Football

In this business, we root for good stories and time before deadline to write them. Sometimes we don’t have the latter … and last night was one of them...

BUFFALO — With Josh Allen having solidified his future at quarterback, the Buffalo Bills turned to upgrading their defense by selecting Miami edge rus...

It had already played a significant role over the first month of the season. Indeed, from the beginning, the COVID-19 pandemic has, perhaps unavoidabl...

There’s one major negative to being a successful team in the National Football League. Teams that do best get pushed far down in the drafting order. S...

OLEAN — On a night when Olean High’s football team had to win to clinch a berth in the Section 6 Class B playoffs, the game came down to the two quart...

PORTVILLE — Whenever the Portville football team needed a big play, it could count on No. 31 Friday night. Jayden Lassiter, Portville’s star senior ru...

RANDOLPH — The Franklinville/Ellicottville football team’s defense collected its second shutout in the last three games. Its offense tallied four or m...

Just one game in, the Olean High football team was at a crossroads. The Huskies were already looking at an abbreviated season, a five-week sprint afte...

BOLIVAR — Hudson Evingham scored three touchdowns and finished with a team-high 90 rushing yards, leading Bolivar-Richburg to its third consecutive vi...

PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin wants to be part of the post-Ben Roethlisberger era in Pittsburgh. The Steelers on Tuesday signed their longtime coach to a t...

BUFFALO — With its opponent loading up to stop the run, the Salamanca football team desperately needed to connect on a big pass play. Late in the firs...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Franklinville/Ellicottville football team was due for a breakout offensive performance. The Titans had just that Friday night in t...

DEPEW — For the second-straight week, the Olean High football team very much found itself in a game in the final few minutes. But this time, there was...

CUBA — It wasn’t the work of art that Steve Smith might have envisioned. At least, not for a team that had knocked off arguably the section’s best Cla...

CLEVELAND — As he considered his next stop in the NFL, Jadeveon Clowney said there was something about the Browns that made them very appealing. “They...

Phil Veccio had revealed as much prior to his team’s season-opener earlier this month. “Really, in practice, the defense has looked much better than o...

JAMESTOWN — The Portville football team improved to 2-0 with another dominant performance, blanking Maple Grove 60-6 on the road. Senior running back ...

NFL officials have admitted they blew a crucial call in the Buffalo Bills’ 22-19 overtime loss to the Houston Texans in the 2019 playoffs. Tied at 19 ...