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It was just after 7 o’clock when I tuned in ESPN to watch the 72nd annual NBA Draft. Though not a big fan of the league – at least not until playoff t...

ST. BONAVENTURE — It’s become a regular occurrence under Mark Schmidt, this summertime journey to the grail of any aspiring young player, NBA Draft ni...

ORCHARD PARK — It now becomes a more relaxed six-week stretch for the Bills coaching staff and players. The Organized Team Activities are over and so ...

OLEAN — The Olean High School Wall of Fame will add five more names on Saturday morning. Patrick Johnston, Nick Wetherby, Karolyn Baker (Carlson), Chr...

ORCHARD PARK — Remember the era when National Football League training camps were grueling, month-long, physical competitions in the summer sun pepper...

Dylan Gethicker was becoming restless. As a four-sport athlete at Pioneer Central School, the Lime Lake native always had something going on. In his s...

OLEAN — Paul Ksionzyk has no idea what his career record is. Oh, he could probably figure it out, if he really wanted. But the longtime Olean boys tra...

ORCHARD PARK — Only the most fervent Bills fans pay much attention to what’s happening during Organized Team Activities – OTAs to the junkies – and ev...

We’ve reached the final day of the 2017-18 high school sports season for Big 30 student-athletes. The Olean softball team is competing in the New York...

SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Today should be the last day of school at Olean High for Alyssa Ramarge and Mariah Moses. But don’t expect to find them anywhere n...

More than anything, Scott Eddy remembers the sound, an unmistakable crack that accompanied the final days of the summer of 2007 inside Jamestown’s Die...

It started back in early April when I wrote a column about Allegany native Andrew Abrams, Director of Video Post-Production for the Vegas Golden Knigh...

ALLEGANY — Liam Coulter ran the race of his life, and he still was only one second faster than Michael Wolfgang. On this night, May 18 at Salamanca’s ...

OLEAN — Their names have become almost synonymous with Olean Oilers baseball, two of the first that roll off the tongue when recounting those back-to-...

Admittedly, I’m conflicted over the National Football League/Star Spangled Banner controversy. There are people who, long ago, earned my respect yet h...

I’ve always been a fan of the Indianapolis 500. My dad was hardly an auto racing junkie, but he loved Indy and got me hooked. Even as an elementary sc...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Jaylen Adams watched his former teammate from the stands, smiling like a proud parent. For nearly half an hour earlier this month, t...

ST. BONAVENTURE — His poster was all over campus. In January 2015, a day ahead of Kyle Alexander's official visit with the St. Bonaventure men's baske...