Mamie Kirkland is a giant of Buffalo history who stood only 4 feet, 6 inches. She would have loved seeing her great-great-granddaughter Londynn Jones emerge on the national stage during March Madness.
St. Patrick's Day is a week away, which makes now a fine time to read "Emerald Thread: The Irish in Buffalo." Timothy Bohen's new book is much like the Irish themselves: witty, warm and all about the storytelling.
Erik Brady looks back on the legacy of Paul Horgan, a chronicler of Southwest history who never lost his love for his hometown of Buffalo.
You can still visit the original Parkside Candy Shoppe anytime you like just by watching "The Natural."
In 1977, the Griffs pulled off a stunner of an upset against Niagara, 64-60. And then they did something 3-22 teams rarely get to do. They cut down the nets.
"City of Losers is a label that is not just untrue, it is unfunny. That's far worse. If you're going to hurl invective, at least have some panache about it," writes Erik Brady.
How unlikely was Niagara's upset of St. John's 40 years ago this week? "If we played them 100 times, that was the only night we're beating them," former Niagara coach Pete Lonergan says.
Buffalo-born author Ed Park's book, "Same Bed Different Dreams," was a finalist for this year's Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
At 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 20, 2000, snow began to fall in downtown Buffalo. Though skies were dark, snow was intermittent before intensifying after noon. By the next morning, 24.9 inches had fallen.
“What stands out about the intensity of the snowfall rates is the duration in place, when the band did not move for many
If Donald Trump wins, he will be only the second president to serve nonconsecutive terms. Grover Cleveland, of course, was the first. If he loses, he will be one of just a few former presidents to run for a nonconsecutive term and lose. Millard Fillmore, in 1856, is one.
This is the story of one of the best players in baseball history marrying a Buffalo socialite – 75 years ago today. It is also the story of a local man's chance encounter with Cobb at the City Clerk's Office a lifetime ago.
A viewing of ESPN's new "E60" documentary called "28 Outs: An Imperfect Story" led Erik Brady to recall a game in which Buffalo Bisons pitcher Frank Lary almost made history.
Author and sports historian Kenneth R. Crippen will discuss the history of Buffalo Bills football on Sept. 4 at the Buffalo History Museum.
Willis Carrier was just 25 when, working for the Buffalo Forge Company, he solved a humidity problem at a printing plant in Brooklyn by using cooling equipment to control the dew point and got a patent for his “Apparatus for Treating Air.”
Richard Hofstadter, the Buffalo-born historian, died in 1970, but his works remain just as timely in our time, especially after the assassination attempt against Donald Trump, writes Erik Brady.
The Common Council’s Legislation Committee will meet July 16 to discuss American Grain’s application, gathering community input to potentially enshrine the building as a beacon of Buffalo’s history.
"Rebel Falls" is a historical novel based on a lesser-known fact of the Civil War: Confederate spies on the Canadian side of the Falls hoped to turn the tide in the late stages of the Civil War.
Erik Brady: Remembering my father's 70th birthday – when 70 seemed old – with the gift of a lifetime
A favor from Tom Toles helped Erik Brady give his father a very special birthday gift.
Criticism of the broader Amherst Central Park plan is focusing on two project pieces: the moves of MusicalFare Theatre and Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village.
Four Western New York projects have been honored as part of the 2024 New York State Historic Preservation Awards, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
Today marks 50 years since the Buffalo Braves began their first playoff series in their fourth season. Game 6 of said series would end controversially.
You need only slip down to Sahlen Field to see the eclipse come April 8. You can see it other places, too, but where else offers the serendipity of a spot where Twain once lived — and where Bisons hit moonshots?
The Amherst Town Board has voted – at the recommendation of the town Historic Preservation Commission – to make a century-old home on Chateau Terrace in Snyder a historic landmark.
Poe was born January 19, 1809, in Boston and spent most of his childhood in Richmond. He's renowned for macabre works such as “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
No matter where you were in Buffalo 40 years ago today, there’s a good chance that a little before 8:30 p.m. you said: “What was that?”
Six years after a new photo of Harriet Tubman captured the world's imagination, another rare image of the abolitionist has been released.
Seventy-five years ago today, Don Shula was a halfback on the John Carroll University football team that beat Canisius College, 14-13, in the Great Lakes Bowl.
Once upon a time, Canisius versus Syracuse was a real rivalry in men’s college basketball. It isn’t like that anymore.