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 Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller had a pretty easy go at it in his first two Olympic games for the United States. Sunday, not so much. After facing just 26 shots combined in wins against Switzerland and Norway, Miller was pelted with 45 of them Sunday night against Canada and many of them were golden chances.
It didn’t matter.
Miller stood out in one of the most telling nights of his career, breaking but refusing to break as the Americans pulled their biggest Olympic upset since defeating the Russians in 1980. Brian Rafalski scored a pair of goals including the game winner, and Miller stopped 42 shots as the United States scored a stunning 5-3 victory over Canada.
Continue reading ‘Miller’s makes USA’s ‘Road to Gold’ easier’
 (We’re running a series profiling players that could fit into the Buffalo Bills’ plans leading up to the start of free agency on March 5. Today we look at Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington)
Yeah, I know. Chad Pennington is not a name most Buffalo Bills fans are not fond of hearing when it comes to potential starting quarterbacks in 2010. Everyone craves Donovan McNabb, a few would like to see Michael Vick come to Orchard Park and many would be happy to hear the name Sam Bradford or Jimmy Clausen called out with the ninth overall pick on draft day.
Continue reading ‘Free Agent Files: Chad Pennington’
 Senior Josh Heidinger became the Canisius College hockey team’s all-time leading scorer as the Griffs celebrated Senior Day with a 5-3 victory against AIC on Sunday.
Heidinger registered four assists in his last regular-season home game to raise his career total to 123 points. He surpasses the program’s Division I record of 119, previously held by David Deeves. Heidinger’s four assists on the afternoon also ties the school’s single-game record.
“It was a good way to say good bye to our fans, families and friends,” Heidinger said. “It was really nice to go out with a win. We came in here four years ago and we are leaving with the program in a different place. We knew that we had to lay the ground work for the years to come. Our job was to point Canisius in the right direction and I think we did a great job. We have some great leaders and great players in this class.”
Continue reading ‘BSD Briefs: February 22′
 Cardinal O’Hara was not expected to be much of a threat in their Manhattan Cup quarterfinal match up with top ranked Nichols on Sunday. The Vikings wasted little time making sure no Cinderella story would develop.
Nichols rolled out to a 23-8 lead by the end of the first quarter and with a 34-13 cushion at halftime the only question remaining was how much they’d win by.
The starters got plenty of fourth quarter rest as they advanced with an easy 70-44 win.
Continue reading ‘Nichols has no problem dispatching O’Hara’
 Well, at least Niagara Catholic gave them an early scare.
Not expected to hang with Canisius in a first round Manhattan Cup playoff quarterfinal, the seventh seeded Patriots gave them all they could handle early on and even had a 13-10 lead in the final minute of the first quarter.
Then Blair Helton took over.
The senior guard scored just two points in the first but exploded for 15 in the second as the Crusaders used a 23-5 run to turn a three point deficit to a 43-29 cushion at halftime. From there they cruised to an 86-52 victory.
Continue reading ‘Canisius routes Niagara Catholic’
 The Manhattan Cup playoffs it’s all about survival. St. Mary’s of Lancaster didn’t have their best game offensively, but the battle tested team of head coach Dan Gill played solid defense and live on to fight another day.
Senior guard Joe Barnhart scored 12 of his game-high 22 points over the final three-plus minutes as St. Mary’s built an eleven point cushion before holding off pesky St. Francis, 55-49 Sunday afternoon.
“Our kids are battled tested,” Gill said. “Some of the stuff we experienced last year in this situation I’m comfortable with them. My kids have earned that right from me and I’m going to live and die with them.”
Continue reading ‘St. Mary’s survives St. Francis to advance in Manhattan Cup’
 Whenever Bishop Timon and St. Joes share the floor in a high school basketball game, things are rarely easy. That was certainly the case Sunday afternoon as the two rivals met in the quarterfinals to open the Monsignor Martin Association playoffs. Neither team could settle things in regulation, and Timon used a 10-1 run late in overtime to take command and eventually win, 61-54.
