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Girls’ rugby pushes for recognition amid flag football’s rapid growth

By CIAH COURTNEY | 8:45pm

Although it may not be immediately visible, Western New York is brimming with rugby opportunities for athletes of all ages — some beginning as early as middle school.

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Red Murdock: The 2026 “Mr. Irrelevant”

By CIAH COURTNEY | Apr. 26

Red Murdock was drafted to the Denver Broncos.

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Bulls softball goes 1-2 in three-game series against Central Michigan

By CIAH COURTNEY | Apr. 21

Over the weekend, Buffalo softball (21-27, 8-13 MAC) played an in-conference three-game series against the Central Michigan Chippewas (22-18, 13-7 MAC) at Nan Harvey Field, where after being tied up at 1-1, they lost the final game 5-2.

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Bulls men’s and women’s tennis display dominance in MAC

By CIAH COURTNEY | Apr. 7

As of right now, both of Buffalo’s tennis programs have phenomenal records, with the men sitting at 13-6, 7-2 MAC and the women at 18-4, 5-0 MAC.

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Leading from inside up: Sara Gama on why representation transforms women’s sports

By CIAH COURTNEY | Apr. 1

Former captain of Italy’s national team and vice president of the Italian Footballers’ Association, Sara Gama visited UB on Monday evening to give a talk on leadership, advocacy and change in women’s soccer.

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The Spectrum elects Mylien Lai as 2026-2027 editor-in-chief

By CIAH COURTNEY | Mar. 31

On Thursday evening The Spectrum’s editorial board elected Mylien Lai as the next editor-in-chief for the 2026-2027 academic year.

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Bulls put in the work over break at NCAA Championships

By CIAH COURTNEY | Mar. 31

Freshman diver Adele Melamud qualified for the 1-meter and 3-meter NCAA Championship events and senior wrestler Kaleb Burgess qualified as the 23rd seed for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships in Cleveland, OH.

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Alumni Arena hosts two-day MAC wrestling championships

By CIAH COURTNEY | Mar. 10

12 schools from across the conference sent their best athletes to compete in this two day tournament that was ultimately won by Rider University (12-6, 6-0 MAC). The Bulls (4-11, 3-5 MAC) ended the tournament in 11th place with 24.5 points.

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Bulls swim and dive earns 5th place at MAC championships

By CIAH COURTNEY | Mar. 3

Bulls swim and dive competed in the four-day Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship meet in Akron OH, where they secured nine top-five finishes and finished in fifth place overall.

Photo: Zahra Amos / UB Athletics

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Men and women break mile records in Boston at Valentine’s Day Invitational

By CIAH COURTNEY | Feb. 17

Going into this meet, the Bulls had already added 32 new runs, throws and jumps to the UB record books, and after the weekend they have come away with 10 more. With top schools from the northeast, like Princeton and Harvard in attendance, the Bulls had their work cut out for them in this two-day meet.