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OLEAN — It was the biggest inning — as far as impact — for the Olean Oilers this season and Brian O’Connell Jr., the team’s owner, missed almost all o...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Sister Margaret Carney long ago earned my respect and admiration for two very different reasons. One, I’m sure she’s been unhappy wi...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Hours later, after this rather surprising bit of news had made its rounds, Dion Wright communicated what most St. Bonaventure basket...

Incredibly, it’s been 17 years since the Bills moved their training camp from Fredonia State to more centrally-located St. John Fisher College in subu...

In 2001, set to begin his collegiate basketball career at St. Bonaventure University, Mike Gansey capped his all-state level high school run second in...

Last Wednesday, I found myself covering a District 2 playoff game in the 13-14-year-old bracket of the New York State Junior Little League tournament ...

It should be an early pinnacle of her already-impressive young career … at least in terms of the event’s importance and the potential audience. But fo...

A bona fide major league star happened to arrive in Buffalo during one of its most quintessentially minor league weekends. On Friday, the Triple-A Bis...

In its 43-year history, it’s the first time the Big 30 Charities Classic has had to share some of its Pennsylvania players with another all-star footb...

ST. BONAVENTURE — At St. Bonaventure, Katie Healy finished her collegiate career in March as the program’s career leader in blocks, and was fourth all...

His first interaction with perhaps the greatest power forward of all time came about completely by chance. Youssou Ndoye stood in the home locker room...

PORTVILLE — If trying to keep up with nearly 80 campers over an entire week seems like a tiring proposition, you wouldn’t know it to hear the enthusia...

BRADFORD — It’s been a pair of first-class state Little League tournaments that has brought Bradford a third event this summer. The Pennsylvania Littl...

(Writer’s note: For the last few years, I’ve dedicated a day in the summer to writing about the erstwhile St. Bonaventure football team. Previous stor...

CATTARAUGUS — Southern Tier youth football coaches received a four-hour course Sunday in some fundamentals of safety and will now be entrusted to brin...

In one dugout, a team in the Southwestern New York Men’s Baseball League could have one or two sage veterans who’ve played the game longer than some o...

It hasn’t been staged locally since 2013, when the summer high school basketball league that had long been held at the William O. Smith Recreation Cen...

Catching up on a high school coaching departure as well as some accolades for Big 30 baseball and softball players: n The Olean High baseball team wil...