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Jeff Puglio felt it was time to simplify the Bradford defense. In previous seasons, the 11th-year Owls football coach felt that perhaps his players we...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Time to stop talking about Ben Roethlisberger's surgically repaired right elbow. At least for now. Whatever lingering doubts Roethli...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — There was one overriding reason Ben Roethlisberger worked so hard to return from a major elbow injury. His team. Roethlis...

Notes from Buffalo’s 27-17 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday afternoon at Bills Stadium: — The National Football League’s initial attempt at de...

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...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills got the season off to a throwing start. In overseeing three consecutive first-half touchdow...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants are playing guessing games to some extent heading into their season opener at...

(Editor’s note: this is the second in a two-part story on the postponement of New York high school football.) Many coaches, such as Bolivar-Richburg’s...

There was one area where the Bills’ hierarchy felt it had to improve upon after last season’s crushing overtime playoff loss at Houston. In the words ...

There will be a delicious irony tomorrow afternoon at the blandly-named “Bills Stadium” when Buffalo — favored by 6½ points — hosts the Jets to open t...

(Editor’s note: this is the first in a two-part series on the postponement of New York’s high school football season.) OLEAN, N.Y. — It wasn’t the new...

ELDRED — Baseball is a family success for the Sebastian brothers of Eldred. Younger brother Cole is headed to Canisius College in Buffalo to patrol th...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State coach Ryan Day is pushing the Big Ten for answers about when the conference plans to play a football season. In a sta...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pat Narduzzi never lost hope. Not during the early days of the shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the one that cost the Pitts...

The District 9 Committee will be honoring long-time officials who have served at least 50 years in a sport. The committee recently decided to create t...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers couldn't ignore Dustin Colquitt's resume. The longtime Kansas City punter has seen a little of everything du...

Quick quiz, how many new starters will Buffalo have come Sunday when it hosts the Jets at Bills’ Stadium in the regular-season opener? Not as many as ...

The speed of 2013 Port Allegany High School graduate Nick Conway has always been very noticeable. Whether it was catching deep balls from his high sch...

There was a time when cutdown day was the most feared moment in a National Football League player’s career. Before 2004, if a player didn’t make a tea...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Maurkice Pouncey didn't love the collective bargaining agreement the NFL Players Association reached with team owners just as the CO...