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Success in the National Football League presents a scheduling paradox. The good news is that the best teams get the greatest national TV exposure. The...

Last Monday morning I was a guest on an Albany sports talk radio show to discuss the Bills’ draft. The host, who has interviewed me for years, opened ...

An NFL team can't release a player simply because he is not vaccinated for COVID-19, a person with direct knowledge of the league's directive told The...

So what do we conclude from the Bills’ 2021 draft and subsequent free agent signings? For one, general manager Brandon Beane was telling the truth whe...

What a difference success makes. For most of the last quarter century, the Bills have entered the National Football League Draft with well-defined nee...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers headed into the offseason intent on finding ways to become a little less reliant on quarterback Ben Roethlis...

If there was any question the Buffalo Bills prioritized the defensive end/edge rusher position, it was answered at 9:19 Friday night. Barely 10 hours ...

From his end-of-season press conference, when he lamented the Bills’ inability to generate persistent pressure on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes i...

There’s one major negative to being a successful team in the National Football League. Teams that do best get pushed far down in the drafting order. S...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger's running mates are vanishing. At least on the football field. Tight end Vance McDonald retired in January. Longt...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Brandon Beane hopes he becomes accustomed to picking at the back of the pack in the NFL draft for years to come following the Bil...

So, 19 days before the beginning of the National Football League Draft, where do the Bills stand roster-wise? As of today, Buffalo’s roster numbers 71...

Some observations from four different sports: — Pro football. With the NFL verifying that 2021 will feature a 17-game season, the schedule-tweaking wi...

Five hundred and nine days later, the memories have become rather hazy. It was back on Nov. 9, 2019, that the Franklinville/Ellicottville football tea...

Well, four days into NFL free agency, the Bills have been more active than might have been expected for a team up against the salary cap. They re-sign...

In a span of four days, the Bills sent an emphatic message: They’re in it to win it. Backed up close to the salary cap limit, Buffalo figured to lose ...

KANE — Another Big 30 football player will be making his way to Alfred in a few months to join the Saxons football program. Kane’s Zuke Smith made it ...

It took just a brief text message for Bradford two-way lineman and Big 30 All-Star Ryan Hughes to unveil where he’ll be spending the next four years i...

For the first time since 1994, Buffalo Bills fans didn’t watch Sunday’s AFC Championship Game as outsiders. Instead of looking forward to hockey seaso...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the final, frustrating minutes of theAFC Championshipgame,Buffalo BillsquarterbackJosh Allenlost his composure. He was sacked fo...