When the Buffalo Bills welcome the Carolina Panthers to New Era Field Thursday night for the first preseason game of the 2018 season, fans watching the game at home on television will notice some changes from the broadcast booth.
Longtime sideline reporter Mike Catalana, the sports director for 13WHAM News in Rochester, has been replaced for the preseason games with Thad Brown, sports director with WROC-TV (Channel 8) in Rochester. Brown also contributes to WIVB-TV’s (Channel 4) Bills coverage in Buffalo.
Catalana had served as the sideline reporter for all of the Bills preseason games since the 2000 season.