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    THRiVE! shows you some of the region's best places to enjoy the taste of fall. Don't miss our 4 recommendations of Buffalo's best apples, cider and donuts.

     

    July/August 2011

    Saturday
    Sep172011

    Let’s Go Buffalo. Bills Season Preview

    The Classic Look. The Bills unveiled their new uniforms in June and will be sporting their new look this season One meaningless preseason game.

         That appears to be the final casualty toll of a lockout that flooded the National Football League offseason. The labor dispute between players and owners cast a pall over the draft, threatened training camps, shortened the period in which free agents could shop their services on the open market and generally just wreaked havoc on the NFL’s entire hot stove cottage industry.

         As spring stretched into summer with no deal in place, uncertainty reigned. Fans began mentally preparing themselves for the worst: Would there even be a 2011 season? Ultimately, the two sides broached a compromise over how to share the $9 billion in revenue the league draws each year, as well as a few lesser issues. Though, when you’re talking about $9 billion, everything is a lesser issue. READ MORE...

    Wednesday
    Aug032011

    Enemy Opposition

    Enemy Opposition may not be the most well known sports team in town, but the underground group of extreme sports junkies are on a mission to help kids escape the trap of drugs, alcohol and destructive life styles that most say, they were almost all a part of. While anything but just another support group, the team is somewhat of a band of brothers touring the town sharing the good news that there is hope to break the addictions and find wholeness while still enjoying the sports with the gravity defying air-ness, and do it for a good cause. READ MORE...

     

    

    Saturday
    Apr232011

    Sports: #63 Tyler Ennis

    #63 Tyler Ennis

    Buffalo Sabre 21 year old center has a bright future with the team, we caught up for a quick Q & A.

    What is the best part of playing hockey in a town like Buffalo?

    I think it is how much they care about hockey here, every time we score it’s exciting and it’s a packed building and everyone is going crazy, so I think just playing in a place where hockey matters is awesome. READ MORE...

     

    Sunday
    Apr102011

    Sabres Playoff Tickets On Sale Monday

    The Buffalo Sabres announced Friday that individual game tickets for the three potential first-round homes games in the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs will go on sale Monday, April 11 at 9 a.m. There will be several thousand tickets available for each game. The opponent has yet to be determined, and the NHL will announce the complete first-round schedule on Sunday night.

    Tickets will be available in person at the HSBC Arena Box Office, online at www.sabres.com, tickets.com or charge by phone at 1-888-223-6000. Fans are encouraged to purchase online to avoid potential lineup delays at the arena box office.

    Tickets will be at Gold Level pricing, ranging from $60 for 300 Level III/IV seats, to $178 for 200 Club Level seats. The complete pricing structure is outlined below:

    2010-11 PLAYOFF TICKETING PRICING PER GAME
    SEATING PRICING
    200 Club $178
    200 Club End Zone $178
    100 Lvl. Preferred $163
    100 Lvl. II $141
    100 Lvl. III $118
    100 Lvl. IV $104
    300 Lvl. I $89
    300 Lvl. II $74
    300 Lvl. III $60
    300 Lvl. IV $60

    

    Sunday
    Apr102011

    London Fletcher Accepted the Call to Courage Award Today

    The 10th Anniversary of the Call to Courage Awards Breakfast was held this morning Saturday, April 9, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Buffalo, NY, from 9AM to 11AM. The high profile sports breakfast is sponsored by the Buffalo Pro Ministry of Athletes in Action. Every spring for the past nine years, former Buffalo Bills quarterback, Frank Reich, who engineered the "Greatest Comeback in NFL History", hosts this outstanding community sports breakfast event.

    Reich presented the 2011 Call to Courage Award to Washington Redskins two-time All Pro Linebacker and former Buffalo Bill, London Fletcher. The John Carroll University product was a standout for the Bills from 2002 to 2006. An undrafted free agent out of college, the 13 -year NFL veteran also played four seasons with the St. Louis Rams and was part of the Rams Super Bowl Championship team along with former Call to Courage Award Winners, Kurt Warner and Don Davis.

    The honorary chairs for this year's breakfast was Buffalo Bills Head Coach Chan Gailey and his wife Laurie. "We are thrilled to have such an outstanding program in this our tenth year with such wonderful individuals like Coach Gailey and his wife Laurie and London Fletcher" stated Reich.

    The Call to Courage Award Breakfast held in Buffalo, is Reich's way of thanking the Western New York community for the love and appreciation that was displayed to him and his family while he was a member of the Buffalo Bills during those great Super Bowl years. In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Bills first Super Bowl appearance, another feature at this year's breakfast was a round table discussion with several members who played in Super Bowl XXV.

    Each year, Reich presents the Call to Courage Award to a current NFL player who has exemplified outstanding character, commitment and leadership on and off the field and in the community.

    The Call to Courage Award Breakfast has featured some of the biggest names in sports over the past nine years. Stars like, Kurt Warner, Chad Pennington, Curtis Martin ,Don Davis, Bob Christian, Trent Dilfer, John Kasay, Jon Kitna and Heath Evans are previous award winners.