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ORCHARD PARK — Under the best of circumstances, NFL preseason games are a drag … an endless parade of wannabes and neverwouldbes, many of whose next p...

For much of a three-hour meeting Thursday at the Times Herald, we kept coming back to Bradford High. It was two days ago that a group of us sat down t...

This is really getting old.Bills fans have to be feeling like the folks who run Donald Trump’s campaign … another day, another controversy. The Buffal...

ST. BONAVENTURE — In the past, the time period between the end of summer school and the start of the actual academic year was one of the quietest on t...

ORCHARD PARK — By the time the game ended at 10:23 p.m., three hours and 18 minutes after it started, and with coach Rex Ryan not starting his press c...

ORCHARD PARK — The National Football League hates the word “exhibition.” That’s why the four games preceding the 16 that actually count are referred t...

WELLSVILLE — Deep down, Denny Miles had always wanted to give this a shot. For years, the Wellsville athletic director sat back and watched as the foo...

Usually it takes a few losses for Bills fans to become discouraged. This year it’s happened even before the first preseason game. The lone shred of go...

OLEAN — If you’ve never attended a 7-on-7 drill for high school football teams, I will offer a few thoughts. Don’t expect to see any scoring. That’s n...

ST. BONAVENTURE -- For St. Bonaventure basketball fans, the biggest concern about their team heading into last season was the state of the frontcourt....

OLEAN — For a stretch of 13 years, from 2000-12, fields for the Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament averaged...

BRADFORD — In recent years, I’ve had occasion to offer less-than-flattering critiques of the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic … be it Don Raabe’s nam...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Tre Garzel wasn’t even supposed to be here. At least, not at the quarterback position. Garzel, the graduated Port Allegany signal call...

OLEAN — In the end, it was quite indisputably the greatest season in New York Collegiate Baseball League history. Their accomplishments, at this point...

Some notes on Saturday’s 43rd annual Big 30 Charities Classic set for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Bradford’s Parkway Field: n Historically, the game, matching...

Jaylen Adams had already become a star in his own conference. That much was made certain last winter, when opponents planned for him, but still couldn...

OLEAN — The omen came on the first tee. Ryan Swanson, who won the 2006 Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament, ...

OLEAN — Steve Anastasia graduated from Olean High School in 1989. But even though his time as a three-sport athlete for the Huskies ended, his involve...