The Edge: Buffalo vs FAU and other top stories.

• The Edge: Buffalo vs FAU

  

  The Edge: Buffalo vs FAU Analyzing the Bulls final non-conference game The Buffalo Bulls (1-2) are set to finish up their non-conference schedule this week when they host the FAU Owls (1-2) on Saturday evening. Buffalo secured their first win of the season last week as they rolled through FCS opponent, the Colgate Raiders (1-2) and they will look to keep up the momentum this week. Here is The Spectrum’s breakdown of the matchup.Quarterback: Buffalo The quarterbacks will be one of the..

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• UB looks forward to upcoming Buffalo Humanities Festival

  

  UB looks forward to upcoming Buffalo Humanities Festival Lead environmentalist Bill McKibben will be this year’s keynote speaker By Allison Staebell / The Spectrum David Castillo, director of the Humanities Institute, sits in his office. Castillo discussed the agenda for this year’s Buffalo Humanities Festival. Most people consider Bill McKibben the country’s current leading environmen..

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• ON YOUR FEET! First National Tour Starts the Salsa in Buffalo Tonight

  

  The First National Tour of the Broadway musical ON YOUR FEET! stars Cuban-American Broadway actress Christie Prades as seven-time GRAMMY-winning international superstar Gloria Estefan, and acclaimed stage and television actor Mauricio Martinez, playing her 19-time Grammy-winning producer and husband Emilio Estefan. Launching tonight, September 22, in Buffalo, NY, the 80-week National Tour will celebrate its Grand Opening on October 5 in the Estefans' home city of Miami, FL, and travel to 60 add..

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• Panera Bread To Move From Buffalo Grove To Palatine

  

  B UFFALO GROVE, IL — Buffalo Grove's Panera Bread will be making Palatine its new home. The restaurant will only be moving about 2 miles west on Dundee Road, but the address change will put the location in a new village, according to the Daily Herald. Currently, Panera is in Buffalo Grove at 1228 W. Dundee Road near Buffalo Grove High School. The new location will be at Dundee and Rand roads by Mattress Firm and Verizon. The exact date the restaurant is changing locations hasn't been set yet. ..

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• Bills' McCoy Vows To Find His Stride Against Broncos

  

  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — LeSean McCoy wouldn’t be topping 9,000 career yards rushing if he spent time wilting at the prospect of facing defenses stacked against him or deflecting blame after a bad outing. And the Buffalo Bills running back isn’t about to start now. Stopped in his tracks by Luke Kuechly and the Carolina Panthers last weekend, McCoy expects much more from himself with Von Miller and the Denver Broncos coming to town Sunday. “In this league, you’ve got to deal with it. Too much c..

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• Team USA rules out including NHL draft-eligible prospects

  

  BUFFALO, N.Y. - (AP) -- General manager Jim Johannson ruled out the possibility of the U.S. men's hockey team having NHL draft-eligible prospects competing at the Winter Olympics in February. Johannson told The Associated Press on Thursday he doesn't view anyone from the 18-and-younger pool of prospects capable of cracking the projected lineup of non-NHL players, many of whom are opening this season on teams in Europe. "We're going to be too good," said Johannson, who is also USA Hockey's assi..

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• NFL Picks 2017: 5 Best Bets Against The Spread For Week 3

  

  More than half of the road teams are favored, according to the Week 3 Las Vegas betting odds. Six of those teams are undefeated, and five are laying exactly three points.There’s no such thing as a “sure thing” when it comes to gambling, but here are the five best bets against the spread for Week 3 of the 2017 NFL season:Baltimore Ravens (-3.5)Baltimore might not be a bad pick if Sunday’s game against the Jaguars was being played in Jacksonville. Considering it’s on a neutral field in London, the..

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• Woodbridge Restaurant Inspections: Buffalo Philly's, Grain of ...

  

  PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA — Prince William Health District officials recently inspected food preparation and storage in the area. Full reports can be accessed on the health department’s website. “In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations,” according to Virginia Department of Health’s website. Violations noted below involve those issues that would typically require a re-inspection if not corrected or those that a..

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• What babies eat – before and just after birth – can impact them for ...

  

  Despite efforts to promote healthy eating, the global obesity epidemic continues. Now a new book co-edited by a University at Buffalo researcher discusses how ...

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• MSG Networks and DIRECTV Team Up to Make “MSG GO ...

