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SALAMANCA — Zach Miller felt it this summer. He’s made an impression on his hometown. Miller, 18, a Seneca Nation member, returned to Salamanca for ne...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on JCC-Olean basketball, in general, and James Brown’s journey though the college game, in part...

(This is the second of a two-part series on the 1970 St. Bonaventure Final Four team’s reunion dinner inside the Reilly Center’s Hall of Fame last wee...

(This is the second of a two-part series on the 1970 St. Bonaventure Final Four team’s reunion dinner inside the Reilly Center’s Hall of Fame last wee...

Some thoughts on the Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament which ended its 78th run on Sunday at Bartlett Coun...

WATKINS GLEN — The dateline on this story reads Watkins Glen, but it should read Canandaigua. This weekend was a big opportunity for Tony Stewart who,...

Updates on former Bonnie Tyler Relph and 2012 Olean Oiler Jon Kemmer and some thoughts on St. Bonaventure’s non-conference schedule: A YEAR AGO in thi...

OLEAN — Erik Hoops can’t say his predecessor proverbially “left the cupboard bare.” When John Powers opted to leave as St. Bonaventure’s golf coach af...

OLEAN — Apparently, sleep isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be ... at least to Eric McHone. The 43-year-old Southeast Region Sales Manager for Salaman...

BRADFORD — In recent years, I’ve used this space to assess the latest Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic, nee Big 30 All-Star Football Game, and often...

Some observations from the Bills’ 17-13 loss to the Giants on Sunday night in the Hall of Fame game at Canton, Ohio: FIRST the bad news. The two thing...

Marquise Simmons was sitting in his Las Vegas hotel room when he received the phone call that made it all worthwhile. Oh, everything that he’d been th...

PITTSFORD — Some observations from the Bills’ rain-interrupted training camp workout on Wednesday afternoon at St. John Fisher College: THE WEATHER wa...

From an early age, Justin Bienkowski believed that this was a kind of calling. Growing up with his brother in a “very high school football-related” ho...

Some random thoughts for a summer Monday: AT THE risk of being Captain Obvious, Olean High baseball coach Matt Threehouse has to be salivating. The im...

He had an idea what would happen when his Olean Oilers found a permanent home, but Brian O’Connell Jr. wasn’t going to offer any predictions on the re...

In recent years, the non-conference home slate has rarely been the forum for that unforgettable St. Bonaventure men’s basketball game. Those contests,...

We were teammates on the Olean High School track team for two years, which is to say that because of the disparity in our athletic ability, I had a co...