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( Editor’s note: This is the final column from J.P. Butler in the role of group sports editor at the Olean Times Herald. He’s decided to write it on a...

HORNELL — Perhaps the Olean Oilers will view it as a slight hiccup on their way to the inevitable. Olean, which has held the top spot in the New York ...

The Portland Sea Dogs won, but that’s not why, fundamentally, the fans went home happy. The Double-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, the...

OLEAN — The Olean Oilers have played a handful of wild, wacky, high-scoring games this summer. This one was undoubtedly the wildest and wackiest. And ...

OLEAN — Wednesday will be Pitt-Bradford Night at the Ballpark at Bradner Stadium. The Olean Oilers will take on the Horseheads Hitmen in a 7 p.m. game...

HORNELL — The Olean Oilers picked up a suspended game from Monday with a relatively innocuous 7-2 lead entering the fourth inning. They ended it with ...

BUFFALO — Ryan Boyer, a Bradford High product and former Canisius College pitcher, has been called up to Triple-A Buffalo and will join the Bisons’ ac...

Big 30 softball teams across Allegany County placed three of their pitching and hitting stars on the All-State First Teams and two area coaches earned...

DANSVILLE — The Olean Oilers were once again slowed by a rainout — this one a doubleheader that was suspended in Game 1 — and an off day. For the most...

From the beginning, their goals were as clearly established as they were similar in nature: Both the Port Allegany baseball and Friendship/Scio softba...

The elite company of a Big 30 Softball Player or Pitcher of the Year became a bit more crowded this year. Over the course of the year, three Big 30 te...

Despite losing their freshmen year to the pandemic, Michael Cole and Drew Evens still managed to put together remarkable baseball careers. Building on...

A day after his first major-league start, the Houston Astros optioned Allegany native Shawn Dubin back to Triple-A. Dubin returned to the Triple-A Sug...

It had the makings of a “bullpen game,” and in some ways, it was. But in his first major-league start, and third appearance overall as an Astro, Shawn...

OLEAN — Between a Friday day off and another postponement on Sunday, the Olean Oilers played just one game over the weekend. But they used it to incre...

ARLINGTON — Framber Valdez will not make his scheduled start Sunday against the Rangers because of a right ankle issue that the Astros hope will only ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Domingo Germán of the New York Yankees pitched the 24th perfect game in major league history Wednesday night, retiring every Oakland...

ST. LOUIS — Allegany native Shawn Dubin made his second career Major League appearance Wednesday night, pitching two innings for the Houston Astros in...