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ORCHARD PARK, NY — It wasn’t pretty, especially on offense. But a 27-21 win over New England, coupled with a Miami loss on the out-of-town scoreboard,...

The basketball nickname “Microwave” first famously applied to Detroit Pistons sixth man Vinnie Johnson in the 1980s. A bench scorer who didn’t need ti...

There was first, for both teams, a personal demon to expel. Indeed, the Ellicottville boys soccer team had advanced to consecutive Far West Regionals,...

Watching James Cook slice through the Dallas Cowboys defense play after play, and watching the Bills pass rush continually harass an MVP candidate qua...

With just under seven minutes remaining in the first half against Florida Atlantic, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team had an 11-point lead and...

One of the most trying, yet satisfying, aspects of a sports season is overcoming adversity. Character is built by it, bonds fostered by it and, with a...

This is starting to feel like Tom Landry’s final days as an NFL coach, just before he was ingloriously put out to pasture. Or maybe it will be more ak...

It’s only one game, but a massive chance for a resume builder. The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, riding a five-game win streak, heads to Spri...

It was time to slip on my pack, adjust my head lamp, grab the rifle. The hill rose steeply before me as the cold air nipped shrewdly at my face and ea...

Early in his team’s evisceration of Niagara, Mika Adams-Woods drove the lane and flipped up a short runner that caromed out. It was the star point gua...

Throughout the first weekend of the high school basketball season, there have already been some thrilling and intense matchups on the hardwood. In the...

CUBA, NY — Pat Wight has seen his father cry only twice. And though he couldn’t visualize it, he could sense that this was undoubtedly the third time....

With a bye week on the schedule, the Bills have a long time to ponder what went wrong Sunday night in Philadelphia. If the six weeks after that don’t ...

The Penguins pulled back to .500 with their big win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. That put them at a mediocre 10-10-0 through 20 games. Wi...

Triumph on the field and perseverance off of it have defined the Salamanca football season. The Warriors endured tragedy this fall with the loss of a ...

When the Bills and Eagles take the Lincoln Financial Field turf on Sunday, each coach will be facing the team of their hometown region. Though he was ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Buffalo Sabres prospect Jiri Kulich was a force that night, utilizing his 6-foot-1, 186-pound frame and setting three career highs f...

ORCHARD PARK, NY — In one play, and the reaction to it, the Buffalo Bills showed what they’d been missing on offense. The good news for Joe Brady was ...

There could be easier matchups to break in a new offensive coordinator against. There’s a reason Josh Allen lamented after Buffalo’s season-opening lo...

The District 9 Class A playoffs come to a head this Friday with a clash of the top two seeded teams, Port Allegany and Redbank Valley, each vying for ...