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ST. BONAVENTURE — Nelson Kaputo didn’t have to be told that for him this is a pivotal year. It’s one of the very first things he brought up voluntaril...

He’s known as a jokester, a guy whose laugh you can hear from across the golf course, and for a brief time Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, ...

ORCHARD PARK — It was a big story a year ago June. LeSean McCoy, whom the Bills had acquired in a trade with Philadelphia the previous March, sounded ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Denzel Gregg answered the questions that will likely come the way of every returning St. Bonaventure men’s basketball player in the ...

SALAMANCA — Growing up in Salamanca as one of many lacrosse-playing kids, Josh Becker had two constant goals. He wanted to represent the Seneca Nation...

ORCHARD PARK — Ever since he sat during the national anthem before San Francisco’s home preseason game against Green Bay back on Aug. 26, there’s been...

It was brought up at the Coaches Caravans in both Rochester and Buffalo. It’s been mentioned in interviews with other media outlets. It’s been one of ...

Who would have thought, 26 days ago, that less than four weeks later Bills fans would be calculating playoff position? Back then, Buffalo had just los...

There was a message in the Bills’ gritty 30-19 victory over the Rams on Sunday afternoon at the LA Coliseum and it extended far beyond Buffalo’s first...

A follow-up on the St. Bonaventure milestone of the Reilly Center’s 50th anniversary and Arnold Palmer’s 1969 visit to Smethport Country Club: — Chris...

Bryan Paar had a sideline view during the Florida State football team’s national championship run in 2013. He was also around for the rise of the Coas...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Some notes on the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team as it nears the end of its first full week of practice: n Want to know where...

ORCHARD PARK — Two limbs of the Buddy Ryan coaching tree are a critical part of the current Buffalo Bills. Both are his twin sons, Rex, the boss, and ...

Recruiting the Southern Tier appears to have paid off for Ryan Deppa in his job as head coach of Cape Fear Community College’s women’s soccer team. De...

There’s a clip of Jim Mora, during his days coaching the Colts, that still gets shown. Oh, not as much as his famed “PLAYOFFS?” meltdown in 2001 that ...

FOXBORO, Mass. — They didn’t have Tom Brady? No excuse. The New England Patriots had done just fine in the first three games this season without their...

FOXBORO, Mass. — Many Bills fans figured they had it all doped out. The New England Patriots, sans Hall-of-Fame-to-be quarterback Tom Brady, serving a...

When Martha Ruether returned stateside 10 days ago after competing in September’s Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it would have seemed that her Br...