Talking Buffalo

On today’s milestone 150th episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran is joined by recurring guest Joe Marino from The Draft Network/Locked on Bills podcast for an extensive Buffalo Bills and NFL season preview/prediction show. They start with the Bills and discuss the reasoning and fallout of Buffalo surprisingly releasing running back Lesean McCoy last week....

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran interviews Mary Margaret Johnson of WIVB-TV Buffalo on a variety of topics that’ll give sports fans in Western New York an opportunity to know more about Channel 4 in Buffalo’s brand new digital sports reporter. They spend time talking Johnson’s childhood in Dallas where she was born and raised a Cowboys fan....

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran is joined by NYup.com Buffalo Bills writer and recurring guest Ryan Talbot to discuss the Bills exciting preseason finale win over Minnesota, put a wrap on the preseason, project the 53-man roster Buffalo will take into the regular season and much more. The two discuss happenings leading to Thursday night’s pr...

On today’s episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran meets up with Michelle Girardi Zumwalt, Senior Producer for Pegula Sports & Entertainment at one of the Western New York’s most well-known franchises, Tim Hortons for a wide-ranging conversation. From growing up in Western New York a Buffalo Bills fan to Nardin High School and eventually St. John’s Fisher C...

On this episode of the Moran-Aytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran sits down with Buffalo News Executive Sports Editor Josh Barnett for a conversation recently taped in a conference room inside News’ sports department. The two discuss several topics over the course of roughly a half hour, including steadying the ship at TBN after a tumultuous 2018 that saw massive changes to t...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran finishes his “Wings With” series by sitting down with Buffalo News veteran reporter and columnist Mike Harrington at the Amherst Pizza and Ale House for a chat on a variety of topics. After devouring pit charred Crown Royal BBQ wings on the back patio of the bar, the two had a discussion about wings including...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , the summer “Wings With” series continues as Patrick Moran meets up with Jay Skurski, Buffalo Bills beat reporter for The Buffalo News at Snyder Bar & Grill in Amherst for wings and a discussion on a variety of topics. Jay’s go-to neighborhood spot for wings, Moran had never heard of Snyder before this meet up and was blown...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran continues his “Wings With” series while visiting Buffalo, this time hooking up with hugely popular Buffalo Bills beat reporter at The Athletic, Joe Buscaglia for wings and a chat about several topics. For a second straight episode Sonny Red’s in Lackawanna played gracious host and hooked Joe B, myself and his...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran continues his “Wings With” series while still back visiting his hometown of Buffalo.  This time the spot is Sonny Red’s in Lackawanna and his guest is former Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl center and current Bills game day radio color commentary as well as ACC Network analyst, Eric Wood. Before they even dive into top...

On the episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran is hanging out and eating wings while taping live from The Audubon North i n Amherst with not one but two of his favorite guests. Tim Graham, feature writer at The Athletic and host of the Tim Graham Show on 1270 the Fan joins the show along with Jeff Boyd of the 716 Sports Podcast and also the recurring Big Bo...

On today’s episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast, Patrick Moran is joined by recurring guest Joe Yerdon, Buffalo Sabres beat writer for The Athletic in a fun conversation taped live at the Essex Street Pub on the west side of Buffalo. This is Yerdon’s third time on the podcast but first in person. In fact, just minutes before this taping is the first time the two ever met.  Once the tape started ro...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by O’Neill’s Stadium Inn , Patrick Moran hooks up with veteran WGR 550 Buffalo Bills beat reporter Sal Capaccio for an extended chat at O’Neill’s in Orchard Park, one of Moran’s favorite spots for both drinks and wings. It’s Capaccio’s third time on the podcast but the first with Moran in person after previously being his first-ever guest and...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Celluar , Patrick Moran has an extended chat with longtime fantasy football writer & analyst Evan Silva on a variety of topics. Silva discusses his early life, ranging from northern Virginia to St. Louis before ultimately going to college at the University of Marquette in Wisconsin and living in Chicago today.  He still remembers when...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran has an extended chat with Nate Geary from WGR550 on a variety of topics including a look into Buffalo Bills training camp. Before they venture into Bills camp territory Geary talks about having the opportunity along with Joe DiBiase to take over for Howard Simon on the Bills “Countdown to Kickoff” Sunday morni...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran reunites with his buddy Joe from NYC for the first time in over two months for an extended installment of “The Run In With Joe” that covers numerous topics. The two spend a few minutes with a little friendly NBA and TV show banter before diving into the Buffalo Bills as we’ve now reached the one week mark from...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular, Patrick Moran and Jeff Boyd get together for a supersized “Big Boyd Theory” segment covering the Buffalo Bills ,Buffalo Sabres and….. Seinfeld. They discuss how the Bills may distribute the percentage of snaps and carries between aging veterans Lesean McCoy and Frank Gore as well as the role rookie Devin Singletary may play....

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular, Patrick Moran kicks off what will be a recurring High School Hoops Legends series, beginning with former Buffalo Traditional star Jason Rowe, who dominated the area high school scene in the early-to-mid 1990’s. Rowe’s fourth all-time in Western New York with 2,286 points. He’s a three-time first-team All-WNY and two-time Buf...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran interviews former Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Marques Sullivan on his life, Bills career, Western New York and other topics. Despite being born in Chicago, Sullivan discusses growing up a fan of the Buffalo Bills. He didn’t even start playing football until his freshmen year of high school and still by the...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Identity Ink , Patrick Moran interviews brand new ESPN.com Buffalo Bills beat reporter, Marcel Louis-Jacques on a wide variety of topics. They talk about Louis-Jacques growing up in Sacramento a big Kings fan and discuss some of those early 2000s teams that were on the cusp of a NBA title but never got over the hump.  Marcel was a four spor...

On this packed episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Identity Ink , Patrick Moran interviews Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic in addition to an installment of the “Big Boyd Theory” with Jeff Boyd. Fairburn was on the podcast a little more than a year ago and they talk about how things have changed during that time.  For starters, Fairburn was at NYUp.com at the time and not long after...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran offers a break from sports talk by having an extended chat with Matthew Schuler, former finalist on The Voice that spans his life and career to this point. Matthew was on Season five of NBC’s Emmy award winning show and his audition resulted in the fastest four judge chair turn in the history of The Voice.  It...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran interviews Jenna Callari, sports reporter and anchor at WKBW-TV Buffalo on her life and career to this point. Callari was born and raised in Western New York (Cheektowaga) until she was 10 years old, when her family moved to Michigan.  Callari recalls the anger she and her sister felt at the time towards her p...

On today’s episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular , Patrick Moran has a fun chat with WROC-TV in Rochester sports director Thad Brown spanning his life and career. They go all the way back to Brown’s beginnings in Rochester, growing up an admitted stat nerd and a fan of the most unlikely combination of sports teams you’ll ever hear.  Brown played football and lacrosse in...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Cellular, Patrick Moran chats with WGRZ-TV Buffalo “Daybreak” co-anchor and reporter Melissa Holmes on a wide variety of topics. Born and raised in Western New York, Holmes talks about growing up in Amherst and being into musicals and dancing as a child, once dreaming of becoming a Rockette before coming to the realization she’d grow...

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast presented by Pulse Celluar , Patrick Moran is joined by Zach Sheldon AKA Maniac from Trainwreck Sports as they chat about a ton of topics. It’s Maniac’s second-ever appearance on the podcast and the two discuss the growing success of Trainwreck Sports and Maniac’s growing comfort with being behind a camera with a microphone. After landing former Buffalo...