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It’s not without irony that two beloved Bradford High School football coaches, who led the Owls for 26 consecutive seasons, passed away within five mo...

( Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series on Cattaraugus native baseball coaches who won sectional championships this spring. Today: Ha...

PORT ALLEGANY, Pa. — Nearly two decades have passed since Bruno Iorfido was killed in an automobile accident. After Iorfido’s death in 2003, Sean Lath...

SALAMANCA — As he nears retirement, Gene Jankowski said he’ll miss “the little things” about coaching the most. The van rides to and from golf matches...

ST. BONAVENTURE — It was the latest indication of just how chaotic things have become in the dreaded “transfer portal.” On June 1, after visiting camp...

Each inductee who took the stage at Buffalo RiverWorks on Wednesday took their own unique path to the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. For two new...

I’ve always loved the Sunday before Memorial Day. That goes back to my pre-teen years in rural Albany when my father and I would unfailingly and breat...

To be sure, it’s not real football. It never is in shorts, shirts and helmets. Indeed, the name itself intimates as much. Organized Team Activities, a...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on retired St. Bonaventure baseball coach Larry Sudbrook who will be honored tomorrow afternoon...

When will the National Football League figure out that it’s absolutely incompetent at keeping secrets? Last night at 8 o’clock the NFL released its en...

ST. BONAVENTURE — I wrote about Bob Lanier before I ever met him. And considering I first met him when I was 10 years old, that’s probably as good an ...

I had already heard of St. Bonaventure several years earlier when, as a Knicks fan growing up in rural Albany, Fred Crawford played parts of two seaso...

The other night on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show, he got big laughs during his monologue lamenting that baseball was “boring.” His point, other than to ...

Here’s some advice for fans when St. Bonaventure’s 2022-23 men’s basketball season opens next November … grab a program. It’s a guarantee you’ll be wo...

ORCHARD PARK — So what do Bills fans make of what happened last night in the second and third rounds of the NFL Draft in Las Vegas? This team, which a...

ORCHARD PARK — Well, to the surprise of nobody who can read a depth chart, the Bills grabbed their biggest need in the first round of Thursday night’s...

OLEAN — Four years ago, before it had ever thought about wins and championships and promotions, its goal was more fundamental: It merely wanted to pro...

OLEAN — Yesterday afternoon was a sad one for me. It was time to say “good-bye” to a friend of over 35 years. My introduction to George Seamon came in...