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While attending last night’s Sabres game, I noticed a few good positives that have not been existent over the past month. There was some physical play being exerted on the opposing team as well as an excellent balance of special teams. Not only did the power play come through at the most opportune time, but Buffalo did a stellar job at killing off the majority of Ottawa’s man up situations.

The Sabres dug themselves a deep hole to open up the third period with two quick penalties giving the Senators a two man advantage. It looked like Buffalo was going to come out unscathed until Peter Schaefer tied the score at 2 with only 17 seconds remaining on the PP. The entire HSBC Arena took a collective breath and knew that it was going to be yet another battle to be won or lost in the third period. This time was going to be different though as Buffalo refused to give in to a team wh…

Dave Staba

Even 13 years after the last time the Buffalo Bills played in the last football game of the season, the Super Bowl presents a bittersweet proposition.

Sweet, because it recalls nearly half a decade when the home team needed just 60 minutes of excellence, or even competence, to earn the city’s first-ever world championship in a major professional sport.

Bitter, because, well, you would have thought they could have done it even just once.

The late-January (now early-February, thanks to the ever-elongating National Football League schedule) nostalgia was stronger when you’d see Don Beebe running around in a Green Bay Packers uniform, or Cornelius Bennett roaming in the black duds of the Atlanta Falcons.

You don’t see such bizarre sights any more, since the Bills who played in Super Bowls XXV through XXVIII have all retired to careers in the fields of coaching, business, br…

Dave Staba

Two-time New York State Golden Gloves champion Excell Holmes takes on Canadian super-heavyweight champion Frankie Rill in the main event in Saturday's "Battle of the Champions" at McKinley High School at 1500 Elmwood Ave.

Holmes fights out of the Northwest Community Center Boxing Club, which is hosting the event. Some of the top amateur boxer from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Canada, Albany and Western New York square off against Canada's best in a night of amateur boxing action.

stephenjames716

Listening to the post game press conference by J.P. Losman sounded much different than the one he did at the end of last year. He was upbeat, excited and even asked for one last question. J.P. simply didn't want the season to end and he is already looking forward to next year.

Going into Baltimore nobody gave the Bills much chance to do anything against the highflying Ravens. With our up and down offense and their number one defense it was projected to be a big win for the Ravens. However the Bills hung in there, and gave a great team a tough test before they go into the playoffs. Just like we did with the Patriots, Chargers and Colts our team played tough and kept it close for a majority of the game.

Unf…

buffalorising

OK, maybe you have not had a chance to get over to Buff State for a Silverbacks game. Maybe you're looking for some incentive? How 'bout a YouTube hi-lights video to get you going?

The Buffalo Silverbacks defeated the Quebec City Kebekwa Saturday night at Buffalo State College Arena, 110-98. This is Buffalo,Aeos 7th win in their last 8 home games and perpetuates the momentum they,Aeove gained by evening their record at 7-7. After kicking off the season with a 4 game losing streak, Buffalo is on the comeback trail and leveraging their assets on the floor better than ever bef…

Dave Staba

There's no playoff berth at stake for Buffalo on Sunday in Baltimore, but that doesn't make the Bills-Ravens game meaningless.

For one thing, it will be only the second time in six games a Buffalo game is televised in the Buffalo market, with the kickoff time moved back to 4:15 p.m.

For Baltimore, a win means grabbing the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs. For the Bills, it's a simple matter of pride.

Buffalo has already won two more games than a year ago. Upsetting a 12-3 team to finish at .500 would stamp Marv Levy's first season as general manager as an unquestionable success, particularly given the non-existent expe…

buffalorising

The Buffalo Silverbacks take on the Cape Cod Frenzy Friday and the Quebec City Kebekwa Saturday at Buffalo State College Arena. During the Frenzy's last two visits to Buffalo they were handed losses that they're probably still recovering from. After the first encounter, Buffalo walked away with a 136-90 victory and Antoine Sims set the franchise record for Buffalo scoring 52 points. The next meeting was in a bid to move to the second round of the ABA (American Basketball Association) playoffs. The final score was 133-88 which propelled Buffalo to the next round. You can be sure that the Frenzy will be back looking for revenge.

The Quebec team is new to the league this year, but with a 7-3 record we're sure to have a Basketball "Battle Roya…

stephenjames716

This was the first game I was able to attend first hand and even though we didn't win, I was proud of the team that I saw take the field on Christmas Eve. There was an outside shot that if we won and others lost we could have squeaked into the playoffs. Although it wasn't meant to happen, our team continued to lay the foundation for next year.

There were many standouts on our team today. J.P. had another monster game with the exception of the last play of the game. I don't think anyone in the stadium, let alone J.P. had any idea that Coach Jauron would opt to go for it on 4th down rather than kick a field goal. That's what I think ultimately lead to such a chaotic play. Rian Lindell was a perfect 5 for 5 on the day, and I think it was a big…