Columns

Now comes the hard part. Even the most cynical Bills fan would have looked at this season’s schedule and concluded a 2-0 start was to be expected. Hos...

The reigning District 9 champions proved it’s still business as usual on Friday night. Coudersport (Class A) and Ridgway (Class AA) each posted impres...

He played in Buffalo for four seasons, and was always tied to the theory that he owed his first-round draft selection to former coach Rex Ryan, who pi...

To be sure, hundreds of thousands of Bills fans are celebrating today. After all, Buffalo handled the Jets, 27-17, Sunday afternoon at Bills Stadium a...

It wasn’t just another implausible plan for a season in the next calendar year. It differed from the hypotheticals, non-answers and instructions to “w...

OK, truth be told, I caved on baseball. When the 2020 season fell apart as a byproduct of the coronavirus pandemic and Major League Baseball desperate...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Given the chance to celebrate Jackie Robinson through the weekend, and not just one day, the Toronto Blue Jays didn’t hesitate. Follow...

Slowly but surely, the signs have begun to point back toward this cherished September custom. They’re leading toward a high school football season. Ac...

Eight weeks ago, I wrote a column about the National Football League’s bizarre, upcoming 2020 season. Part of it centered on the differing responses t...

Monday’s announcement of a potential “bubble” for our local four-county area (Elk, McKean, Potter and Cameron) and its high schools teams was perhaps ...

My first day at the Times Herald was Jan. 2, 1973. But, to get acclimated, over three weeks prior I was in Buffalo for a sports overnighter with the m...

Better late than never. After months of uncertainty this summer and a two-week frenzy this month during which the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athleti...

To be sure, the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 was unlike any of its predecessors. The track, actually in Speedway, Indiana, has nearly 260,000...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on Friendship/Hinsdale native Geoff Sherman. He’s in the midst of up to a three-month stint in...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on Friendship/Hinsdale native Geoff Sherman, who’s in the midst of up to a three-month stint in...

Starting today, Buffalo, and the other 31 National Football League teams, are finally allowed to engage in something actually resembling football. For...

‘Round and 'round we go. Local sports fans (and frankly, reporters) hoping that Friday’s meeting between the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Ass...

The Bills won’t even be allowed to conduct a practice in pads until Monday, three days after their long-ago postponed preseason opener at Baltimore. I...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — It was the bright side, if you’re willing, to the cancelation of both the Atlantic 10 Tournament and NCAA Tournament in March:...

Never in his four years as general manager of the Bills has Brandon Beane been flooded with so many issues heading into a season. The impact of the co...