Sports Columnists

Diggs’ absence from Bills OTAs isn’t best optic
Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
May 26, 2023
Are you concerned about Stefon Diggs’ absence from the Bills’ “voluntary” Organized Team Activities? Me too. Do you find it odd that a high-character ...
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Salamanca lacrosse duo reaches century mark
High School, Sports, Sports Columnists
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
May 20, 2023
Last Monday, Tayoni Galante reached an impressive career milestone, logging his 100th career boys lacrosse goal. Just a week later to the day, teammat...
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Hall’s legacy at A/W much more than scoring records
Basketball, High School, Sports, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
May 06, 2023
Her impact will be recorded in county, section and school record books for years to come, mostly for her ability to put the ball in the basket. But as...
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What should we make from Bills’ draft selections?
Buffalo Bills, Football, Pro Teams, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Press 
May 01, 2023
So what are we to conclude from the Bills' draft? There was controversy, four trades — one up, three down — and explanations. Don’t even waste your ti...
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Did Bills hit a homerun with Florida guard?
Buffalo Bills, Football, Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 29, 2023
After the mixed reactions when the Bills traded up to take Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid in Thursday night’s opening round of the National Football Le...
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Here’s why Bills must get draft absolutely right
Buffalo Bills, Football, Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 27, 2023
It might seem odd, but for a team that’s had so much recent success, tonight starts one of the most critical drafts in Bills’ franchise history. This ...
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In Domino honor, Engelhardt joins Bona’s PR elite
Sports, Sports Columnists, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 26, 2023
As with men’s basketball coaches – Eddie Donovan, Larry Weise, Jim Satalin and Jimmy Baron – St. Bonaventure has had some of its best success with spo...
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An unexpected giant rainbow
Outdoors, Sports, Sports Columnists
WADE ROBERTSON Olean Times Herald 
Apr 22, 2023
The stream, when we arrived, was the lowest it’d been all year, but there was still decent current. We half-slid, half-stumbled down the steep bank to...
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It hasn’t been easy 2023 for SBU’s Schmidt
Basketball, College Sports, Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 12, 2023
It hasn’t been a pleasant start to 2023 for St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt. When the calendar changed, he saw his Bonnies go from...
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Transfer portal has changed college game
College Sports, Sports, Sports Columnists
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 05, 2023
So what do we make of the just-completed Division I men’s and women’s college basketball seasons? And, more to the point, how were they impacted by th...
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Recalling first day memories
Outdoors, Sports, Sports Columnists
WADE ROBERTSON Olean Times Herald 
Apr 01, 2023
It’s raining outside, Old Man Trouble trying to raise the streams to unfishable heights yet again. Today’s forecast, Saturday’s, also called for high ...
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Bona’s Crowley building a roster with a late start
Basketball, College Sports, Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Mar 31, 2023
ST. BONAVENTURE — The last three weeks have been a blur to Jim Crowley. It was 21 days ago that the Providence women’s basketball coach parted ways wi...
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Bills’ Kadish dies; updating free agency
Buffalo Bills, Sports, Sports Columnists
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Mar 28, 2023
It seems more and more sports personalities from my youth are passing away, and they remind me of each of our mortalities, especially when it’s somebo...
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C-R’s Smith gets helping hand to play in ‘Classic’
Basketball, Big 30, High School, ...
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 25, 2023
Teah Bender isn’t just Jacob Smith’s mother. She’s also his boss at the Olean McDonald’s Restaurant. “I’m never getting away from her,” Jacob, a 17-ye...
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It’s been tough 2023 start for Alabama sports
Sports, Sports Columnists
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Mar 23, 2023
It hasn’t been a great start to 2023 for the University of Alabama’s marquee athletic programs. It started in mid-January when a Crimson Tide basketba...
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