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Tear-Jerkin' Sports Movies

Current: Murderball (2005)An inspirational and poignant picture about the limitless bounds of human ambition and drive, "Murderball" chronicles the lives of the United States' official paraplegic rugby team, a sport otherwise known as "Murderball" for the sport's violent nature.


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Mr. Sillick's swan song

A few weeks back my best friend and I set out for a long drive to visit an old friend.He was right where we thought he'd be, stretched out under an old oak.


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SA report card

Sure, SA brought in Kanye West for Fall Fest, but a promised North Campus health center is still M.I.A.


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Swimmers sink in Ohio

The eight-hour bus ride home Saturday was especially long for the men's and women's swimming and diving teams after both were drowned at the hands of the Ohio Bobcats.Even with four first-place finishes, the UB women (3-6 overall, 0-5 Mid-American Conference) were decisively outscored 131-101 at the Ohio Aquatic Center.


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"Molly's Pub gives up license, could reopen"

The owners of Molly's Pub, a popular Main Street bar shut down after a Dec. 15 raid for serving minors, have agreed to a liquor license cancellation and forfeiture of the bar's $1,000 bond, according to The Buffalo News.State Liquor Authority commissioners, meeting in New York City, accepted the conditional no-contest plea Wednesday on behalf of the bar's license holder, WAM Corp., and its principal, William W.


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Scoreboard

M. TennisFriday:Buffalo6Boston\t1M. BasketballSaturday:Central Michigan71Buffalo61WrestlingSaturday:Finished second out of 17 teams at state championshipW.


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Inanimate subjects

American jobs, from Nike to the automotive industry, have been shipped overseas for cheap labor in increasing numbers over the past several decades.


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Schedule

M. BasketballTuesday: at Bowling Green, 7 p.m.


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Scientists are Bunsen burnouts

Upon first listen, We Are Scientists' album "With Love and Squalor" sounds like an undefined mixture of pop punk and '80s-imitation bands such as Franz Ferdinand, Hot Hot Heat or The Strokes.Fortunately for the band, described by lead singer Keith Murray on their Web site as "a flight from New York to L.A.


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Sidelines

Jezorski at the top of her classJen Jezorski is not only at the head of the pack for Buffalo's track team, but she is also near the top academically.


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'New World' explores country and condition

From "Robinson Crusoe" to "Castaway," and from "The Heart of Darkness" to "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," we've been fascinated with stories of discovery and survival for centuries.Directors and authors create storylines in which characters are reduced to the basic essentials of mankind, thus chiseling off the thick coating of civilization that impairs us from recognizing our own human nature.


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Women's hoops crushed in MAC road match

Buffalo's reign as road warriors came to a halt on Saturday.The Bulls headed to Kent State with a 5-1 record away from Alumni Arena, but were greeted with a blowout loss to the Golden Flashes, 73-56.Buffalo didn't trail the whole way, leading with just over 14 minutes left in the second half at 35-34.


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UB to help Buffalo's troubled East Side with grant

With a $359,090 grant through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, UB will be among several groups taking aim over the next three years at developing and revitalizing Buffalo's poverty-stricken East Side.UB was awarded the grant in late December to fund programs with HUD's Community Outreach Partnership Centers, which help colleges work with community groups to redevelop struggling neighborhoods and aid them in tackling deep-seated issues such as poverty and poor health.


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Bulls' swimmers downs Purple Eagles

A month of intense physical conditioning paid off for both Buffalo swimming and diving teams on Wednesday as the men downed Niagara University 107-73 and the women also handily beat the Purple Eagles 120-82."We just came off from four hard weeks of Christmas break training," said men's head coach Budd Termin.


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Come again?

For R&B fans who like the dirty sensuality of Jamie Foxx or Cory Chesnutt, another spoonful of lovin' is on the way.Jersey-based singer and songwriter Tony Hussle recently made his debut in the music business with his "Sexy, Freaky, Electric" EP, released Dec.


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