Bulletin Board
- Bulletin Board: Notes and upcoming events
Updated: 02/08/10 11:15 PMBASEBALL: The Western New York Boys of Summer travel league will hold an open coaches meeting for the 2010 season at 1 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Holiday Inn Airport, 4600 Genesee St., Cheektowaga. The league offers teams from Western New York and Southern Ontario a 16-game season plus playoffs for ages 10-under through 17-under in June, July and early August. Visit www.wnyboysofsummer.com or call Tim Crowley at 796-4700.
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- Bulletin Board: Notes and events
Updated: 02/04/10 11:37 PMThe Chautauqua Winter Games are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena.
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- Bulletin board / Notes and events
Updated: 02/01/10 10:16 PMBASEBALL: New Era Park, 3950 Broadway, Depew, will host an open house Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. Free hitting and pitching evaluations will be available. Call 681-3001 or visit www.newerapark.com. ... Sports Performance Park at Eastern Hills Mall will run daily baseball camps, clinics and indoor tournaments for players age 8-18 over the February school break. Call 565-2096 or see www.sportsperformancepark.com.
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Sports Watch
- Sports Watch / TV and radio listings
Updated: 02/09/10 6:40 AMTelevision
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- Sports Watch / TV and radio listings
Updated: 02/08/10 6:43 AMTelevision
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- Sports Watch /This week on TV
Updated: 02/07/10 6:43 AMToday
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AHL
- Ennis is MVP as Canada wins AHL All-Star Game
- News Staff and Wire Reports
Updated: 01/21/10 12:18 AM PORTLAND, Maine — Nathan Gerbe had the puck on his stick and no one between him and an empty net with 40 seconds left in the American Hockey League's All-Star Classic. His PlanetUSA team had a one goal lead and all he had to do was deposit his second goal of the night into the yawning net and the victory would be clinched.
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- Power Rankings /
Updated: 10/18/09 6:36 AMBucky Gleason ranks the NHL top to bottom
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- Portland begins AHL playoffs
Updated: 01/21/10 2:11 PMThe Portland Pirates will begin play in the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup playoffs tonight at 7:05 p.m. when they play at Providence in the opening game of the best-of- seven division semifinals.
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Auto Racing
- Money woes ease in NASCAR, sponsors seek bargains
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 02/09/10 1:20 PM With the NASCAR season revving up at Daytona International Speedway this week, companies still have a chance to associate themselves with the sport's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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- Danica will race Saturday
Updated: 02/09/10 6:40 AMDanica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.
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- Patrick to make NASCAR debut at Daytona
- The Associated Press
Updated: 02/08/10 8:05 PM Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.
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Bowling
- AREA BOWLING
Updated: 02/09/10 6:40 AMABBOTT:UAW 897—Mike Pirog 257-702, Mike Goergen 279-698, John Mentlewski 254-694, John Ochal 682, Lynn Roblee 679. Buffalo News—Bob Snyder 257-255-724, Bob Franco 700, Gary Neely 680, Bill Jayes 678.
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- AREA BOWLING
Updated: 02/08/10 6:43 AMMARINI’S SPARE TIME GRILL TRAVEL at Transit Lanes Steve Mamon 299-790, Kevin Nagel 268-736, Phil Tabi 258-729, Dean Roskwitalski 254-720, Mike Nowak 267-712. Sunday Doubles—James Johnson 279-760, Dan Antkowiak 269-717, Carl Evans Sr. 258-707, Joseph Krzyzanowski 269-684, Tony Turner 277. Saturday: at Rapids, 3 p. m.
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- AREA BOWLING
Updated: 02/07/10 6:43 AMEMBROIDME TRAVELING A at Recckio’s So. Transit 2 29, Rapids 6; Town Edge 28, Abbott 7; Island 1, Broadway 7; Tonawanda 22, Alden 13; Kenmore 19, Recckio’s 16; So. Transit 1 18, Island 2 17. Terry Selk 289-727, Pat Galligan Jr. 298-722, Jeff Stanton 300-719, Dan Stachowiak 258-719, Mark Cummings 717. Sat. at So. Transit 3 p. m.
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Boxing
- Guerrero backs out of fight to be with ill wife
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 02/09/10 5:36 PM Junior lightweight titleholder Robert Guerrero withdrew from his scheduled fight against interim titleholder Michael Katsidis this week to spend more time with his wife, who has been battling cancer.
