Buffalo News

Must-see game?

The Bills announced that the first three games on the schedule are sold out already due to pre-sales of group and individual-game tickets to season ticket holders. The home-opener for almost every team is a sellout in the NFL. This year for the Bills it comes after the season-opener at New England. The second game brings Drew Brees and the NFL's No. 1-ranked offense to The Ralph. The third game was sure to sell out since it's against nearby Clevleand. Houston, the fourth home opponent, probab...

Monday's OTA

Bills sign RB

Sporting News: Jauron No. 18

Today's online issue of the Sporting News ranks all 32 NFL coaches. Bills coach Dick Jauron is No. 18. The ranking was compiled by "RealScouts," Sporting News Today's team of former NFL scouts. New England's Bill Belichick is No. 1, followed by Tom Coughlin (Giants), Andy Reid (Eagles), Jeff Fisher (Titans) and Mike Tomlin (Steelers). The bottom nine coaches are all of the newly-hired coaches in the NFL this season, with Denver's Josh McDaniels ranking last. Among incumbent coaches, Sporting ...

Flynn will work out with Kings

MAC: Eight teams will advance to Cleveland

The Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents approved several recommendations of the league's Joint Committee at its annual spring meeting Monday in Cleveland. The Presidents approved a recommendation to retain a 12-team men's and women's basketball tournament format with only eight men's and women's teams advancing to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland following first-round campus site games. The approved format will be in place for a two-year period (2010 and 2011). Beginning in 2012, th...

The guys who ruin fantasy leagues

In Sunday's Fantasy Sports column, Jay Skurski wrote about the Bleacher Report's list of "Six Guys That Ruin Fantasy Baseball." The six personalities are universal, really, not just for baseball. We've seen them in all of our leagues: football, baseball, hockey, basketball, golf, and so on...

What's good for General Motors ...

The misquoted saying used to be "What's good for General Motors is good for America." That takes on a new meaning now that America, or its government, owns a majority stake in GM. But it has always been true that what's good for GM has been good for its network of 11,500 suppliers. From Sunday's Buffalo News:

Hip Artpark run, viewed from the afterglow

The Tragically Hip's four-night run at Artpark kicked off the summer concert season in a big way last week. With the dust settling, and the inevitable deep blue feeling that comes with the afterglow, one is left wondering if anything else that happens this summer will manage to evoke such sustained feelings of elevation. (My money's on Wilco!) All four shows - three-hour, twin-set events each - were killer, and no two were the same. The whole thing felt like a four-day party with close friend...

Conservative bias in the media

In a syndicated column we published on today's op-ed page, liberal writer E. J. Dionne of the Washington Post Writers Group opines that there's a definite conservative slant in the media. We pause now, while you clean up the coffee you just spit out.

What does the future hold for NFR?

Six years ago, a development agreement for downtown Niagara Falls envisioned $110 million in new projects for the ailing neighborhood. Today, those blocks contain mostly grassy lots.

Should a school board president be held to a higher standard?

If you've looked in your e-mail inbox today, you may have found something that's become common in the Internet age: forwarded e- mail messages. Some of the things that fly across the Web in forwarded e-mails are links to videos, chain letters and other attempts at humor.

Reform, Golisano style

I'd feel better about the prospect of the Republican coup in the State Senate leading to real reform if one of the Democrats who switched sides isn't under indictment for slashing his girlfriend and the other isn't facing $60,000 in penalties for failing to disclose his campaign finances. This is reform, Tom Golisano style.

Outrages in the fine print

Two things caught my eye reading the paper over the weekend. First, in a disturbing story detailing how 13 women have died at the hands of their current or former male partners since November, came this passage.

Race report: Keuka Lake Triathlon

There was only one reason why I wanted to do the sprint triathlon at Keuka Lake this year. Because it was my anniversary.

Recovery week begins

Officially, it's recovery time. Granted, I have technically been in recovery since running my first marathon on May 24, but to come full circle in my first year as an endurance athlete, I added the Keuka Lake sprint triathlon right in the middle of what should still have been my recovery phase.

Golf Assorted

Blasdell native Matt Thomas couldn't have asked for a better draw for Monday's U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier in Columbus, Ohio. He'll be playig with two-time Open winner Lee Janzen and reigning U.S. Amateur champ Danny Lee. ***

This Day in Buffalo Sports History: War is over

June 8, 1966 -- When the American Football League was formed in 1960, its members were called "The Foolish Club." On this day, no one was calling them foolish any more.

Randy Smith Funeral Arrangements

Summit Mall Merchants Find New Homes

Below is a list of Summit Mall stores' new locations. Though most merchants have already moved out of the bankrupt mall in anticipation of the announced June 6 closing date, the mall will remain open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. until further notice. Sears, The Bon-Ton, Save-A-Lot, M&T Bank, Bank of America and Summit Pediatrics will remain open for business. Tuxedo Junction will stay at the Summit, renting retail space from anchor tenant Sears, which owns its portion of the...