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Rex Ryan’s problem is that he’s a talker. The Jets’ sixth-year coach has always been a media favorite ... even now as much of the New York press has b...

They started it five years ago with just a single 16-and-under team and the simple goal of keeping the local talent ... local. Since then, Lenny Anziv...

Come Halloween, it will be exactly 50 years ago that Alfred University pulled off an upset that redirected the path of its football program. You see, ...

Mark Schmidt, like the rest of the Atlantic 10 coaches, had a bit of fun during his “A-10 live” interview, which aired on the league’s website during ...

It’s time once again to check on the college progress of some former Big 30 players: ONE OF the more highly profiled area athletes to continue his car...

Some thoughts on the Bills’ 37-22 loss to the Patriots on Sunday afternoon at “The Ralph:” • ALL OF us who closely follow the NFL at times wish we wer...

ORCHARD PARK — Haven’t we seen all of this before? The Bills, brimming with optimism, decide THIS is the time they’re going to beat the Patriots at “T...

ORCHARD PARK — There’s a lot of paradox to Terry Pegula. That’s what happens when “a regular guy” becomes one of the most wealthy men in the country. ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Looking back on it, the 2013-14 St. Bonaventure recruiting class didn’t have all that great an impact on the team’s success last yea...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Some notes on the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team as it hits Day 4 of official practice: • There are a number of factors as to...

DETROIT — OK, so it was a bit college, and a lot high school. But there was something meaningful when two young Bills linebackers — rookie Randell Joh...

ST. BONAVENTURE — As a junior college player in Sheridan, Wyo., last year, Iakeem Alston was nowhere close to the live action of Atlantic 10 basketbal...

Some thoughts on a packed sports weekend ... and a second straight disappointing stumble by the Bills that produced a quarterback change: FULL DISCLOS...

It wasn’t merely a play that lost a game. This was the kind that costs a season, both current and long-term. What the Bills’ 23-17 loss to the Texans ...

For Matt Webb, this was equal parts “gut feeling” and strategy. With his team in a scoreless tie, and lucky to be so, midway through the second half, ...

ORCHARD PARK — Remember last Sunday when the Bills “won as a team” against Miami? A week later they “lost as a team” against San Diego. With a sellout...

ORCHARD PARK — Bills fans have learned to be cynical, but that doesn’t stop them for being excited. That’s why, after their 2-0 start, plus the residu...

When Mark Schmidt got Andrew Nicholson to sign on a similarly chilly fall day in 2007, he did more than land the kid who would lift his program out of...