Football

ORCHARD PARK — Funny how things change in the National Football League over the course of a mere three weeks. Coming into this season, based on last y...

ORCHARD PARK — Notes from the Bills’ 21-17 win over the Bengals on Sunday afternoon at New Era Field: — Buffalo’s first takeaway came when safety Mica...

ORCHARD PARK — Coaches almost always find themselves in an awkward position. They’re paid to win games, but when that happens, they do their very best...

It’s not an optical illusion, those are your Buffalo Bills, one of nine National Football League teams off to a 2-0 start … both wins coming on the ro...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger's season is over. His career possibly, too. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback's injured right elbow will requir...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — If you didn’t realize it, this start to the Bills season is unprecedented. Oh, they opened 2-0 in 2014 and actually won their ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — To be sure, it’s nothing more than a scheduling quirk. But by the end of this afternoon’s matchup, the Bills will have played ...

High school football players in the 1970s did not dare to change Joe Sanfilippo’s play calls. Except for Jay Jewell. Starting his senior year as quart...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Athletes, at every level, have always been overly sensitive to perceived slights. And coaches are invariably quick to mine tha...

For years, it seemed a sport buried in the past. But as turnouts continue to shrink for Big 30 football programs, those days in the 1960s aren’t so ou...

CATTARAUGUS — After showing glimpses in the season opener against Randolph a week ago, Salamanca’s new offense — the Lucas McKenna show — showed up in...

ORCHARD PARK — For Bills coach Sean McDermott, Wednesday’s media session turned into a tale of three running backs … though in reference to one of the...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — If you want to drive National Football League historians crazy, ask them when was the last time a team lost the turnover battl...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was billed as a matchup of two of the top quarterback picks in the 2018 draft: New York’s Sam Darnold, the No. 3 overall se...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Notes and quotes from the Bills’ 17-16 win over the Jets on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium before a sellout crowd of 78,5...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — So how will this season play out for the Bills? Buffalo is coming off a disappointing 6-10 campaign and third-place finish in ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Talk about two teams with drastic new looks. When the Bills and Jets meet this afternoon at MetLife Stadium in their NFL regul...

OLEAN — Phil Vecchio said it’s OK to feel a bit nervous the night before a football game. Even after 21 years as an assistant, and beginning his fourt...