Sports Columnists

OLEAN — For a stretch of 13 years, from 2000-12, fields for the Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament averaged...

BRADFORD — In recent years, I’ve had occasion to offer less-than-flattering critiques of the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic … be it Don Raabe’s nam...

Some notes on Saturday’s 43rd annual Big 30 Charities Classic set for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Bradford’s Parkway Field: n Historically, the game, matching...

Jaylen Adams had already become a star in his own conference. That much was made certain last winter, when opponents planned for him, but still couldn...

OLEAN — The omen came on the first tee. Ryan Swanson, who won the 2006 Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament, ...

OLEAN — Steve Anastasia graduated from Olean High School in 1989. But even though his time as a three-sport athlete for the Huskies ended, his involve...

OLEAN — It was the biggest inning — as far as impact — for the Olean Oilers this season and Brian O’Connell Jr., the team’s owner, missed almost all o...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Sister Margaret Carney long ago earned my respect and admiration for two very different reasons. One, I’m sure she’s been unhappy wi...

ALLEGANY — It’s really not a mystery why Dale MacArthur has been successful. The Allegany-Limestone girls soccer coach, in his 28 years, has compiled ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Maybe it’s because he’s been at St. Bonaventure for 31 years. But probably it’s just his personality. Larry Sudbrook is not an exper...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Hours later, after this rather surprising bit of news had made its rounds, Dion Wright communicated what most St. Bonaventure basket...

Incredibly, it’s been 17 years since the Bills moved their training camp from Fredonia State to more centrally-located St. John Fisher College in subu...

In 2001, set to begin his collegiate basketball career at St. Bonaventure University, Mike Gansey capped his all-state level high school run second in...

Last Wednesday, I found myself covering a District 2 playoff game in the 13-14-year-old bracket of the New York State Junior Little League tournament ...

It should be an early pinnacle of her already-impressive young career … at least in terms of the event’s importance and the potential audience. But fo...

A bona fide major league star happened to arrive in Buffalo during one of its most quintessentially minor league weekends. On Friday, the Triple-A Bis...

In its 43-year history, it’s the first time the Big 30 Charities Classic has had to share some of its Pennsylvania players with another all-star footb...

ST. BONAVENTURE — At St. Bonaventure, Katie Healy finished her collegiate career in March as the program’s career leader in blocks, and was fourth all...