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Texas Tussle

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HOUSTON — Houston’s dominant defense sacked Josh Allen eight times and Calen Bullock forced three turnovers, with his second interception sealing the Texans’ 23-19 win over the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night. Allen took consecutive sacks on the Bills’ final possession, leading to a ...

Change of Heart

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MAYVILLE — Last Tuesday, as Ty Harper was making preparations for the Section VI Class C championship game at Highmark Stadium, he received a notification on his phone that he had been tagged in a Facebook post. Already in the midst of a long day after leaving for Orchard Park at 7:30 that ...

DiMaio’s Loss Felt By Everyone

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On the first day of his freshman year at Jamestown Community College in 1965, Bob Schmitt arrived for French class and sat down next to a guy by the name of Joe DiMaio. The connection between the teenagers — one from suburban Buffalo (Schmitt) and the other from Jamestown (DiMaio) — was ...

NYSPHSAA PLAYOFFS

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FOOTBALL Far West Regionals at All High Stadium Friday, Nov. 21 Class D VI-Newfane vs. V-Avon, 5 p.m. Class A VI-McKinley vs. V-Brighton, 8 p.m. at All High Stadium Saturday, Nov. 22 Class C VI-Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton vs. V-Alexander/Pembroke, 12 p.m. Class ...

NHL-Worst Flames Beat Sabres 6-2

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BUFFALO (AP) — Morgan Frost slipped Jonathan Huberdeau’s cross-crease pass past Colten Ellis to break a tie at 2:02 of the third and the NHL-worst Calgary Flames beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Wednesday night. Backup Devin Cooley made 28 saves for his first NHL victory since April 2024 ...

Allen-Led Bills Face Texans’ Top-Ranked Defense

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HOUSTON — Josh Allen had one of the best games of his career last week, throwing three touchdown passes and running for three more scores to lead the Buffalo Bills to a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But as Allen and the Bills (7-3) prepared to visit the Houston Texans (5-5) tonight, ...