If recent history is any indication, the Buffalo Sabres have an excellent opportunity to pick up their second victory of the young season when the rival Toronto Maple Leafs take the First Niagara Center ice tonight. The home team has won the past 11 times the teams have faced off, and 19 of the past 21...

The field is set for the Section VI high school football playoffs, beginning with quarterfinal action this weekend. The semifinals are next weekend, and the Section VI championship for each classification to be held at Ralph Wilson Stadium on November 5th and 6th. ...

Shockwaves were sent through both the NFL and Western New York community Tuesday evening, when a TMZ report claimed former Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson wrecked his black Corvette sports car after “drag racing” with former Bills and current Seattle Seahawks teammate Marshawn Lynch. According ...

This offseason, the primary storyline for the Buffalo Bills was slated to be the addition of defensive-minded head coach Rex Ryan taking an already stout defense and inserting them into the historical elite conversation. Hardly uncommon over the summer were written and vocal comparisons to the 2000 Baltimore Ravens (a team Ryan was on staff for), and even the 1985 Chicago Bears...

With the way West Seneca West has struggled in recent years, it wouldn’t appear their regular season finale against crosstown rival West Seneca East would mean anything other than pride. However, with an upset victory at Lake Shore last week, West actually put themselves in position where an upset victory over the Trojans could land them in the Section VI playoffs. E...

It’s not the first time he’s done it and it probably won’t be the last, but yet again Jaromir Jagr brought “Throwback Thursday” to the NHL stage. The ageless, 43-year young wonder scored the game’s first two goals—the 124th time in his career he’s recorded multiple tallies, and added an assist as the Florida Panthers disposed of the Buffalo Sabres, 3-2 Thursday evening in front of embarrassingly s

The Buffalo Bills have been hit hard with injuries early in the season, particularly to the offense, and it keeps getting worse.  Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News reported this morning the team is concerned about the ankle of starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor; a report that quickly gained traction after the team cut kicker Billy Cundiff and signed quarterback Josh Johnson. ...

When Buffalo Sabres general manager Tim Murray drafted Jack Eichel on June 26th and moments later swung a trade for Ryan O’Reilly, surely he envisioned games when the pair would be the best players on the ice. Against the Columbus Blue Jackets, ironically on Columbus Day, that was positively the case. O’...

The Buffalo Sabres have dropped the first two games of their 2015-16 NHL season and I must confess—I’m feeling weird about it. From opening night last season through their 81st game, ironically against this afternoon’s opponent, I was more than a little upfront with my desire to see the Sabres lose. Armed with knowl...

The Rex Ryan honeymoon was nearly over. Let’s be honest here. If the 2015 Buffalo Bills were any legitimate threat to end the organization’s 15-year playoff drought, then beating the Tennessee Titans and their rookie quarterback Sunday was outright necessity.  Whether i...

Homecoming brought nearly everything to West Seneca East high school Friday night.  It brought them a raucous crowd that had their bleachers very close to capacity.  It brought them one of the better halftime firework shows you’ll see anywhere. Regrettably...

Despite dismantling Andrew Luck’s Indianapolis Colts in the opener and Miami on the road in most convincing fashion two weeks later, the Buffalo Bills find themselves armed with cause for concern.  Key injuries, undisciplined penalties and to be frank, a measure of underachieving from what’s perceived as the team’s biggest strength has the Bills at 2-2 through a quarter of the regular season, and