Following a string of embarrassing rebuffs by candidates of all stature and variety, the Buffalo Bills head coaching search should ultimately come to fruition this week.
To this point the Bills have only officially interviewed two candidates, though an interview and/or job offer was allegedly extended, and rejected by Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh.
Interim coach Perry Fewell discussed the job but ended up the new defensive coordinator of the New York Giants. He’s officially out.
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The University at Buffalo men’s basketball team defeated Akron, 78-65, in a rematch of the 2009 Mid-American Conference championship game. With the win, the Bulls improved to 3-0 in MAC play for the first time since joining the conference in 1998.
Rodney Pierce tied a career-high with 31 points to become the first player in the Bulls’ Division I history to score 20 or more points in eight straight games. Pierce shot 4-of-5 from the three-point line and 7-for-7 from the free throw line. He also added four of the Bulls’ season-high 13 steals.
Sean Smiley, who was the hero in Thursday night’s win at Bowling Green, added 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting. He was a perfect 4-of-4 from beyond the arc. The senior guard had a career-best five steals.
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The Buffalo Stampede is winless no more.
The Stampede hit the road Saturday night and got their first win of the season, a 124-114 victory over the Maryland Greenhawks in Rockville, Maryland. It’s just the second franchise win for the second-year PBL franchise, which went just 1-19 in its first season last year.
The Stampede were led by Derick Payne with 25 points and 6 rebounds. He’s averaging 23 points per game in four game this season; third-best in the PBL.
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The Buffalo Bandits lost their second straight game to the Rochester Knighthawks in a 13-11 loss during the home opener at HSBC Arena.
Buffalo opened the game with a much stronger offense than in last week’s 10-5 loss in Rochester. Three quick goals from Mike Accursi, Sean Greenhalgh, and Mark Steenhuis put them up early on the power play.
However, after a major scrum broke out after the Steenhuis’ goal, Rochester retaliated on the power play with a pair of goals from Shawn Williams to bring the Knighthawks within one.
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