Sports Columnists

It hasn’t been a satisfying Olympiad for the United States. NBC, the television rights holder, and its cable partners have endured ratings over 40 per...

One day earlier, the most pressing matter in his life was, of all things, a can drive. On Saturday, May 1, Mike Matz and the Portville baseball team h...

OLEAN — If there was any question about the viability of the New York-Pennsylvania Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase, it was answered last August when, wi...

In some ways, New York’s high school football teams are getting back to normal. But even ‘normal’ takes some adjusting to after a season that was anyt...

Starting Monday, through two weeks from Sunday, the Twin Tiers’ most popular country clubs will host a pair of high-profile golf tournaments, one prof...

OLEAN — The clock struck noon on an otherwise uneventful Thursday, July 1. And just like that, priorities and perspectives began to shift dramatically...

Some thoughts on an interesting weekend in sports: Over nearly a half century at the Times Herald , I’ve literally written hundreds of thousands of wo...

Michael Miller has taught martial arts locally for over two decades. The former amateur boxer has hosted an array of classes since opening Miller’s Do...

When the announcement came, my thoughts went to Martha Ruether. The paralympic swimmer from Allegany, who qualified for the pandemic-delayed 2020 Olym...

He signed with the New York Yankees in 1951, spending his first professional season, at age 19, with the club’s Class D affiliate in … Olean, N.Y. And...

The unexpected call came in the middle of June. It was from long-time friend Patti Crist, wife of Chuck, the former four-sport MVP at Salamanca High S...

It was the summation of a season that was hardly promised, but still thankfully played out. Mere days before it was scheduled to open the shortened ca...

Maine is the northeastern-most U.S. state. No one really seems to know how it received its name; it’s a bit of a mystery. Interestingly, historical da...

SALAMANCA — He missed the enduring charm of competing in the former IAABO Tournament at St. Bonaventure. He was pained by having to pull the plug on h...

Back in the early 1970s, before coaching in the National Football League became a year-round proposition, the draft was held in late January. Shortly ...

A tradition started in backyards on the Allegany Reservation of the Seneca Nation will turn 20 years old this summer, so Chad Whitcomb wants to throw ...

PORTVILLE — For Jayden Lassiter, this wasn’t a conflict. This was an opportunity. And he, like a number of athletes, particularly wrestlers, who were ...

Earlier this season, in this space, my frustration with the incursion of analytics into baseball telecasts boiled over. However, I’ve actually gotten ...