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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tristan Jarry bounced back from a shaky performance to stop 37 shots, and the Pittsburgh Penguins evened their first-round playoff s...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The New York Islanders brought Kyle Palmieri home at the trade deadline believing his mix of grit and scoring touch would make a dif...

Will a time come when the Sabres’ organization takes the “Kick Me” sign off its backside? Still waiting. This beleaguered franchise which, this past s...

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...

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...

We’ve heard this song again and again … nine times to be exact. And, by the end of the first week of May, the count will be 10 … as in a decade of sea...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Squeezing the game ball in his left hand, Baker Mayfield looked at the giant scoreboard showing highlights of Cleveland's glory days....

Persistent pro football bettors have one indisputable rule: Don’t bet in the first or last week of the NFL regular season. It’s true the opening week ...

The speculation began last week: What if the Steelers lost to Indianapolis on Sunday afternoon and Buffalo beat the Patriots Monday night in Foxboro, ...

A chaotic NFL season has all come down to this. With Week 17 approaching, numerous NFL teams will be battling for their playoff lives in the upcoming ...

It’s the last of the Bills four trips to the Pacific and Mountain time zones this season. And, to this point, the success on two of the three previous...

Now the real fun begins. The playoff fields are ready and the postseason action in District 9 begins this weekend. In Class A, Smethport hosts Union/A...

It’s hard to believe we’re already to this point, but the District 9 postseason is slated to begin next week. Here’s a class-by-class look of where th...

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 ...

After much uncertainty this summer, football schedules across District 9 have been finalized. The District 9 Football League released its schedules ov...

(Editor’s note: This is the next in a series in which the Olean Times Herald and Bradford Era will present the best season/team accomplishment for eve...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on Friendship/Hinsdale native Geoff Sherman. He’s in the midst of up to a three-month stint in...

The Buffalo Bills have signed coach Sean McDermott to a multiyear contract extension. A person with direct knowledge told the Associated Press the con...

Never in his four years as general manager of the Bills has Brandon Beane been flooded with so many issues heading into a season. The impact of the co...

The Buffalo Bills have an advantage over most teams in that they’re returning plenty of starters on both sides of the ball in 2020. Even after veteran...