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Sabres remain winless vs. Seattle, halt hot start with 5-1 loss to conclude road trip

SEATTLE (AP) — Daniel Sprong had a goal and two assists as the Seattle Kraken beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Tuesday night. Buffalo and San Jose are the only teams that have lost three times to the Kraken since they joined the NHL as an expansion franchise last season. Buffalo has never beaten the […]

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Sullivan: Bennett grad Isaiah McDuffie ‘super excited’ for return trip to Buffalo with Packers

Isaiah McDuffie grew up as a Bills fan, dreaming of one day playing an NFL game in his hometown. Late in the summer of 2021, McDuffie got his wish when he played a preseason game in Buffalo as a Packers rookie. He played well on defense and was Green Bay’s player of the game that […]

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UB’s Marcus Fuqua receives Bronko Nagurski national award, 1st defender in Bulls history

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Marcus Fuqua snagged a share of the modern University at Buffalo football record when he made three interceptions in Saturday’s comeback win against Toledo. Fuqua has an accolade for himself now as the first UB Bull to be named Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week by the Football Writers […]

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Bills LB Tyler Matakevich tackles animal cruelty with “Show Your Soft Side”

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tyler Matakevich summed up perfectly what most people probably think will happen when they attend an animal rescue event: “Every time we end up going to some sort of event we end up leaving with a dog.” That’s exactly what happened to the Bills linebacker and special teams ace six […]

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Long basketball road coming full circle for Jamestown alum James Rojas

(WIVB) – James Rojas knows a thing or two about adversity. Rojas graduated from Jamestown High School in 2017 as a star basketball player, but didn’t see much recruitment. He ended up at Hutchinson Community College, a junior college located in Kansas. He got his college basketball career started there, blossoming into a star in […]

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Sullivan: Bills dominance makes Aaron Rodgers biggest underdog of his career

The Packers opened this week as a 10.5-point underdog to the Bills in Sunday night’s national TV game at Highmark Stadium. If the spread remains at 10 or better, it will be the first time in Aaron Rodgers’ career that he was a double-digit underdog going into any game. It’s perfectly understandable. In fact, if […]

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Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauf are 1st U.S. women pair in Top 4 since Williams sisters

Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff are the first pair of U.S. women both in the top four spots of the WTA rankings since sisters Serena and Venus Williams were up there a dozen years ago. Pegula rose two places to a career-best No. 3 on Monday, a day after winning the biggest title of her career at the Guadalajara Open in Mexico. […]

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Sullivan: Bills boast NFL’s best defense coming out of bye week

Even when the Bills don’t play, they rise. Heading into the weekend, the Bills were second in the NFL in total defense at 281.5 yards per game. But they jumped into first when the Niners gave up 529 yards of offense in a 44-23 thrashing by the Chiefs. After fattening up on some weak offenses […]

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Sabres’ Rasmus Dahlin is NHL’s 1st star of week

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Rasmus Dahlin’s ascent to NHL stardom was recognized Monday when he was selected as the league’s first start of the week. Dahin scored three goals and had two assists to help Buffalo sweep its Western Canada trip with wins at Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. He logged a plus-5 rating in averaging […]

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Sabres playing the percentages in hot start

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In the throes of an NHL-record playoff drought approaching teenage angst, the Sabres have opened the 2022-23 season as one of the best teams in the league through two weeks. Winning four of the opening five games for the third time in 12 seasons, Buffalo boasts the fourth-best goal differential in […]

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