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Well, the Oilers aren’t going to win 45 straight regular-season games. That was assured Sunday night when Rome throttled Olean’s New York Collegiate B...

It turns out the Olean High baseball team had two Division I players on its roster this spring. And in two years, they could be playing against each o...

You’ll rarely ever see Bud Carpenter quoted. Part of it is the nature of his job. Heading into his 32nd season on the Bills’ training staff, 21 as hea...

ST. BONAVENTURE — We have to be careful with these kinds of predetermined declarations, of course. Especially with the one that now quickly follows an...

Here’s why we mediatypes love Rex Ryan. After his Buffalo Bills completed minicamp last week, he announced to the assembled press, “We’ve won the offs...

Matt Stebbins and Ashley Peterson, a pair of former Big 30 athletes, have gone on to achieve success at the next level to be sure. In fact, as is the ...

Some thoughts and observations while waiting to see whether it’s the Cavaliers or Warriors who win the NBA Championship: IT APPEARS, finally, that the...

A couple of notes following the first full week without a local high school sporting event since last August: LOCAL GOLF enthusiasts may have recogniz...

The two individuals who will be added to the Olean High School Athletic Wall of Fame at a luncheon today spanned the entire year of competition during...

Some news on an Olean High alum and his latest triathlon performance and observations on the Oilers’ win streak and Miranda Drummond’s transfer to Syr...

BRADFORD — Some items discovered while cleaning out the notebook: BIG 30 CHARITIES Classic Committeeman Craig Funk is looking for groups to participat...

A year ago, Aaron Phillips was a last-minute addition to the Olean Oilers, a “fill-in” player whose role was never quite clearly defined. The then-St....

OLEAN — Jeff Spears has been involved in sports programs at Olean High School since the mid 1970s. The 1979 OHS alum is currently serving as president...

JAMESTOWN — Almost immediately, Billy Kalbaugh was brought back to 1970. “So, Billy, throughout (that time), they had a Ramsey Lewis song,” opened Gre...

When the Times Herald opted to pick a Big 30 All-Star team for baseball and softball in 2006, we knew that was long overdue. Over 11 years, we’ve conv...

Jordan Corbett’s career is on hold … but only for two months. The Olean-born mixed martial arts fighter expected to be in a bout for the New York stat...

ST. BONAVENTURE — It won’t be easy replacing two of the most productive players in recent memory. That’s the first thing coach Mark Schmidt said when ...

OLEAN — Shawn Dubin never really expected to be in this position. Soccer, not baseball, was his first love in high school. And before graduating from ...