Football

The Buffalo Bills have banned beer sales for all Rich Stadium playoff games, hoping to head off another goal post-wrecking outburst such as the one after last Sunday’s game.

The Bills will also beef up their security to stop the “thuggery” that followed the team’s AFC East-clinching 24-14 victory over Miami, General Manager Bill Polian said.

Besides destroying the goal posts, which will cost about $7,000 to replace, some fans apparently used knives to cut out portions of the artificial turf, Polian said. He said several fans and security guards were injured in the melee.