Opinion

Renaissance Faire For the eighth time in nine years (missing it in 2020), my partner, her siblings and I headed to the Syracuse area this past weekend...

Professional boxing Boxing is a hilarious sport. And there are few greater examples than the upcoming “superfight” of the two greatest British heavywe...

LeBron James In 2010, LeBron James infamously made “The Decision” to join the Miami Heat, a marketing gaffe that framed him as a national villain. Yea...

Black Cat Hell Drivers The Black Cat Hell Drivers put on a great thrill show Sunday evening at the Cattaraugus County Fair, despite a sparse audience ...

Old dogs, new tricks About three years ago, I wrote a pressing issue regarding the Rolling Stones releasing their first new album in several years and...

Lionel Scaloni In sports, there is no greater example of perception lagging behind accomplishments. That’s the curse, I suppose, of managing the great...

Dead water I’d never heard of purified water as “dead water” until recently. It’s always been my own description of cheap, bottled water that has been...

Open a book I’m never going to read every book on my reading list. With every book I finish, I’ve already added three more to the piles in the living ...

Lionel Messi Maybe it will be overshadowed. He didn’t win the World Cup. Due to a very open third-place game between France and England, he did not ta...

No nuts At breakfast one morning, I wondered if the Wegmans Honey & Nut Toasted Oats that I was eating had any walnuts in them. Since I have a slight ...

Two movie reviews There’s a lot in this week’s edition, so I’ve given up my usual movie review space to get some more items in the paper I’d hate to s...

Home World Cup It was a terrible 24 hours for U.S. soccer and its fans, ending not only in a 4-1 Round of 16 defeat, but in lost momentum and internat...

Our freeway I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I don’t know when our Interstate 86 became a freeway. I think it was sometime last year when I actual...

A game for all Last month, the U.S. Open returned to Shinnecock Hills for the sixth time in the golf championship’s history, this year being the 126th...

New bird As I walked up the driveway from my mailbox one day last week, I discovered a recently deceased bird lying there in the scorching heat. It mu...

Revisiting ‘1776’ In recognition of America’s 250th anniversary this weekend, I’m going to be celebrating in my favorite way. Watching fireworks? Eati...

In the ring I’m not sure when or how I got into boxing. But I think it was when I first got to Olean, had no idea what to do in the area at first, and...

Nation’s birthday As we prepare for the Fourth of July weekend, a momentous birthday event in our nation’s history in any year, we need to pause and a...