Davis: The team player
NEW ORLEANS – Tight end Vernon Davis practically revels in his disappearance from the San Francisco passing attack over the last six weeks of the regular season.Just about the time Colin Kaepernick...
View ArticleRavens’ Rice ready for a breakout game
NEW ORLEANS — Ray Rice has always been a fan of running backs. As a kid, he admired Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith. He wears No. 27 because of Eddie George. He has studied the Niners’ Frank Gore, and...
View ArticleFlacco, Kaepernick represent QB culture clash
NEW ORLEANS — Neither quarterback in Super Bowl XLVII was considered good enough to make the Pro Bowl. Because of injuries, the NFC went six quarterbacks deep in filling out its Pro Bowl roster, while...
View ArticleBrother paid for Graham’s success
All the neighborhood kids knew the deal.Mike Clark made it perfectly clear when it came to his little brother. He’s not to be messed with.“That just wasn’t allowed,” Clark said. “It wasn’t going to...
View ArticleCuomo plans non-Indian casino in falls
ALBANY – The Cuomo administration, frustrated with its long-standing financial dispute with the Seneca Nation and seeking more lucrative gambling revenues, will propose a new, non-Indian casino for...
View ArticleDavid Nelson declares knee will be 100 percent for camp
By Tim Graham NEW ORLEANS -- The absence of injured receiver David Nelson was an often-overlooked reason for the Buffalo Bills' offensive struggles. Nelson crumpled to the Meadowlands turf with a torn...
View ArticleHabs blast Sabres
MONTREAL – It was a complete and total beatdown. The Buffalo Sabres were outskated and outclassed in embarrassing fashion.Montreal laid waste to the Sabres’ feel-good vibe Saturday, trouncing Buffalo,...
View ArticleParalyzed officer Patricia Parete dies
Patricia Parete, the police officer who was shot and paralyzed while on duty in December 2006, has died, according to the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association.“It is with great regret and sadness...
View ArticleBuffalo and Northtowns getting brunt of this storm
Lake effect snow is falling this morning in the Buffalo metro area and the Northtowns, and accumulations are expected to total up to a foot when all is said and done, according to National Weather...
View ArticleMedina man charged with DWI and other charges after crash
Brandon M. Sponaugle, 21, was arrested while walking on Sanderson Road in the Town of Shelby. Deputies said he had been driving north on Route 63 in the Town of Alabama, near the border of Genesee and...
View ArticleBuffalo man accused of renting out house he didn’t own
A Buffalo man was charged with grand larceny and burglary for renting out a house he doesn’t own on Troupe Street in South Buffalo through Craigslist, authorities said.Daniel Loster, 29, who was...
View ArticleStabbing suspect jailed after another arrest
LOCKPORT – A man under indictment in connection with a July 5 stabbing in Lockport was jailed Monday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas after she was told he had been arrested three times...
View ArticleNewly formed panel aims to address violence
Some of the area’s top community leaders and youth advocates gathered Monday in County Hall with one objective in mind: finding new ways to combat the wave of violence claiming too many young lives on...
View ArticleAdoptions likely for Pomeranians seized at Lockport home
The SPCA of Niagara has taken ownership of 64 Pomeranians that were seized Saturday from a woman who is due to appear in court tonight to answer charges that she was running a puppy mill out of her...
View ArticleAccused dog burner’s statements to parole officer considered in court
Accused dog burner and parole absconder Adell Ziegler was heading out of a house near West Ferry and Main streets when he ran into his parole officer.“I grabbed him,” Parole Officer Terry Anderson...
View ArticleMan charged with theft of copper from old hospital site
A Winslow Street man was arrested by security guards Monday morning and accused of stealing copper pipes from the old Deaconess Hospital site on Humboldt Parkway. Amuel Jackson, 34, who was...
View ArticleLackawanna officials look to speed up demolitions
The list of dilapidated buildings in Lackawanna has been growing for years.Now, city officials say they want to make that list smaller by razing the worst of the properties.The City Council set aside...
View ArticleHiggins urges audit of city schools’ use of anti-poverty funds
Rep. Brian Higgins is calling on state and federal education officials to audit the Buffalo Public Schools’ use of anti-poverty funds.In a recent letter to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and...
View ArticleNiagara Falls leaders seek Vegas-style casino complex
Any plans to build a new casino in Niagara Falls should focus on building a large, destination-style gambling complex like those in Las Vegas, several government and business leaders in the city said...
View ArticleAsking for trouble by sticking to status quo in Cheektowaga
When the only Republican on the Cheektowaga Town Board brought up the idea of downsizing the board from seven members to five, the reaction from her colleagues was less than enthusiastic.Based on what...
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