UFC's first trip to Buffalo in over 20 years a successful showing and other top stories.

• UFC's first trip to Buffalo in over 20 years a successful showing

  

  UFC’s first trip to Buffalo in over 20 years a successful showing By THOMAS ZAFONTE / The Spectrum UFC president Dana White (right) and UFC fighter Cynthia Calvillo (left) answer questions at the UFC 210 post fight press conference. White considers the event a success and looks forward to the UFC’s next event in Buffalo. Saturday night, the UFC made its return to Buffalo for the first ti..

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• Linus Ullmark making his first start of the season for Buffalo on Sunday

  

  The Buffalo Sabres are starting Linus Ullmark in goal Sunday versus the Tampa Bay Lightning. What It Means: Ullmark will be making his season debut in the final game of the season for the Sabres. Buffalo will not be headed to the postseason so they are giving the 23-year-old netminder one last look before the offseason. Ullmark posted a 25-26-2 record with a 2.86 goals against average and a .909 save percentage for the Rochester Americans of the AHL this se..

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• Former UB wrestler Desmond Green wins UFC debut in front of ...

  

  Former UB wrestler Desmond Green wins UFC debut in front of electric hometown crowd Courtesy of James Lynch | Desmond Green answers questions at a UFC 210 post fight media scrum. Green made his UFC debut at the event winning by split decision. Before Desmond 'The Predator' Green threw a punch at UFC 210, the crowd already loved him.When Green scored a takedown, the crowd burst into cheers. And when Green got his hand raised at the end of the fight, the ..

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• Daniel Cormier's Heel Turn Will Lead To Newfound Popularity And ...

  

  Nice guys (and girls) don't always finish last in MMA but they're almost always underappreciated. Josh Hedges/Zuffa LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 24: Daniel Cormier prepares to face Dan Henderson in their light heavyweight bout during the UFC 173 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 24, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) It seems Daniel Cormier has a firm understanding of this dynamic, and on Saturday night in Buffalo, New York, he met hi..

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• UFC 210: Long Island's Weidman will appeal controversial loss

  

  Chris Weidman spent years lobbying to legalize mixed martial arts in New York and serving as the face of MMA in the state. Now he finds himself at odds with the state athletic commission and unsure if he’ll compete here again. Long Island’s Weidman plans to appeal Saturday’s loss to Gegard Mousasi at UFC 210 in Buffalo after a referee’s incorrect call led to his fight being cut short in the second round. Audie A. Attar, Weidman’s manager at Paradigm Sports Management, told Newsday on Sunday tha..

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• Report: Rex Ryan was a “coach with a death wish” in 2016

  

  Getty ImagesRex Ryan, gone from Buffalo but not forgotten since he’ll be getting paid $16.5 million over the next three years (minus the much, much, much lower salary he’ll get from ESPN), entered 2016 with his fraternal twin at his side. It didn’t go well. Why didn’t it? According to Gary Myers of the New York Daily News, Rex “basically dedicated the 2016 season to resurrecting the reputation” of Rob Ryan, who had been fired by the Saints (after being fired by the Cowboys). “Rob was not the B..

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• ProAmpac, A Leading Flexible Packaging Company, Completes ...

  

  CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ProAmpac today announced that is has acquired Trinity Packaging Corporation (Trinity), a leading flexible packaging company specializing in large format packaging for the lawn and garden, food and specialty industrial markets. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170410005151/en/ Trinity is headquartered in Armonk, New York with operations in Roc..

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• NHL Capsules

  

  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point scored a pair of goals, including the winner with 1:24 left, as Tampa Bay topped Buffalo in the season finale for both teams.

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• NY set to make state college tuition free for middle class

  

  After years of failed attempts, Uber and Lyft finally would be able to move into upstate cities such as Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester and Albany. The ride-hailing ...

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• Billions Recap: The Bull Who Gets All the Cows

  

  Photo: Jeff Neumann/Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME Billions The Kingmaker Season 2 Episode 8 Editor's Rating 4 stars Prev Next Complete Series Coverage Since the show’s inception, the central arc of Billions has focused on alternating power between Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis): When one is up, the other is usually down. At the start of season two, Axe was undeniably up, rebuilding Axe C..

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