Sal Maiorana

Biographie :

Sal Maiorana is a native of Buffalo, New York and a journalism graduate of Buffalo State College, class of 1984. He is currently in his 31st year as a sports writer for the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle, and his primary beat for the past 27 years is coverage of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills, making him the longest-tenured day-to-day beat writer in franchise history.

He is a 2009 inductee into the Frontier Field Walk of Fame which honors Rochester's most decorated athletes, coaches, administrators, teams, and media personalities. He is also a two-time Rochester Press-Radio Club Sports Writer of the Year award winner, has been recognized once by the American Legion as Rochester's Sports Writer of the Year, once as the Rochester Media Association Established Professional honoree, and has won numerous New York State Publishers' Association and Gannett News Service citations for his work with the Democrat and Chronicle.

His freelance work has appeared in numerous publications and online web sites including The Sporting News, Golf World, Golf Week, USGA Journal, USA Today, PGA Magazine, Lacrosse Magazine, NFL.com, CBS Sportsline, and Pro Sports Exchange.

His broadcast work includes a regular spot on the weekly television sports talk show Thruway Sports Talk which can be seen on the Time Warner Cable Sports Network. He is also a weekly guest on two Rochester sports radio shows, Ditullio and Moran, and The Bob Matthews Show. His Twitter account can be found @salmaiorana, and his professional Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/SalMaioranaBuffaloBills.

He is the author of the following books:
* Through the Green - The Mind and Art of a Professional Golfer (1992, St. Martin's Press);
* Relentless: The Hard-Hitting History of Buffalo Bills Football (1994, 1999, Quality Sports Publications, volumes I and II);
* Thank You Sabres - Memories of the 1972-73 Season (1997, Quality Sports Publications);
* Oak Hill Centennial (1999, Hasak Publishing);
* A Lifetime of Yankee Octobers (2002, Sleeping Bear Press);
* If You Can't Join 'Em, Beat 'Em - A Remembrance of the American Football League (2003, 1st Books Library);
* Stadium Stories: Buffalo Bills (2005, Globe Pequot Press);
* Slices of Orange - Great Games & Performers in Syracuse University Sports History (with Scott Pitoniak, 2005, Syracuse University Press);
* Game of my Life - Memorable Stories of Bills Football (2005, Sports Publishing, LLC);
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