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Damar Hamlin receives NFLPA Alan Page Community Award

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Bills safety Damar Hamlin is this year’s recipient of the Alan Page Community Award, as voted on by the National Football League Players’ Association, recognizing his community service, inspirational recovery from going into cardiac arrest during a game, and the outpouring of charity that followed. Hamlin was presented with the award […]

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LeBron James becomes NBA’s all-time leading scorer

The NBA’s career scoring record now belongs to a kid from Akron. Lakers star LeBron James has surpassed the record set by fellow Laker legend Kareem-Abdul Jabbar more than thirty years ago. The record-breaking feat came during the waning moments of the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder at home in the Crypto.com Arena. […]

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NBA prospect, MAC’s leading scorer Emoni Bates visits UB with Eastern Michigan

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The UB Bulls bring the nation’s longest February win streak into Tuesday night’s matchup against a visiting team featuring one of the most intriguing figures in college basketball. Emoni Bates, a 6-foot-10 wing at Eastern Michigan who was once touted as the No. 1 recruit in the country in his high […]

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Sabres sign Dylan Cozens to 7-year extension worth $7.1M annually

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Sabres secured another foundation piece Tuesday, signing center Dylan Cozens to a seven-year contract extension worth $49.7M, the team announced. Cozens, who turns 22 on Thursday, has 17 goals and 43 points through 49 games as Buffalo’s second-line center in his third NHL season. The seventh overall pick in the […]

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Jessica Pegula reveals mother Kim’s bout with cardiac arrest in June

This past June, we learned that Pegula was facing “unexpected health issues.”

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Indigenous origins of lacrosse celebrated in Banditland

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — America’s oldest team game sprouted from this territory. Revered as a gift from the Creator to be used for enjoyment, medicine, communal connection and conflict resolution, the sport of lacrosse originated more than 900 years ago, bonding the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The Senecas were known as “Keepers of […]

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Hot streaks, cool feats: UB, Bona hoops teams extend winning runs

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The February freeze didn’t cast a cold spell on the UB Bulls and St. Bonaventure hoopers’ hot streaks. UB’s victory string in the month before March Madness is now the longest in NCAA Division I men’s basketball after the Bulls won their 13th consecutive February game, 85-76 on Saturday at Western […]

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Rasmus Dahlin’s Atlantic team wins NHL All-Star Game

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Detroit’s Dylan Larkin had a hat trick, Toronto’s Mitch Marner had three assists and the Atlantic Division topped the Central Division 7-5 in the All-Star Game final on Saturday. Buffalo’s Rasmus Dahlin had a goal in the final and an assist in the Atlantic Division team’s 10-7 semifinal to cap an […]

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Sabres Rasmus Dahlin slaps 102 mph shot at NHL All-Star Weekend

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin affirmed his All-Star ability on Friday night, placing second in the hardest shot event of the NHL’s skills competition in South Florida. Dahlin, who was a late All-Star replacement for the Sabres’ most powerful shooter, Tage Thompson, clocked in at 102.3 mph on his second slap shot. […]

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Niagara comes back to beat Canisius, extending recent supremacy in basketball rivalry

LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Greg Paulus has been a part of college basketball’s most storied rivalry on Tobacco Road. Now in his fourth season coaching Niagara, he’s come to appreciate a Monteagle Ridge tradition that dates back even further. Beating Canisius. “This is a unique and special rivalry,” Paulus said after Niagara rallied late on […]

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