  

  MSG Networks and DIRECTV Team Up to Make "MSG GO" Available to DIRECTV Subscribers in Time for 2017/18 NBA and NHL Seasons NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MSG Networks Inc. (NYSE:MSGN) and DIRECTV announced today that "MSG GO," MSG Networks' live streaming and video on demand platform, will be available to DIRECTV subscribers who receive MSG Networks as part of their pay television subscription in time for the upcoming NBA and NHL seasons.   With access to "MSG GO", DIRECTV s..

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Bills Bolster Roster With Two Wild Trades and other top stories.

• Bills Bolster Roster With Two Wild Trades

  

  The Buffalo Bills are not even 24 hours out of their first pre-season game of 2017 and have already revamped their roster on both sides of the ball.The Buffalo Bills announced Friday two separate trades that sent shockwaves through Western New York.The first trade was by far the most shocking move of the young NFL Season thus far.According to the team, the Buffalo Bills have traded WR Sammy Watkins and a 2018 6th round pick to the Los Angeles Rams for a 2018 second round pick and CB E.J Gaines.A..

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• FBS Independents: 10 Things To Know

  

  With the start of the college football season around the corner, we're going around the country to preview the 2017 season, conference by conference, with analysis and projected records for every team. We continue with 10 things to know about the four teams without a conference: the FBS independents. 2017 conference previews: Sun Belt | MAC | ACC | Big 12 | Mountain West | Independents | Big Ten | Pac-12 | SEC | American | Conference USA * * * 1. The number of major college football independent..

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• Students unearth trove in East Village classroom closet

  

  On Feb. 3, 1959, 8-year-old Alan Lederman brought $2 to PS 61 to sock away in a school savings account. As he hung his coat in the closet, the deposit envelope fell through a crack in the floorboards. His two silver certificates lay buried for 58 years. But last spring, fourth-graders at Lederman’s East Village alma mater, now called the Children’s Workshop School, dug them up — one a wrinkled 1935 bill, the other a pristine 1957. Then, teacher Miriam Sicherman tracked down two wrong Alan Leder..

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• Brault continues dominant run with Indians

  

  Ample confidence and a sense of identity have Steven Brault in the midst of his finest season as a pro. The Pirates' No. 7 prospect recorded his 10th straight quality start on Saturday, yielding two hits and three walks while striking out five over seven scoreless innings as Triple-A Indianapolis topped Syracuse, 8-2, at Victory Field. Gameday box score "He threw strikes, he controlled counts and he was able to take advantage of a pretty free-swinging team," Indians pitching coach Stan Kyles s..

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• Carson Wentz: It's tough to see Jordan Matthews go

  

  Carson Wentz: It’s tough to see Jordan Matthews go Posted by Josh Alper on August 13, 2017, 8:11 AM EDT Getty Images The Eagles traded wide receiver Jordan Matthews and a third-round pick to the Bills for cornerback Ronald Darby on Friday in a move that addressed a need in the secondary and took one of quarterback Carson Wentz‘s closest friends on the team off the roster. Wentz and four other Eagles took Matthews to dinner on Friday before he got on a flight to meet his new team in Bu..

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• 1st West Point grad in majors wins debut as Jays top Pirates

  

  He went 10-3 last year at Class A Dunedin, started this season 3-2 with a 1.73 ERA at Double-A New Hampshire, then was promoted to Triple-A Buffalo in ...

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• Heartbreak and remembrance of three women slain in Hempstead

  

  By all accounts, Melissa Vanderhall was a star. She had reaped more than a dozen awards, from academic to athletic, her resume shows. Her alma mater, the University of Tampa in Florida, said Saturday she was “one of the most prolific student-athletes in school history.” Her mother was just as well-regarded. Lynn Reichenbach-Vanderhall, 58, was preparing to celebrate 30 years of community service at Hempstead’s Family and Children’s Association, where she coordinated the group’s nursery co-op. J..

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• A Family Didn't Tip This Server Because of Her LGBTQ+ Equality ...

  

  There's been an above-average amount of news this week in relation to tipping your servers. The consensus is: whether it's with cash or on your card, just do it. There's really no excuse not to—especially when it comes to something as ridiculous as this reason a family refused to tip their waitress last week.Samantha Heaton, a 20-year-old Buffalo Wild Wings waitress from Illinois, was serving a family of five during her shift earlier this week. According to the Rock River Times, server-customer ..

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• Supply Chain Veteran Sees the Future of E-commerce Fulfillment

  

  “I like to say that most dads took their kids to Disney World and my dad took me to the BorgWarner auto parts plant in Buffalo, New York,” Trebilcock says.

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• With Bishop Sankey out, Vikings sign RB Bronson Hill

  

  He was hurt at the end of a 14-yard run at Buffalo on Thursday and left the stadium on crutches. Sankey can be placed on injured reserve after clearing waivers.

