Alex Morgan and Buffalo's Best Kept Secret
U.S. citizens watched with wide eyes this summer as their women's national soccer team flurried through the 2011 World Cup.
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U.S. citizens watched with wide eyes this summer as their women's national soccer team flurried through the 2011 World Cup.
In February 2010, UB students anxiously waited as news unfolded that a gunman was pacing Lockwood Library. As it turned out, there was never a gunman at all.
Bulls fans recall fondly the times that Kourtney Brown dominated on the court in blue and white. Unfortunately, those times are over. Brown's basketball career, however, is far from finished. The next time fans see Brown on the hardwood she'll be playing forward in Spain.
Fans are accustomed to seeing sophomore forward Javon McCrea tear up the court in blue and white. For a week in June, however, the dominant forward's uniform included a third color – red.
Shortly after an article highlighting the quarterback controversy at UB was published by The Spectrum on July 1, the quest for the starting job got a bit more crowded.
Hey, wide-eyed, awkward freshman. Yeah, you. Read this column. I wish someone had given me this advice before my first year of college.
UB's football program wasn't relevant until the 2008 team reached the International Bowl. After a mediocre 2009 campaign, new head coach Jeff Quinn brought with him hope of a return to Mid-American Conference championship glory in 2010.
There is a drama unfolding on campus. Nobody knows how it's going to play out. There will be a winner and there will be a loser.
After suspense had built around the Buffalo area for over a month, former Nichols star Will Regan officially signed a letter of intent to transfer to UB on Tuesday.
Josh Thomas has been the Dallas Cowboys' number one fan since he was in diapers. He has always dreamed of having his name among the Dallas legends—Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach, Emmitt Smith, Tom Landry, and Michael Irvin, just to name a few. Now he will play for the team he has idolized his whole life.
The men's tennis team, jockeying for higher position in the upcoming Mid-American Conference tournament, faced off in two matches over the weekend. The premise was simple: win and face the league's bottom-feeders in the tournament, or lose and go up against a significantly better squad.
The Buffalo Sabres are going to win the Stanley Cup this year. Just look at how they performed Wednesday night against one of the league's most elite squads. The Bills are going to the playoffs next year.
There is a team on campus that has a realistic shot of bringing a national championship home to Buffalo. However, they don't receive any scholarships and most students wouldn't recognize any members of this squad. This mysterious powerhouse is none other than the UB men's rugby team.
The "Big Four" rivalry between the four Western New York colleges—UB, Niagara, Canisius, and St. Bonaventure—has always provided great athletic competition. The men's tennis team and Niagara continued that tradition on Thursday afternoon.
A poignant NCAA commercial states: "there are over 400,000 NCAA student athletes, and most of us will go pro in something other than sports." Each graduating senior will begin searching for a job after receiving a diploma; athletes are no exception.
Following three losses and an 0-2 start to its Mid-American Conference schedule, the men's tennis team was starting to see its season slip away. The freefall was halted by the squad's play on Sunday.
James Starks was the last athlete to come out of UB and become a household name. The next could very well be Tom Murphy.
Over the weekend, the men's tennis team kicked off Mid-American Conference play on the road with a pair of meets. The results weren't exactly what it was looking for.
If you're graduating this spring, allow me to extend to you my deepest sympathies. The men's basketball team will never win the Mid-American Conference championship while you're attending UB.
Many students were unaware that the men's basketball team's season was still going after its loss in the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Unfortunately for the squad on Tuesday night, every member not named Javon McCrea looked like he didn't know either.