Football

Maybe this IS the Bills’ year. Could it be that all of the bad fortune which had descended upon Buffalo’s teams in recent seasons is taking a sabbatic...

Notes from the Bills’ 14-7 victory over the Titans Sunday afternoon at Nissan Stadium which hosted more than its share of Buffalo fans: — The win mark...

SALAMANCA — Even with a blemish on their record, the last two weeks have suggested the defending Class D state champions don’t plan on going away quie...

A year ago, winning the Rocking Chair Rivalry game meant a big step forward for Josh Brooks in his first victory as Portville varsity football coach. ...

ORCHARD PARK — Considering the numbers, it’s remarkable what the Bills’ defense has done a quarter of the way into this season. Off to a 3-1 start, Bu...

The culture has been in place from the beginning. From 2014, the first year of its merger, through ‘17, the Franklinville/Ellicottville football team ...

ORCHARD PARK — Granted, if the Bills’ coaches and management had been given the option of taking a 3-1 start, or playing the first four games to see w...

ORCHARD PARK — The odds of a team winning a game in which it has a punt blocked is 10 percent. Under that theory, the Bills were pretty much doomed le...

ORCHARD PARK — Notes and quotes from the Bills’ 16-10 loss to the Patriots on Sunday afternoon at New Era Field: — The crowd of 70,317 was the largest...

ORCHARD PARK — The narrative was, given their lack of success the past 19 years – 33 losses in 37 meetings – that the Bills’ best outcome on Sunday af...

ORCHARD PARK — Bills fans are nothing if not resilient. At the beginning of every campaign during the team’s 17-year playoff drought, they invariably ...

ORCHARD PARK — The mystique of the New England Patriots has been well-crafted over the past 19 years. It’s no coincidence that span encompasses the ca...

OLEAN — After losing its first two games, including a 7-6 heartbreaker at home to Dunkirk, Olean High School’s football team got back to .500 last nig...

PORTVILLE — The Salamanca Warriors never found an answer for Jayden Lassiter, and Portville’s backup quarterback never skipped a beat Friday night. La...

ORCHARD PARK — It’s been eight years since Bills fans could muse about their team getting off to a 4-0 start. But come Sunday afternoon at New Era Fie...

ST. BONAVENTURE — My first interaction with John Soder came about five years ago when his name and number came up on my caller ID. He identified himse...

OLEAN — The strongest indication, to this point, that things might be different this year unfolded in Mayville last Friday. The Portville football tea...

The National Football League standings look almost as if they’re a mirage. But there they are. New England, Kansas City, Dallas, Green Bay, San Franci...