If you’re reading this, Lindy Ruff… it’s time to give Ryan Miller some time away from the ice.
Miller won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s best goaltender last year.  This season, Tom Barrasso has a better chance of coming out of…

Valentine’s Day came early on Sunday at the Buffalo Zoo. For a few lucky visitors, that meant puckering up for a sea lion.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo firefighters responding to a house fire in Buffalo came away heroes, at least to the woman who lived there. She wasn’t home at the time, but her two dogs were inside.

Both the Powder Keg Winterfest and the Labatt Blue Pond Hockey Tournament wrapped up in downtown Buffalo on Sunday. YNN’s Kate McGowan spoke with Western New Yorkers who faced the winter conditions for family fun and hockey.

The New York State DEC is accepting applications for the Day-old Pheasant Release Program. This program, which is just over one hundred years old, has recently been enthusiastically attempting to counter the 90% decline in the ringed-neck pheasant popu…

Saturday night saw a sold out crowd welcome the fighters of the Strikeforce heavyweight Gran Prix to The Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.  This event is a three night tournament taking place over several months that will see eight of the wo…

There is a mindset change when you hit “Send.” There has to be. Before that small finger twitch onto the left mouse button, competing in your first Triathlon was just a wild idea, an admirable goal, a new challenge to overcome. But once you actually sign up, plunk down your credit card, and circle the date on the [...]

Thirteen Western New Yorkers arrived in Africa Sunday on a medical journey to help save lives.

As we head down the stretch of the 2010-11 Western New York high school basketball season and into the playoffs, we did a little research to find out how some of the biggest stars from last year’s teams are doing in their first year of college.
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An overtime goal by freshman Ryan Rashid gave the Niagara men’s hockey team (16-11-3, 13-9-1 AHA) a 5-4 victory over the host Air Force Falcons (12-11-6, 10-7-6 AHA) at a sold out Cadet Ice Arena on Saturday night.
Rashid was in the right place a…

When Jamestown and Williamsville North met last Tuesday, freshman guard Sterling Taplin was dismantling the Red Raiders with 34 points as North handed them their first ECIC I loss of the season in overtime.  In the rematch Saturday evening,  Jamestow…

This weekend marks the second anniversary of the crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence Center. All 49 people on board and one person on the ground were killed. Following the crash, the victims’ families started a push in congress to help improve air travel …

The University at Buffalo men’s basketball team dropped a 78-65 decision at Eastern Michigan on Saturday afternoon. Javon McCrea led three Bulls in double-figures with 17 points and added seven rebounds and a pair of steals.
Zach Filzen scored 14…

Andrew Nicholson paced the Bonnies (13-10, 5-5 Atlantic 10) with 24 points, Marquise Simmons recorded a new career high 18 and Demitrius Conger added 15 in the second half as St. Bonaventure cruised to an 82-61 win over La Salle (12-14, 4-7) Saturday a…

Buffalo Bandits star John Tavares has had an illustrious 19-year career in the National Lacrosse League. He added to that with his 700th career goal scored at the 9:37 mark of the first period in a clash against the Philadelphia Wings Saturday night.
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