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CLEVELAND — When the Yankees first got Clay Holmes from the Pirates, there was hardly a ripple of a reaction. The big right-hander had underwhelmed wi...

PORTVILLE — Playing its third game in as many days, Oakfield-Alabama did not have the benefit of rest going into Saturday’s Far West Regional. The Hor...

( Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series previewing the Olean 1854 FC men’s amateur soccer team’s upcoming season. Today: Olean’s excit...

ATLANTA — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn’t even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleb...

BUFFALO — He’s gone from Knothole Park in Johnsonburg to McGraw-Jennings Field at St. Bonaventure to minor league ballparks across the country. And wh...

Oswayo Valley baseball coach Brad Buchholz can characterize Garren Black, his senior ace pitcher and slugging first baseman, with two words: “consiste...

OLEAN — A persistent batch of rain showers pushed back the first pitch of the Olean Oilers' 2018 New York Collegiate Baseball League home opener by mo...

EAST AMHERST — Two weeks ago, the Olean High softball team was nowhere to be found in the state rankings. Now the Huskies are among the last eight tea...

WILLIAMSVILLE — The Olean High School softball team went ahead in the first inning, produced big hits at key moments and took advantage of five illega...

PORTVILLE — Some love it. Some hate it. But proponents and critics of New York state’s new baseball pitch count will agree the rule affects games. On ...

The ripple effect will be seen down to the modified and Little League levels: we need more arms ready for high school baseball. Beginning this spring,...

For baseball fans at games, catching a foul ball is a true highlight of the experience. Jeff Clapacs now has a story to tell about just that. A new St...