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(04/28/03 4:00am)
Nobody talked about Western Michigan, but in the end it seemed so obvious. The No. 4 seed was not seeing the attention that the MAC's other elite teams were seeing, but the Broncos were a team that was growing up before everyone's eyes. A talented core of young players played their best basketball of the season at the right time as WMU won the MAC Championship. It could be a dynasty; the Broncos will lose just one senior.
(04/28/03 4:00am)
Edit Note: This was perhaps the second-best football game in the country this season, with the National Championship coming in first. This game solidified Leftwich as a top pick in this year's NFL Draft, even before he shredded Louisville and Dave Ragone in the GMAC Bowl.
(04/28/03 4:00am)
It was tough to watch, and even tougher to listen to after the game. For all that the women's basketball team accomplished this season, it's a shame that the team's seniors went out on a game they would rather forget. UB met Ball State in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament and was dominated from start to finish, their season ending with a resounding thud ... and lots of tears.
(04/14/03 4:00am)
Baseball season is upon us, as are the NBA and NHL playoffs, and perhaps most importantly the NFL Draft. And maybe it's just me, but ...
(03/31/03 5:00am)
One look at Mid-American Conference Commissioner Rick Chryst is enough to send your brain spinning. His resemblance to TV analyst Dick Vitale is uncanny and in some ways unnerving.
(03/19/03 5:00am)
CLEVELAND, OH - With 1:10 left in the season, Western Michigan senior Curleta Harris drove down the right side of the lane and came to a jump stop when Ball State's Jessica Reiter came over to double team her.
(03/07/03 5:00am)
No matter the record, you can at least say the Bulls are finishing out the season, for good or bad, which already places them above another Division I program in Western New York - specifically, in the town of Olean.
(03/03/03 5:00am)
After the dust had settled on the Bulls' grueling three-day Mid-American Conference Championship meet in Bowling Green, Ohio, Buffalo had finished eighth in the nine team field and sophomore Jennefer Brankovsky had left her mark on the MAC.
(02/28/03 5:00am)
On Sunday, Feb. 9, Mid-American Conference game officials requested to the event staff that two separate groups of University at Buffalo students be ejected from Alumni Arena during a women's basketball game between the Bulls and the Northern Illinois Huskies.
(02/26/03 5:00am)
It's championship time again.
(02/17/03 5:00am)
This week's participants are Managing Editor Michael Scott and Sports Editor Rick Owczarzak.
(02/03/03 5:00am)
"One of these times that last second shot is going to go in for us or not go in for the opponent," said UB Head Coach Reggie Witherspoon.
(01/24/03 5:00am)
Marshall senior guard Ronald Blackshear is a game-breaker. As he goes, so does the Thundering Herd (8-6, 4-2 MAC).
(01/15/03 5:00am)
At 3-9 (0-3 MAC), the men's basketball team is in a bit of a slump, losing five straight games since their home victory over local rival Niagara University on Dec. 11. Two of these losses came on the road against Big Ten opponents Penn State and Northwestern by a combined 15 points.
(12/09/02 5:00am)
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - "If you want to be remembered as a great quarterback, you have to make that play..." - Marshall Head Coach Bob Pruett to quarterback Byron Leftwich following a loss in the 2001 MAC Championship.
(12/04/02 5:00am)
It was not exactly red carpet treatment when former Buffalo women's basketball standouts Mari McClure and Kim Boon returned to Alumni Arena last Tuesday.
(11/22/02 5:00am)
Defense wins championships.
(11/18/02 5:00am)
Perhaps this is a version of ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption," the best show on television, in print. This week we came up with the questions on our own, but if you have an idea for a topic, e-mail it to us at ubsports@hotmail.com.
(11/11/02 5:00am)
Exam 10: UCF 45, UB 21
(10/30/02 5:00am)
San Diego Chargers free safety Rodney Harrison is currently appealing a fine handed down by the NFL and commissioner Paul Tagliabue on his hit of Oakland Raiders wide receiver Jerry Rice. He is expected to lose the appeal.