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Buffalo Sabres

The Sabres beat up on the Anaheim Mighty Ducks Friday night in a 5-2 victory. Taylor Pyatt scored two goals, including the game-winner with 11:26 to go in the contest. Pyatt's linemate, Daniel Briere, helped out with three assists. J.P. Dumont also played well for the Sabres, adding a powerplay goal and an assist. Dmitri Kalinin and Adam Mair scored the other two Sabre goals, which both came in the third period.

MAC Basketball

The Mid-American Conference announced the favorites to win the men's and women's basketball season as voted on by the MAC Sports Writers Association. For the men, Northern Illinois was chosen to win the Western Division and Miami (OH) is chosen to win the East. The Kent State women were chosen to win the East, while the Western Michigan Broncos were picked in the West.

Goat of the Day

Marlins owner Jeffery Loria is today's Spectrum Goat of the Day. Loria is the man who is responsible for completely ruining baseball in Montreal and for some ungodly reason MLB gave Loria ownership of the Marlins. After last night's travesty of a game, Loria has tried to take credit for the success of the Marlins. Jack McKeon and his players are responsible for the success, not Loria.