As we’ve seen so many times this season in Catholic school play, the game featured yet another last second finish to get the crowd out of their seats. St. Joes led 49-46 with 6.7 seconds left before senior guard Mike Scarcello went the length of the court and hit a three pointer over a pair of Marauders defenders as the buzzer went off to force overtime.
Continue reading ‘Scarcello’s buzzer beater gets Timon past St. Joes’
Today kicks off the start of what promises to be an exciting playoff season of boys high school playoff basketball. It begins Sunday afternoon with a quarterfinal Monsignor Martin Association quadruple header. #4 Bishop Timon is taking on #5 St Joes at 1pm, followed by third seeded St. Mary’s/Lancaster vs. #6 St. Francis, #2 Canisius vs. #7 Niagara Catholic and eighth seeded O’Hara having the daunting task of trying to knock off top ranked Nichols.
Make Buffalo Sports Daily your stop for live updates, scores and statistics on all four games, because that’s how we roll. The action gets underway at 1pm so we’ll see you there.
 In an USA Today report, the Buffalo spent the 12th most money on payroll in the NFL in 2009, paying out $111,956,066 in salary.
According to the report the New York Giants spent the most money ($ 137,638,866) while the St. Louis Rams were the most frugal ($ 62,384,821).
The numbers show two things. Generally teams must spend money to win in this league. The bottom four in spending (St. Louis, Kansas City, Tampa Bay, Seattle) had dreadful seasons and all are picking within the first six slots of the draft.
Continue reading ‘Bills 12th in payroll spending in NFL for 2009′
 Anthony Davis (OT)-Rutgers
6’6, 325lbs
Strengths:
Anthony Davis is a mountain of a man. At six-foot six and 325 pounds he looks like he could swallow smaller defensive ends whole. He’s even more impressive of a physical specimen when you see him stretch out his arms to reveal his enormous wing span, which he uses to help keep pass rushers at bay.
He’s exceptionally strong as most of physique is muscle, and he surprisingly good athleticism for such a big man. Davis demonstrates excellent footwork in his blocking. He maintains a solid base to keep him well balanced and he’s constantly able to maintain leverage.
Continue reading ‘NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Anthony Davis’
 (Admitted hot head fan/blogger Joe Pinzone AKA “JoeFromNYC” has a blueprint to solve the Buffalo Bills woes. Many won’t agree with his views–and we probably won’t either. But they’re still interesting enough to publish. This is the second in a series of moves he would like to see the Bills make to return to respectability)
You can just cut the anticipation for my next move with a knife. Just to recap what I have done; I’ve traded Lee Evans to the Baltimore Ravens for their 1st and 3rd round picks. I will address my receiving core later, but in the mean time, I have to find a quarterback.
Continue reading ‘Playing Bills GM- Volume II’
 Sean Smiley drained a baseline jumper as time expired to lift the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team to a 77-75 overtime win over Saint Peter’s at the Yanitelli Center in an ESPNU Bracket Buster matchup on Saturday afternoon. It was the Bulls’ fifth straight win.
It was a wild back-and-forth affair. The Bulls trailed by as many as 11 points in the first half before cutting the Saint Peter’s lead to five at halftime. After falling behind 35-28 to open the second half, the Bulls mounted a 10-0 scoring run, capped by a Sean Smiley jumper to take a 38-35 lead.
Continue reading ‘UB wins fifth straight in OT on winner by Smiley’
 Super Bowl XLIV is in the books, and while the city of New Orleans takes a few more weeks to party like they’ve never partied before – you deserve it, folks – the rest of the NFL can now turn its full attention toward building toward the goal that the Saints achieved last night.
Back here in Buffalo Bills country, we’re still reeling from news that the team will be moving to a 3-4 alignment under head coach Chan Gailey and new defensive coordinator George Edwards. Few facts are known at this point, but what we do know is that Buffalo isn’t anywhere close to being equipped to run a traditional 3-4, and that the front seven in particular will be subjected to a great deal of house cleaning.
