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Amadi Ikpeze wasn’t asserting himself enough. Despite towering over the majority of his opponents, despite a 6-foot-10 frame that could be identified ...

ORCHARD PARK — In all the justifiable enthusiasm generated by the Bills offense in Sunday’s emphatic, 33-17, victory over Miami, one rather important ...

ORCHARD PARK — Rex Ryan had so much respect for Dan Campbell’s coaching ability, he tried to hire him away from the Dolphins during his time in New Yo...

ORCHARD PARK — Tom Easton doesn’t even hesitate at the question. Of course he feels he’s better, physically and otherwise, than the last time he stepp...

You hear coaches talk about teamwork all the time.Many times, the success or failure on a basketball court, a baseball diamond, or a football or socce...

It was about a year ago at this time that the plan was set. Four Olean businessmen — Kyle Henzel, Joe DiSorbo, Dan DeRose and Chris Sanzo — decided to...

BRADFORD, Pa. — In 43 years at the Times Herald, few stories, if any, have bothered me more and were harder to write than the one that accompanies thi...

For most competitive athletes, age 40 tends to mark the end of their careers performing at an elite level … if they get even that far. Not so with All...

It was just three months ago when Greg Wright a 1973 Olean High School graduate was back in town to help celebrate when his older brother, Doug, was h...

Some notes on the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team as it prepares for its exhibition opener, Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1:30 p.m. against Edinboro at...

This is going to be a long two weeks for the Bills’ coaches and management, especially Rex Ryan and general manager Doug Whaley. Poor performance, dub...

It went from being a bad loss … to a worse one. And that took some doing. If there are Bills fans who think this current Buffalo team will end its 15-...

The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team held its annual “Fan Jam” event last night, which means the start of the season is just around the corner. H...

The numbers are indicting. For a quartet of contracts totaling a quarter-billion dollars, the Bills have gotten a total of 57 tackles and five sacks f...

The Bills have done this before … sort of. Back in 1991, they played the Eagles in the preseason opener at London. But Sunday at Wembley Stadium will ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — There was Roy Burgess in 1974. Zach Harten in 2004. Jared Feura in 2005. Matthew White in 2009. Aziz Yousif in 2011 and ’12 and Logan ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Caleb McGuire had made it known loud and clear that he’d wanted this. At some point after his junior year of high school in 2011-12,...

ORCHARD PARK — For Bills fans, whose team has missed the playoffs for 15 straight seasons, the answer is so obvious it needn’t even be asked. Would yo...