Football

The last two Big 30 New York football teams standing, and two of the final 10 teams left in Section 6, Franklinville/Ellicottville and Salamanca have ...

ORCHARD PARK (AP) — The Buffalo Bills signed five of their eight rookie draft picks, including second-round selection defensive end Carlos Basham of W...

The Portville football team wanted to make a statement so bright that Colt Matz could see it from his hospital room in Buffalo. The Panthers wore oran...

PORTVILLE — A lot can change in the span of two weeks. Back on April 23, the Portville football team ran away with a 54-14 victory over Salamanca, fla...

Last Monday morning I was a guest on an Albany sports talk radio show to discuss the Bills’ draft. The host, who has interviewed me for years, opened ...

ELMA — From the beginning, not much went according to plan for Olean in its Section 6 Class B football semifinal Friday night against Iroquois. Iroquo...

FRANKLINVILLE — From a numbers standpoint, it was a much different game than the regular season meeting. Two weeks after being smothered by F/E’s defe...

An NFL team can’t release a player simply because he is not vaccinated for COVID-19, a person with direct knowledge of the league’s directive told The...

PORTVILLE – It’s a surreal set of circumstances that would have been difficult to imagine even a year ago. “We’re looking forward to something a littl...

BUFFALO— Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane would theoretically consider cutting an unvaccinated player if it meant the team being able to li...

So what do we conclude from the Bills’ 2021 draft and subsequent free agent signings? For one, general manager Brandon Beane was telling the truth whe...

What a difference success makes. For most of the last quarter century, the Bills have entered the National Football League Draft with well-defined nee...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stressed before the NFL draft that fixing the league’s worst rushing offense didn’t rely exclusivel...

From his end-of-season press conference, when he lamented the Bills’ inability to generate persistent pressure on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes i...

SALAMANCA — Lucus Brown’s week began with a selection to the Big 30 Basketball All-Star First Team. It ended with a standout two-way performance, coll...

If there was any question the Buffalo Bills prioritized the defensive end/edge rusher position, it was answered at 9:19 Friday night. Barely 10 hours ...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers headed into the offseason intent on finding ways to become a little less reliant on quarterback Ben Roethlisberge...

OLEAN — The Olean High football team wanted to carry its ever-increasing momentum into the postseason. It wanted to end the regular season on a four-g...