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It would be so easy to punt, so easy to find another football team—but Bernie Lynch can’t help himself.

I don’t see Tiger Woods' back withstanding the stresses placed on it by his powerful swing. I hope I’m wrong.

Several weeks after Scott Norwood’s field goal attempt sailed wide right in Super Bowl XXV, forever guaranteeing the Buffalo Bills kicker a place in sports infamy, I contacted Ralph Branca. I figured if there was anyone on the planet who ...

Between the bountiful—at times, excessive—helpings of turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, and the occasional Black Friday hip checks among shoppers hell-bent on securing that latest can’t-live-without-it gadget, we tend to forget the true meaning of Thanksgiving. It’s supposed to be ...

Before heading to the women’s intercollegiate golf championships in 1949, Marilynn Smith and her father met with Kansas University athletic director Phog Allen to see if the school could help its star athlete with travel expenses. Allen’s response left an ...

I’ve always been fascinated with the origins of sports teams’ nicknames, so my interest was piqued when I heard about the recent name changes of minor league baseball franchises in Jacksonville, Fla., and Binghamton. Although I’m not a big fan ...

He had always been philanthropic, so when Major League Baseball officials asked Dave Winfield to speak to young players at a symposium near the end of his career in the mid-1990s, he jumped at the opportunity as if it were ...

Jim Kelly opted long ago not to run for office, but that hasn’t stopped him from playing a little political football.

A columnist never enjoys eating his or her words, but that’s what I’m going to do this week. So, please pass me a libation with which to wash them down because these things are rarely pleasing to a wordsmith’s palate. ...

Oh, if we baby boomers only knew then what we know now. We never would have clipped those baseball cards to our bicycle spokes with clothespins so they would make that cool, fluttering sound as we raced down sidewalks. We ...

Vin Scully, the best there ever was, called his final Los Angeles Dodgers game Sunday.

We loved the way Arnold Palmer always went for broke. Sometimes it resulted in memorable charges during the final rounds.

The Waterloo native has the energy of someone 20 years his junior. He also owns three Super Bowl rings, knows how to beat Brady and Belichick.

With Bruce Smith’s No. 78 joining Jim Kelly’s No. 12 as the only jerseys officially retired by the Buffalo Bills, we wonder what other numbers will be taken out of circulation. Faithful readers of this column are familiar with my ...

If this truly is to become a “New Era” in Buffalo Bills history that goes beyond the stadium’s recently sold naming rights, quarterback Tyrod Taylor must go from being good to very good. And it would really help if he ...