ANTHONY SYLOR - The Spectrum

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"Diet, right?"

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Apr. 5, 2006

The dead of winter is almost over and all of us that have been in college-sloth mode are scrambling to get back those warm-weather bodies.To aid our plight, the diet industry supplies us with countless easy fixes that come in forms of pills, shakes, specialized diets and workout machines.One such product that I find particularly entertaining is RebounderAir, a proud product of the American Institution of Reboundology.This breakthrough in workout technology was invented by Albert Earl Carter, who according the Web site, invented his product after "recognizing that his extraordinary good health and superior strength were connected to his work on the trampoline."That's right, Carter's great invention is a mini-trampoline that "has proven to be an efficient form of exercise with virtually no harmful side defects" and "the low impact (such as the light pressure on the thighs) stimulates drainage, easing waste material out of the lymphatic system.

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Cerminara dominates life

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Apr. 3, 2006

In the Nov. 21 edition of The Spectrum, senior wrestler Kyle Cerminara said that his goal is to "dominate everyone." Although it was assumed that he meant he wanted to dominate everyone on the wrestling mat, The Spectrum has found out that he also applies his philosophy to everyday life.

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Beating the best

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Mar. 24, 2006

With the winter sports schedule now officially over, it has become obvious that some teams have to change their mindsets and toughen their schedules in order to obtain their ultimate goals of becoming Mid-American Conference champions and national contenders.

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Cerminara comes up short

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Mar. 22, 2006

Many believed that Kyle Cerminara would once again have to wrestle Central Michigan's Wynn Michalak in Oklahoma City at the NCAA Tournament, but few thought it would be with both athletes facing elimination in the losers bracket.Michalak, a sophomore, and Cerminara, a senior, were seeded No.

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Black History Month

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Feb. 24, 2006

Black History Month is coming to an end, and although the annual celebration of black culture may be over, the UB Athletics Department will continue to shine as a new standard of diversity for Division I athletics.The 2005 additions of athletics director Warde Manuel and head football coach Turner Gill, coupled with the already dominant figure of seventh-year head basketball coach Reggie Witherspoon, has made UB the first and only Division-I university to have an African-American in all three positions."It's a great feeling for me," Gill said.

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Bulls upset in Rock's final match

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Feb. 17, 2006

In what is expected to be the final match of Slippery Rock wrestling history, the Rock grapplers came out as hungry underdogs and gave the Bulls more than they could handle.The Rock wrestling team is one of seven programs that the school is planning on cutting at the end of the year as a result of lack of funding.

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Remember the glory days

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Feb. 8, 2006

"Wait 'til next year," has been the motto for Bills fans over the past 10 years or so, and although it seems like most people wouldn't accept that year in and year out, it works on Bills backers every time.Last week before the Super Bowl, Channel 2-WGRZ aired the same special hosted by Ed Kilgore that it airs every year, "Reliving the Glory Days of the Bills." For the past several seasons, as fans are forced to watch teams from other cities compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, this local station has shown that broadcast.

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Bulls' swimmers downs Purple Eagles

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Jan. 20, 2006

A month of intense physical conditioning paid off for both Buffalo swimming and diving teams on Wednesday as the men downed Niagara University 107-73 and the women also handily beat the Purple Eagles 120-82."We just came off from four hard weeks of Christmas break training," said men's head coach Budd Termin.

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Hicks downs Smith in WNY match-up

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Jan. 18, 2006

UB senior Garrett Hicks officially welcomed freshman Kane Smith to the big-time on Sunday afternoon in Alumni Arena as the Bulls dropped a close match to UNC-Greensboro, 22-20.The match drew a crowd estimated at over 400 fans, a large part of which came to see how Smith, now at UNC-Greensboro, would fare at the colligate level after being a two-time New York State High School Champion from Salamanca.

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Football player on short leash after arrest

By ANTHONY SYLOR | Nov. 18, 2005

UB defensive end Anthony Andriano is playing out the final days of his Bulls football career with a legal cloud over his head.Andriano, a senior, was arrested and issued a restraining order earlier this month by Amherst Town Court for assaulting former teammate and roommate Jeff Moss.Andriano's Nov.