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NASA Estimates the Global Reach of Atmospheric Rivers and other top stories.

• NASA Estimates the Global Reach of Atmospheric Rivers

  

  A recent study by NASA and several partners has estimated, for the first time, the global impact of atmospheric rivers on floods and droughts, as well as the number of people affected by these atmospheric phenomena. Atmospheric rivers are relatively long, narrow, short-lived jets of air that transport water vapor across significant portions of Earth's mid-latitude oceans, onto the continents and into Earth's polar regions. Previous studies recognized that atmospheric rivers can have p..

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• Aliens may be more like us than we think

  

  Picture an alien. These illustrations represent different levels of adaptive complexity we might imagine when thinking about aliens. (a) A simple replicating molecule, with no apparent design. This may or may not undergo natural selection. (b) An ...

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• Sweet 16! SpaceX sends KoreaSat-5A into orbit and then lands Falcon 9 booster

  

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rises from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida, sending the Koreasat-5A telecommunications satellite into space. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX executed its 16th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year today, sending the Koreasat-5A telecommunications satellite into orbit and then having the first-stage booster fly itself back to an oceangoing launch pad. The mission marked a doubling of SpaceX’s launch tally from last year and signaled that the California-based l..

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• Op-ed | The Deep Space Gateway as a cislunar port

  

  When Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the lunar surface for the last time in 1972, many viewed the moon as a dry and barren world, with little to offer beyond flags and footprints for superpowers — a prize that had been clearly won by the United States. Fast-forward almost a half-century later, and a lot has changed. Our scientific and strategic understanding of the moon and its resource potential has expanded dramatically. Recent robotic missions to the moon have..

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• LEGO launches sale of 'Women of NASA' minifigures set

  

  November 1, 2017 – History-making astronauts Sally Ride and Mae Jemison now share store shelf space with ninjas, knights and superheroes as the newest LEGO minifigures to launch for sale. "Women of NASA," a new LEGO Ideas set celebrating the achievements of female pioneers from the space agency's 60-year history, debuted in LEGO stores and toy shops on Wednesday (Nov. 1). The 231-piece set, which is available for $24.99, features four minifigures and three small builds "great for role-playing sp..

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• NASA finds 20 potentially habitable worlds that have been 'hiding in plain sight'

  

  LONDON: Scientists have found a full 20 new planets that could support life, suggesting there are more habitable worlds out there than we'd thought. The new findings come from NASA's Kepler mission to discover alien worlds like our own, able to support alien or potentially ourselves in the future. And they are some of the most optimistic findings yet, suggesting new breakthroughs in our attempt to find "Earth 2.0". The 20 new planets could be our best chance yet of finding alien worl..

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• Next Mars rover will have 23 'eyes'

  

  A selection of the 23 cameras on NASA's 2020 Mars rover. Many are improved versions of the cameras on the Curiosity rover, with a few new additions as well. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. When NASA's Mars Pathfinder touched down in 1997, it had five ...

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• Jurassic 'Mega-Carnivore' Dinosaur Was 4 Times the Size of a Lion

  

  Researcher Fabien Knoll lies next to the newly discovered footprints of a gigantic carnivorous dinosaur found in Lesotho, a country in southern Africa. Credit: Courtesy of Fabien Knoll About 200 million years ago, a giant meat-eating dinosaur — one so large it was about twice as long as a giraffe is tall — left behind three-toed footprints as it trekked across the muddy ground, according to a new study. Now, researchers are studying this massive dinosaur's fossilized footprints, as we..

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• Monster Planet, Tiny Star: Record-Breaking Duo Puzzles Astronomers

  

  Artist's impression of the gas giant planet NGTS-1b and its neighboring star, an ultracool red dwarf. Credit: Mark Garlick/University of Warwick A giant planet has been found orbiting an ultracool dwarf star — the largest planet compared to its star ever found — leaving scientists baffled at how the duo could have formed. The planet NGTS-1b is situated 600 light-years from our solar system, according to a statement from the University of Warwick, and it is a gas giant about the size o..

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• Spider Silk Could Improve Hearing Aid Microphones

  

  According to Binghamton University, State University of New York research, fine fibers – like spider silk – can improve the quality of microphones for hearing aids. RELATED:  North Korean Hackers 'Steal' Top Secret Submarine, Warship Blueprints from South Professor Ron Miles and graduate student Jian Zhou from the university published the study "Sensing fluctuating airflow with spider silk" that should lead to better microphones for hearing aids than traditional systems. "We use our eardrums..

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Players, teams offer condolences for Heap and other top stories.

