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There will be a delicious irony tomorrow afternoon at the blandly named “Bills Stadium” when Buffalo – favored by 6½ points – hosts the Jets to open t...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — When Adam Jack took over as head coach of the Smethport football program in 2017, the team hadn’t had a winning season since 2004. Si...

PORT ALLEGANY, Pa. — With a young team led by just four seniors and two juniors, the Port Allegany football team needed all the time it could find to ...

BUFFALO — Aaron Rodgers’ loss in Green Bay is the Bills’ gain after Buffalo signed receiver Jake Kumerow to its practice squad on Tuesday, three days ...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — There will be new faces in some new places at Coudersport this fall, but the Falcons are maintaining their high expectations even i...

ST. MARYS, Pa. — The anticipation for the 2020 season is high for Elk County Catholic head coach Tony Gerg and the Crusaders. One year removed from a ...

ST. MARYS, Pa. — The flashes of what’s potentially to come were present during the 2019 campaign. After winless seasons in both 2017 and 2018, St. Mar...

Mike Rigerman was supposed to be playing football tonight. Under ordinary circumstances, the former Pioneer star would have donned his black No. 35 je...

To say the least, this has been a bizarre countdown to the Bills’ 61st season in the era of Covid-19. No organized team activities (OTAs), no preseaso...

ORCHARD PARK — “Hausch Money” is no more in Buffalo after the Bills released veteran kicker Stephen Hauschka in a money-saving move favoring youth on ...

PITTSBURGH — The chronic ache in his right arm, the one that served as Ben Roethlisberger’s companion for years, is gone. No more fibbing about being ...

My first day at the Times Herald was Jan. 2, 1973. But, to get acclimated, over three weeks prior I was in Buffalo for a sports overnighter with the m...

This Monday would have marked the first big date on the New York state high school football schedule. In mid-to-late August, teams would report for th...

ORCHARD PARK — Buffalo Bills cornerback Josh Norman is out indefinitely after hurting his left hamstring in practice. Coach Sean McDermott on Friday c...

(Editor’s note: This is the next in a series in which the Times Herald and Bradford Era will present the best season/team accomplishment for every sch...

SALAMANCA — The next time a Salamanca football player scores a touchdown at Veterans Memorial Park, chances are he’ll be able to look up to watch a re...

At this point in the pandemic, there seem to be two primary sensibilities about how to approach the virus. The first says the threat of COVID-19 is so...

Starting today, Buffalo, and the other 31 National Football League teams, are finally allowed to engage in something actually resembling football. For...