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- Jones, Hopkins ready for fight 17 years in making
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 02/09/10 4:41 PM After nearly two decades of bitter squabbling, Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins still can't share the same table.
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- Adamek beats Estrada in heavyweight fight
- The Associated Press
Updated: 02/07/10 3:05 AM Tomasz Adamek beat Jason Estrada by unanimous decision in a heavyweight fight in his return to the Prudential Center on Saturday night.
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Fishing
- Fishing line: Lower Niagara River steelhead trout fishing picked up this past week
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News Outdoors Reporter
Updated: 02/10/10 12:36 AM Water clarity improved with the freezing over of Lake Erie, and lower river steelies, with a few more brown trout mixed in, make lower river shore casting and boat drifting enjoyable outings.
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- Fishing Line: Ice surfaces have reformed in Western New York
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NEWS OUTDOORS REPORTER
Updated: 02/03/10 12:30 AM Between bursts of high winds ice surfaces reformed and thickened in Western New York and southern Ontario.
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- Fishing line: Conditions expected to improve this weekend
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NEWS OUTDOORS REPORTER
Updated: 01/26/10 8:46 PM Thawing streams and iffy ice covering have most fishermen fishing for a place to fish. Most area shore watchers see stream and ice conditions improving by the weekend.
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Golf
- Teeing it up: This week in golf
Updated: 02/10/10 12:07 AMA capsule look at this week's professional golf events:
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- McIlroy has sore back, will play Match Play
- The Associated Press
Updated: 02/09/10 12:16 PM Rory McIlroy has stretched ligaments in his lower back, although it is not expected to affect his play or keep him from the Match Play Championship next week in Arizona.
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- Verplank, Na play themselves into Match Play
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AP Golf Writer
Updated: 02/07/10 8:47 PM Ross McGowan of England might get the final spot in the 64-man Match Play Championship, but only if Tiger Woods doesn't return from his indefinite break.
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Horse Racing
- Prominent thoroughbred owner Edmund Gann dies
- The Associated Press
Updated: 02/09/10 5:36 PM Edmund Gann, a prominent thoroughbred owner who campaigned Medaglia d'Oro and several other major stakes winners, has died. He was 86.
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- Ritchey in, Ice out as trainer of Summer Bird
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 02/09/10 3:15 PM Tim Ice is out and Tim Ritchey in as the new trainer of Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird.
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- HORSE RACING
Updated: 02/08/10 6:43 AMAqueduct results
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Lacrosse
- White gets his ‘C’ legs as leader for Bandits
- NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 02/06/10 6:59 AM You can count the number of players who have been captain of the Buffalo Bandits on one hand.
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- Around & about
Updated: 12/11/09 7:08 AM• Top-ranked Dinara Safina withdrew from next month’s Brisbane International because of a bad back, leaving her Australian Open status in doubt.
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- Bandits ink pair
Updated: 09/22/09 6:57 AMThe Buffalo Bandits have signed forward Sean Greenhalgh and defense-man Joe Smith to one-year contracts. Greenhalgh rebounded from a severe knee injury in 2008 to score 15 goals and 22 assists in 15 games last season. Smith appeared in 10 games for Buffalo in 2009, with one assist.
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Outdoors
- Bait dealers pushing to change ban
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Updated: 02/07/10 6:43 AM This is the second of a three-part series on fishery issues affecting area waterways.
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- Meetings
Updated: 02/07/10 6:43 AM• Orleans Chapter of SCOPE, Apollo Restaurant, 13939 Main St., Albion, 7 p. m., Monday. Call (585) 765-9122.
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- Notebook
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Updated: 02/07/10 6:43 AM The 13th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count begins its tally taking Friday.
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Running
- Running: Race series changes aren't taken lightly
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 02/07/10 12:07 AM "How do I get my race in The News' Runner of the Year series?"
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- Running: Founding of a race is no mean feat
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News Sports Reporter
Updated: 01/24/10 12:57 AM The area's statistical guru when it comes to running, Fritz Van Leaven, has issued a report on the 2009 season, and a category jumps out — most successful debuts. Races come and go for a variety of reasons, but new events that demonstrate an ability to attract runners from the start have a chance to display some staying power.
