Why would the Bills be on the verge of selling 50,000 season tickets for the first time since the last of the four Super Bowl years in 1993? How come, in the midst of persistent mediocrity and unrealized expectations, would interest in this team be at the highest point in a generation?

For left tackles and quarterbacks his name was a synonym for nightmare. Just saying Bruce Smith out loud would make an offensive coordinator shudder. But for Bills fans the name meant dominance and above all sacks. Now almost five years after establishing himself as the league's all-time sack leader, Smith's name will become the 25th added to the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame.

Brooks Little, the all-time leader in receptions at The University of South Dakota, has been invited to a tryout with the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, May 17.

CAMDENTON - Hometown Hog Jason Whittle has inked a one-year deal to play for the Buffalo Bills for a second straight year and will begin his 10th season as an interior offensive lineman in the NFL.

Whittle spent most of the 2007 season on injured reserve with a torn hamstring he suffered in Week 3.

Did the Bills wait too long in the recent NFL draft to take a tight end that can help spark their 30th-ranked passing game? Club officials don't believe so. Derek Fine, a 6-3, 250-pound fifth-year senior who helped Kansas win a school-record 12 games last fall, was selected in the fourth round by Buffalo 132nd overall and the 10th tight end overall.

The Bills continue to discuss a contract extension for four-year veteran WR Lee Evans and their agreement to play a series of games in Toronto has to help their cash flow.

The Bills have added two more quarterbacks to their roster to round out the competition heading into offseason workouts and training camp. They are Matt Baker, who has spent time with Miami, Houston, Arizona and New Orleans the past two seasons and college free agent Luke Drone of Illinois State. That gives Buffalo five quarterbacks with Trent Edwards and J.P. Losman firmly entrenched as No. 1 and 2.

KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: The rookie has two bags, an MP3 player and a ticket he's eyeballing like a straight-flush poker hand. He fetches a ride with his girlfriend, because his old green clunker died months ago. She tells him she loves him, and that she'll see him in three days.

They know, as they say goodbye in a crowded hallway near the security gate, that his life is about to change.

A federal judge in Virginia has ordered imprisoned NFL quarterback Michael Vick to repay more than $2.4 million to a Canadian bank for defaulting on a loan.

The Royal Bank of Canada sued Vick in September, arguing his guilty plea to federal dogfighting charges and the resulting impact on his career prevented him from repaying the loan.

It looks like the New England Patriots spied on more of their opponents than previously thought, including the Buffalo Bills.

ESPN.com reports, former Patriots employee Matt Walsh has turned over videos requested by the National Football League.