Continue reading ‘Bills Roster Review: Defensive Ends’
 The seedings are out for the Section VI boys and girls high school basketball tournament, which commences with pre-quarterfinal action on Monday evening.
In Class-AA, Orchard Park is the top seed followed by Jamestown, North Tonawanda and Niagara Falls.
Over at Class-A1, Williamsville South gets the top seed while Grand Island, McKinley and Hutch Tech rounding out the top four.
Maryvale, East, Lafayette and Cheektowaga are the top four seeds in Class A-2, while Olean, Depew, Lackawanna and Medina are tops in B-1.
Continue reading ‘Section VI basketball playoff seedings announced’
 (Admitted hot head fan/blogger Joe Pinzone AKA “JoeFromNYC” has a blueprint to solve the Buffalo Bills woes. Many won’t agree with his views–and we probably won’t either. But they’re still interesting enough to publish. This is the first in a series of moves he would like to see the Bills make to return to respectability)
It’s February and kind of a dead time around the Buffalo sports scene. The Sabres are on break and the Bills are a few weeks away from the kickoff to free agency. Sorry, but I don’t exactly have the energy to dissect the impact of losing Derek Fine or whose my favorite Buffalo Sabres player. So starting today, I will be dedicating a daily post to what I would do if I were the Bills General Manager. Now, this isn’t a series on predicting what I think the Bills will do. This is just what I would do if Ralph Wilson gave me the keys to his kingdom.
Continue reading ‘Playing Bills GM – Volume I’
 The host Miami RedHawks led wire-to-wire on Saturday afternoon as they defeated the University at Buffalo women’s basketball team, 67-52, at Millett Hall. UB was led by Kourtney Brown, who had 20 points and 10 rebounds for her 15th double-double of the year.
Miami began the game on an 8-2 run, but four quick UB points pulled the Bulls within two at 8-6 with 12:34 left in the half. However from there the RedHawks went on an 11-3 run to take a 10-point lead with 7:07 left in the opening half. Miami led by as many as 11 points in the opening half, but UB would cut it to seven before a Miami bucket gave the RedHawks a nine-point halftime lead.
Continue reading ‘Brown’s 20/10 not enough to prevent Lady Bulls loss’
This Sunday’s St. Bonaventure men’s basketball game at La Salle will be broadcast by CBS College Sports as part of its Regional Syndication package and show in local markets.
Sunday’s 4 p.m. crucial Atlantic 10 Conference showdown will be shown live on Time Warner SportsNet (TWCS) in Buffalo and Olean, and on Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia. The game can only be seen on tape delay in Rochester and will be shown on Monday evening at 10 p.m. on TWCS.
 Jessica Clark hit two free throws with two seconds remaining on the clock to give Buffalo State (12-13/7-11) a 60-58 victory over visiting Oswego (13-12/10-8) in the SUNYAC regular season finale Saturday afternoon at the Sports Arena.
The win snapped the Bengals’ 13-game losing streak against the Lakers that dated back to 2004.
Clark led the Bengals with 15 points and four assists, and Staci McElroy chipped in 12 points. Dee Layne added eight points, seven rebounds and four steals.
Continue reading ‘Clark’s free throws lift Lady Bengals to win in finale’
 Recaping a very busy Friday for local college sports.
♦♦♦ Niagara senior Jaclyn Konieczka’s 3-pointer – her third 3-pointer of the season – with 2.8 seconds left proved to be the gamewinner as the Canisius College women’s basketball team lost 49-46 to Niagara in the Koessler Athletic Center on Friday night. Canisius falls to 10-16 overall and 5-10 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Senior Brittané Russell led all players with 11 points while freshman Whitney Ellenor matched career highs with 10 points and six rebounds. Senior Ellie Radke had nine points and seven rebounds off the bench.
Continue reading ‘BSD Briefs: Recaping Friday College Action’
 D’Youville College senior guard Melissa Kanalley (Tonawanda, NY/Cardinal O’Hara) enters the final weekend of her collegiate basketball career with 970 points, 30 shy of becoming the sixth D’Youville College women’s basketball player to reach the 1,000-point milestone.
