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Longtime NFL running back Latavius Murray retires at 35
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Yahoo
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Will Buffalo Bills sing ‘Mr. Brightside' live at The Killers concert near training camp?
The Bills offseason started out with a (wedding) kiss. It could only end up like this. The Killers are playing a concert Saturday night at CMAC, just a few Josh Allen bombs from Buffalo's training camp at St. John Fisher University. And the Bills have the day off from practice. A well-timed bye from the football gods. It was meant to be. The Bills could be coming out of their locker room cages, and belting out "Mr. Brightside" live. The Killers' 2004 hit has become the team's unofficial anthem. With a healthy fourth-quarter lead at Highmark Stadium, the song blares from the loudspeakers. Bills Mafia screams the lyrics. Players sing and dance in the huddle. Will Buffalo players be fans in the stands this weekend? No one wanted to take lead vocals. 'I'm not sure yet, smiled tight end Dawson Knox, whose wedding reception ended with several teammates on the dance floor rocking out to "Mr. Brightside." "There's been some talk about it.' Fellow tight end Dalton Kincaid said "there's a chance." That pair helped elevate "Mr. Brightside" from a pop-rock classic to full-fledged Bills ritual, a musical moment players now anticipate as much as the fans. Offensive tackle Spencer Brown was as good at keeping secrets as he is at keeping pass-rushers at bay. "It's a possibility," Brown said. "Some guys were mentioning it." I didn't intend to ask the bandleader of the offense. But as I headed down an outdoor stairway next to the players' facility, someone emerged from a side door and began walking up. It felt like watching a fly route run in slow motion. Only this route ended with Allen, the NFL MVP and most in-demand man in western New York, climbing the steps toward me. No headphones. No entourage. Just a rapidly shrinking buffer of concrete. You know that long, quiet hallway feeling where no one really knows what the social norm is? Too far to greet, too close to ignore. The audible was small talk. 'Hey, you going to The Killers concert Saturday?' I asked. 'No, where is it?' he replied, pausing on the steps. 'About 30 minutes from here.' 'I didn't know that!' Allen said. 'Maybe you can afford lawn seats," I joked to the quarterback with a quarter billion dollars in guaranteed money. Destiny is calling him to open up his eager eyes. Note: Mack Hollins and his air guitar could not be reached for comment. He's an opening act in New England. Ryan Miller can be reached at rcmiller@ This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Bills players may attend Killers show to sing 'Mr. Brightside' at CMAC
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Bills unveil throwback helmet to be worn in Highmark Stadium's season finale
The Buffalo Bills will be tipping their caps - literally - to their Super Bowl era teams by wearing the same red helmets they wore at that time for the Week 18 season finale against the New York Jets. That, of course, will be the last regular-season game at Highmark Stadium. The Bills wore the red helmet from 1987 through 2001, a period when the team won six AFC East division titles, four AFC championships, and made the postseason 10 times. In a statement to the Bills website, Bills Chief Operating Officer and Rochester native Pete Guelli said, "There's no better way to celebrate our fans and honor our team's history by bringing back the red helmets. The Bills provided this region with some of the most incredible moments in franchise history in the 1990s wearing these helmets and we feel this is a great way to commemorate the closing of Highmark Stadium in our regular season finale.' Another vintage uniform look for Buffalo Bills also to be worn this season As a way to honor the teams from the early days of the franchise, the Bills will also wear the standing Buffalo helmet twice with throwback uniforms twice- on the road at Atlanta in Week 5, and then at home against Tampa Bay in Week 11. The Bills wore the standing Buffalo from 1962 through 1973 which was the first season at Rich Stadium. They switched to a charging Buffalo design for the 1974 season. Sal Maiorana has covered the Buffalo Bills for four decades including 35 years as the full-time beat writer for the D&C, he has written numerous books about the history of the team, and he is also co-host of the BLEAV in Bills podcast/YouTube show. He can be reached at maiorana@ and you can follow him on X @salmaiorana and on Bluesky @ This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Buffalo Bills to wear red helmets in Highmark stadium season finale
