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Ten days after Ridgway topped Smethport, 50-33, the Elkers and Hubbers are set to meet again. The two teams will face off in the District 9 Class AA p...

Some observations from a packed sports weekend in the Southern Tier: home games for the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s basketball teams and four NF...

ORCHARD PARK — Making the playoffs is the goal of every NFL team … and the sooner the better. There’s no personnel strategy when it comes to the seaso...

When Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott made the decision to bench Tyrod Taylor in 2017 in favor of rookie Nathan Peterman, the national media had a f...

Where’s the anxiety … where’s the quantum math? Isn’t that what always happens when the Bills get within sniffing distance of a playoff berth? Instead...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Buffalo Bills didn't have many playoff experiences during a recent two-decade stretch. Bills coach Sean McDermott and his quarte...

Win. That’s all Buffalo needs to do. Once more in one of its remaining three games. The Bills control their own destiny for a playoff spot. Just win o...

Every now and then the question is raised … why is Buffalo in the AFC East? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have that division composed of the four tea...

The Bills’ path to the playoffs is simple … win one of their last three games and they’re in. Unfortunately, the most vulnerable opponent comes in the...

Well, beating Dallas on Thanksgiving certainly helped. The Buffalo Bills’ playoffs odds went from 82 percent to 93 when they beat the Cowboys, 26-15, ...

ORCHARD PARK — To say the least, the Bills are in an unexpected situation. This franchise, that has made the National Football League playoffs only on...

AMHERST — After a five-set thriller over Eden last Friday, it was back to business for the Portville volleyball team on Tuesday. The Panthers swept Se...

That was quick. It sure seems like yesterday that the 2019 high school football season began on a balmy Friday night in late August. But fast forward ...

BUFFALO — The Ellicottville boys soccer team knew that it would need to pull off a handful of upsets to make its way through the Section 6 Class C bra...

COHOCTON — Tyler Perkowski scored the game-winning goal in the 33rd minute of the second half to lead eighth-seeded Wayland-Cohocton (5-11-1) over Wel...

Steve Smith would take this over another hollow title any day of the week. In three of his first four seasons, his Bolivar-Richburg football team, aft...

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — The Bradford girls volleyball took care of business on Wednesday against Otto-Eldred in straight sets (25-16, 25-16, 25-19) to fini...

The Olean High football team’s goal has been singular, and it’s been in place since before it took the season’s first snap. “Olean hopes to continue m...