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• Sabres buying out Jeff Skinner, opening $7.5M in cap space

  29-06-2024 23:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Sabres are buying out of the remaining three seasons on forward Jeff Skinner's contract, general manager Kevyn Adams said following the NHL Draft on Saturday in Las Vegas.The move will provide Buffalo about $7.5 million in immediate salary cap relief, and the Sabres could have more than $30 million in cap space available for the start of free agency on Monday.The 32-year-old Skinner was Buffalo's highest-paid forward with an annual salary of $9 million on the eig
  
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• Medina's Melanie Green wins British Women's Amateur

  29-06-2024 20:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Melanie Green of Medina won the 121st Women's Amateur Championship on Saturday in Portmarnock, Ireland.Green, a two-time state champion for Medina and second-team All-American at South Florida, is the first American to win the R&A Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the British Ladies Amateur, since Kelli Kuehne in 1996.Watch Green make the winning putt and be presented with the trophy by the captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews
  
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• Sabres add LW Beck Malenstyn, checking line penalty killer, from Caps for 2nd-rounder

  29-06-2024 19:27 via wivb.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals got a head start on the second day of the NHL draft by making a trade before any selections were made. NHL Draft live blog: Follow the Sabres selections on Day 2The Sabres got fourth-line winger Beck Malenstyn from the Capitals for the 43rd pick in a deal completed Saturday. He gives Buffalo valuable forward depth as it tries to end the league’s longest playoff drought.Malenstyn, 26, is a restricted free agent with arbitrati
  
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• 13-year-old shot and killed by police, who say he pointed 'replica' gun at officers

  29-06-2024 15:07 via wivb.com
  
  UTICA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) -- A 13-year-old who pointed a pellet gun at police officers chasing after him was shot and killed by one of the officers late Friday night, the Utica Police Department said Saturday morning.In a chaotic press conference Saturday morning, disrupted by members of the public shouting at police, Utica Police Chief Mark Williams says he wasn't ready to say what initial incident caused officers to stop the 13-year-old and the other person he was with.When officers attempted to s
  
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• 13-year-old dies in Utica after being shot by police

  29-06-2024 15:07 via wivb.com
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) -- A 13-year-old died after he was shot by police in Utica on Friday night.During the stop conducted by police at 10:18 p.m., one of the juveniles ran from the officers and according to police while they were running displayed what looked like a handgun. A Utica Police Officer shot at and struck the male.The 13-year-old male was transported to Wynn Hospital where he died from his wounds.Latest Local News Wake Up Wags: Marble is looking for a forever home Buffalo bars hel
  
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• Wake Up Wags: Marble is looking for a forever home

  29-06-2024 14:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buddy's Second Chance Rescue is helping animals find their forever homes.On Saturday, we met Marble, with Buddy's Second Chance. He's about 11 months old and is described as the perfect lap dog.You can see the full segment in the media player above. For more, click here.Latest Local News Wake Up Wags: Marble is looking for a forever home Buffalo bars helping out former Old Pink employees Home health care aide accused of stealing from local senior citizen Buffalo man
  
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• Buffalo bars helping out former Old Pink employees

  29-06-2024 04:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - It has been nearly two weeks since the fire at the Old Pink in Allentown. Now, other bars in Buffalo are doing what they can to help former employees get back on their feet.Paul Baggs, the bar manager at Mulligan's Brick Bar, got word of the fire just hours after it happened. He had just returned home from closing his establishment when he started to see pictures surface online.
  Baggs knew he wanted to help in any way possible. He described the businesses on Allen Street a
  
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• Sabres keep pick, draft Finnish center Konsta Helenius at No. 14

  29-06-2024 03:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Kevyn Adams was shown working the phones on the draft floor Friday night at the Las Vegas Sphere. But after trading down a few spots beforehand, the Sabres general manager held on to the team's first-round selection and drafted Finnish center Konsta Helenius at No. 14 overall.Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff announced the draft choice, joined on stage by team owner Terry Pegula, general manger Kevyn Adams, and assistant GM Jerry Forton.Ranked as the third-best international skate
  
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• Sabres keep 1st, draft Finnish center Konsta Helenius at No. 14

  29-06-2024 03:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Kevyn Adams was shown working the phones on the draft floor Friday night at the Las Vegas Sphere. But after trading down a few spots beforehand, the Sabres general manager held on to the team's first-round selection and drafted Finnish center Konsta Helenius at No. 14 overall.Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff announced the draft choice, joined on stage by team owner Terry Pegula, general manger Kevyn Adams, and assistant GM Jerry Forton.Ranked as the third-best international skate
  
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