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I think it was the Charlon Kloof 3-pointer late in the second overtime that did it. The game – St. Bonaventure vs. Saint Joseph’s, Feb. 29, 2012, Andr...

ORCHARD PARK — One thing Rex Ryan is not is predictable. He arrived for one media day press conference last year wearing a Clemson helmet … a shout ou...

ORCHARD PARK — There’s a temptation to say the Arizona Cardinals aren’t as good a team as advertised. After all, the winless Bills embarrassed them, 3...

Full disclosure, I’m conflicted by the Colin Kaepernick-National Anthem controversy. And here’s why. My birth came barely two months after World War I...

SALAMANCA — Throughout his decorated career, Rich Morton has worn many hats in the Salamanca athletic department, but he didn’t until this fall serve ...

Gregor Makechnie began by answering the question that just about all of us were wondering. “It’s pronounced like ‘Chef’, but with a hard ‘ch,’” he sai...

ORCHARD PARK — You look at his record and can’t help but wonder what took Bruce Arians so long to become a head coach in the National Football League....

OLEAN — Its first drive against the Fredonia/Westfield/Brocton coop was a representation of the season the Olean High football team has had to this po...

It wasn’t the normal press conference. For most NFL teams, Monday is when head coaches issue their post mortems on the previous day’s game. But for th...

Some observations from a rare afternoon with no Bills game … just me and the Sunday Ticket. • As much as I enjoy clicking from game-to-game on that Di...

Last weekend I went to Watkins Glen to cover the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) series. I’ve been there for NASCAR, TRANS-AM, IMSA and IN...

ORCHARD PARK — So you don’t think the Bills are toast — playoff-wise — only two games into the season? Well, the panic is already on at One Bills Driv...

ORCHARD PARK — Last January, Ryan Fitzpatrick walked out of then-Ralph Wilson Stadium with his head low and his helmet pulled lower, a dejected man at...

Back in August, St. Marys football coach Tony Defilippi lamented District 9’s failure to OK a league. His concern was mostly travel. As a member of th...

For years, his copy of the amazing and agonizing “Kentucky game” lie untouched in his basement, the remnants of a past pain too deep to bear. Tim Winn...

It seems ridiculous … a “must win game” with 15 more to play. But that’s exactly where the Bills are, though coach Rex Ryan would never admit it. On T...

BALTIMORE — This is the kind of loss that keeps a team out of the playoffs … in this case, for the 17th straight year. Yeah, the Bills’ defense showed...

BALTIMORE — When it comes to the National Football League’s opening weekend, there’s no need to search for a hook in first-game advance stories. The c...