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At the end of August, the Ridgway football team was full of optimism. The Elkers were entering the season looking to capture back-to-back District 9 C...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Bills season comes down to tomorrow afternoon’s game at Miami Gardens against the Dolphins … sort of. Buffalo, at 8-7, must w...

As we enter the final week of the regular season, we have a pretty good idea of who’s going to be playing into January and possibly February. There ar...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Maybe Bills fans are looking at it all wrong. Most of the Buffalo faithful are cauldrons of anxiety heading into Sunday’s game at...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Across the weekend and into Christmas Day, the celebration for the greatest non-conference victory of the Mark Schmidt era was...

Although the Buffalo Bills undoubtedly spent a good portion of their Christmases wondering what could have been after Sunday’s stunning second half co...

All right, let’s get the easy (hard?) part out of the way first. With the Bills’ 37-16 loss to the Patriots on Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium pl...

College football’s bowl season is officially in full swing, with every halfway respectable team playing in some of the most obscurely-named bowl games...

FOXBORO, Mass. — The numbers are indicting. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has beaten the Bills 27 times in 30 games, an NFL record for a QB against o...

It’s been a tumultuous season in the NFL to say the least. From off-the-field issues, to anthem protests, to an almost comical string of high-profile ...

Some observations from a wild four days of NFL football: — With the dust finally settled on one of the most controversial calls in years, one thing is...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — One good half was enough. That’s all it took for the Bills on Sunday afternoon at New Era Field to dispatch Miami, 24-16, and enh...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The phrase “must-win” has been used with unusual frequency this season as it relates to the Bills. But in this campaign of overal...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Days after the Bills were part of the worst weather game in franchise history, there was still plenty of talk about the snow, win...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Some leftover thoughts from the Bills 13-7 overtime victory against the Colts in near-blizzard conditions on Sunday afternoon at ...

ORCHARD PARK -- It was arguably the worst weather in the 45-year history of the Bills home stadium. They were down to their third-string quarterback. ...

With high school basketball back in action this weekend, we’re doing a brief run through this week’s NFL games. On to the picks: Indianapolis at Buffa...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — So here we are at the three-quarter pole of the NFL season and the Bills, at 6-6, are still alive in the playoff race. Oh, Buffal...

Some folks string up lights to celebrate Christmas. Others hang a wreath on the front door. And Dianne Button puts together a massive Christmas villag...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The math says the Bills remain alive in their bid to end a 17-year playoff drought. But reality speaks otherwise. What happened o...