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Not long after Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott made the dubious decision of benching Tyrod Taylor for Nathan Peterman, the New York Giants mad...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The numbers are as compelling as they are long-term. Since Bill Belichick took over as coach of the Patriots in 2000, his record ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — We thought the stunner was that Sean McDermott, after three straight blowout losses and locker room unrest over his bizarre quart...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If the Bills, come season’s end, have halted their 17-year playoff drought, the turning point will have been what happened on Sunda...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Sean McDermott’s “calculated risk” lasted exactly a half. A week ago Wednesday, he announced that starting quarterback Tyrod Tayl...

After a wildly unpredictable first half of the season, the NFL season is finally starting to come into focus, especially the AFC playoff picture. It s...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A friend of mine, who has only a casual interest in pro football — she’s actually a Green Bay fan — listened with interest to Sea...

It’s too easy to pick the low-hanging fruit. After all, when an NFL coach pulls a 7-year quarterback and replaces him with a rookie fifth-round draft ...

CUBA, N.Y. — The Ridgway Elkers and Kane Wolves dominated the golden anniversary of the Olean Times Herald Big 30 All-Star Team and the testimonial ba...

The Buffalo Bills made waves this week when they decided to bench quarterback Tyrod Taylor in favor of rookie fifth-round draft pick Nathan Peterman a...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — This is the kind of week it was for the Bills. At his media day press conference, first-year coach Sean McDermott answered questi...

SENIOR DAY: In spring 2005, Sports Illustrated ran a story titled “When Tall Men Cry.” The lede for that story – written during the end of college bas...

RIDGWAY — What started as a nightmare on the football field during the September 15, game between the Ridgway Elkers and Sheffield Wolverines could ha...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — You’ve gotta give this to Sean McDermott, he’s got guts. After his routine announcement of who would be missing from Wednesday’s ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bad enough that the Bills were embarrassed, 47-10, by New Orleans on their home turf on Sunday afternoon at New Era Field. Even w...

DUBOIS — Ridgway and Coudersport began their respective 2017 campaigns back in August. The Elkers took that game 29-8, though the game was closer than...

ORCHARD PARK -- Uh-oh! You know that phrase “once is an aberration, twice is a trend?” Well, the Bills are trending … downward. After they were handle...

With every team in the league having played at least eight games, we’ve officially got half a season of football under our belts. Therefore, I thought...

BROCKWAY — The unbeaten Clarion Bobcats (11-0) ended Kane’s domination of District 9 opponents by upsetting the previously unbeaten Wolves 28-21 in th...

DUBOIS — E.J. Mansell Stadium provides the backdrop for Saturday’s District 9 Class A semifinals which features an interesting rematch of Allegheny Mo...