Category: Professional

Marcus Stroman grew up a Yankees fan on Long Island. Safe to say he doesn’t get the fuzzies anymore when he sees the pinstripes. Stroman ripped the Yankees’ pitching and went after old comments by general manager Brian Cashman while on Twitter ... MORE

The Bills have promoted defensive tackle Justin Zimmer from the practice squad to the 53-man roster. Zimmer has played in two games this season and accounted for 10 tackles – including two tackles for loss. He’s played in five career games in ... MORE

The Cincinnati Cyclones have extended their affiliation agreement to be the ECHL affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres (NHL) and Rochester Americans (AHL). Terms of the new agreement were not announced. The Cyclones recently completed their third season as Buffalo’s ECHL affiliate as ... MORE

The Bills announced the release of guard Quinton Spain on Wednesday. Spain joined the Bills as an unrestricted free agent in 2019. He started all 16 games in 2019 at guard and started two of four games in 2020. He is in ... MORE

As he does every week the day after a game, Bills head coach Sean McDermott updated the media on injuries to several players Tuesday, and said that cornerback Cam Lewis (wrist), guard Cody Ford (knee), and linebacker Tyrel Dodson (hamstring) are all ... MORE

Buffalo Sabres play-by-play announcer Rick Jeanneret sang the praises of Mike “Doc” Emrick on Monday after the legendary NBC play-by-play announcer announced his retirement. But Jeanneret doesn’t plan to follow the 74-year-old Emrick out the door if the next National Hockey League ... MORE

The Buffalo Bills have followed up their first 4-0 start since 2008 with a two-game losing streak that’s included a disappearing act for the high-powered offense that dominated in the first month of the season. The Bills fell to 4-2 after a ... MORE

The Syracuse Mets have their own new field of dreams, one that was a dozen years in the making. Installation of the Mets’ new grass field at NBT Bank Stadium has been completed. It consists of 100,000 square feet of Kentucky Bluegrass ... MORE

The Buffalo Sabres have signed forward Steven Fogarty to a one-year deal worth $700,000, the team announced Monday. Fogarty, 27, tallied 37 points (13+24) in 54 games last season with the Hartford Wolfpack, the AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers. He ... MORE

Achieving even a modicum of success during the 2020-21 NHL season will be absolutely crucial for the Buffalo Sabres. Then again, after so many disappointing campaigns, it all depends on the yardstick we use to judge what can genuinely be considered a ... MORE

The Buffalo Bills appear to have lost the long-awaited one day journey of the Le’Veon Bell sweepstakes. First considered to be a team in contention to sign the running back, the Bills will not being doing so because their upcoming opponent, the ... MORE

Hal Steinbrenner said on Tuesday that he was “very disappointed” with the Yankees’ inconsistent play throughout the 2020 season, believing that his team was capable of achieving much more than a five-game exit after facing the Rays in the American League Division ... MORE

Yankees INF DJ LeMahieu has been nominated for the 2020 Hank Aaron award, given out each year to the “most outstanding” offensive performer in each league. Along with LeMahieu, Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox, Jose Ramirez of the Cleveland Indians, Mike ... MORE

Well, no one truly believed that the Buffalo Bills were going to go undefeated in 2020. Of course, not many people figured the start to their perfect season would be ended by a team that had practiced once in two weeks, but ... MORE

The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Ross Colton to a one-year, two-way contract, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today. Colton, 24, played in 62 games for the Syracuse Crunch during the 2019-20 season, recording 11 goals and 42 ... MORE