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ELLICOTTVILLE — Entering his third year hosting a tournament here, Ryan Powell feels the reputation of Ellicottville growing in the region’s lacrosse ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Athletes, at every level, have always been overly sensitive to perceived slights. And coaches are invariably quick to mine tha...

The initial number isn’t as high as Joe DeMartino or Chris Schiumo had hoped, but with recognition and word of mouth, they can boost the number of Wes...

It would take a real grinch to tear apart the Bills’ performance in Friday night’s 27-14 preseason victory over the Panthers at Charlotte’s Bank of Am...

RIDGWAY, Pa. — Many District 9 football teams find themselves in a similar position this year as they replace key players who graduated with new faces...

In the moment, he might have been perceived as arrogant, a 18-year-old kid who didn’t appreciate the gravity of what he was saying. In the end, Paul H...

Bobby Bell had always hoped, and believed, this day would come. From his earliest days with the organization he helped build, the NYCBL’s Olean Oilers...

RANGER, Texas — Billy Gillispie wasn’t interested in the romanticized aspect of this story. The longtime no-nonsense basketball coach, whose stops at ...

The “offseason” won’t stop seven Cattaraugus County boys basketball teams from playing the next two months. The Cattaraugus County Boys Basketball Sum...

One was loaded from the start. The other, by year’s end, boasted the most all-stars of any area squad. But as talented as the Wellsville softball and ...

Catching up on a few Big 30-related notes while wondering where the month of June went: — Five Big 30 players were among those named to the 2019 New Y...

Her name has appeared in these pages quite regularly over the years, from her days as a record-setter at Olean High, to her appearance at the 2016 Oly...

There was no singular instance in which Rodrick Harrison knew this particular player could be special. In fact, with Robert Carpenter, there were a ha...

ORCHARD PARK — The announcement wasn’t really a surprise. After all, Derek Anderson had already enjoyed a 14-year career with five NFL teams and was c...

The responses began pouring in almost immediately, a collective pillar constructed by people who once lived here, went to school at St. Bonaventure or...

BUFFALO — He was locked in, hammering one baseball after another hard into the netting just ahead. He wore a thin hooded sweatshirt that bore the fami...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Nate Beimel has this on his older brother: A year ago last week, the younger Beimel and cousin Tim helped St. Marys to a 3-2 victory...

Her path from being a scholastic soccer star in the Southern Tier to an international equestrian champion was hardly routine. But what makes Fylicia B...