• Travel agency loses $30k after Buffalo hotel cancels eclipse reservation for hundreds of tourists

    Travel agency loses $30k after Buffalo hotel cancels eclipse reservation for hundreds of tourists
    BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A travel agency bringing more than 200 people to Buffalo for the eclipse says they were left scrambling to find a place for their guests to stay after a local hotel canceled their reservation.
    "We've spent two years preparing for this event to make it a great event," said Christopher Donnelly, who owns Sugar Tours Inc. "We were in the process of possibly losing it all in one fell swoop."
    Donnelly's company is based in New Jersey. His agency is planning on bringing 250 peop
  • Tage Thompson scores 4 goals, natural hat trick in Sabres comeback win

    Tage Thompson scores 4 goals, natural hat trick in Sabres comeback win
    BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson’s scored four times, including the go-ahead goal with 4:34 remaining, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Devils 5-2 on Friday night to put a dent in New Jersey’s late-season playoff push.Thompson’s natural hat trick rallied the Sabres from a 2-0 deficit, and he capped the outing with an empty-netter with 6 seconds left.Buffalo remained mathematically in the race by moving into 12th in the East, a point ahead of Pittsburgh, and six behind th
  • 30 prospects in 30 days: Frank Gore, Jr. is even more agile than his father

    30 prospects in 30 days: Frank Gore, Jr. is even more agile than his father
    BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Here's a name that will ring a bell with a lot of football fans, Frank Gore, Jr. Former pro-bowl running back Frank Gore has a son in this year's draft class and just like his dad--- he plays running back."I would say I'm more agile, a little more lateral movement, he's more of a thumper but other than that we're pretty similar," said Gore, Jr.
    Being the son of one of the best running backs ever comes with some lofty expectations, something he embraces."I'm going to set a
  • The first March baseball game in Buffalo history was unkind to pitchers

    The first March baseball game in Buffalo history was unkind to pitchers
    BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Brandon Beane's hard slider missed the plate by a yard. It wasn't the first ball of the day, and might not have been the worst pitch.It's often believed that cold conditions early in baseball's spring favor pitching. That wasn't the case on the earliest Opening Day in Buffalo's history, on a cloudy Good Friday with temperatures in the low 40s, a brisk breeze making it feel closer to freezing.A dozen pitchers for the Buffalo Bisons and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
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