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When Heather (Martin) McIntosh’s playing days at Fredonia State were over in the early 2000s, she left the Blue Devils as one of their top overall pla...

ORCHARD PARK — First, a little restraint. Bills fans are understandably giddy about their team’s 2-0 start ... particularly that unexpected victory at...

Back in the mid-’80s when he played in our racquetball league, did any of us ever think that Terry Pegula would become the most powerful and influenti...

ST. BONAVENTURE — As a player, Jerome Robinson always prided himself on his ability to defend. “That’s how I got on the court, originally,” he said in...

Yeah, it’s only one game ... the Bills could lose their last 15 on this year’s schedule. They won’t, of course, but the real takeaway from Buffalo’s 2...

How’s that for an answer? For the better part of a month the Bils, in general, and coach Doug Marrone and quarterback E.J. Manuel, in particular, have...

Diana Phalon knows from personal experience just how wide the gap is between the level of competition in high school and NCAA Division I. The former S...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Dion Wright stood with his teammates outside Buckingham Palace, one earphone in and no semblance of a smile. The photo may have sugg...

The tragedy of a player’s death following a high school game between Portville and Westfield/Brocton last fall and the continuing concussion concerns ...

SALAMANCA — Zach Miller felt it this summer. He’s made an impression on his hometown. Miller, 18, a Seneca Nation member, returned to Salamanca for ne...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on JCC-Olean basketball, in general, and James Brown’s journey though the college game, in part...

Some observations from the Bills’ 19-16 preseason loss to the Steelers on Sunday night at Heinz Field: IT’S ALREADY time to be concerned about Buffalo...

OLEAN — On a snowy night, mere hours before Christmas Eve 2010, local fans watched or listened as Ogo Adegboye hit the biggest shot of his collegiate ...

(This is the second of a two-part series on the 1970 St. Bonaventure Final Four team’s reunion dinner inside the Reilly Center’s Hall of Fame last wee...

(This is the second of a two-part series on the 1970 St. Bonaventure Final Four team’s reunion dinner inside the Reilly Center’s Hall of Fame last wee...

Some thoughts on the Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament which ended its 78th run on Sunday at Bartlett Coun...

WATKINS GLEN — The dateline on this story reads Watkins Glen, but it should read Canandaigua. This weekend was a big opportunity for Tony Stewart who,...

Updates on former Bonnie Tyler Relph and 2012 Olean Oiler Jon Kemmer and some thoughts on St. Bonaventure’s non-conference schedule: A YEAR AGO in thi...