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Oh, Christmas! I’m so fortunate to look back on so many fond memories. True, there were some difficult times with the passing of loved ones but as a c...

In theory, the NFL backloads its schedule with divisional games to give the last few weeks added playoff significance. Of this week’s 16 games (starti...

There certainly could be easier matchups for a team coming off its worst defensive performance of the season. Before the Bills wrap up the regular sea...

I was just a kid, back in the 1960’s hunting deer near the Bradford Airport. There was snow of course, it was rare then not to have it. I’d sat down a...

The Salamanca football team saw an emotional 2023 season come to a heartbreaking end in the New York state semifinal. The Warriors were shut out 42-0 ...

For a day or two, their heartache must have been all-consuming. Both, after all, had made it to the final day of the season, and did so in dominant fa...

The silver lining, if there’s one to be taken from Sunday’s 44-42 loss for the Buffalo Bills, is there isn’t a team in the AFC with a wide receiver du...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams had to pile up a veritable mountain of points, yards and time-of-possession advantage ea...

I had to pinch myself. Our group was in the Kiamichi Big Buck Classic in Oklahoma. Tomorrow, Saturday, would be the first day of the quest. This hunt ...

Port Allegany head coach Justin Bienkowski was fond of saying “you’re going to feel us,” over the course of the 2024 season. It was much more than jus...

Well, scratch one name off that list of veterans the Buffalo Bills had previously said goodbye to. Unlike some of his longtime teammates, Micah Hyde w...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Memories of sitting up in the Reilly Center’s “reds” are still fresh for Jack DeRose. An Olean native, DeRose came to many St. Bonav...

On a night when Josh Allen threw a touchdown pass and scored one on the same play, the strangest sight at snowy Highmark Stadium might’ve actually occ...

Colorado, the land of lofty mountains, spruce, aspen and, of course, elk! Nate Colley was on his second elk hunt. The first with a bow was exciting, b...

His forever moment in this field might have happened nine years ago. That’s when Andrew Carucci, his father David and his grandfather Joe, all certifi...

Before the season, it looked like one of the true tests of the 2024 schedule. The NFL schedule-makers put both Super Bowl LVIII teams in Orchard Park ...

GLENS FALLS — The Portville volleyball dynasty continues to roll along. Sunday marked the Panthers’ fourth consecutive state championship, their fourt...

Among the many duties shared between the four assistant coaches for Bryant University’s men’s basketball team are the scouting reports. Nick Schmidt d...