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buffalonews.com — The Rebuilding of Ricky Romero made its Buffalo debut Tuesday night in Coca-Cola Field. And for the first time in a good long time, there was some good news to send to Toronto.But only some.Romero, the bedraggled former Blue Jays ace, put together by far his best five innings in ...

blogs.buffalonews.com — Here's what's in my head after a long night at the ballpark, which ended with an 8-7 Bisons win over Charlotte in 10 innings: Ricky Romero: There were a lot of three-ball counts but there were also a lot of groundouts in the first five innings.

blogs.buffalonews.com — Erie County districts: Akron | Alden | Amherst | Cheektowaga | Cheektowaga-Sloan | Clarence | Cleveland Hill | Depew | East Aurora | Eden | Frontier | Grand Island | Hamburg | Holland | Iroquois | Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda | Lackawanna | Lake Shore | Lancaster | Maryvale | North

blogs.buffalonews.com — Aaron Besecker joined The Buffalo News in 2007, where he has covered communities in Western New York as a beat reporter, multimedia journalist and assistant online editor. A Buffalo native, he began his career in journalism at the Niagara Gazette.

blogs.buffalonews.com — At the start, Mario Williams' engagement-ring lawsuit was an interesting sidebar the provided a glimpse into the personal life of a sports celebrity. As someone like Alex Rodriguez or Kobe Bryant can attest, the public devours tales from behind a superstar's curtain.

buffalonews.com — Throughout Western New York, Nushawn Williams has been known for 16 years as a sexual predator who infected more than a dozen young women with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.But Williams appeared in State Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue that he never had the virus.His attorney...

blogs.buffalonews.com — In a year of some big numbers put up in Western New York high school lacrosse, here is another one: 112 (and counting). Bishop Timon-St. Jude junior Connor Fields broke the state record for goals in a season today with his six-goal effort in the Tigers' 20-1 home victory over Nichols in the Monsignor Martin Association semifinals.

buffalonews.com — When he arrived at the John Lucas International Middle School Combine, Joe Jones III was issued jersey No. 125, the last of the bunch, probably because he was one of youngest in the group or maybe because they didn't know who he was.Then the whistle blew for the first scrimmage and ...

blogs.buffalonews.com — The start to the professional career of Akron's J.C. Tretter with the Green Bay Packers is almost certain to be delayed after he broke his ankle during practice Monday. Tretter's agent, Alan Herman, spoke with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the injury, saying that Tretter got his cleat caught in the turf during a field drill.

blogs.buffalonews.com — The NHL combine continues to grow in size and significance. Justin Bailey will find out in person. The Buffalo-born right winger is one of 101 prospects set to take part in the combine next week in Toronto. The players eligible for June's draft will have interviews Monday through May 30 and a fitness test May 31 and June 1.