Kanalley would be the first Buffalo-area member of the D’Youville women’s basketball century club and she will have done it the fewest number of games. Kanalley joined the D’Youville squad in January of 2008 and to date has played in just 70 games.
Continue reading ‘Kanalley Poised to Reach Spartan’s Century Club’
 The Erie Community College basketball teams swept the Mercyhurst Northeast Saints on February 18 to end their respective regular seasons.
The men started slowly but still managed to jump out to a 40-29 halftime lead. Sophomore Terrell Williams led the team with 13 points and six rebounds at the break. He was 3-5 from the three-point arc.
In the second half, the Kats faltered but did not relinquish the lead as the Saints got within three points at 54-51. The Kats then stepped on the gas and outscored Mercyhurst 41-15 in the last 12 minutes for a 95-66 victory.
Continue reading ‘Kats basketball sweeps Mercyhurst to end regular season’
 Ever since the spring of 2006 when he was the only draft “expert” to correctly forecast Donte Whitner going to Buffalo with the eighth overall pick, Bills fans in particular put a lot of stock into what NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock says.
The Bills already were a near certainty to take an offensive tackle early in this April’s NFL draft, quite possibly with the ninth overall selection. After Brad Butler’s sudden retirement yesterday their hand may be forced. Even if they manage to make a tackle move via trade or free agency signing, it’s quite obvious the team will be looking at a college prospect to man at least one of the tackle spots next season.
Mayock breaks down the top offensive linemen available in this year’s class. He rates Russell Okung as the top choice, followed by Bryan Bulaga, Anthony Davis, Trent Williams and a three way tie for fifth between Charles Brown, Bruce Campbell and Vladimir Ducasse.
Continue reading ‘Mayock rates the offensive tackles’
 Here is a disturbing report regarding Friday evening’s Yale Cup league championship game between East and Middle College. According to a report by Keith McShea of the Buffalo News, the game has been moved from East to the Grabiarz School in North Buffalo because of safety concerns.
McShea reports that Buffalo Public Schools athletic director Dave Thomas will only allow adults and media to the game “in the interest” of safety because significant threats from students of both schools had been made concerning the game.
As McShea precisely commented, “This is obviously bad news. An integral part of high school sports are passionate crowds, and unfortunately it seems some students went over the line in anticipation of a huge game. This is not the way championship games should be decided — in a gym with no students.”
Continue reading ‘Black eye on city hoops championship game’
 (We’re running a series profiling players that could fit into the Buffalo Bills’ plans leading up to the start of free agency on March 5. Today we look at Houston Texans wide receiver Kevin Walter)
Let’s face facts. Without a collective bargaining agreement in place before the start of free agency, the talent pool available to teams eager to plug holes is diminished. At certain positions more than others the cupboard becomes really bare. At t wide receiver there are very few players capable of making an instant impact.
Kevin Walter is one of them.
Continue reading ‘Free Agent Files: Kevin Walter’
 Having laid the groundwork for change within the UB softball program, second-year head coach Jennifer Teague looks to continue to improve upon last year’s impressive season after tying a school record for most wins in a single season with 25. The main focus in 2010 is the team’s overall game mentality. The team will be challenged early, in which Teague hopes will prepare the team for conference play. Teague will be backed up by second-year assistant coach, Jessica Jones and Angela Churchill, who will begin her fifth season with the Bulls.
Teague’s first recruiting class will hit the field in 2010, and are going to make an immediate impact on the UB softball program. Six newcomers, along with a solid group of returning players will make up the Buffalo roster. Leading UB will be four seniors, Sharon Barr, Kristen Gallipani, Katie Ivancich and Jaime Sheffler. Barr will see a considerable amount of innings on the mound for the Bulls, after earning 11 wins in the circle last season. On the offensive side of the game, Barr had three home runs and seven doubles off 30 hits throughout 2009, and will go into her senior season with veteran experience.
Continue reading ‘UB Softball to Start 2010 Campaign’
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