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ORCHARD PARK — It’s been four days since the Bills wasted an inspired defensive effort against the Panthers in a 9-3 loss at Charlotte. Buffalo’s ‘D’ ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Thirteen days before its first official practice, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team added another pinch of anticipation to t...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The story line is too obvious to ignore. Barely eight months after the Bills hired Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott to ...

OLEAN – Desmond White was on a greater mission. Earlier this year, the Olean native became one of four local combatants to qualify for the U.S. Nation...

ORCHARD PARK — Early in Monday night’s game, Rex Ryan, who was working his first telecast as an ESPN analyst, was musing about new Broncos offensive c...

ST. BONAVENTURE — For the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, there was an elevated level of excitement and exposure that came with the release of ...

ORCHARD PARK — So here they are, the Buffalo Bills, 1-0 and alone atop the AFC East. OK, their first victory was a 21-12 decision Sunday afternoon at ...

ORCHARD PARK — It’s a tad early to be making those plans to be at Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium on Feb. 4, 2018. After all, the current odds for the ...

ORCHARD PARK — It’s not an overstatement to say this is Tyrod Taylor’s last chance. The Bills’ third-year quarterback was benched for last season’s fi...

Even five years into the job of coaching for the division rival New York Jets, Justus Galac still feels something special walking out before kickoff a...

Some local football notes heading into Pennsylvania’s third and New York’s second Big 30 weekend starting tonight: — The Franklinville/Ellicottville f...

ORCHARD PARK — Ever since the Bills hired Sean McDermott to replace fired head coach Rex Ryan, back on Jan. 11, each day has been something new for th...

I can’t remember when exactly, but it first occurred to me that I might truly be covering an NBA player sometime in the 2010-11 season. By then, Andre...

WATKINS GLEN — The big story at Watkins Glen International this weekend was the IndyCar Race on Sunday. And just beneath the surface of that story the...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The question has lingered in the background of perhaps the most hyped offseason of the Mark Schmidt era. What is the health status o...

How much has the Buffalo Bills roster changed since last season after Sean McDermott took over as coach and Brandon Beane was appointed general manage...

With the Alfred University football team surging, Maleke Fuentes showed what he can do. The small (5-foot-6, 180-pound) but shifty Olean High grad cau...

ORCHARD PARK — Now come the decisions. After Thursday night’s meaningless 27-17 victory over Detroit before an announced Kid’s Day crowd of 60,429 at ...