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OLEAN — Olean 1854 FC has been in this exact position before. In 2021, the local men’s amateur soccer team captured the Buffalo and District Soccer Le...

OLEAN — Internally, the Olean 1854 FC soccer program had always wanted to run a second team. Since its inception in 2018, Olean had typically carried ...

The parallels between them were as plentiful as they were profound. And they were predicated on one shared sentiment: Belief. The Salamanca girls and ...

Against the backdrop of the home of the world’s most famous baseball team, Dennie Miles made New York history Monday afternoon. Miles, a longtime Sect...

Direct revenue sharing appears set to come to St. Bonaventure athletics, as athletic director Bob Beretta and university president Dr. Jeff Gingerich ...

It’s thought-provoking to consider what modern civilization robs mankind of. Merely turning a tap, switch or valve provides us with all life’s necessi...

After decades of toiling in the middle or bottom of the AFC East, Bills fans are used to seeing their team rank highly in the standings. But there’s o...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Saturday brought on Senior Day for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team. The tradition has changed in some ways in the new era ...

John McLendon, Sam Stith’s coach with the Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League, once told him, “always remember, tell your story after y...

What is perfection? That’s a tough question. I’ve seen a girl or two that seemed to have that concept nailed down cold, however, this article is about...

A few weeks ago, with his team headed to the NFC Championship for the second time in three years, Nick Sirianni publicly acknowledged his high school ...

FRANKLINVILLE — A little over five years ago, Dani Haskell set the all-time Western New York girls basketball career scoring record in this gym. Haske...

While no doubt many Bills fans quite enjoyed what they saw Sunday night, I’d be interested to hear a fly-on-the-wall account of how Sean McDermott and...

Was it only five years ago…. The African sun peeked over the horizon, silhouetting black camel thorn trees against its brassy glow. It was true, Chris...

A quarter-century later, the pain is still there, but so is the pride. The 1999-2000 St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team gathered to celebrate that ...

St. Bonaventure’s up and down run of Atlantic 10 results took another downward turn Tuesday night, with the Bonnies unable to carry over a winning hom...

What a winter! Between shoveling snow off roofs, clearing the driveway, stairs and sidewalk, I’ve also burned a mountain of firewood trying to stay wa...

His steadfast commitment was symbolized even by the presence of candy. During his tenure as the Olean High School girls basketball coach, Don Scholla ...