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He changed a franchise. He changed a community. The New York Islanders were building a great franchise but when Mike Bossy came along, something clicked. The Islanders had a goal scoring machine. Two years later, #22 was hoisting the Stanley Cup, the first of four straight for the Long Island NHL franchise.

John Spano bought control of the New York Islanders' franchise in 1996, or so we thought. Do you remember when he was discovered as a multi-million dollar fraud?

The Buffalo Sabres have a home game against the Winnipeg Jets tomorrow night.

It's been almost a year since the New York Islanders played at Nassau Coliseum, and here are photos of what the "abandoned" arena looks like in present day.

Yes, the New York Rangers probably overpaid in order to acquire Andrew Copp at the Trade Deadline. He also makes them a much better team in the playoffs.

Nowadays it seems anything an NFL player wants to make a statement they do it passive-aggressively using social media.

On St. Patrick's Day, we look back at some of the best "Patrick's" in the history of New York sports, many of whom fans considered saints during their careers.

Buffalo was his life for 6 years, and yeah, he may not have left on the best note, but Eichel never indicated that the city of Buffalo (or its people) were the reason behind that.

The Buffalo Sabres won the internet with what they wore before the Heritage Classic on Sunday.

The last ten years have not been kind to the Buffalo Sabres, and the Sabres’ fans are totally over it.

On Friday, the Nassau Coliseum turns 50 years-old. Every major musician from Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Paul McCartney, to Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, U2, Matallica, Billy Joel and some form of the Grateful Dead 44 different times, targeted a concert run at the Nassau Coliseum. It's an intimate venue to play with 14,000 of your best friends.

From members of New York sports teams, to residents of the Capital Region and beyond, here are 25 Hall of Fame nominees from the past 25 years with ties to NY.