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Move to Loyola has worked well for Watson
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 10, 2015
The decision wasn’t easy for Steve Watson. After all, St. Bonaventure had been a part of his life since he was eight years old and his father, John, t...
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Pollock: Extra points no longer a sure thing
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 09, 2015
The saying has been around since football opted to add an extra point following a touchdown: miss a conversion and it will come back to bite you. And,...
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Pollock: Win greatly alters Bills’ playoff hopes
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 08, 2015
ORCHARD PARK — We’ve been here before. Four times since the Bills last made the playoffs, Buffalo has been 6-6 (2004, 04, 07, 08) at the three-quarter...
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Great day for Bona fans at Reilly Center
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 06, 2015
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure basketball fans couldn’t have asked for a much better afternoon than the one that unfolded Saturday at the Reilly Ce...
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Watt muscles his way into MVP talk
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 05, 2015
ORCHARD PARK — It hasn’t happened since 1986 when the Giants’ Lawrence Taylor was honored. In fact, only twice in the 54-year history of the National ...
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On Wright and a weird win over UB
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Dec 04, 2015
Need another indication as to just how odd Wednesday night’s game between St. Bonaventure and Buffalo really was? Over the last three seasons, only si...
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Pollock: Bona gladly takes ugly road win
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 03, 2015
BUFFALO — Even Mark Schmidt admitted, “It wasn’t a pretty game.” And for his St. Bonaventure basketball team, it would have been an even uglier loss o...
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Aiello finally gets his NYS title at Tioga
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Dec 02, 2015
Nick Aiello wanted to believe that this day would ultimately come. As the coach of a New York State Class D football power, a program built for succes...
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Pollock: Blundering Bills take a playoff hit
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 01, 2015
Is it really a mystery why the Bills are en route to a 16th straight season missing the playoffs? Yeah, I know, even after Sunday’s 30-22 loss to the ...
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Pollock: Mihalich has respect for SBU, RC fans
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 29, 2015
ST. BONAVENTURE -- There aren’t many opposing coaches who can say it … Temple’s John Chaney comes to mind. But few can claim, if they don’t own the Re...
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Butler: The day Hollis drew a crowd at Franchot Park
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Nov 28, 2015
Some of the specifics have been forgotten over time, trapped, perhaps, in that otherwise indelible basketball summer of 1977. The final score? Well, t...
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Butler: As usual, Bona will go as seniors go
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Nov 26, 2015
There was always the feeling that, no matter the circumstances, this particular St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team would somehow survive. There was...
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Bona-Canisius: an old-fashioned Little Three game
College Sports, Columnists
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 25, 2015
BUFFALO — That’s the way we remember Little Three basketball. Yeah, I know, these days it’s the Big 4, but it’s hard for the University at Buffalo to ...
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Pollock: Once again, a tough loss to the Patriots
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 24, 2015
FOXBORO, Mass — We’ve seen it so many times before and the result is almost always the same. And it was a rerun on Monday night at Gillette Stadium. T...
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Some queries on Pats draw fire from Ryan
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 22, 2015
FOXBORO, Mass. — One thing about having a colorful coach, if a question touches a nerve, you know it … and fast. On Thursday morning, in a media day i...
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