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One of the first things I tell my sportswriting students at St. Bonaventure is that I’m very much a believer in that popular saying: “Find a job you l...

Before Mike Trout was a two-time American League MVP by age 25, he was a 16-year-old from Millville, N.J., trying to make a name for himself. Olean Oi...

ST. BONAVENTURE — As a Division I men’s lacrosse coach, former star player for the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks and a fan, Randy Mearns p...

The NBA Draft is tonight, and, no, there won’t be any St. Bonaventure players taken, but it seems as good a time as any to reflect on the 33 former Bo...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the next in what has become an annual look-back series at the old St. Bonaventure football team. From 1946-1951, Bona was a le...

After a tough start – 0-7 at home – the Olean Oilers, the two-time defending New York Collegiate Baseball League champions, have seemingly gotten into...

ORCHARD PARK — It’s withdrawal time for Buffalo Bills fans. After last Thursday’s final session of mandatory camp, coach Sean McDermott and his team w...

When the Big 30 baseball/softball All-Star committee met two Sundays ago, those who were on hand did their homework. The committee of seven area high ...

OLEAN — Don’t expect this piece to score high on the objectivity-o-meter. After all, I’ve been friends with its subject for 38 years. This afternoon, ...

OLEAN — Their careers spanned 45 years of competition. That’s the gap that separates the youngest and oldest graduates being honored at Saturday’s Ole...

ORCHARD PARK — To say that Sean McDermott differs from his predecessor as Buffalo Bills coach is a bit like suggesting CNN and Fox News have differing...

How do you make a baseball hall of fame without ever playing the sport competitively? Oh, you just need nearly a half-century dedicated to coaching th...

Pat Clarke had already found a way to continue a career-long calling. Now, he’s once again able to resume his passion. Last spring, the Olean native a...

It began as a column about the day St. Bonaventure’s Bob Lanier went No. 1 overall in the 1970 NBA Draft. The story about Lanier was ultimately writte...

There was a time when I was a virtual tennis junkie. Oh, racquetball was my sport of choice, but back in the mid-70s, when the weather turned temperat...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Jaylen Adams stood on the near end of the middle court at the Richter Center, readying for a mid-afternoon pickup game while playful...

Eight months of hard work will come to fruition tomorrow when the inaugural Bruce Chandler Memorial Dice Run will take place, starting at the Seneca A...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — It was a happy coincidence. Each year, a group of friends and I head to the Baltimore/D.C. area for a weekend. We usually take in a ...