EDITOR’S NOTE: Jim Riggs, the late former Post-Journal sports editor, covered the United States hockey team’s victory over the Soviets at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid. A staff member of the Daily Olympic Digest for the duration of the Games, Riggs also covered the U.S. ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article on Jamestown native Richard Shearman appeared in The Post-Journal on Jan. 20, 1962. With the Winter Olympics scheduled for next month, it was deemed appropriate to run the story again. Shearman won a gold medal as the manager of the 1952 USA speed skating ...
ORCHARD PARK — Philip Rivers called time out, informing the Buffalo Bills he is withdrawing from consideration for the team’s head-coaching job, two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Monday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were ...
Tuesday Bowling Cattaraugus-Little Valley vs. Salamanca at Central Lanes, 3:30 p.m. Dunkirk vs. Falconer at Jamestown Bowling Company, 3:30 p.m. Chautauqua Lake vs. Maple Grove at Cutting Lanes, 3:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Hinsdale at Cattaraugus-Little Valley 5 p.m. Brocton at ...
Freshwater muskellunge — often called “the fish of ten thousand casts” — sits at the very top of the angling world. For those who chase them, muskies represent the ultimate challenge: powerful apex predators capable of shredding line, heavy-duty lures, making reel bearings scream, ...
WEST SENECA — Flyers Gymnastics recently opened its competition season at the Cocoa Cup hosted by Buffalo Turners. The Xcel Platinum team and the Level 4 team both captured first-place team banners. The Level 6 squad finished in second place. Finishing on the top spot of the podium ...