By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist For first-year Bears coach Ben Johnson, it’s not a question of if — but rather merely how long? Last week he made […]

A column by CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist Normally when I watch the opening game of the Bills preseason, my attention wanes after the first quarter when it’s […]

by CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist I’m sure the TV numbers will be impressive, even for HBO, but in my mind, the first edition of “Hard Knocks,” Bills’ […]

(Cutline: Marvy Levy and his wife Fran laugh on Sunday, Marv’s 100th birthday as fans in Chicago made cards for him. He was flanked by two players he coaches, quarterback […]

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist By their nature, National Football League training camps are a drag. That’s why 24 of 32  franchises no longer leave their team’s […]

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist The number has shrunk by three-quarters. There was a time when virtually every one of the NFL’s 32 teams held their training […]

(PHOTO: Sammy Morris was inducted into the Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame in 2022 but could not make the trip. On Saturday, she will officially receive her due as […]

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist When I started at the Olean Times Herald in January of 1973, I knew Frank Layden to be the colorful men’s basketball coach […]

(Photo: Players from the Hornell Steamers and Olean Oilers form a prayer circle around the spot the home plate umpire collapsed during their NYCBL collegiate baseball game on Tuesday night […]

(Photo cutline: If Chuck Pollock wrote a book, where would it go? Certainly it would not replace his collections of old Buffalo Bills media guides) By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun […]

Wellsville-based team wins big From The Dawgs, The Dawgs 18u travel softball team, comprised of some of the best area players, got off to a quick start against the Lockport […]

Pictured at the Corning Rugby Club is Senator Tom O’Mara and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano honoring the 2025 RugbyNY High School Girls state champions Corning, N.Y., June 17—A Legislative Resolution sponsored […]

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist Bills’ fans  found good reason from optimism this past week in the most innocuous of events … mandatory mini-camp. The most encouraging event […]

Photo: Cole Holcomb, whose parents, Jack and Beth Holcomb are from Portville, eyes a comeback despite being told he would not play football again. By CHUCK POLLOCK, Senior Sports Columnist […]

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist My love affair with the Indianapolis 500 began five months before my sixth birthday. It was courtesy of my father, who wasn’t […]