Sports Columnists

PORTVILLE — The organizers for the annual Mike McGreevy Run, this year slated for Saturday, Aug. 15, are beaming with excitement. Almost 100 percent o...

It was an odd way to find out about Van Miller’s passing. Driving back from Maine on Saturday evening, listening to Sirius Radio’s NFL channel, it ann...

Five minutes before its 1 o’clock shotgun start, with the sunshine holding and not a single no-show among the field, this had all the makings of a suc...

It was just a month ago when Jonathan Jones, a former three-sport athlete at Portville Central School, lifted an entire university on his shoulders an...

Ever since his days as a four-sport athlete there, Nick LaBella has held his high school alma mater, Otto-Eldred, in special regard. With the Terrors,...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Schmitt family of Amherst says its connection to Hunter’s Hope didn’t end with the loss of their son. Michael and Sheila Schmitt h...

A player by the name of Max Muncy made his major league debut with the Oakland Athletics on April 25. The 24-year-old first baseman hit .203 with two ...

At a certain point, you can become dissatisfied with merely making it to the big stage. Thus is the status of the University of Florida baseball staff...

ST. BONAVENTURE — On this day, Jordan Tyson was with former Bonnie Tyler Relph, working on his face-up game and ball-handling. He wore purple shorts a...

Some notes on the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team following the conclusion of the second summer school session and coach Mark Schmidt’s youth ba...

Last week’s column on the drainage problems at Bradner Stadium that affected both the Olean Oilers baseball team — around home plate — and the Souther...

YORK BEACH, Maine — It’s not without irony that I ended up in a business which is so cynical. Some would say skeptical, but those of us in the journal...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Of the nearly 500 competitors set to appear at the Ellicottville Championship Rodeo this weekend, one likely topped them all in name r...

What a wild nine months it’s been for Terry Pegula.The former Allegany businessman who used to profess his loyalty to the Sabres after matches at the ...

OLEAN — There’s no denying the visual improvement that has transformed Bradner Stadium since the $1.5 million makeover engineered by the Olean Local D...

WATKINS GLEN — Driving on a congested interstate at 70 mph for six hours can be somewhat draining. And wrestling a race car at average speeds as high ...

S o, out of curiosity, I watched the U.S. Women’s Soccer team’s World Cup quarterfinal game against China on Friday night. And while not normally a fa...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Bob MacFarlane knew that major changes needed to be made. The St. Bonaventure cross country program he inherited — beginning with th...