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SEATTLE — Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes and the surging Buffalo Bills turned his first interception of the season into an afterthought, pummel...

It’s been a long time since the Bills faced former division rival quarterback Geno Smith. It’s been even longer since they won in Seattle. Smith and t...

For two Big 30 football programs, an undefeated regular season awaits if Salamanca and Pioneer can win one more time this weekend. But for both the Wa...

Phil Vecchio had described the Maryvale victory as a “top three win” of his head coaching tenure. He could probably have placed the one that came two ...

ORCHARD PARK — Sunday afternoon, about 15 minutes before the Buffalo Bills took on the Tennessee Titans, a stadium’s worth of fans turned their attent...

ORCHARD PARK — There’s little doubt that adding Amari Cooper instantly made the Buffalo Bills better. Cooper was limited to 19 snaps on Sunday, five d...

ORCHARD PARK — No, they’re not saying boo. They’re saying “COOP.” Amari Cooper made a strong first impression on Bills fans, and they on him, Sunday a...

WILLIAMSVILLE — Pioneer quarterback Gavin Schwab threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more touchdowns as the Panthers rolled to 7-0 with a Fri...

ORCHARD PARK — It didn’t take Amari Cooper long to get the hang of Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills’ offense — even when the quarterback was changing ...

In six games, despite a 4-2 start to the season, it became an increasingly obvious need. The Bills attempted to build a wide receiver group without a ...

SILVER CREEK — The Portville/Cuba-Rushford football team ran just 27 offensive plays Friday night. The Panthers racked up 351 yards. And no play did b...

RANDOLPH — It’s not often that someone says they need to get punched. But according to Salamanca football coach Chad Bartoszek, that was exactly what ...

DEPEW — For a football team that is often undersized in the trenches, fields a thin roster, and was forced to disband its junior varsity squad this we...

ORCHARD PARK — Josh Allen had many reasons to wear a beaming grin in opening his weekly news conference in advance of the Bills quarterback’s 100th st...

Olean football coach Phil Vecchio acknowledged it’s “basically, I think … a playoff game for us.” The Huskies’ 4-2 start, all in Section 6 Class B3 le...

On the surface, this was the Week of the Big 30 Running Back. Of the four local athletes who were named Connolly Cup Players of the Week, three are fe...

ORCHARD PARK — The "Everybody Eats" spread-the-ball offensive motto in Buffalo was quaint while it lasted. And it was naive, perhaps, to believe Bills...

It turns out, some 14 hours after Monday Night Football, the Bills and Jets weren’t done trading blows this week. Tuesday morning, the Jets made their...