Marretti attributes his son Paul's success in the programto Loya's work with Special Olympics. She was Paul's first basketball coach when the Marrettis moved to Chesterfield in 1991. She invited ...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — There are 4,000 Special Olympics athletes and partners in WNY and they all play with heart. Some say volunteer coach Lisa Balus is the heartbeat. She volunteers year round ...

Gray, a longtime softball coach, mom of four and head coach of the Northwest Tornadoes Special Olympics Team, rarely sees a day now where she isn’t helping with the organization and one of the ...