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| Big Ten - Is This Buckeyes' Year? |
Division I College Football |
08/18/2008 |
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| even matchups. 11) INDIANA (30-1, 25-1 Field) - The Hoosiers went bowling for the first time since 1993, and once again, do not have to play Ohio State. Offense - This season will prove how much James Hardy meant to this offense. Hardy, now with the Buffalo Bills, caught 26 of the 34 TDs thrown to the wide receivers the last two years. Quarterback Kellen Lewis, who has led the team in rushing the last two seasons, missed the spring and is behind the eight ball in learning the new no-huddle offense. Keep an e |
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| Bills sign LB Spragan |
NFL Football |
08/02/2008 |
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| Rochester, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills signed veteran free agent linebacker Donnie Spragan on Saturday, just days after the team lost fifth- round pick Alvin Bowen to a serious knee injury. With Bowen presumably headed to the injured reserve list, the Bills filled the void by adding the seven-year veteran who started five games for Miami last season before being replaced by Joey Porter. Spragan had his best season with Denver in 2004, starting 14 contests with 46 tackles and one sack. Bowen was |
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| Bills strike deal with top pick |
NFL Football |
07/26/2008 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills signed Leodis McKelvin on Saturday, the team's first-round pick. McKelvin was the first defensive back taken in April's draft (11th overall) out of Troy State. He is expected to challenge for playing time at the right cornerback position. |
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| Bills T Peters a holdout |
NFL Football |
07/25/2008 |
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| Pittsford, NY (MySportsbook) - Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters is officially a holdout. The 26-year-old tackle was not present when the team opened training camp on Friday. Peters also missed all of Buffalo's voluntary and mandatory offseason training activities. The Arkansas product has three years left on his current deal as he enters his fifth year in the league. Peters is scheduled to make $3.25 million this season. |
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| Blackhawks, Red Wings to play outdoor game |
NHL Hockey |
07/16/2008 |
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| hairman W. Rockwell Wirtz. "This is indeed an historic announcement for the Wirtz Corporation, the Chicago Blackhawks, for our players, fans and for Chicago." Last New Year's Day, Sidney Crosby scored on the final chance of the shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in the first NHL game played outdoors in the United States. The game was played before an NHL-record crowd of 71,217 at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York -- home of the NFL's Buffalo Bills. |
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| Report: Blackhawks, Red Wings to play outdoor game |
NHL Hockey |
07/07/2008 |
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| une is reporting that the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings will play at Wrigley Field on New Year's Day in the league's second outdoor Winter Classic. Last New Year's Day, Sidney Crosby scored on the final chance of the shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in the first NHL game played outdoors in the United States. The game was played before an NHL-record crowd of 71,217 at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York -- home of the NFL's Buffalo Bills. |
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| Bills sign DT Williams to extension |
NFL Football |
07/03/2008 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills signed third-year defensive tackle Kyle Williams to a multi-year contract extension on Thursday. Williams, 25, had 41 tackles and two sacks in 16 games for the Bills last season. The two-year starter has 94 career tackles in 32 games for Buffalo. The 6-foot-1, 306-pounder was a fifth-round pick out of LSU in the 2006 draft by the Bills. |
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| Buffalo RB Lynch loses license in hit-and-run case |
NFL Football |
06/27/2008 |
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| appeared his car had struck the woman, Kimberly Shpeley. "At this time, I would like to put this matter behind everyone involved and focus on the future," Lynch said. Lynch, a first-round draft pick of the Bills in 2007, rushed for 1,115 yards and seven touchdowns in his rookie season. "My greatest concerns and well wishes are of course for Ms. Shpeley," Lynch said. "However, I also wish to apologize to my teammates, the entire Buffalo Bills organization and the Buffalo fans for this unfortunate accident." |
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| Bills sign OL Butler to contract extension |
NFL Football |
06/25/2008 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - The Buffalo Bills have signed offensive lineman Brad Butler to a contract extension. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Butler, a fifth-round pick out of Virginia in the 2006 NFL Draft, became a starter in 2007 and started all 16 games at right guard. He was part of an offensive line that allowed just 26 sacks last season, the fewest for the club since sacks became an official statistic in 1982. |
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| Media giant Tim Russert dies |
This Day in Sports |
06/13/2008 |
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| e of the most revered journalists on the political front, Russert, a senior vice president at NBC and head of the network's overall Washington operations, was also known as a rabid sports fan. A native of Buffalo, Russert was a loyal follower of the Buffalo Bills, often openly rooting for the organization during on-air appearances. "The Buffalo Bills organization is devastated in hearing the news of the passing of Tim Russert," the team said in a statement. "Tim, as everyone knows, was a tremendous Bills fan |
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