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Erie County lawmakers on Thursday heard directly from the county executive and a representative of the Buffalo Bills about the Memorandum of Understanding for the deal to build a new stadium for the pro football franchise. Legislators are being asked to approve the MOU, so that final negotiations may be completed to move the project forward.

In a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the coalition expressed "grave concerns" about recent reports of the NFL’s "hostile workplace culture."

The ban came down from the NYS Gaming Commission on Monday, which noted that Bob Baffert’s 90-day suspension by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission was recently upheld in court.

Top-seeded Stanford will take on the University of Connecticut Friday at 9:30 p.m. in a semifinal game, with Buffalo Seminary graduate Tara VanDerveer leading the Cardinal .

The public's share of the cost of building and operating a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills will exceed $1.1 billion, once long-term maintenance costs are factored in, according to documents released Wednesday.

When it was announced Monday that an agreement had been reached to build a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills, remarks made by one local leader raised the eyebrows of fans of a different kind of football.

When the Buffalo Bisons begin their 2022 International League season April 5, it will be the first time in three years that the minor league baseball team has hosted a season opener in April. Buffalo’s 2020 season, along with all of minor league baseball, was canceled due to the COVID pandemic. In 2021, to allow their Major League affiliate club Toronto Blue Jays to borrow Sahlen Field for their own home games, the Bisons played a significant chunk of their own season at “home” in Trenton, NJ.

New York State, Erie County and the Buffalo Bills have reached an agreement on a $1.4 billion stadium deal that will keep the team in Western New York for 30 years and be the largest-ever taxpayer contribution to an NFL stadium.

A local group has plans to bring men's professional basketball back to Buffalo.

New York State's budget is a week away from its deadline and there's still no sign of a deal on a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz doesn't seem worried.