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For Kyler Johnson, this has never been about achieving an ultimate goal or chasing some wild dream. It’s simply been about his love for the game of ho...

It’s time once again to clean out the notebook while waiting to see what Big 30 team makes the longest run in the state playoffs this spring: WHILE ON...

ORCHARD PARK — You’ve heard the phrase ad nauseum ... though it’s morphed a bit. Back in the ‘70s National Football League general managers, when talk...

As a high school baseball player 12 years ago, Dan Cervette was never able to take advantage of anything like this. Even in the early 2000s, multi-med...

ST. BONAVENTURE — For the second-straight year, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team will welcome six new players to its coming roster. That is, ...

Mike DeBarbieri may never fully get out of wrestling. The sport has been a major part of his life for some 45 years. And, just recently, after all of ...

Tuesday was a big moment for former TH sports staffers. That was when NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced the sanctions against Los Angeles Clipper...

As readers of this space know, I find the NBA’s regular season virtually unwatchable, though the playoffs can be compelling. This year, though, despit...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Every year, St. Bonaventure basketball fans know to root for their conference brethren in the NCAA Tournament because it’s financial...

ORCHARD PARK — One of the favorite pastimes of National Football League junkies is speculating who their favorite team will take in the draft. And thi...

ST. BONAVENTURE — There were over 130 kids from three area school districts standing side by side at midcourt, ready to show what they could do. There...

It’s been a while since the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team had a high-impact, four-year point guard. Ten years, in fact. A whole decade ago, wh...

It hasn’t been a great off-season for the Buffalo Bills and, in the past few days, it got worse. The news of the recurrence of Hall of Fame quarterbac...

PITTSBURGH — To this day the first major league baseball game I ever saw in person is emblazoned in my memory. And that’s awhile ago, since it was 196...

For those of you who have been waiting for the 2014 high school spring sports season to begin, your patience might finally be getting rewarded. Follow...

Catching up on some postseason honors and two more college commits for the Olean High boys basketball team: •Already regarded as one of Western New Yo...

ST. BONAVENTURE — In the days following the official announcement, Matthew Wright was incensed. And why shouldn’t he have been? After all, it was St. ...

Some random thoughts which have absolutely nothing to do with sports, including the last one, no matter what its proponents say: LET’S START with Good...