Sports in Buffalo

Wide Right, No Goal and the Music City Miracle have come to define the suffering of Buffalo sports fans.

"[1] The city's only major championships were American Football League titles won by the Buffalo Bills in 1964 and 1965.

The major league franchise never came, although the Toronto Blue Jays would eventually play their home games at Sahlen Field in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[2] Joe Mesi was a professional boxer from Buffalo who earned the nickname "Third Franchise" during his undefeated career between 1997 and 2007 after selling out KeyBank Center and other local venues multiple times.

[3] * American Football League (AFL) championships were earned prior to the AFL–NFL merger of 1970.