Sports Columnists

ST. BONAVENTURE — Some notes on the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team as it hits Day 4 of official practice: • There are a number of factors as to...

DETROIT — OK, so it was a bit college, and a lot high school. But there was something meaningful when two young Bills linebackers — rookie Randell Joh...

It wasn’t merely a play that lost a game. This was the kind that costs a season, both current and long-term. What the Bills’ 23-17 loss to the Texans ...

For Matt Webb, this was equal parts “gut feeling” and strategy. With his team in a scoreless tie, and lucky to be so, midway through the second half, ...

ORCHARD PARK — Remember last Sunday when the Bills “won as a team” against Miami? A week later they “lost as a team” against San Diego. With a sellout...

ORCHARD PARK — Bills fans have learned to be cynical, but that doesn’t stop them for being excited. That’s why, after their 2-0 start, plus the residu...

When Mark Schmidt got Andrew Nicholson to sign on a similarly chilly fall day in 2007, he did more than land the kid who would lift his program out of...

When Heather (Martin) McIntosh’s playing days at Fredonia State were over in the early 2000s, she left the Blue Devils as one of their top overall pla...

ORCHARD PARK — First, a little restraint. Bills fans are understandably giddy about their team’s 2-0 start ... particularly that unexpected victory at...

ORCHARD PARK — One of sports’ longest-standing clichés after a victory is, “it was a team effort.” And that phrase was echoed — time and again — on Su...

We’re barely two weeks into the school year and we, in the Times Herald sports department, have already noted the resumption of a trend that has grown...

Back in the mid-’80s when he played in our racquetball league, did any of us ever think that Terry Pegula would become the most powerful and influenti...

ST. BONAVENTURE — As a player, Jerome Robinson always prided himself on his ability to defend. “That’s how I got on the court, originally,” he said in...

Yeah, it’s only one game ... the Bills could lose their last 15 on this year’s schedule. They won’t, of course, but the real takeaway from Buffalo’s 2...

How’s that for an answer? For the better part of a month the Bils, in general, and coach Doug Marrone and quarterback E.J. Manuel, in particular, have...

Diana Phalon knows from personal experience just how wide the gap is between the level of competition in high school and NCAA Division I. The former S...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Dion Wright stood with his teammates outside Buckingham Palace, one earphone in and no semblance of a smile. The photo may have sugg...

The tragedy of a player’s death following a high school game between Portville and Westfield/Brocton last fall and the continuing concussion concerns ...