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Buffalo what? Back-to-back champions, maybe

Matt VolzMay 14, 2024May 13, 2024

May 14, 2024May 13, 2024

MATT VOLZ Sports Editor In the sports world, Buffalo is often seen as a city of losing. Because the Bills and Sabres have never brought home their respective league championships, outsiders often see the city as a sports disaster. Don’t tell that to the Buffalo Bandits, though. Buffalo’s indoor lacrosse......

Sports

5th Quarter Column: Sabres go back to the future with Lindy Ruff

Contributor to The LeaderMay 11, 2024May 10, 2024

May 11, 2024May 10, 2024

PARKER GURNETT Staff Writer “Just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days” will be playing loudly through speakers in Buffalo. “Better Days” by the Goo Goo Dolls is, as many Sabres fans hope, what the hiring of ‘new’ head coach Lindy Ruff will bring. The hiring of Ruff comes......

Sports

5th Quarter Column: NFL Draft recap

Contributor to The LeaderMay 10, 2024May 10, 2024

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024

MITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor After three days, 257 picks and a lot of chaos, the 2024 draft season has come to an end. The Bills made a total of 10 picks, including seven between rounds two and five. As mentioned in my pre-draft article, this was an important draft......

Sports

5th Quarter Column: 2024 NFL draft preview

Contributor to The LeaderApril 23, 2024April 23, 2024

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024

MITCHELL HORUCY Assistant Sports Editor With the weather starting to get nicer and the sun being out longer, this could only mean one thing. It’s NFL Draft season. For the Buffalo Bills, this very well may be their most important draft since 2018, when they moved up and drafted Josh......

Sports

5th Quarter Column: The rise of women’s sports

Contributor to The LeaderApril 11, 2024April 11, 2024

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

MITCH HORUCY Assistant Sports Editor Ever since sports became one of the biggest sources of revenue and entertainment, it has been dominated by male athletes. However, in the last few years, women’s sports have skyrocketed in the public eye. There have been a ton of sports that have contributed to......

Sports

5th Quarter Column: End of an era

Contributor to The LeaderApril 3, 2024April 3, 2024

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024

MITCH HORUCY Assistant Sports Editor In what seemed like the inevitable outcome, Stefon Diggs has been traded from the Buffalo Bills. Diggs heads down south and joins the young, but exciting Houston Texans. The Bills are sending Diggs, a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2024-sixth round pick. In return, the......

Sports

5th Quarter Column: The madness has begun

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 27, 2024March 26, 2024

March 27, 2024March 26, 2024

MITCHELL HORUCY Assistant Sports Editor ‘Madness’ is defined as a state of frenzied or chaotic activity. When it comes to March Madness, that might be the best description possible. The 68-team, single-elimination tournament wasn’t always as grand as it is now though. The tournament was started in 1939 by Ohio......

Sports

5th Quarter Column: Even with Snow, the Drought Continues

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 6, 2024March 5, 2024

March 6, 2024March 5, 2024

MITCHELL HORUCY Assistant Sports Editor It’s April 2011. President Obama is in his first term, E.T. by Katy Perry is the number one song in America and Zach Benson is six years old. That is the last time the Buffalo Sabres played in a playoff game. This drought of 12......

Sports

5th Quarter Column: Super Bowl Prediction

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 8, 2024February 8, 2024

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024

MITCHELL HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor In what seemed like the blink of an eye, the NFL is down to its final game of the season. Throughout the past 22 weeks, 32 teams have battled it out on the gridiron. The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers are the......

Opinion

[OPINION] Lovercolumn: Establishing Relationships

Contributor to The LeaderJune 18, 2023June 12, 2023

June 18, 2023June 12, 2023

THE ELECTRICIAN Executive Producer and Host of Lovercall THE ARCHITECT Lovercall Producer Hello! We are The Electrician and The Architect: two producers of the radio show Lovercall right here at SUNY Fredonia. Lovercall is an anonymous late-night talk show about love, relationships and more. Students who come on the show......

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Buffalo what? Back-to-back champions, maybe

5th Quarter Column: Sabres go back to the future with Lindy Ruff

5th Quarter Column: NFL Draft recap

5th Quarter Column: 2024 NFL draft preview

5th Quarter Column: The rise of women’s sports

5th Quarter Column: End of an era

5th Quarter Column: The madness has begun

5th Quarter Column: Even with Snow, the Drought Continues

5th Quarter Column: Super Bowl Prediction

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