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ORCHARD PARK — If the Bills weren’t involved in a tense battle for a playoff berth that has eluded them for the past 17 years, the upcoming milestone ...

ORCHARD PARK — The math says the Bills remain alive in their bid to end a 17-year playoff drought. But reality speaks otherwise. What happened on Sund...

ORCHARD PARK — Funny how things change so quickly in the NFL. Back during training camp, the New York City pro football media was speculating whether ...

CINCINNATI — All you need to know about today’s game between the Bills and Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium is contained in the Latest Line. Buffalo come...

Bills fans almost proudly see themselves as a singular example of NFL misery. After all, their team has missed the playoffs for 17 straight seasons, e...

ORCHARD PARK — Not many Bills fans would have bet that new coach Sean McDermott might be talking to his team about handling winning a quarter of the w...

Yeah, we’re only a quarter of the way into the National Football League season, but it’s hard not to be impressed with the start new Bills coach Sean ...

Without argument, the Buffalo Bills take a step up in class this afternoon at Atlanta’s new Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Falcons (3-0) come in as one of...

ORCHARD PARK — The responses varied throughout the National Football League, but there was one in all 13 games played in the United States on Sunday. ...

ORCHARD PARK — In one room, Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor was laughing. In another, Broncos linebacker Von Miller was owning up to a mistake that cos...

ORCHARD PARK — So what are we to make of this afternoon’s game? The Denver Broncos (2-0) meet the Buffalo Bills (1-1) at New Era Field (1 o’clock, WIV...

ORCHARD PARK — It’s been four days since the Bills wasted an inspired defensive effort against the Panthers in a 9-3 loss at Charlotte. Buffalo’s ‘D’ ...

ORCHARD PARK — Some cynics have dubbed it the “Tank Bowl.” And while both the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets deny it, there’s no question that both t...

It’s unlikely, in the 47-year history of the Times Herald Football Edition, there’s been a more timely cover story. The concern about chronic traumati...

It started last August – almost a year to the day – when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem before a pres...

One of the first things I tell my sportswriting students at St. Bonaventure is that I’m very much a believer in that popular saying: “Find a job you l...

ORCHARD PARK — It wasn’t all that convenient for the media … especially the TV guys trying to make their 11 o’clock newscasts. And even the print folk...

ORCHARD PARK — Predicting the first round of the National Football League Draft is near-impossible. Still, that doesn’t stop so-called college footbal...