Breaking News

CWD found in a Sparta deer

New York's big game hunting season has long offered more than the excitement of pursuing whitetails. For thousands of hunters, it represents an opportunity to put healthy, locally harvested venison in the freezer, helping supplement grocery bills while carrying on a deeply rooted outdoor ...

Fearless Freddie’s Football Forecast

MIDSEASON. The Buffalo Bills sit atop the entire AFC with an unmatched 7-1 record as we start Week 9 of the 18-week NFL regular season. Halfway to the playoffs, Buffalo has shown to be a more than viable Super Bowl contender. Expect the Bills to deal a fellow AFC East member a one-sided defeat Sunday. The Bills should avoid the upset against the mediocre New York Jets and stay ahead of the AFC pack thanks to a late addition to their defensive backfield in safety Amani Hooker. FREDDIE sees it this way: Bills 37, JETS 24 HOME teams are capitalized. Teams picked to win the game are ...

Safety Amani Hooker is excited to join Bills

ORCHARD PARK — Safety Amani Hooker entered the Titans' bye week on a Tennessee team going nowhere. Some 10 days later, he found himself landing in Buffalo, elated to join a contender. "It's amazing. That's literally all I can say," Hooker said Wednesday, a day after the Bills acquired him ...

Lightning roll Sabres 8-3

BUFFALO (AP) — Nikita Kucherov had a natural hat trick and an assist — all in the third period — and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 8-3 on Wednesday night for their fourth victory in five games. Kucherov, the Russian star who requested a trade Oct. 30, had his eighth ...

AP sources: Bills shore up secondary by trading for Hooker

ORCHARD PARK — The Buffalo Bills shored up their secondary by acquiring safety Amani Hooker in a trade with the Tennessee Titans, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The people spoke to The AP because the trade has yet to be announced. The deal was ...

Calph, Hilliker battle it out

RUSSELL, Pa. — The Wednesday Travel League played Cable Hollow Golf Course in near-perfect playing conditions, possibly the best ever for a November event. As golfers enjoyed the beautiful day, the match of the year was taking place in the second foursome. Robert Calph and Josh Hilliker battled from start to finish, each making five birdies, with only three bogies apiece, to both finish at 2-under par 70. It is the first time in 26 years of league records being kept that two golfers finished under par in the same event. Hilliker led the front nine with a 2-under par 34 with ...