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Buffalo Bills make 2 deals to trade out of 1st round of NFL draft. Open 2nd round with first pick

Apr. 26, 2024 00:49 AM EDT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane passed up on filling a need at receiver in the NFL draft on Thursday by making two trades to move out of the first round entirely. The Bills are now on the clock in holding the first pick — 33rd overall — of...

2024 NFL Draft: List of first round picks

Apr. 26, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

The players selected in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night in Detroit. ___ 1. Chicago Bears (via trade with Carolina) - Caleb Williams, QB, 6-foot-1, 214 pounds, USC. Scouting report: Mahomes-esque traits with the instincts, mobility and arm...

Sabres hire Lindy Ruff as coach. He guided Buffalo to the playoffs in 2011

Apr. 22, 2024 19:38 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Lindy Ruff has some unfinished business in Buffalo. Some 11 years after being fired as the Sabres' winningest coach, and following head-coaching stops in Dallas and New Jersey, the 64-year-old Ruff is getting his old job back after being hired by the Sabres on...

Bills would preferably be on the receiving end in the NFL draft after dealing Diggs to Houston

Apr. 18, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — One day, Brandon Beane joked the Buffalo Bills are going to select a receiver in each of the seven rounds of the NFL draft. The next, the Bills general manager saying there's no lock he’s drafting a receiver in the first round. Don’t be...

After the remains of a missing boy are found inside a Buffalo home, the focus shifts to how he died

Apr. 15, 2024 17:42 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The remains of a 12-year-old boy who went missing in 2020 have been found inside a Buffalo house, and the death is being investigated as a homicide, police said Monday. Jaylen Griffin was last seen on Aug. 4, 2020, when he left his East Buffalo home for a...

Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges

Apr. 12, 2024 19:35 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents. But jurors acquitted Joseph Bongiovanni of a charge that he improperly wiped his DEA cellphone and failed to reach a verdict on a...

Luukkonen stops 22 shots and Buffalo Sabres play spoilers in beating the Washington Capitals 4-2

Apr. 11, 2024 23:16 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An improved performance still wasn’t good enough for Nic Dowd and the spiraling Washington Capitals who dropped their second outing to the Buffalo Sabres in nine days, and slipped out of the top eight of the Eastern Conference standings. “It’s tough. I...

Reaction to the death of O.J. Simpson

Apr. 11, 2024 15:28 PM EDT

Reaction to the death of O.J. Simpson after prostate cancer. He was 76. Simpson’s family announced the news on his X account. Relatives said he died Wednesday. ___ “I feel that the system failed Nicole Brown Simpson and failed battered women everywhere. I don’t...

Super Bowl champion receiver Watkins heads nine named to Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame

Apr. 11, 2024 12:11 PM EDT

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Super Bowl champion receiver Sammy Watkins was among nine players named to the Clemson Hall of Fame. The school announced the group Thursday, which also included Watkins' quarterback with the Tigers and 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year in Tajh...

Weather is the hot topic as eclipse spectators stake out their spots in US, Mexico and Canada

Apr. 07, 2024 20:02 PM EDT

MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Eclipse spectators staked out their spots across three countries Sunday, fervently hoping for clear skies despite forecasts calling for clouds along most of the sun-vanishing route. North America won’t see another coast-to-coast total solar eclipse for 21...