Sports Columnists

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...

Some 50 years ago, famed sportswriter Jimmy Cannon used a signature phrase to start his bit ‘n pieces columns: “Nobody asked me, but …” That’s kind of...

OLEAN — In these parts, and just about everywhere else, it’s still firmly baseball season. The Little League all-star campaign is nearing an end, and ...

Baseball may be well on its way to becoming a regional sport, where watching your home team overtakes whatever the hot national storyline happens to b...

Catching up on some recent items from the inbox: LATE LAST week an email arrived from Deb Lyons alerting us to the annual Old First Night run/walk at ...

Sharing some news regarding two individuals with ties to the area, as well as an academic honor earned by two Big 30 schools: — Cole Holcomb, son of P...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part interview with St. Bonaventure women’s basketball coach Jesse Fleming. Today, a look at the 2017-18 r...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part interview with St. Bonaventure women’s basketball coach, Jesse Fleming. Today, a look back at last sea...

(Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on the NCAA champion Florida baseball team. Today, a look at the Gators’ two former Olean Oile...

(Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part column series on the NCAA baseball champion Florida Gators. Today’s column features the career of UF a...

It must be that it’s the high school all-star football game time of year. Only last Friday night, the Second Annual Frank Varischetti contest was play...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Josh Ayeni, 3-point shooter extraordinaire? If last week’s late-night pickup games involving members of the St. Bonaventure men’s ba...

WATKINS GLEN — The weekend began Friday morning with brooding clouds looming above the race circuit that is Watkins Glen International. Perhaps it was...

Most kids can’t wait for that last dismissal bell to resonate through the halls indicating summer vacation has FINALLY arrived. It signifies the end o...

It used to be one of the highlights of my twice-annual trips to York Beach, Maine. At least once each week, I’d make the half-hour drive down to Seabr...

Driving home from Monday’s Penn York Junior Golf League season-opening tournament at Elkdale Country Club, the loss started to sting Kyle Henzel. Henz...

For even accomplished athletes, the concept is overwhelming. The idea of doing a 2.4-mile open-water swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run, back-...

OLEAN — The final page in the book that was a magnificent two-year run for the Olean Oilers was written two weeks ago today. Austin Bizzle was holding...