August 9, 2012 - 8:41 AM
By Tim Graham
Tonight's preseason opener against the Washington Redskins is not nearly sold out and won't be televised live on local stations.
The tape-delay TV schedule for local markets (and NFL Network):
* Buffalo, WKBW Channel 7 -- Friday 8 p.m.
* Rochester, WHAM Channel 13 -- Friday 8 p.m.
* Rochester, CW-WHAM Channel 16 -- Saturday 3 p.m.
* Syracuse, WTVH Channel 5 -- Saturday 8 p.m.
* NFL Network -- Friday 4 p.m.
Tim Graham returned to The Buffalo News in 2011 after covering the NFL for three years at ESPN and for one year at the Palm Beach Post. Before that, the Cleveland native spent seven seasons on the Buffalo Sabres beat for The News and was president of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
@ByTimGraham | tgraham@buffnews.com
Buffalo native Mark Gaughan started working at The News in 1980 and has been covering the Bills exclusively since 1992. He is president of the Pro Football Writers of America, and he is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee.
@gggaughan | mgaughan@buffnews.com
Jay Skurski joined The News in January 2009. The Lewiston native attended St. Francis High School before graduating from the University of South Florida. He writes a weekly Fantasy column in addition to his beat writing duties.
