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FRANKLINVILLE — Chad Bartoszek said it wasn’t the result of some inspiring halftime speech, or a schematic shift, his Franklinville/Ellicottville foot...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — J.T. Barrett hasn't been playing at Ohio State forever. It just seems like it to Penn State coach James Franklin. Barrett helped...

YORKSHIRE — Phil Vecchio called it a “season of streaks” for his Olean High School football team. The good news for Vecchio’s Huskies is they ended th...

ORCHARD PARK — Forget the touchdown Tre'Davious White scored, or the NFL rookie defensive player of the month honor he won in September. The Buffalo B...

ORCHARD PARK — Their record says the Bills are exactly where they were last season at this point … 4-2 and brimming with optimism under second-year co...

It’s likely nobody on the Pennsylvania side of the Big 30 was surprised a week ago when it was announced that the Allegheny Mountain League and the Ke...

ORCHARD PARK — Ever since Sean McDermott was hired as Bills coach and Brandon Beane was brought aboard as general manager, focus has been on the restr...

From women manning the city’s streetcars to almost 2,000 tons of metal heading to battle Hitler, from a local rabbi teaching new Catholic priests to a...

ORCHARD PARK — The question begged to be asked. Shortly after the Bills had rallied from a 27-20 fourth-quarter deficit to edge Tampa Bay, 30-27, on S...

ORCHARD PARK — The timing was perfect. On a gorgeous Sunday afternoon when their defense struggled for a second straight game, the Buffalo Bills (re?)...

ORCHARD PARK — Notes and quotes from the Bills 30-27 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday afternoon at New Era Field: — The crowd of 68,561 saw coach Sean...

ORCHARD PARK — How important is the position? Since Jameis Winston injured his throwing shoulder in last Sunday’s loss at Arizona, almost all of the c...

ORCHARD PARK — It would be an injustice to say that Bills fans have a love-hate relationship with Ryan Fitzpatrick. The Buffalo faithful might have wi...

LACKAWANNA — Jim Duprey knew exactly what his team was facing. The Pioneer Central football coach, by his own admission, had “seen every single play L...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Chad Bartoszek has been stressing to his Franklinville/Ellicottville football team the importance of remaining focused on its “big-pic...

On paper, it has the look of an underwhelming postseason for New York’s Big 30 football teams. Among eight Big 30 squads playing on the opening weeken...

OLEAN — The first half of Thursday’s consolation bowl semifinal game showed what Phil Vecchio had long hoped for: strong running, efficient passing an...

ORCHARD PARK — It’s become an ominous joke … “The Fitzpatrick Curse.” In short, there’s a feeling that Ryan Fitzpatrick, the poster boy for “NFL journ...