Sports Columnists

ST. BONAVENTURE — Steve Brdarski tried to contain his excitement, but was only partially successful. The St. Bonaventure women’s soccer coach had just...

The Milwaukee Bucks are creeping up on their first playoff series victory since 2001. The Detroit Pistons, though they failed to qualify for the playo...

ORCHARD PARK — It was supposed to be a structured, but manageable day for those of us who cover the Bills. New coach Sean McDermott, at a media sessio...

Every season, when The Times Herald selects its scholastic Big 30 All-Star teams, the decision remains just as difficult. Some players easily stand ou...

ST. BONAVENTURE — In a different day and time, this would have been the first full month of the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team’s offseason. “Of...

A couple of wrestling notes on current Portville great Nicholas Kozlowski and former Allegany star Ray Ryan; Kozlowski, a senior at PCS, became a two-...

FRANKLIN, Ind. — It’s was 10 short years ago when the Olean High School boys track team boasted one of the best one-two threats in the jumping events ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — His friends in the sports information department have been teasing him since the announcement. A week from tomorrow, the St. Bonaven...

Catching up on a few bits of news on this Easter weekend: — A familiar face will be leading the athletic department at Cuba-Rushford in the 2017-18 sc...

A year ago, Tanner John was hobbled by injury and effectively fell out of the Hobart men’s lacrosse team’s rotation. Now, he’s one of four team captai...

OLEAN — It was the one big change that helped a shaky Olean Little League not only find its footing, but begin to thrive again. Three years ago, in re...

ST. BONAVENTURE — In an era when presidential tweets often become headlines for both broadcast and print outlets, the power and impact of social media...

ST. BONAVENTURE — For years, I never made the connection. I’d seen Donna Ditota at various times courtside or in press boxes, but my knowledge of her ...

About 10 years ago, a friend of my wife from Emporium, Pa. invited me to join his yearly golf competition called the “Master Blaster.” For five bucks ...

Barb Close and Jeff Haskell didn’t set out to earn any postseason honors when the 2016-17 high school basketball season began. All they wanted to do w...

His first shot sailed into the woods, hit a tree and came to rest somewhere along the brush on the hole they call Tea Olive. For as involved in sports...

For the past two offseasons, fans of the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team have agonized over the future of point guard Jaylen Adams. Following a ...

It’s been a busy six months since Martha Ruether returned from Brazil where she represented the United States as a member of the Paralympic Swim Team....