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Buffalo will embrace diva if he wins

By Tim Graham
ESPN.com

Friday, March 13, 2009

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The importance of sports is immediately obvious upon swinging open the door to Mayor Byron Brown's city hall offices. A framed Buffalo Sabres jersey hangs with the same prominence as the mayoral portraits of Grover Cleveland and Jimmy Griffin. The cabinet next to Brown's conference table is stuffed with memorabilia: A Buffalo Bills helmet signed by Andre Reed, basketballs autographed by Bob McAdoo and Earl Monroe, a Buffalo Braves logo personalized by Dolph Schayes, Randy Smi ...

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