Damar Hamlin was in the building, and Buffalo’s hopes were high Sunday, but the storybook ending never came.
The cofounder of Store716 stood inside a Buffalo sports paradise. It was Sunday morning, and he was strolling past T-shirts printed with slogans that spoke to the magnitude of the afternoon ahead. Favorites include:
AVENGE THE 90s
BUFFALO VS. EVERYBODY
JOSH F*CKING ALLEN
WIN THE WHOLE DAMN THING
David Gram, the store’s co-founder, was born here, grew up here, went to college here and stayed here. He never considered leaving. Instead, while working at an advertising agency, he started a sports-gear side hustle with a colleague and fellow diehard.