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Some thoughts on the passing of basketball legend Bill Russell and the discouraging end to the Olean Oilers’ season. MY ONLY interaction with Russell ...

Earlier this week, in a media session at the Bills’ St. John Fisher University training camp, coach Sean McDermott took a bit of a break from discussi...

Well, one day into Bills training camp, there are two notable takes. First, Buffalo is one of only six of the 32 National Football League teams that s...

Anticipation is a wonderful thing when the upcoming experience is a pleasant one. You look forward to the next day, plan, prepare and finally it’s bed...

SALAMANCA — After being appointed in the spring of 2021, one of John Bennardi’s first orders of business as head coach of the Bradford boys basketball...

ST. BONAVENTURE — For a split second, Marcus Posley was in February of 2016 again. The former St. Bonaventure basketball star got by his defender, dro...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Before last weekend, his career highlight probably unfolded on March 11, 2016. That was the night Dion Wright totaled 32 points and ...

Just six years ago, Marcus Grove was preparing for his last season on the high school gridiron. Now, he’s the man charged with leading that same Alleg...

ST. BONAVENTURE — For those most closely associated with the Brown & White, this is three years in the making. Ever since conjuring the idea of enteri...

Sidney Gleason had a difficult decision to make. A senior at Allegany-Limestone, she recently had to choose between walking across the stage, and bein...

Some random thoughts from the past week: — Last Friday night, I was watching highlights on the MLB Network, waiting for the Dodgers-Cubs game to start...

It’s not without irony that two beloved Bradford High School football coaches, who led the Owls for 26 consecutive seasons, passed away within five mo...

( Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series on Cattaraugus native baseball coaches who won sectional championships this spring. Today: Ha...

Call it the law of unintended consequences. Last August, Chris Blocher, inarguably the Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur G...

( Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a two-part series on Cattaraugus native baseball coaches who won sectional championships this spring. Toda...

Their common ground came in the uniqueness of their accomplishments. Just over a month ago, Matt Burke led the Wellsville softball program to its firs...

We’re only halfway into the year and 2022 has already claimed three iconic Buffalo Bills. It started April 21 when quarterback Darryl Lamonica passed ...

OLEAN — She’d quietly planted the seed five years earlier. JoJo Gibbons had always gravitated toward softball, first taking it up as an 8-year-old wit...