• Players, teams offer condolences for Heap

  

  Condolences poured in for retired NFL player Todd Heap and his family on Saturday, a day after police said the former Pro Bowl tight end accidentally ran over his 3-year-old daughter with a truck, killing her.Heap was moving the truck at his home in Mesa, a Phoenix suburb, on Friday when he struck the girl, police said. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.Messages of support and prayers for Heap and his family were offered by former teammates and current NFL players after they learned of the t..

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• Isaiah Thomas, Boston Celtics entering NBA playoffs under tragic circumstances

  

  BOSTON -- It feels wrong to preview a playoff basketball series when a key figure in it, Boston Celtics star Isaiah Thomas, is dealing with the heartbreaking loss a younger sibling. His 22-year-old sister, Chyna, passed away Saturday morning in a car accident, and as I sit here, typing these words, it is very clear that basketball fails to compare, that all the talk about bench scoring, defensive rebounding or any other on-court issue exists in its own world, and that other, realer worlds matte..

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• Rudy Gobert diagnosed with left knee hyperextension, bone bruise

  

  LOS ANGELES -- An MRI on Saturday night revealed no structural damage to Jazz center Rudy Gobert's left knee, and he was diagnosed with a hyperextension and bone contusion, the team announced.The injury puts Gobert's status for the rest of the series in question, sources told ESPN.Gobert, the defensive anchor of Utah's third-ranked defense, collapsed to the floor less than 20 seconds into Saturday's playoff opener against the LA Clippers after banging knees with Luc Mbah a Moute as the Clippers ..

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• UFC on FOX 24 video recap: Demetrious Johnson is first fighter to submit Wilson Reis

  

  Check out BloodyElbow.com's recap of the UFC on FOX 24 main event between UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and Wilson Reis. by Nick Baldwin@NickUFC Apr 16, 2017, 7:00am EDT. tweet · share · pin · Rec. Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports.

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• Lionel Messi bags a brace, Barcelona hold on to beat Real Sociedad

  

  Lionel Messi scored twice and assisted Barcelona's winner as they held off Real Sociedad after a wild first half. Lionel Messi scored twice and assisted Barcelona's winner as they held off Real Sociedad after a wild first half. Barcelona's victory wasn't convincing but the result pulls them within three points of Real Madrid ahead of the Clasico. Barcelona came through a nervy affair to beat Real Sociedad 3-2 at Camp Nou on Saturday, with four of the goals coming in the final nine minutes of a..

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• UFC on FOX 24 video recap: Robert Whittaker upsets Jacare Souza with knockout

  

  Check out BloodyElbow.com's recap of the UFC on FOX 24 main card bout between Robert Whittaker and Ronaldo Souza. by Nick Baldwin@NickUFC Apr 16, 2017, 4:00am EDT. tweet · share · pin · Rec ...

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• Cavaliers use lessons from early April meeting against Pacers to get Game 1 win

  

  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Cavaliers thought they were going to play on Sunday. As one of the league's marquee teams that's when their playoff journey started the previous two years. Not this time. The Cavs got a Saturday game, the opener to this year's playoffs, which deprived them of an extra preparation day. The good news? The Cavs had seen Indiana almost two weeks earlier, dueling with the Pacers in a memorable double overtime win to kick off the April portion of the schedule. That m..

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• San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker recalls past glories with quality Game 1 performance

  

  SAN ANTONIO — What began as a low murmur when he first took possession of the basketball grew into loud buzz like a sky filled with locusts when he crossed over mid-court.  By the time he got all the way to the rim to finish or pulled up to stab in a jumper, it was a full-throated roar.“M-V-P!  M-V-P!  M-V-P!” came the chants from those highest corners of the AT&T Center down to the front row seats where the swells rattle their jewelry in appreciation.Before Kawhi Leonard came along to earn the ..

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• NBA Playoffs 2017: How the Bucks' other rookie changed Game 1 against Raptors

  

  The Milwaukee Bucks trailed the Toronto Raptors 51-46 at halftime on Saturday, but it became clear early in the third quarter that they were not going to go down without a fight. Spurred on by an unlikely hero, they held the Raptors' elite offense to 32 points on 20 percent shooting in the second half, taking a 1-0 lead in the series with a 97-83 victory. Heading into the playoffs, Bucks rookie Thon Maker's role was an open question. He ended the season as their starting center, but in many of..

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• Phil Jackson is the one who should be getting run out of MSG

  

  Phil Jackson says that Carmelo Anthony would be better off somewhere else and at least Jackson is finally right about something in New York other than Kristaps Porzingis. If Jackson is going to stay here for two more years and finish off the kind of ...

