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Schmidt’s 400th win ‘all about the players’
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 30, 2025
Mark Schmidt casually strolled out of the Reilly Center’s media room with a WWE belt over his shoulder, quipping, “I feel like John Cena.” Normally th...
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Bills’ season ends with no answer for Mahomes, again
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 28, 2025
The Kansas City Chiefs had gone seven straight games without scoring 30 points, since Week 12 on Nov. 24. On Sunday, with a trip to New Orleans on the...
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Amid QB duel, playing it safe worked for Bills
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 22, 2025
ORCHARD PARK — Sometimes the plays you don’t make end up as valuable as the ones you do. Josh Allen has had far more impressive days at the office sta...
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Fishing highlights of 2024
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WADE ROBERTSON 
Jan 18, 2025
Wow, the winters of old have returned this year, could be the 1970s for crying out loud. Snow, bone chilling cold, wind and low clouds with little sun...
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Unheralded Bills o-line vindicated in playoff rout
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 13, 2025
ORCHARD PARK — The old cliche says to win in the playoffs, you have to be able to run the ball and stop the run. And while Josh Allen still had some t...
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For Bills’ Allen, the real prize is Lombardi trophy
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 11, 2025
By the time the NFL hands out the MVP award, it might feel like a footnote. Since 2012, the league has presented its awards in a primetime show the we...
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An unwrapped gift
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WADE ROBERTSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 11, 2025
It was something of a shock when I realized Christmas was suddenly upon me! Have you noticed how important events in life follow a pattern? First, the...
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Gator football grows tradition of giving back
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 10, 2025
ALLEGANY — For three years running, the Allegany-Limestone football team picks a cause to support in its community. The idea came to fruition in coach...
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Preseason-like finale sets up Bills-Broncos
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 07, 2025
On the final day of an 18-week, 17-game NFL regular season, it was easier to count the number of teams who had something to play for than those who di...
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Brush busting for small game
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WADE ROBERTSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 04, 2025
Friday night had been a busy and distracted one and despite the fact it was small game season I didn’t really have any plans for the morning. The phon...
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New Year’s Eve A-10 tipoff was classic Bona-VCU
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 04, 2025
ST. BONAVENTURE — Noel Brown had seen this VCU team before, but the rest of his teammates had not. Last year’s St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team s...
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Crowley’s young Bonnies have a lot to learn in A-10
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 03, 2025
ST. BONAVENTURE — For a coach rarely at a loss for words, the answer was tellingly short. Jim Crowley’s young St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team ...
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Big-play defense seals No. 2 seed for Bills in rout
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Dec 30, 2024
ORCHARD PARK — All’s settled for the Buffalo Bills, except who they’re playing here in two weeks. With a 33-0 lead over the Jets, Buffalo’s unofficial...
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Fishing in winter waters
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WADE ROBERTSON 
Dec 28, 2024
A big cloud of snow swirled down as a nasty gust of wind swept by the house. Looking out the window I saw the chickadees, juncos, nuthatches, cardinal...
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