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5th Quarter Column: NFL Draft First Round Review

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor As said on the ESPN broadcast, Maxwell Hairston is trading his Kentucky blue for Buffalo Bills blue.  At pick number 30, the Bills went with speed on the perimeter of their defense, as Hairston ran a 2025 NFL Combine-best 4.28-second 40-yard dash.  He comes in......
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Bandits win lowest-scoring game in league history, earn trip to semifinals

Matt Volz
Reading Time: 6 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor Well, that was interesting, to say the least. Let’s start with the good: the Buffalo Bandits defeated the San Diego Seals in their National Lacrosse League (NLL) quarterfinal playoff game on Saturday, April 26. Buffalo is advancing to the league semifinals for the fifth straight season,......
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From war zones to the winner’s circle: The unstoppable rise of Sembel Koshi

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMASON NEALE Special to The Leader In 2000, while pregnant with her fourth child, Mashebe Ammoda and her husband, Dawit Tilan, made the difficult decision to flee their homeland of Eritrea.  Seeking refuge from poverty and conflict, they journeyed to Ethiopia with the hope of securing a better future for......
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[SCALLION/SPORTS] Volz enlisted to help suffering Sabres

Matt Volz
Reading Time: 4 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor, New Sabres General Manager/Owner The Buffalo Sabres are going through it. They’re about to miss the playoffs for the 14th season in a row, extending their record-long drought. They’ve tried everything from different coaches to different general managers and players, but none of it has worked.......
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5th Quarter Column: Why Has it Become Harder to Watch Sports?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor Gotham Sports, Hulu, ESPN+ and Max subscriptions cost a grand total of roughly $670 per year.  That’s the amount someone living in Buffalo would have to pay in order to be able to watch every Buffalo Sabres game this season.  This may sound ridiculous, because......
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Ice hockey diplomacy: Fredonia faces Chinese National Team

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMATT VOLZ Sports Editor In international hockey, some countries are known as powerhouses. Canada is perhaps best known for the sport, but they’re often challenged by the United States, Sweden, Russia, Finland and occasionally some others. But who knew that China played the game as well? On Friday, Jan. 24,......
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5th Quarter Column: Marked short… again

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Reading Time: 4 minutesMITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor Image Property Of The Buffalo Bills In what has become my favorite tradition of the past few years, it’s another heartbreaking end to the season for the Buffalo Bills. More specifically, it came at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs for the fourth time......
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