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Top five storylines of the NFL season

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 13, 2019

February 13, 2019

RYAN DUNNING Special to The Leader This past NFL season saw many major storylines that shaped the way the league played out this year. From unexpected heroes to familiar superstars, these are the top five storylines of the 2018-2019 NFL season. The Jon Gruden Yard Sale After signing......

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Blue Devils come up short in Pink the Rink

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 13, 2019

February 13, 2019

KEVIN SIRACUSE Special to The Leader The Fredonia Blue Devils’ comeback came up short Saturday night. Fredonia fell to the Plattsburgh Cardinals 3-2 after scoring a goal in the third period. The Blue Devils found themselves down 2-0 late in the second period before senior forward Jimmy Morgan scored......

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NBA trade deadline winners & losers

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 13, 2019

February 13, 2019

ANTHONY GETTINO Special to The Leader This past Thursday marked the end of the NBA trade deadline for this season. While this doesn’t end the movement of players from team to team, it marks the end of the movement of bigger names and starters. As with any trades, there......

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Fredonia athletics update: Winter Sports

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 13, 2019

February 13, 2019

JORDAN-CHRISTOPHER PURVIS Staff Writer Fredonia’s winter sport teams are preparing to close out their regular season and are beginning to prepare for playoffs. Men’s and women’s basketball will both head up north to face off against Buffalo State this Saturday in their last game of the season. The games......

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Fredonia athletics celebrates Pink Week

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 13, 2019

February 13, 2019

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Pink the Rink wasn’t the only pink athletics event happening on campus this week. Alongside the Fredonia-Plattsburgh hockey game on Saturday, the athletics department dedicated the entire week to the cause of fighting breast cancer with a “Pink Week” leading up to the game. Since......

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The WORST: A depressing overview of The Super Bowl

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 8, 2019

February 8, 2019

RYAN DUNNING Special to the Leader Five months ago, we found ourselves in a familiar position. A new NFL season, a fresh start. Fans of every team, hopeful that this year will be their year, and then fans of the Jets and Bills preparing for another year of sadness......

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Pure magic: A look into UB’s basketball season thus far

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 8, 2019

February 8, 2019

ANTHONY GETTINO Special to The Leader College basketball is a sport that almost everyone during March enjoys to watch. It doesn’t matter what team is playing who, just the thrill of watching all these teams playing back to back to stay alive is exhilarating. Most years, New Yorkers have......

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Sabres struggle for relevance as a bigger comeback story dominates the league.

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 8, 2019

February 8, 2019

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor Weird things have been happening in the NHL these past two seasons. Buffalo was the talk of the league from the pre-season through the entire fall. Now that their hot-streak has settled, they’re overshadowed by an even stronger Cinderella story. After acquiring star two-way defenseman......

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Is drug testing Division III athletes worth it?

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 8, 2019September 2, 2019

February 8, 2019September 2, 2019

Every athlete has to agree to random drug testing to be in compliance with NCAA regulation. There’s no changing that. But how worth it is it to drug test Division III athletes? It makes sense at Division I and Division II schools to test for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) like......

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What’s going right in Fredonia hockey?

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 13, 2018September 2, 2019

December 13, 2018September 2, 2019

AIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor “It’s hard to know,” said Fredonia Strength and Conditioning Coach Jon-Ryan Maloney. The Blue Devils are 8-2-2 after their two-game weekend at SUNY Canton. They are 5-1 in The SUNYAC conference, having suffered their only loss to the No. 2 ranked Geneseo. “I think it starts......

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Top five storylines of the NFL season

Blue Devils come up short in Pink the Rink

NBA trade deadline winners & losers

Fredonia athletics update: Winter Sports

Fredonia athletics celebrates Pink Week

The WORST: A depressing overview of The Super Bowl

Pure magic: A look into UB’s basketball season thus far

Sabres struggle for relevance as a bigger comeback story dominates the league.

Is drug testing Division III athletes worth it?

What’s going right in Fredonia hockey?