The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• Big Ben most likely the happiest camper
• College sports and money: Decades-old issues remain unresolved
• Neshannock crumbles in Class A championship
• Two-run HR in 12th lifts Canon-McMillan to PIAA Class AAAA title
  
• Ambridge grad enjoying success on links
• Central Catholic crew performs well on a national stage
• Canon-McMillan overpowers North Allegheny

The Buffalo News

I interned as a sports reporter for the Buffalo News in summer 2012. It was awesome. Here’s a link to everything I wrote for the News. (And no, writers don’t write their own headlines.)

Update: The News redid its website this summer and some links may not be active yet. They’ve assured all content will be available at some point. Searching the entire headline in Google should bring up the story.

• Champions work overtime to achieve goals
• Williamsville North, Barker take field hockey titles
• Passion for coaching lifts Miller into Buffalo Hall
• Jacobs the anchor of great Bills’ defenses
• Wolf built solid athletic program at St. Joe’s
• Sacheli created a hockey powerhouse
• Tradition continues as rowing club turns 100
• Top prospect Wheeler, Bisons fall to IronPigs
• Wheeler looks for first win (blog)
• Truilizio settling in with ‘Jacks
• Billy Baron won’t use scholarship for Canisius (blog)
• NABF’s World Series is set to go
• Familia, den Dekker pace Bisons’ rout
• Bisons open series with Lehigh Valley (blog)
• Billy Baron eligible to play for Canisius this season (blog)
• High school football notebook
• First day of practice: Riverside (blog)
• First day of practice: North Tonawanda (blog)
• Mejia is in control for Bisons
• Duda back vs. Pawtucket (blog)
• Kaleta taking steps to cut back on injuries
• Regier on Doan, Ennis (blog)
• Kaleta signs multi-year deal with Sabres (blog)
• Allan blazes a trail
• Johnson displays star quality
• South stars go for three-peat
• Scott admits he’d think twice
• Revamped Muny, same results
• Ott expects to make entire team tougher
• Grigorenko closer to NHL dream
• Grigorenko signs with Sabres (blog)
• Duty at home is calling Armia
• McNabb working hard to beat roster odds
• Sabres announce Alumni Plaza (blog)
• Luke Adam starts fresh
• Son of Patrick Roy impressing at Sabres camp (blog)
• Five absent as Sabres open development camp (blog)
• Travelin’ man sees every Triple-A classic
• Hove aiming for Muny three-peat
• Billy Baron says he’ll join his father at Canisius
• Billy Baron joins dad at Canisius (blog)
• Loeb a double winner as Tornado fizzles out
• Kreuz keeps composure, finds consolation
• Tired Blackwell stays the course at Junior Masters
• Blackwell holds off upset at IJM (blog)
• Junior Masters is more than a golf tournament
• Women’s pro event makes second visit to Williamsville
• Canisius will row for a cause
• Sprinters become friends, champions
• EA relay pleased with personal record, second-place finish
• Tiger’s niece makes pro debut with 75
• Tiger’s niece makes pro debut (blog)
• St. Joe’s throws out St. Francis’ hopes
• Victor’s Portland leads win over Lancaster
• Allen, Izard top girls track field
• Rain doesn’t dampen champions’ fire in girls meet
• Lefty Wilson leads the way for Lancaster
• Sweet three-peat for Sacred Heart

I also wrote these stories for the Tonawanda News

• Ken East scores last-minute, breakaway goal to top West
• Campbell scores game-high 20 points to lead Ken West over East

The Griffin Newspaper

I was the editor-in-chief of The Griffin, the newspaper of Canisius College for the 2012-13 school year (I was sports editor from 2010-12). It was an amazing experience and I am truly proud of all we accomplished.

We released a brand-new website over Christmas break: check it out at canisiusgriffin.com.

When The Buffalo News uses The Griffin as a source, that’s me. When WGR, WGRZ (Ch. 2), WIVB (Ch. 4), USCHO, the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune and Buffalo Rising use the school newspaper as a source, that’s me too.

Twitter

This space used to read, “If you don’t Tweet, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.” That was three years ago. Things are changing. If you aren’t on Twitter now I can’t even begin to explain how behind you are. Follow @nickveronica

Bar League Softball

I’m in the 99th percentile for going hard in bar league softball. No shame in that. Here’s a plug for our league’s site (yes, there’s bunting and stealing and strikeouts). Check it out!

Canisius College hockey

I (used to) play club hockey for my college. No, it’s is not the Division I team. But girls don’t have to know that. The ACHA gives a lot of guys a chance to play competitively in college without the time commitment of D-I.  http://bit.ly/cKqyfi