Opinion

Sports gambling Earlier this month, La Salle University was mentioned in a point-shaving federal indictment, as two fixers, including Jalen Smith and ...

Replacing Phil Groundhog Day is coming up Monday, and if the critter doesn’t see his shadow, it traditionally means we’ll have an early spring. Accord...

More snowstorms The snowstorms this year seem relentless but, when I look back at my photos taken last year at this time, it looks very much the same....

Goodbye popcorn bucket For the past 15 years, every time I would go to the movies at the AMC (formerly the Carmike Cinemas) in Olean, I would bring wi...

My pug Pickles Pickles has always been a big boy. From early in his time in the litter, he grew faster than the rest, quickly becoming something bigge...

‘Do not disturb’ About six months ago, I started leaving my cellphone on at night when I go to bed because I want to be accessible for my family, in c...

Return of ‘The Pitt’ This Thursday, the second season of medical drama “The Pitt” premieres on HBO Max, continuing the story of Dr. Michael “Robby” Ro...

Invincible Mike Tomlin Coaching the most successful franchise in NFL history aside from Tom Brady, the expectations in Pittsburgh are always high, and...

Mayor La Guardia When most of us hear the name “La Guardia,” we think of LaGuardia Airport. I’ve flown out of there a few times, but I never gave a th...

New Year, new you As 2025 turns to 2026, millions — if not billions — of people will attempt to make this the best year ever by taking on a New Year’s...

Time to walk away There’s a "Key and Peele" sketch where a retired military general gets tracked down and approached by the officials in his former po...

Hope for the new year I’m looking ahead to the new year with hope. Let’s face it, 2025 hasn’t been a good year for most of us with the high cost of ev...

Merry Christmas to all On behalf of all of us here at the Salamanca Press and Bradford Publishing, I’d like to extend a Merry Christmas and Happy New ...

College playoffs To college football’s establishment, talking heads and TV Networks that have deals with power conferences, there is nothing more impo...

Tree of memories As I decorate my Christmas tree every year, memories come flooding back to me. Most of the ornaments are very precious — not valuable...

Rob Reiner Learning that Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were murdered Sunday deeply shook me. Reiner has been a mainstay and beloved creator...

January 1971 Since Thanksgiving Day, this winter has been more like the real winters from years ago. I will never forget January 1971 when I drove hom...

Trimming the tree Every year my partner and I put up the Christmas tree, and every year it feels like it’s more complicated than the year before, even...