Photo: Spectrum News BY: SEAN WALLACE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Buffalo Sabres missed the NHL playoffs for 13 consecutive seasons, tying the New York Jets for longest playoff drought in professional sports. Despite two Stanley Cup appearances, the franchise has yet to win a championship in their 54 seasons of play. This season will look to…
BY MIKE POLCE, STAFF WRITER The Buffalo Bills’ season ended in a horrific loss to the Cincinnati Bengals’ in the AFC Divisional Round. The effort was pathetic, the coaching was disastrous and the game plan was non-existent. It looked as if the Bills wanted the season to end. To make matters worse, The Bills’ rival,…
BY MIKE POLCE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER This Sunday, The Minnesota Vikings beat the Buffalo Bills, 31-30. The game was an absolute slugfest between two of the NFL’s most dominant teams. The Bills had a 17-point-lead at halftime but a sequence of careless plays and an unbelievable catch by Justin Jefferson allowed the Vikings to stay in…
BY ANDREW HALE, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s tennis teams were in action this past weekend with the men’s team beginning their season at the Navy Invitational tournament. The women’s team, on the other hand, played in their second tournament in two weeks at the University at Buffalo Invitational. The men’s…
BY DAN GEYER, CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Buffalo Bills: the only NFL team that plays in New York State No, the New York Giants and the New York Jets don’t count. They play in New Jersey. Bills fans have seen it all: Wide Right, the Comeback (known to now Tennessee Titans fans as the choke, or…
BY JUSTIN BOTT, CONTRIBUTING WRITER BUFFALO, N.Y. – Mayor Byron Brown has been in office since 2006 and wants to continue his tenure for an unprecedented fifth term, but his road to victory won’t be as easy as his previous four, as he’s having to run a write-in campaign. Brown was beaten in the June…
By Brianna McKnight Staff Writer Buffalo’s National Federation for Just Communities (NFJC) held the Dash for Diversity event in Delaware Park on Oct. 1 to fight against bias and bigotry. Lana D. Benatovich, a member of St. Bonaventure’s Board of Trustee’s, is the president of the NFJC. The NFJC realized the need for people in…
This semester, the performing arts series has expanded from jazz to incorporate many different forms of music and art, like classic rock, blues, classical, ballet and theater to expose students to more than one type of art. For the last two years, the performing arts faculty has done a series with jazz put together by…
By Vanessa Hulse Staff Writer Sarah Rose Costello, a sophomore education major, is another coordinator at the Warming House this semester; something that she has been doing for two semesters now. She mentions that working at the Warming House has not only helped develop her as a person, but has changed the way she views…
St. Bonaventure’s Polar Plunge team will travel to Woodlawn Beach State Park in Buffalo this Saturday to plunge into Lake Erie to raise money for Special Olympics New York. “Special Olympics is a non-profit organization that is the largest provider of health care in the world for those with intellectual disabilities,” said Paula Scraba, O.S.F.,…
By Cameron Pettrone Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure is taking a plunge in support of the Special Olympics. “The Polar Plunge is an annual event through the Special Olympics of New York and they are challenging colleges in the Buffalo area,” said Dr. Paula Scraba, O.S.F. “The whole thing is advocacy through sport.” The Polar Plunge…
By BV Sports Staff Western New Yorkers love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports. Bills The Buffalo Bills 2016-17 season is already off to a roaring start. Pro-bowl…
By Lauren Zazzara Features Editor Journalism and mass communication alum Michael Farrell, ‘00, released his second novel titled When the Lights Go Out on Tuesday. According to Farrell, the novel revolves around a fictional Buffalo musician named Johnny Nolan. “He’s an amalgamation of aspects of everyone from Jeff Tweedy to Glen Hansard to Neil Young…
By BV Sports Staff Western New Yorkers love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports. Bills Are there any people out there that still believe in EJ Manuel? Anyone,…
Western New Yorkers love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports. Bisons The Bisons have been rolling as they lead the International League’s North division. With stars like Matt…
Western New Yorkers love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports. UB Basketball After winning the MAC tournament last weekend, the Bulls earned their first-ever berth in the NCAA…
By Lian Bunny News Editor Finding newsworthy stories within the “Bona Bubble” is a job in itself. As News Editor, I try to focus on assigning stories that students really would benefit from reading. Each news story must directly relate to St. Bonaventure in some way, whether it is through an alumnus or a teacher…
Western New Yorkers love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports. Sabres While the franchise will never put it this simply, the Sabres have continued the tanking process this week.…
Western New Yorkers love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports. Sabres Pigs have flown. In the past four games, the Sabres have won two—count them, two—games. The first…
Western New Yorker’s love Buffalo sports. While other areas of the country may ignore this great city, many locals are infatuated with its regional teams. So here it is: The BV’s take on all things Buffalo sports Sabres In a rare case of events, the Sabres won a game Tuesday, beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-2.…