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It was big local news when the son of a pair of Portville natives was taken in the fifth round of last April’s National Football League draft. Cole Ho...

ORCHARD PARK — Oh how the view of the Bills’ schedule has changed. When this season began, it was apparent that the AFC East, collectively, had the ea...

Clearly, the phrase “must win” has earned a place on the all-time list of sports cliches, but that’s where the Bills are come Sunday afternoon at Hard...

Talk about cross purposes. Back in the offseason, when the Dolphins’ front office began unloading contributing players, it became obvious that the fra...

Catching up with Chuck Crist, Jeff Prescott, Nate Sestina and the New York-Pennsylvania Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase: Among the others in their group...

CLEVELAND — For Bills fans who thought this one would be easy, a look at the odds should have been a reality check. Here were the Browns (2-6) a 3-poi...

HILTON — The Fillmore boys soccer team punched its ticket to the New York State semifinals with a 3-0 victory Saturday against North Collins (9-8) in ...

CLEVELAND — Notes from the Bills’ 19-16 loss to the Browns Sunday afternoon before a turnout of 67,431 at FirstEnergy Stadium: — The Bills got their f...

ORCHARD PARK — From the moment Cameron Barmore raced untouched into the end zone on a 67-yard reception in the game’s first minute, Clymer/Sherman/Pan...

CLEVELAND — All you need to know about the game between the Bills and Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium is the spread. Cleveland (2-6) is a 2½-to-3-point ...

HOUGHTON — It looked as though the tables were going to turn on the Fillmore boys soccer team. After leading for nearly 40 minutes against Scio in the...

WEXFORD, Pa. — The Bradford Owls did something on Tuesday night that no other team had done against Franklin Regional all season: score more than one ...

ORCHARD PARK — It wasn’t pretty, but it was a ‘W.’ And that’s goal No. 1 in the National Football League — winning — which is why the Bills don’t care...

ORCHARD PARK — Notes and quotes from the Bills’ 24-9 win over the Redskins on Sunday afternoon before 67,685 witnesses at New Era Field: — The win imp...

WARSAW — The Fillmore girls soccer team had come oh-so-close before. A year ago, the Eagles advanced the sectional championship game, but dropped a 2-...

ORCHARD PARK — OK, so I’ll be the wet-blanket guy. Before we get all wrapped up in the Bills’ best half-season start in 26 years, a dose of reality is...

ORCHARD PARK — Two concerning statistics came out of the Bills’ 31-13 loss to Philadelphia last Sunday at New Era Field. One, of course, was the 218 r...

ORCHARD PARK — If the Bills didn’t learn a lesson from history – last Sunday’s 31-13 loss to the Eagles at New Era Field – they could be doomed to rep...