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Mar. 12, 1978 -- The St. Bonaventure basketball team hasn't taken many trips to the NCAA basketball tournament over the years. When they do, it should be enjoyed. Bona's 1978 trip was a little too short and sweet for its likely. The Bonnies lost a 92-83 decision to Penn in the first round of the tournament in Philadelphia. It was part of a great era in St. Bonaventure basketball under coach Jim Satalin. In 1977, Essie Hollis, Glenn Hagen and Greg Sanders helped the Bonnies win the NIT title. A year later, Bona faced Syracuse in Rochester's War Memorial for...

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The Shamrock Run is considered the start of the local running season, at least for many, and thousands (3,603 finishers) took part in it last week on a pretty good day for running -- not as good as, say, today, but pretty darn good by Shamrock standards. Ben Hahn's trip up from Edinboro, Pa., proved worthwhile, as he won the men's race in 25:01. Maura Frauenhofer had a shorter trip from Williamsville to take the women's race in 29:16. Some runners were a little tired to run. They were just back from South Africa, as the finals of the Corporate...

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March 11, 1999 -- The Buffalo Sabres tried and tried, but they just couldn't get Matthew Barnaby going again. So on this date, they sent him packing. Barnaby went to Pittsburgh for Stu Barnes. Here's the way Jim Kelley of The News expressed himself about the deal: There will be a tendency around town today to want to say "goodbye" and "good riddance" to Matthew Barnaby. You won't read it here. The trade that sent Barnaby to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Stu Barnes Thursday night does have a lot of good attached to it.The Buffalo Sabres get a good forward,...

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The Buffalo Bandits received a couple of league honors after their victory over Orlando last week. Mark Steenhuis was named the Overall Player of the Week. The forward had six goals, including a natural hat trick in the first period, and four assists in the 12-10 triumph. It was the biggest offensive game of the season by a Bandit, and moved him to 50 points for the season -- good for eighth place in the National Lacrosse League. Kyle Clancy was named Rookie fo the Week. Clancy had two goals and four assists against Orlando. His 18 points for the...

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March 10, 1981-- At the end of the 1979-80 season, Rick Martin was one of the top scorers in the National Hockey League. He had scored 45 goals, his best season since 1975-76, and helped the Sabres reach the semifinals in the spring of 1980. It went straight downhill from there, at least for Martin. The left winger injured his knee and only scored seven goals in 23 games through the first part of 1980-81 season. It was easy to wonder about his long-term future, knee injuries being what they were at the time. What's more, Martin believed the Sabres...

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March 9, 1994 -- It's tough to keep a great team together for a long time these days. Ask Jim Ritcher. The veteran offensive lineman of the Buffalo Bills was released on this day. Vic Carucci of The News had the story: Always the optimist, Jim Ritcher first thought that the telephone call Wednesday from Buffalo Bills general manager John Butler to his Raleigh, N.C., home was to inform him that the team wanted to start talking about his return next season. "I was sort of excited," Ritcher said. "Then John and Coach (Marv) Levy got on the phone and...

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Mar. 8, 1969 -- In the late 1960s, Bob Lanier and Calvin Murphy dominated the college basketball scene in Western New York. For one night, at least, Tony Masiello joined them. He picked a great night to do it, too. Masiello scored 35 points to lead Canisius to an 83-79 win over Muphy and Niagara on this night. It was the final game of Masiello's college basketball career. It was quite a ride. Masiello started for three years at Dougherty, averaging 21 points per game as a junior. Then it was on to Canisius, where he led the team in...

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Mar. 7, 1970 - For all of the talk of the great basketball tradition at Niagara, one thing was missing in 1970: an appearance in the NCAA tournament. The Eagles had played in the NIT several times, but had never made it to the national championship tournament. That changed in 1970. Niagara finally got to play in the so-called Big Dance. What's more, it won. March Madness was a little different then. The first-round was played not in some huge building like HSBC Arena, but in Jadwin Gym in Princeton, N.J. The Purple Eagles were rated as underdogs in the...

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7:15 p.m. - Hello from HSBC Arena, as the Buffalo Bandits are about to start the second half of their season. The first half didn't go so well, as you know -- 2-6. That's as many losses as the team had all of last season. The Bandits didn't pick a good opponent for a revival; the Orlando Titans lead the East. One tip for you, oh appreciated on-line reader: There is no space in tomorrow's paper for a Bandits notebook -- it's a busy time of the year -- so it will be an on-line only production. It should be...

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The Bandits moved their morning shootaround up by 90 minutes today. They had some important business right afterward. The Bandits took part in a breakfast party in the arena's Harbour Club for a group of ill children and their families. All of the players signed autographs, posed for pictures, did a little eating, and even did things like color in papers with the kids. Nice gesture by the team. The Bandits host the Orlando Titans tonight in HSBC Arena. Wifi permitting, I'll be along with a live blog here around the 7:30 start time. --- Budd Bailey

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