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The Bills have had better months … OK, 28 days if you’re being picky. To review, let’s start with April 28, the night of the NFL draft’s opening round...

OLEAN — The championship plaque that will be presented to Olean prior to tonight’s season-opener, the fact the Oilers return over a third of their ros...

Jim Crowley was introduced to the Rhode Island media on Tuesday afternoon. Oh, the former St. Bonaventure women’s basketball coach took a similar posi...

Caleb Rinko took the starting running back job for Franklinville/Ellicottville last fall and ran with it all the way to the other side of the globe. F...

ST. BONAVENTURE — It’s been just shy of two weeks since Jim Crowley announced his resignation as the St. Bonaventure’s women’s basketball head coach t...

If this year’s effort is any indication, you can pencil Jordan Sands in as a serious contender for a national or, perhaps, even a world championship s...

For the first time in the 43 years I’d known him, Jim Baron seemed relaxed. It was halftime of St. Bonaventure’s women’s basketball game at Canisius l...

ST. BONAVENTURE — His latest, biggest opportunity was born partly out of what he’d done in Olean the summer before. A year ago, Brandon Schlimm was on...

Going to the state championship is nothing new for Nolan Ditcher. The Randolph senior will be making his fifth straight trip to the New York State Pub...

Steve McElvene had the majority of us seated along press row raising our eyebrows and shooting each other almost-startled glances. We’d heard about th...

Talk about coincidence.The night of the opening round of the NFL draft, the Bills “couldn’t believe” that Clemson defensive end Shaq Lawson had fallen...

Talk about coincidence.The night of the opening round of the NFL draft, the Bills “couldn’t believe” that Clemson defensive end Shaq Lawson had fallen...

Some updates on Tammy Putt and Bills individual game tickets. THERE’S NO denying Tammy Putt’s bounce-back powers. It was a month ago today that the fo...

PORTVILLE — Cammie McCracken began her senior year in the same fashion she had finished the one before it. Entering her final season at the high schoo...

Some updates on Tammy Putt and Bills individual game tickets. THERE’S NO denying Tammy Putt’s bounce-back powers. It was a month ago today that the fo...

Catching up with a former (Jimmy Grove) and current (Caleb Rinko) Big 30 football all-star: HIS TEAM’S league might have folded but former Bradford Hi...

My final interaction with former St. Bonaventure women’s basketball coach Jim Crowley came via email two months ago. A week after we returned from the...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Dion Wright had only a few minutes to talk. Between finishing up finals, preparing for graduation, signing with an agent and beginni...