buffalonews.com/sports/colle...0ef3c0435.html

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

How Christian Laettner teaches, learns, reflects in his return to Nichols School: https://buffalonews.com/sports/colle...0ef3c0435.html

More on this, College basketball great brings youth camp back to his native Western N.Y.: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/bu...his-native-wny

[ckhthankgod]

One-on-one with tennis pro and New Yorker Jessica Pegula: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...jessica-pegula