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Jets vs. Bills: A Look at Buffalo's (Possible) Defensive Principles and other top stories.

• Jets vs. Bills: A Look at Buffalo's (Possible) Defensive Principles

  

  The Bills have a new head coach this season, Sean McDermott. McDermott was previously the defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers. It is always a bit ...

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• Woman admits to strangling 92-year-old World War I hero with his ...

  

  Adams, now 51, pleaded guilty in a Buffalo courtroom the day before to a reduced charge of manslaughter. She faces a maximum of 25 years in state prison.

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• Buffalo Bills Against New York Jets: Week 1 Preview

  

  The NFL Regular Season is finally here! The Buffalo Bills are set to take on the New York Jets on Sept.10.Occasion: Week 1 – 2017 NFL Season – New York Jets at Buffalo BillsWhere: New Era Field – Orchard Park, New YorkTime: 1:00 pm ETTV: CBSThe New York Jets and Buffalo Bills are scheduled to play their first of two games against each other on Sunday.The game begins a new era for Buffalo Bills football.ORCHARD PARK, NY – AUGUST 31: Head coach Sean McDermott of the Buffalo Bills speaks with playe..

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• NFL Week 1 picks: Giants win in Dallas, Jets fall at Buffalo; 49ers ...

  

  Some things never change in the NFL. From head-scratching replays — let’s hope the league finally has figured out what a catch is this season — to coaches punting when they should go for it on fourth-and-short, expect more of the same. When it comes to Week 1, though, you never know what’s in store. It’s right up there with Week 17 as the most difficult weeks to break down. Be on the lookout for home underdogs, especially early in the season. This week, five teams — the Redskins, Lions, Bears, ..

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• Dennis Black and Andrea Costantino plead guilty to grand larceny

  

  Dennis Black and Andrea Costantino plead guilty to grand larceny Former UB administrators charged with stealing more than $330,000 of state funds By Troy Wachala / The Spectrum Former UB Vice President Dennis Black swears in at Erie County Courthouse. Black and former Campus Living Director Andrea Costantino plead guilty to grand larceny in front of Judge John L. Michalski Thursday morning.  ..

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• DEAR EVAN HANSEN Tour Will Be Found at Shea's Buffalo Theatre

  

  Producer Stacey Mindich has announced that the first national touring production of this year's Best Musical Tony Award-winner Dear Evan Hansen will launch in October 2018 at Denver's Center for the Performing Arts. The tour will go on to play more than 50 cities over a two-year period, including Buffalo, NY (Shea's Performing Arts Center), Charlotte, NC (Blumenthal Performing Arts), Chicago, IL (Broadway In Chicago), Los Angeles, CA (Center Theatre Group), and many more as part of the 2018-201..

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• John Morton eager to make his debut as Jets' play-caller

  

  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New Jets offensive coordinator John Morton walked up to the podium on Thursday, and someone said he looked as if he hadn’t gotten a lot of sleep lately. The lack of talent in the Jets’ offense may keep Morton awake at night later this season, but he says that’s not it. He’s just excited about making his NFL play-calling debut on Sunday at Buffalo and has been putting in long hours to get his unit ready. “It’s OK,” Morton said. “That’s what I love about this job.” Todd Bowle..

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• Gionta still considering options with NHL training camps approaching

  

  CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) Sidney Crosby likes his summers short. Really short. Short summers for Crosby means long playoff runs for the Pittsburgh Penguins, ones that usually end with parades through the city in mid-June, the Penguins captain holding the Stanley Cup aloft. There is no other feeling like it. So the question isn’t why would Crosby want to cut the celebration short, but why would he want to put off starting the process all over again? So just 88 days after Pittsburgh closed out..

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• Original Blues d-man Noel Picard passes away at 78

  

  CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) Sidney Crosby likes his summers short. Really short. Short summers for Crosby means long playoff runs for the Pittsburgh Penguins, ones that usually end with parades through the city in mid-June, the Penguins captain holding the Stanley Cup aloft. There is no other feeling like it. So the question isn’t why would Crosby want to cut the celebration short, but why would he want to put off starting the process all over again? So just 88 days after Pittsburgh closed out..

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• If you can put politics and social issues aside, it's time for some football

  

  For football fans, tonight (Thursday) begins the official start of the new NFL season, and like the last few, it’s co-opted by controversy, as well as a few concerns regarding the weather.  The pending suspension of Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliot now trumps the ongoing national anthem saga started by quarterback Colin Kaepernick last year around this time. Kaep is now officially unemployed because of a de facto league boycott against him that probably will not be lifted until team o..

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