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Cotto training in Lockport
Professional boxer and World Boxing Organization Lightweight champion of the world Jose Miguel Cotto (32-2-1) has chosen Lockport as his training camp for his upcoming fight with Jose Luis Castillo (63-11-1) on March 24 in Houston Texas.

February 7, 2012 1 Photo
Super Bowl draws record viewers on NBC
For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.

February 6, 2012 1 Photo
The makings of a thriller
MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning — Eli, and Peyton, too.

February 3, 2012 1 Photo
Angelo Dundee remembered fondly
From Canastota to Hollywood to the Philippines to Lockport, N.Y., Angelo Dundee’s Hall of Fame career generated a lot of excitement. Arguably boxing’s most famous trainer, Dundee died away from the limelight at his apartment in Tampa on Wednesday at the age of 90.

February 2, 2012 1 Photo
Local racing legend dies
One of the Lockport area’s greatest race car drivers — a man whose love of life and racing transcended time and made him one of the most popular and respected figures in the sport for decades — has died.

August 18, 2011 1 Photo
It's a Green Day in Arlington
As the 2005 draft crept uncomfortably along into hour 2, then hour 3, then hour 4 and beyond, Aaron Rodgers looked at the board, saw the words “Green Bay” up there and knew there was an outside chance his long day would end there.

February 7, 2011 2 Photos
Sabres owner turned down earlier sale offer
Future Sabres owner Terry Pegula can never move the team from Buffalo under terms of his $189 million deal to buy the NHL franchise.

February 3, 2011 1 Photo
Eating crow in Pittsburgh
You would have thought the Pittsburgh Steelers hired Charles Manson as their new offensive line coach.

February 2, 2011 1 Photo
Buffalo Sabres announce sale of team
Buffalo Sabres owner Tom Golisano agreed to sell the NHL franchise to Pennsylvania businessman Terry Pegula on Tuesday.

February 1, 2011 1 Photo
Starks has the last laugh
Lockport-area coaches and former athletes remember Green Bay Packers running back James Starks as a fierce competitor and outstanding athlete, but ironically, not as a future National Football League star.

January 26, 2011 2 Photos
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