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ST. BONAVENTURE — Derrick Gordon did little to stand out in the St. Bonaventure-UMass basketball game in the Reilly Center this past January. On that ...

Some reflections on the just-completed women’s basketball season, including how it related to St. Bonaventure: AFTER ALL of the hype of two unbeatens ...

It’s time once again to clear out the notebook while wondering if the Pirates can again reach the playoffs: WHAT A night it turned out to be for Olean...

So the speculation has come to an end and the proverbial smoke has settled. Mark Schmidt isn’t going anywhere. The 51-year-old, who has always demonst...

BRADFORD — Brett Butler was busier than usual Wednesday morning. But he didn’t mind. Finally, after 11 days and four postponements, his University of ...

Their names are familiar to those who follow the Southern Tier Storm girls’ hockey teams. But Haley Porterfield and Alyssia Taggerty have taken a step...

My long-running feeling was that Kentucky’s 2012 national championship team was the exception to the rule. And, maybe by this time next week, it still...

BUFFALO — I will say this, the crowd at the First Niagara Center during the Syracuse/Western Michigan NCAA Regional basketball game was enthusiastic. ...

Talk about a flashback. When ESPN revealed late last week that St. Bonaventure’s Mark Schmidt had met with Boston College about the Eagles’ open men’s...

From the beginning, his name, naturally, had been linked one way or another to the job. A week-and-a-half ago, Boston College fired its coach, former ...

It’s not a surprise when a 95-year-old dies. After all, only a tenth of one percent of the population of this country reaches that age. And, the reali...

This much is certain, nobody will be picking the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team to finish ninth in the Atlantic 10 next season. That’s where ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — As his Bonnies fell behind, 35-7, with 3 1/2 minutes to play in the first half, coach Jim Crowley had a flashback. He recalled t...

For many college basketball fans, there’s a particular enjoyment in watching Duke get bounced from the NCAA Tournament in the early stages. Whether it...

So the question is, what’s the Bowling Green women’s basketball team doing in the WNIT? After all, the Falcons’ 28-4 record is better than 52 of the 6...

BUFFALO — In this business, we don’t root for teams — no cheering in the press box, remember — but we do root for stories. As we often joke, it’s all ...

BUFFALO — Vee Sanford hit the biggest shot of the game when his Dayton Flyers visited the Reilly Center in early February. With 1:12 remaining and UD ...

There are two different ways of viewing the 2013-14 St. Bonaventure men’s basketball season, which came to a rather surprising end Sunday night. The f...