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Friday night, two overtime periods weren’t enough to decide a winner between the RIT Tigers and the visiting Robert Morris Colonials and ultimately RIT lost 1-0 in the shootout. Seeking their first Atlantic Hockey Association win Saturday afternoon, the Tigers offense exploded to down RMU 5-1 on the back of two goals from first-year forward Kailey Favro…
With the win, Rochester has won four consecutive games while outscoring and outshooting its opponents 22-8 and 147-117, respectively, and scored five power-play tallies dating back to Oct. 23. Overall on the season, the Amerks have found the back of the opposition’s net 32 times, which tops the North Division and are third-most in the AHL’s Eastern Conference…
Junior Natalie Schmeelk converted into the lower left corner of the net in the first round of the shootout to send the top-seeded Marauders past No. 2 Geneseo, 4-3, and into the Class C Regional Qualifier after the teams played 110 scoreless minutes in the Section V Class C1 championship game at Gates Chili High School…
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Five Bonnies men’s basketball games are set to air on YES and will be streamed on The Gotham Sports App during during the season with the first coming Nov. 16 vs. Le Moyne as the Bonnies take on the Dolphins at the Reilly Center. Bona’s anticipated Western New York rivalry game vs. Buffalo will air on YES and The Gotham Sports App on Dec. 7 as well…
Read MoreMason Blackwood has announced his commitment to play college basketball, and the former Aquinas star will be attending Penn State University in 2025. Blackwood, the 102nd ranked recruit in the country…
Read MoreSenior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from ESPN and returning to his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, as a general manager of the men’s basketball program, he announced on social media Wednesday.
Wojnarowski, a class of 1991 graduate of St. Bonaventure, had been employed at the network since 2017. In those years, Wojnarowski was named National Sports Media Association’s National Sportswriter of the Year in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Prior to ESPN, he was at Yahoo Sports for 10 years.
Read MoreBilly Shaw is one of a kind. The only Pro Football Hall of Famer who spent his entire career in the American Football League. I grew up on the AFL. The eight-team upstart league which brought professional football back to Buffalo in 1960. The owners were collectively known as the Foolish Club. But Ralph Wilson and Company got the last laugh. Those eight teams are all still around in one form or another…
Hamlin continued his football career in 2023 as a part time player on special teams. This year he became a starting safety. He led the team in tackles in week two. And last Monday night, Hamlin snagged his first career interception. The Buffalo crowd went wild. As the team celebrated Hamlin’s moment on the sideline…