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ORCHARD PARK — The move Doug Whaley made two years ago in the NFL draft is still a source of disagreement among Bills fans. Buffalo’s general manager ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — His goal, at first, was to bring St. Bonaventure to the modest level of a well-run varsity high school program. In the fall of 2006,...

A year ago, Tommy Easton could only watch and wonder as to what his baseball future held. Months earlier, the then-Ellicottville junior, a three-sport...

ORCHARD PARK — Even though Tyrod Taylor, in his first season as a starter, went 8-6, any number of Bills fans still maintain this team needs a franchi...

Some thoughts on Rex Ryan introducing Donald Trump at Monday’s rally in Buffalo and an update on former Allegany-Limestone distance-running star Tammy...

Not long ago, OTH sports editor Chuck Pollock wrote a memorial following the unexpected death of former sports department colleague Jennifer Frey. A 1...

When he was 16 years old, Jordan Corbett got a chilling message from a judge. “He told me I’d be dead by 21,” recalled the Olean native of his sometim...

It’s about to get very real for Allegany-Limestone Central School graduate Martha Ruether. Born 16 weeks premature at a weight of just one pound-eight...

This is the time of year that has NFL fans salivating. Two weeks from Thursday, the National Football League will host the first of its three-day draf...

After a tumultuous last month, things finally seem to be settling down for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team. Coach Mark Schmidt is staying, h...

Mary Westman had competed at the international level as a junior in the Indigenous Games and made All-America women’s wrestling teams for the Universi...

Some thoughts on the NCAA Division I basketball championships, men’s and women’s: YOU KNOW how politicians find a way to spin bad news to make it soun...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The distance from working a Randolph dairy farm to being the national NBA writer for the Washington Post isn’t as far as it might se...

Evidently, Jaylen Adams didn’t realize that April Fools’ Day was last Friday. Either that, or St. Bonaventure’s sophomore point guard couldn’t resist ...

I hate April Fools’ Day. In my experience, most people don’t appreciate being made the butt of a “joke” by a prank that usually amuses only the person...

Last week, in this space, while reviewing the recently-completed St. Bonaventure basketball seasons, my assessment also included a persistent rumor th...

Tareq Coburn needed a change. Oozing with potential that had yet to be tapped, the then-rising senior on the powerhouse Cardozo High School basketball...

The wheels began to turn eight years ago. Rick DeKay, the long-time coach and athletic director at West Valley, feared for the future of scholastic sp...