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Shortly after his Bills had thrashed the Broncos, 48-19, Saturday night at Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High, Buffalo coach Sean McDermott received ...

All you need to know about the dramatic improvement shown by Bills quarterback Josh Allen, in his third season, is how opposing defenses obsess over d...

ST. BONAVENTURE — As with almost everything else in this COVID-19-altered season, Mark Schmidt’s pregame media availability on Friday was … delayed. T...

There was a time when this would have been a festive weekend in Western New York. That’s the way it always is when the Steelers venture north to play ...

A few years ago, the Salamanca High School baseball program might not have made much use of a new, state-of-the art facility. The Warriors’ baseball t...

To many NFL observers, Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott, the Bills’ general manager and head coach, respectively, had made an egregious mistake. That’...

Some observations from a Sunday of watching the NFL’s Red Zone Channel, plus the Broncos/Chiefs last night: — If the Bills needed any further reason f...

In the complete and utter chaos that has been 2020, it’s only fitting that one of the NFL’s usual laughingstocks may finally take the field in the mon...

The timing couldn’t be worse for fans of the Buffalo Bills and St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team. This was supposed to be the year … the season wh...

Finding himself on the job market in a competitive field, Tyler Dunne did what he might have done under center at Ellicottville Central School decades...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Mervin Hyman, in his weekly recap for Sports Illustrated , called it “shocking.” Larry Weise said he’d “never seen a club so determi...

So where do the Bills sit with five games remaining in this Covid-19-affected season and what are the enduring concerns? At 8-3, Buffalo leads the AFC...

Pro football coaches are famous for reminding us that “it’s hard to win in the NFL.” Indeed, those on losing streaks admit, “I thought I’d never win a...

OLEAN — About as far back as she remembers, Alexis Gibbons has had a soccer ball near her feet. She got started in the game at age four in the Olean R...

As Bills fans were imagining their team’s playoff run in 2020 – especially with Tom Brady having left New England – scanning the schedule they envisio...

The call came from Rick Smith, son of William O., Olean’s legendary mayor who passed away in 2000. He wanted me to know that his “Uncle Charlie” had d...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Of all the significant early-season moments under Mark Schmidt, it’s among the most forgettable. And yet, it still has its place in ...

OK, full disclosure, it’s my favorite Sunday of the Bills’ season … bye week. Not that I don’t enjoy Buffalo’s game days, but the focus, for obvious r...