Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Football, ...
Sep 09, 2018
BALTIMORE — So much for the hoopla over the Bills ending their 17-year playoff drought last season. It took a miracle 49-yard touchdown pass from Andy...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Sep 04, 2018
They produced two of the most head-turning victories of the weekend. Randolph/Frewsburg, in Year 2 of its merger, opened the New York portion of the B...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 24, 2018
BOLIVAR — The Bolivar-Richburg football team went 3-6 on the field last fall but posted its third straight winning season. Confused? As Wolverines coa...
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
Aug 14, 2018
ST. MARYS, Pa. — It was one of the biggest drop-offs in all of Big 30 football last year. Elk County Catholic, which had three consecutive winning sea...
College Sports, Columnists, Football, ...
Aug 13, 2018
(EDITOR’S NOTE: For the last several years, this space has been dedicated once a summer to a retrospective on the former St. Bonaventure football team...
Big 30, Columnists, Football, ...
Aug 04, 2018
He says it’s circumstantial, but Todd Silfies is enjoying the final chapter of his temporary exit as a high school football coach. Silfies, 34, resign...
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
Aug 02, 2018
SALAMANCA — Jeff Anastasia doesn't approach summer league with the same quiet, confident demeanor high school basketball observers may notice while wa...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jul 21, 2018
HOUGHTON — It took a few hours longer than they might have expected, but the Olean Oilers are heading to the playoffs. Needing to win one of two games...
Basketball, Big 30, Columnists, ...
Jul 21, 2018
LeBron James may have left Cleveland, but two Allegany County boys basketball teams plan to be playing a game there. Genesee Valley and Scio will meet...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jul 21, 2018
When Franklinville resident Alan J. Shortz was a young man in Berwick, Pa., he tried playing pool at the local VFW and, well, he just wasn’t that good...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jul 19, 2018
WEBSTER — On this field June 29, the Olean Oilers reached their low-water mark. A 12-4 loss to the Rochester Ridgemen put Olean at 9-12 halfway throug...
Baseball, Local Sports, Sports
Jul 08, 2018
HOUGHTON — A night after Rochester snapped their five-game winning streak, the Olean Oilers returned to the win column in emphatic fashion. Olean scor...
College Sports, Columnists, Local Sports, ...
Jul 08, 2018
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a three-part summer series with Mark Schmidt in which the St. Bonaventure men's basketball coach reflects on last...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jul 06, 2018
JAMESTOWN — Perhaps the Olean Oilers weren't really in need of such a spark. After all, they came into Thursday's test-run of an exhibition with James...
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jun 29, 2018
OLEAN — Seeking some consistency in a week disrupted by the weather, the Oilers seemed positioned to begin a winning streak Thursday. Why? Olean had T...
Columnists, Local Sports, Soccer, ...
Jun 20, 2018
Some musings about the present (World Cup) and recent past (U.S. Open): IT’S NOT exactly a secret that I’m, uhhh, rather ambivalent about soccer … or ...
Basketball, Big 30, College Sports, ...
Jun 18, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE — The commemorative banners, the images of various St. Bonaventure basketball legends … Nate Sestina has seen this backdrop before. Li...
Big 30, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jun 08, 2018
SOUTH GLENS FALLS — Olean softball coach Dan Brooks has only one gripe about playing in the state final four: To bring home the program’s first state ...
Outdoors, Sports
June 21, 2025
One of the most intriguing aspects of reloading your own ammunition are the many options available, options that allow the reloader to address a wide ...
Business, Local News, News
June 21, 2025
Are your employees enthusiastic about their work? Are they involved, committed to the success of the organization? Employee engagement plays a crucial...
Local News, News
June 21, 2025
OLEAN — The city’s Republican Party mayoral primary is nearing completion, but it is just a warm-up for November. Olean Republicans are going to the p...
Local News, News
June 21, 2025
In Tuesday’s Republican primary election for treasurer in Allegany County, deputy treasurer Jenna Kelley and former county legislator Adam B. Cyr face...
Local News, News
June 21, 2025
OLEAN — The names of two more Olean High School alumni now hang proudly on the district’s Wall of Honor. Dr. Abigail Bretzin, Class of 2009, and Dr. K...
Local News, News
June 21, 2025
Jolene Ayres from Allegany-Limestone Central School has been awarded the 2025 College Connections Teacher of the Year by SUNY Jamestown Community Coll...
