Hunting squirrels with a rimfire rifle is one of the ultimate tests of a hunter’s stalking and shooting skills and also one of the most enjoyable. Squirrels constantly challenge your patience, eyesight, ability to move stealthily through the forests and, perhaps most critical, the skill and …
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part weekly series with Olean native Colby Cummings, a trading analyst at BetRivers, on the current nature of sports betting. Today, betting on the Bills in an uncertain season.)
Dale MacArthur admits he’s a little embarrassed by it.
Like it or not, narratives play a big part in who wins awards, especially in sports.
As the preseason wound down, Mike Rigerman’s journey with the Baltimore Ravens brought him to the field at professional football’s most historic stadium.
It is with profound disapproval that I’ve listened to several individuals predicting a severe, nasty, snowy winter. The sad part of that is the signs seem to be pointing that way. It’s not even September yet and the leaves are beginning to turn here and there. We’ve had some unusually cold n…
ORCHARD PARK — The fear has swept over Bills fans before as they’ve watched a preseason darling emerge:
SALAMANCA — It’s the end of practice and coach Chad Bartoszek says he has some good running music for his players.
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part column series on Monday’s Coaches vs. Cancer golf tournament in Olean.)
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part column series on Monday’s Coaches vs. Cancer golf tournament in Olean.)
ORCHARD PARK — The first touchdown of the Buffalo Bills’ preseason belonged to Darrynton Evans and Ben DiNucci.
ALLEGANY — The Allegany-Limestone football team didn’t want a slash in its name.
Value, what is or may be valuable is something that’s perceived. What may be of value to one is of little or possibly no value to another. Such things can be a matter of culture, upbringing or even a fascination of one particular individual.
Saturday afternoon at Lambeau Field, Mike Rigerman will try to make one last impression in his bid for a pro football career.
Fans who tuned in to see the promised quarter-and-a-half of Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills’ starters instead got a look at the Greg Rousseau and Joe Andreessen show.
They’d envisioned it, wanted it, viewed it as a natural next step since acquiring the Olean Oilers in 2021.
A fit young man and his pretty girlfriend were fishing a little inlet on Chautauqua Lake. My wife and I caught a bucketful of perch quickly, but noticed they’d only landed one or two. How was that possible? Simply cast a piece of worm out and wait for a hit, generally less than 30 seconds.
ORCHARD PARK — Joe Andreessen remembers stepping foot on this field before, seven or eight years ago.
FRANKLINVILLE — With her first year with the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team in the rearview mirror, Franklinville native Dani Haskell is looking to step up as a leader this season for her “hometown” team.
ORCHARD PARK — Sean McDermott indicated this week his starters, including Josh Allen, would play the first quarter of Saturday’s preseason opener. He was precise, in Allen’s case.
The winning trophy stood in a place of honor.
BUFFALO — Joey Votto’s rehab in Buffalo finally looks to be headed in the right direction.
BRADFORD, Pa. — When Jameson Walsh injured his leg on the second play of New York’s third offensive possession, it ambushed coach Josh Brooks’ plan to challenge the Pennsylvania defense with both of his dual-threat quarterbacks. The loss of the Southwestern standout, however, did not derail …
It was February 1964 and my birthday was just two days away.
SALAMANCA — The first-ever season of the Salamanca Lizards franchise is in the books.
Khalil Shakir laughed off the suggestion he’s “the vet” now.
OLEAN — It has been a quick turnaround for Corey Haas, who claimed victory in the 26th Shootout of Former Champions in his first-ever attempt.
Nearly 27 years later, John Butler still vividly remembers the sequence.
PITTSFORD — The Bills don’t have a No. 1 receiver, or at least a proven one, yet. But could they have one at tight end?
After a summer of change, the Bills are back and in front of fans for their first training camp practice of 2024.
If you spend time outdoors hunting and fishing you begin to encounter and consider things city folk would never imagine or even find it possible to believe. One of these is the wind.
He’s the one who stayed.
ST. BONAVENTURE — Having spent his previous years on the college scene learning, developing his game and becoming a multifaceted weapon, Jaxon Edwards is looking to put it all together with the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team.
More than two years after ending his collegiate career, Jalen Adaway could be credited with an assist for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team.
ST. BONAVENTURE — While he may be new to the roster, Melvin Council Jr. intends to bring a level of leadership and experience to the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team.
OLEAN — Local players have always been a big part of the local “football club.”
From my earliest years I’ve been a fishing addict, a rod in my hand anywhere at any time for anything with fins or scales. Shiners or suckers in Tuna Creek, native trout in the area’s numerous tributaries, no logging roads then, you had to walk. Ponds, lakes, the Allegheny before the dam. If…
CATTARAUGUS — Mark Benton has experienced his share of high school football programs, most while they were at their lowest.
After seven previous editions of the Corporate Cup, its founders wouldn’t quite say they’ve figured out how to run the annual soccer event “smoothly,” but they have kept finding ways to try to grow the game.
I’m often asked which sport I prefer, hunting or fishing.
TORONTO — Shawn Dubin finds himself reflecting on just how far he’s come “basically every single trip.”
You might not have known it, but there was actually one former Bonnie who wore an NBA uniform last season.
Human minds are marvelous beyond belief. What they can accomplish is simply incredible and if raised in the proper environment and having developed some self-discipline will, for the most part, lead happy, productive lives. Oh, there will be challenges for sure, there is an opposition decree…
The schedule in January, February and March will look like a mirror for fans of the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team.
FRANKLINVILLE — This upcoming year, the Franklinville/Ellicottville football team will have a relatively new look with first-year coach Justin Tatlow calling the plays for the Titans.
The canoe drifted around a corner of tall reeds surprising a great blue heron only 20 yards away.
Brandon Barrett marvels at the transformation he’s seen in Xander Wedlow over the last four-plus years.
(Editor’s note: The following is the second in a two-part series relating to a recent on-campus panel discussion, featuring Mark Schmidt and Jim Satalin, on the upheaval that has taken place in college basketball. Today: Schmidt’s thoughts on the by-products of the current NCAA climate.)
(Editor’s note: The following is the first in a two-part series relating to a recent on-campus panel discussion, featuring Mark Schmidt and Jim Satalin, on the upheaval that has taken place in college basketball. Today: Some of the general highlights of their conversation.)
Updates on two former Big 30 athletes (Angelina Napoleon and Maxx Yehl) now excelling at the Division I collegiate level and another (Nick Schmidt) who’s on his way to the D-I ranks for coaching.