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- Footnotes to 5 years on the beat
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Updated: 01/10/10 6:41 AM The perception of time can change in a moment. A 10-kilometer run on a hot day can take forever, while five years can go by in a snap.
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Soccer
- Bundesliga head says WCup security a concern
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 02/09/10 4:46 PM The head of the Bundesliga says Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness was only admitting what many think privately when he cited security in South Africa as an issue ahead of this year's World Cup.
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- IOC, USOC begin talks on improving relations
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 02/08/10 11:55 PM U.S. and international Olympic leaders opened discussions Monday in a bid to improve relations and settle the financial issues that have isolated the Americans from the rest of the Olympic movement.
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- Terry dropped as England's soccer captain
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 02/05/10 6:22 PM John Terry was dropped as England's soccer captain by coach Fabio Capello on Friday, a week after allegations became public that the defender had an affair with the former girlfriend of teammate Wayne Bridge.
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Summer Sports
- Dragila retires
Updated: 09/10/09 7:03 AMFormer world and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila ended her 14-year pole vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation athletics meet in Paris.
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- Chula Vista moves along
Updated: 08/28/09 6:41 AMNick Conlin scampered home from third on a wild pitch to give Chula Vista, Calif., an 11-10 win over Warner Robins, Ga., to advance to the U. S. championship game of the Little League World Series.
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- Long jump for Bolt?
Updated: 08/28/09 6:41 AMIt may be time to extend those sand pits because Usain Bolt is considering the long jump.
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Tennis
- Haas, Phau, Becker advance at San Jose
- The Associated Press
Updated: 02/10/10 2:34 AM Tommy Haas remembers when his first-round opponent, wild-card Devin Britton, was a ballboy. Then he watched him develop into a professional player.
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- McEnroe says Federer is best men's player ever
- The Associated Press
Updated: 02/09/10 2:00 PM John McEnroe thinks Roger Federer is the best men's tennis player of all time.
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- Bellucci beats Monaco for Movistar title
- The Associated Press
Updated: 02/07/10 11:25 PM Thomaz Bellucci won the Movistar Open with a 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 win over Juan Monaco.
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Winter Sports
- Russia urged to get tougher on drug cheats
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 02/09/10 6:40 AM VANCOUVER, British Columbia — International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge urged Russia on Monday to get tougher on drug cheats, voicing his concern at the high number of doping cases among Russian biathletes and cross-country skiers.
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- Snow job continues
Updated: 02/09/10 6:40 AMVANCOUVER, British Columbia — If the United States Olympic moguls team is worried about the conditions at Cypress Mountain, it doesn’t show.
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- Youth hockey: Aging rink puts West Seneca programs at disadvantage
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 02/05/10 11:41 PM Lee Stempniak. Patrick Kaleta. Patrick Kane. Aaron Miller.
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WNBA
- Lynx star Augustus says she'll be ready for season
- The Associated Press
Updated: 02/09/10 5:01 PM Minnesota Lynx star Seimone Augustus is on track to start the WNBA season.
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- Shock may make move without 2 All-Stars
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AP Sports Writer
Updated: 02/09/10 12:00 PM One of the last things the Detroit Shock did before they moved to Oklahoma was announce that All-Stars Deanna Nolan and Katie Smith had agreed to contract extensions.
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- Lynx re-sign star Seimone Augustus for long term
- The Associated Press
Updated: 02/08/10 4:45 PM The Minnesota Lynx have signed two-time WNBA All-Star Seimone Augustus to a multi-year contract.
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All Other Sports
- Cup race postponed
Updated: 02/09/10 6:40 AMThe opening race of the 33rd America’s Cup between two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland and American challenger BMW Oracle Racing in Valencia, Spain, was postponed Monday because of unsteady wind.
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- Lirio's a tireless tennis advocate
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 01/30/10 10:58 PM Maria Lirio is the tennis program specialist for the United States Tennis Association's Eastern Sector of the Western and Northern Regions that encompasses all of the areas from Buffalo to Albany in New York. Lirio does a phenomenal job of providing information for players in joining leagues, tournaments, participating in fund raisers, and promoting the "Tennis on Campus Championships."
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- Stampede 'jumped the gun' on announcement of Stokes signing
- News Staff Reports
Updated: 01/30/10 11:02 PM The Buffalo Stampede has made its share of gaffes on the basketball court during its brief history, but the second-year Premier Basketball League team made a huge off-court one Thursday.
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