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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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Bills' McGee, Schobel may miss Chargers game


It looks like the Buffalo Bills' defense will be a bit depleted for its matchup against the high-powered San Diego Chargers offense this week.

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Rays switch to Kazmir in Game 5 against Red Sox


The Tampa Bay Rays are giving Scott Kazmir the chance to pitch them into the World Series. The 24-year-old left-hander was moved up in the rotation so he could start in the potential AL pennant clincher against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night at Fenway Park. The move keeps Kazmir on his regular rest and bumps scheduled starter James Shields to the if-necessary Game 6 at home Saturday.

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Ellis to make Sabres debut


NEW YORK … Three centers down and Matt Ellis now gets a chance to crack the Buffalo Sabres' lineup. Acquired from Los Angeles on waivers late in training camp, Ellis will make his Buffalo debut tonight against the New York Rangers.

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Bills deal McCargo to Colts for draft pick


John McCargo's underachieving days in Buffalo are over.

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MacArthur is front and center for Sabres

NEW YORK … The Buffalo Sabres have several forwards who can play both center and wing and it's a good thing for them that they do. That's because the holes in the middle keep getting wider as the injuries pile up.

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Sabres' Hecht out at least two weeks after finger surgery

NEW YORK — Buffalo Sabres center Jochen Hecht had finger surgery Tuesday and will be out for at least two weeks, the team announced Tuesday evening.

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Bona’s rise adds to region’s soccer buzz

The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer team finished last season in 12th place in the Atlantic 10 — well out of a conference playoff spot with a record not even close to .500.

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Seve Ballesteros comes through brain surgery

Seve Ballesteros was in stable condition Wednesday after the 51-year-old golf great had surgery on a brain tumor a day earlier.

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Rays tee off in Fenway

BOSTON — It’s not easy to stun an October-tested team that has won two of the last four World Series, but that’s exactly what the upstart Tampa Bay Rays have done to the Boston Red Sox.

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Cowboys land Williams; ‘Pacman’ suspended

IRVING, Texas — Roy Williams headed home to Texas on Tuesday in the NFL’s biggest trade before the deadline, giving the struggling Dallas Cowboys another proven receiver opposite Terrell Owens.

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Bob DiCesare

A few years back, when the Buffalo Bills were in dire need of a quarterback, they parted ways with a first-round draft pick to get one. It didn’t matter that the team had other areas to address. It didn’t matter that Drew Bledsoe was nearing the twilight of his career. The need was identified, the action was taken and a franchise short on optimism suddenly was injected with hope. It was a justifiable deal given the abject circumstances of the day.

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