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ORCHARD PARK — The consensus was that Ed Oliver, Buffalo’s first-round pick Thursday in the NFL Draft, qualified as a Top 10 talent. Indeed, many felt...

ORCHARD PARK — After months of assessing, starting with tonight’s first round, the Bills’ college scouting department will commence its annual test. B...

ORCHARD PARK — It used to be that so-called college football experts would produce one mock draft a couple of months out, after free agency, then offe...

Shawn Dubin was almost certain the day would come. The Allegany native had pitched so well at stops with the University at Buffalo and Georgetown (Ken...

ORCHARD PARK — It’s been a tradition for years. About two weeks before the National Football League draft, the Bills would host a pre-draft luncheon. ...

I’ve heard that nothing can accurately describe or show the grounds of the Augusta National Golf Club in written word or visual aide. It’s something y...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Over the 33-year history of the National Girls and Women in Sports Day at St. Bonaventure, there have been all manner of female spea...

His welcome to the big-time moment didn’t happen at renowned Madison Square Garden, the sight of his first NBA action, or even in Chicago, where he sc...

( EDITOR’S NOTE : This is the second of a two-part series on a pair area natives being inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. Olean Hi...

( EDITOR’S NOTE : This is the first of a two-part series on a pair area natives being inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. Olean Hig...

You’d think owners Terry and Kim Pegula already have full plates trying to resuscitate their teams. The Bills have made the playoffs once in the last ...

OLEAN — Chelsea Bowker was uncertain of how this situation, this intriguing return, would play out. The Olean High girls basketball team struggled in ...

OLEAN — In the garage of his River Street home, Bob Sassone is in his glory. “I’ve lived a very full life,” Sassone said, leaning back in a teal blue ...

Jim Crowley, when reflecting on his first six years as head coach of the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team, often joked, “The only reason I wasn...

For Glenn Anderson and Tom Parks, after nearly a decade or more on the job, success didn't come out of nowhere this season. Both seasons, for the Alle...

His father was the first to make his budding ability known publicly, and, even then, that was only to the Big 30 area. Don Sestina was an assistant co...

CATTARAUGUS — In its seventeenth year of honoring local athletic figures, the Cattaraugus County Sports Hall of Fame reflected different generations o...

OLEAN — It started over a decade ago when it seemed the Big 30 Football Testimonial had run its course. But late Times Herald sports writer Jim Melaro...