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Division I athletes need to be paid

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 6, 2017

December 6, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor “They’re already getting scholarships.” “There’s no way to pay fairly.” “There’s no reason to pay athletes that aren’t professionals.” I have heard it all and am absolutely sick of it. The NCAA is a billion dollar industry, and at this point there is no reason......

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Athletic director search comes to a close: Jerry Fisk named next Fredonia athletic director

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 6, 2017

December 6, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager Assistant Sports Editor After several months of seeking potential candidates, Fredonia has chosen its next athletic director, Jerry Fisk. The announcement came on Nov. 9, but the search itself began long before this. The national search to replace former Athletic Director Greg Prechtl began......

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Opinion: Should Division III athletes earn athletic scholarships?

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 29, 2017

November 29, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor The big debate in college sports right now is whether or not Division I athletes should be paid for their contribution in sports and for bringing in money to schools. Another question that isn’t as popular, but is as important, is whether Division III athletes......

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Circling the Wagons: Bills still in the playoff hunt, somehow

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 29, 2017

November 29, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor There is perhaps no team more infuriatingly inconsistent in the National Football League than the Buffalo Bills. A 5-2 start to the season had the fans singing praises of the team under new head coach Sean McDermott. McDermott was identified — way too quickly — as......

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Sabres in last place of division

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 29, 2017

November 29, 2017

AIDAN POLLARD Staff Writer The Sabres have managed to put themselves behind the Florida Panthers in the last place spot of the Atlantic Division. The Sabres are sitting on 16 points with 24 games played, and the Panthers have 18 points in 22 games. The team suffered a seven-game losing......

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Fredonia football: Most popular sport in America unlikely to come to campus anytime soon

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 29, 2017August 17, 2019

November 29, 2017August 17, 2019

ANDREW RICHARDSON Special to The Leader Football is the country’s most popular sport. Though Fredonia has never fielded a team of its own, the campus did host the Buffalo Bills’ summer training camp in the 1980s and ‘90s. The idea of a football team on campus is appealing to......

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The Sabres keep themselves out of last place

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

AIDAN POLLARD Special to the Leader The Buffalo Sabres have played three games in the past week. On Tuesday they won against the Capitals 3-1, on Friday they lost to the Panthers 4-1 and on Saturday they lost in overtime to the Canadiens in a 2-1 game. For the......

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Christian Krasnek, the diving mortician

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager and Assistant Sports Editor “Every meet is a funeral.” Those are the words that Christian Krasnek, a sophomore member of the Fredonia men’s diving team lives by. Why? “Because I’m going to kill it,” he said. It certainly seems as though Krasnek is taking......

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Dancing with the Athletes: Athletes team up with dancers to raise money for Moving Miracles

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Assistant Sports Editor On Nov. 12, in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room, the Student Dance Organization held their fifth annual Dancing with the Athletes event. The event was for charity, a non-profit organization called Moving Miracles that assists individuals with special needs in dance, creative movement, music......

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Circling the Wagons: Tailgating a saving grace for Bills fans

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 15, 2017

November 15, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor Seventeen years of mediocrity. I regularly find myself wondering how the entirety of the Buffalo Bills’ fan base — myself included — is capable of rallying each and every Sunday during the fall to go out and support one of the NFL’s saddest franchises. Perhaps......

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Division I athletes need to be paid

Athletic director search comes to a close: Jerry Fisk named next Fredonia athletic director

Opinion: Should Division III athletes earn athletic scholarships?

Circling the Wagons: Bills still in the playoff hunt, somehow

Sabres in last place of division

Fredonia football: Most popular sport in America unlikely to come to campus anytime soon

The Sabres keep themselves out of last place

Christian Krasnek, the diving mortician

Dancing with the Athletes: Athletes team up with dancers to raise money for Moving Miracles

Circling the Wagons: Tailgating a saving grace for Bills fans