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OLEAN — What better way to celebrate a legendary basketball coach than play a basketball game in his honor? A retirement party will be held for Olean ...

There was no singular instance in which Rodrick Harrison knew this particular player could be special. In fact, with Robert Carpenter, there were a ha...

My apologies if this piece is a bit self-serving. But it’s not without significance that two former members of the Times Herald sports staff have been...

CATTARAUGUS — Looking out over the assembled crowd in the seats at Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School’s theater Wednesday night, you could see a...

ORCHARD PARK — The announcement wasn’t really a surprise. After all, Derek Anderson had already enjoyed a 14-year career with five NFL teams and was c...

For the Bills, preparation for the upcoming season moved from Organized Team Activities (OTAs) to mandatory minicamp, its three-day session beginning ...

Sharing some info on a new way to follow the Olean Oilers as well as an update on one of their former players: — The New York Collegiate Baseball Leag...

The responses began pouring in almost immediately, a collective pillar constructed by people who once lived here, went to school at St. Bonaventure or...

Back when I joined the Times Herald sports staff in the early 1970s, the Atlantic 10, née Eastern 8, didn’t exist. St. Bonaventure played an independe...

BUFFALO — He was locked in, hammering one baseball after another hard into the netting just ahead. He wore a thin hooded sweatshirt that bore the fami...

It’s a new-look New York Collegiate Baseball League which opens today. And that’s just fine with Brian O’Connell Jr., the owner and manager of the Ole...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Nate Beimel has this on his older brother: A year ago last week, the younger Beimel and cousin Tim helped St. Marys to a 3-2 victory...

Her path from being a scholastic soccer star in the Southern Tier to an international equestrian champion was hardly routine. But what makes Fylicia B...

ERIE, Pa. — It appeared to be a foregone conclusion, one the Peterson family eagerly awaited for a few years. Johnsonburg (Pa.) native Cole Peterson w...

ORCHARD PARK — When the Bills made all three coordinators — offense, defense and special teams — available to the media during the second week of Orga...

ORCHARD PARK — The Bills second week of Organized Team Activities (OTAs) ends today but before the team reconvenes in the middle of next month for man...

(Editor’s note: This the second of a two-part series centered on the Bonnies’ 2019 recruiting class as it currently stands. Today, a wider view of the...

(Editor’s note: This the first of a two-part series centered on the Bonnies’ 2019 recruiting class as it currently stands. Today, a look at the four a...