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Buffalo has a football team, a hockey team, a women's hockey team, a lacrosse team, a minor league baseball team, and more. Should we have a basketball team too?. A new basketball team wouldn't be Buffalo's first basketball team. In 1970, Buffalo was one of three expansion teams to join...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The mother of a former Canisius College student athlete has filed a lawsuit against the college in connection with her daughter’s suicide. Tiffany McGhie was a member of the Canisius women’s basketball team, attending the school on a full scholarship. According to the lawsuit...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — With the construction of the new Buffalo Bills' stadium officially underway, new legislation may have some extra eyes on the process. The Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act was passed by the legislature last summer, only to be vetoed by the governor, then added into the budget. It is intended to put a mechanism of review in place in the event any burial grounds are discovered during a construction project.

An Olympic swimmer from Buffalo is changing our outlook on life after a scary incident in the pool was photographed during the World Aquatics Championships. Anita Alvarez, a 2014 graduate of Kenmore West Senior High School, was competing at the World Aquatics Championships in June 2022 during a solo free routine when something unexpected happened: Alvarez lost consciousness and started to sink to the bottom of the pool.

The Buffalo Bandits brought the National Lacrosse League Championship back in Buffalo over the weekend when they crushed the Colorado Mammoth in a series-deciding game 3. Star player Dahne Smith went Sunday afternoon to celebrate at Forty Thieves in Buffalo where he was pouring beers out of the NLL trophy into people's mouths.

Gary Groob Columnist and Co-Host of NLL Lacrosse Talk on Spanglish Sports World and Spanglish World Networks. This past weekend the Buffalo Bandits were able to achieve something that has eluded them for fifteen long years, become champions of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Although Buffalo has been in three...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — General admission tickets for the Buffalo Bills game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will go on sale Thursday, June 22, NFL UK announced Tuesday. The sale begins at 7 a.m. Eastern Time and can be accessed through a registration process....

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Public Schools announced Wednesday that it will be canceling outdoor activities again for Thursday. The district said the decision is a continued precaution, and the activities will include recess, outdoor field trips, outdoor athletics practices, and other outdoor events. An Air Quality Alert continues...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — While there have been preliminary work out with fencing and site preparation, the new Bills stadium project with the big dig for the foundation can really get underway now with the official groundbreaking on Monday morning. The golden shovels and the white hard hats were...

Some of the Buffalo Bandits have used their trophy to play golf recently. They earned it. Can they do whatever they want with it?. You may have heard some of the stories about what some players have done with the Stanley Cup after winning it, right? Well, the Bandits are getting pretty creative with the ways that they're using their trophy too.

The Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America will merge operations beginning with the 2024-25 college hockey season. The merger will create a unified conference, streamlining operations and building an enhanced brand in men's and women's ice hockey.

At least one Buffalo Sports team can win championships. Saturday night the Buffalo Bandits delivered on a moment 13 years in the making. Winning the franchise’s fifth National Lacrosse League championship in a 13-4 win over the Colorado Mammoth in a home game. Goaltender Matt Vinc recorded 46 saves on 50 shots. His four goals allowed has now set a NLL record for fewest goals against in the finals. Also Josh Byrne scored 4 goals after coming out of injured reserve. This win brings hope into Western NY that the Bills and Sabres might be next.

After last season's sectional title-winners got knocked out in the regional rounds of the state tournament, Section 1 is making a triumphant return to the NYSPHSAA Final Four. All four of its champions – Ketcham (Class AA), Panas (A), Albertus Magnus (B) and Tuckahoe (C) – are Binghamton-bound this weekend and will be in the hunt for a state title.

Before Franklinville’s Tyyetta Herman could get ready for her prom last Saturday night, she had some business to take care of on the track at the Section VI State Qualifier meet at West Seneca West High School. Having completely dominated her competition with first-place finishes in all three of...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WETM) – Corning Rugby Club made program history, earning their first N.Y. High School Girls State Championship. Corning Rugby battled in a back and forth rematch with Orchard Park to claim their first state title, on Sunday. The Lions beat Orchard Park 22-20 in come back fashion, avenging their 2022 loss in the […]

LANCASTER, N.Y. (June 5, 2023) – Stock Car action at Lancaster Motorplex will return this coming Saturday night as the Monroe Extinguishers Sportsman will be highlighted in a 50-lap feature event. Joining the Sportsman will be the Street Stocks, 4 Cylinders, and the Mighty TQ Midgets. Racing will begin at 6:30pm.

The Buffalo Bandits are finally back on top of the NLL mountain. Josh Byrne’s four goals and seven points in his return from injury sparked the Bandits offense, Dhane Smith had a game-high nine points and seven assists, and Matt Vinc made 46 saves to backstop a dominant defensive effort as Buffalo beat the Colorado Mammoth 13-4 in deciding Game 3 at KeyBank Center on Saturday night to win the franchise’s first NLL championship in 15 years.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Paint the town orange. Banditland is basking in championship glory. The Bandits won the NLL Cup on Saturday night with a 13-4 victory against the Colorado Mammoth in the decisive third game of the National League League championship series in front of a near capacity crowd of 18,296 at KeyBank Center. […]

The ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of the brand-new stadium for the Buffalo Bills was held this morning. Governor Hochul and Bills owner Terry Pegula were among the people holding ‘golden shovels’. The more than one-billion-dollar facility is located near Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park. The state and the Bills are going to be covering most of the cost of this project. The hope is that the stadium will be open for the 2026 season.

Girls on the Run of Buffalo hosted its annual spring 5K at UB's Alumni Arena in Amherst. More than 1,100 girls representing more than 80 schools from across the region took part on Sunday.