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FOXBORO, Mass. — They didn't have Tom Brady? No excuse. The New England Patriots had done just fine in the first three games this season without their...

WASHINGTON — Only in the strangest-ever presidential election could a former beauty queen's weight be considered a deal-breaking issue of, if I may, g...

CHICAGO (AP) — Fourteen-year-old Malik Causey loved the way gangs took what they wanted from people on the street, the way members fought for each oth...

I find it interesting that archers seem to gravitate into three different groups. The traditionalist bow hunters who use longbows or recurves, compoun...

How about some good news for a change! Last Friday night, history was made at Dutch Country Stadium in St. Marys. St. Marys High School junior Morgan ...

WASHINGTON — And now, less than six weeks from the election, what is the main event of the day? A fight between the GOP presidential nominee and a for...

WASHINGTON — Having quoted Freddie Blassie of professional wrestling fame in a recent column critiquing Donald Trump's debate performance, and having ...

LAS VEGAS — In this time and place, a King is royal by birth, decree, or crowned by a group. Mr. Arnold Palmer was a king in golf and a gentleman as w...

WASHINGTON — Looking on the bright side, perhaps this election can teach conservatives to look on the dark side. They need a talent for pessimism, rec...

WASHINGTON — There is a story from the history of professional wrestling in which a manager named Freddie Blassie comes to the edge of the ring and, w...

Sunday evening was a sad one for anybody who knows or appreciates the history of golf. That’s when the world learned about the passing of Arnold Palme...

WASHINGTON — My heart went out to Donald Trump Monday night when it appeared that he was under the weather. What could be worse than to be sick, sniff...

Bradford High is not the bully in the AML that some had feared. The Owls have gone from 3-1 to 3-2. More importantly, however, the big difference is i...

AURORA, Colo. — Here on the High Plains, where the deer and the antelope once played, Denver's suburbs roam toward the Rockies' front range and the na...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — So what do we make of Sunday's domination of Arizona by the Bills? Talk about "never saw that coming." Other than erstwhile Buffa...

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — At the Islamic Center of Passaic County, which draws about 2,000 people each Friday for communal prayers, the talk is about how ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — There’s a temptation to say the Arizona Cardinals aren’t as good a team as advertised. After all, the winless Bills embarrassed t...

WASHINGTON — Especially in an election year, federal employees make a tempting target. They are, in the popular imagining, entitled and entrenched, un...

WASHINGTON — It's here, at last. The showdown we've all been waiting for: Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump. For what seems like years now, we've been ...

WASHINGTON — Of all the absurdities in Donald Trump's rapid political rise, none is more puzzling than his reputation for toughness in the war against...