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GLENS FALLS — Lydia Lukomski admitted she never really was a leader. Not because she couldn’t. She never had to be. As she ascended through Portville ...

Plenty of basketball players with ties to the Olean area have begun their seasons at both the college and professional levels. Here is how a few of th...

Some thoughts and observations from a rare Sunday — with the Bills already having won Thursday night — of watching the NFL all day … courtesy of the S...

Over the past two seasons, Bills general manager Doug Whaley has taken his share of criticism … including in this space. The soon-to-be-43-year-old fo...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Some notes, quotes and observations from St. Bonaventure’s hoops doubleheader sweep on Friday night at the Reilly Center. -- It’s on...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — They didn’t carry Rex Ryan off the field as the Bills did last year in Detroit with then-defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, w...

Amadi Ikpeze wasn’t asserting himself enough. Despite towering over the majority of his opponents, despite a 6-foot-10 frame that could be identified ...

ORCHARD PARK — In all the justifiable enthusiasm generated by the Bills offense in Sunday’s emphatic, 33-17, victory over Miami, one rather important ...

OLEAN — It’s been a long time since St. Bonaventure basketball fans have had such a mix of excitement and apprehension. The Bonnie men, coming off con...

ORCHARD PARK — Rex Ryan is no dummy. Heading into Sunday’s game against the Dolphins at “The Ralph,” which will wrap up the first half of his initial ...

ORCHARD PARK — Rex Ryan had so much respect for Dan Campbell’s coaching ability, he tried to hire him away from the Dolphins during his time in New Yo...

ORCHARD PARK — Tom Easton doesn’t even hesitate at the question. Of course he feels he’s better, physically and otherwise, than the last time he stepp...

You hear coaches talk about teamwork all the time.Many times, the success or failure on a basketball court, a baseball diamond, or a football or socce...

It was about a year ago at this time that the plan was set. Four Olean businessmen — Kyle Henzel, Joe DiSorbo, Dan DeRose and Chris Sanzo — decided to...

BRADFORD, Pa. — In 43 years at the Times Herald, few stories, if any, have bothered me more and were harder to write than the one that accompanies thi...

For most competitive athletes, age 40 tends to mark the end of their careers performing at an elite level … if they get even that far. Not so with All...

It was just three months ago when Greg Wright a 1973 Olean High School graduate was back in town to help celebrate when his older brother, Doug, was h...

Some notes on the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team as it prepares for its exhibition opener, Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1:30 p.m. against Edinboro at...