Alan Pergament: Cris Collinsworth calls claim he endorsed dirty hit against Josh Allen 'ridiculous' By Alan Pergament News TV Critic Oct 13, 2021 Oct 13, 2021 Updated Jan 17, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NBC “Sunday Night Football” analyst Cris Collinsworth is no stranger to criticism.kAm$@>6 72?D 4@>A=2:? 23@FE 9:D G@:46[ D@>6 D2J 96 42? 36 E@@ D?2C<J[ 2?5 96 :D @7E6? 244FD65 @7 36:?8 3:2D65 282:?DE E96:C E62>D @? ?2E:@?2= 3C@2542DED]k^AmkAmw6 E2<6D E92E 2== :? DEC:56 2D 6G6CJ 3C@2542DE6C D9@F=5 2?5 :D D>2CE E@ 2G@:5 C6DA@?5:?8]k^AmkAmqFE 244FD6 E96 E9C66\E:>6 !C@ q@H= H:56 C646:G6C H9@ A=2J65 6:89E J62CD :? E96 }u{ @7 25G@42E:?8 7@C 5:CEJ 9:EDnk^Am kAm}@ H2J]k^AmkAm%92E H2D AC64:D6=J H92E 96 H2D 244FD65 @7 5FC:?8 E96 q:==D’ bg\a_ G:4E@CJ @G6C E96 z2?D2D r:EJ r9:67D :? 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Q&A: Bills offensive line coach discusses Spencer Brown, Cody Ford, Dion Dawkins, depth and more Buffalo Bills offensive line coach Bobby Johnson gushed last week about Spencer Brown, saying the rookie right tackle “jumped off the tape” in…
Alan Pergament: Mannings won't work Bills-Titans; Packers-Bengals ending on WUTV explained "The NFL also would be wise to update its TV rules, which make absolutely no sense," Pergament writes.
Alan Pergament: Cris Collinsworth terrific as analyst, but as referee makes fans want to shout By the end of the Bills’ 38-20 victory over the Chiefs on “Sunday Night Football,” patient Bills fans heard Collinsworth praise just about eve…
WIVB-TV hires new anchor from Elmira station for 4 and 7 p.m. newscasts WIVB-TV (Channel 4) has hired a new co-anchor for its 4 p.m. newscast and an hourlong newscast at 7 p.m. on sister station WNLO-TV that it pla…
Alan Pergament: Bills-Chiefs may get huge 'SNF' rating locally a week after high numbers for Bucs-Pats game The Buffalo market had the highest rating outside the territories of fan support for the Patriots and Bucs.
Alan Pergament: Al Michaels expects Bills return to KC to be high-scoring but not a statement game “I don't think it is a statement game in Week 5, you still have a ton of games to play. It is nothing along the lines of a must-win," Michaels said.
Alan Pergament: WHTT's Bill Lacy, WBEN's Tom Bauerle describe breakthrough Covid battles “I would not want to have gone through this without the vaccine fighting off the worst of it,” Lacy, 69, said.
