Sports Columnists

OLEAN — If you’re thinking of going to Marcus Park tomorrow night to take in the opening ceremonies of the Olean City Cup tournament … don’t. The icon...

It will be interesting to see if there’s fallout from what happened at this year’s Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur Golf ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — It started, in Joe Jedrosko’s recollection as “just a regular day.” Of course, it was supposed to end in rewarding fashion with the Bi...

MIDDLEBURG, Va. — Sports ramblings from a wedding rehearsal party with family and friends in Northern Virginia: — This had stemmed from a conversation...

One of the TH sports department’s great frustrations is when it does an advance story on an event or the person competing in it … only to never hear h...

The 42nd annual Olean City Cup softball tournament is still a few days away. But with the Times Herald staff diving straight into preparation for the ...

OLEAN — Brennan Payne almost knew it was coming. The 2004 Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur titleist was on the final hole...

Invariably, when I’ve seen people around town lately, they ask, "How’s your summer?” Work-wise, for someone whose main responsibility is covering high...

As the Penn-York Junior Golf League wraps up its fifth and final outing of its 48th season at Bartlett Country Club today, the future of golf in the T...

Over the last 20 years, I’ve written countless columns honoring the memory of area sports dignitaries. This may be one of the hardest, and at the same...

PITTSFORD — It could have been because he was celebrating his 41st birthday … but it wasn’t. The reason Brandon Beane was beaming on Thursday afternoo...

PITTSFORD — Ninety minutes before his first training camp practice as coach of the Bills, Sean McDermott’s excitement was palpable. The 43-year-old fo...

PITTSFORD — It all starts today. For the Bills, free agency, the draft, organized team activities (OTAs) and the mini-camps are all in the rear-view m...

OLEAN — The moment right fielder Chris Wastchak struck out swinging with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday night ...

OLEAN — On Saturday night at Bradner Stadium, the Oilers trailed Genesee, 7-1, in the fifth inning. The game was significant in that, with a win, Olea...

The name stretches back more than a century, but in a new travel baseball tournament, area fans will get to see a wide-ranging group of young baseball...

The questions have been non-stop since O.J. Simpson was granted parole from a Nevada prison – effective as early as Oct. 1 – last Thursday afternoon. ...

These kinds of nights are normally reserved for the spring. On May 2, 2015, a couple of friends and I celebrated perhaps the greatest sports day of th...