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At 2 p.m. on Friday, Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., home to the Buffalo Bills, was covered in snow. Mounds of white powder were piled high across the stadium, obscuring signs, burying seats and blocking the tunnels that lead from the locker rooms to the field. But the Bills, set to face the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in the second round of the National Football League playoffs, had a plan. Ethan Cuddihy, 23, a Buffalo native and a lifelong Bills fan, was more than willing. The team’s beloved quarterback, Josh Allen, had already given him so much; it was only right that Mr. Cuddihy return the favor, he said.

Persons: Highmark, shoveling, Ethan Cuddihy, Josh Allen, Cuddihy Organizations: Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, National Football League, Bills Locations: Orchard Park, N.Y, Buffalo

☆ In Wheelchair Football, Camaraderie Comes With Metal-on-Metal Contact
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Matt Higgins | Jalen Wright | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Then, last October, one of Broad’s physical therapists urged him to attend a local wheelchair football game. He had spent long months of grueling rehabilitation regaining use of his left arm so that he could push a wheelchair. He wondered, What would touch football on wheels look like anyway? In an arena crowded with rowdy spectators, Broad watched the Buffalo Bills Wheelchair Football Team bombard its way to a 13-6 win over visiting Cleveland. He was especially enthralled by the contact — the clash of metal echoing through the arena as players collided, sending two chairs and the ball airborne from the impact.

Persons: Dawson Broad, hadn’t, Broad, ’ ” Organizations: Buffalo, Buffalo Bills Wheelchair Football Team, Cleveland Locations: Buffalo

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