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Mistakes cost Bonnies in road loss to Richmond, 65-54
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VINNY PEZZIMENTI Olean Times Herald 
Jan 07, 2024
RICHMOND — Coach Mark Schmidt said his St. Bonaventure basketball team didn’t prepare well enough to beat a team as good as Richmond on the Spiders’ h...
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Buffalo forces five New York turnovers
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 14, 2021
Notes from the Bills’ 45-17 victory over the Jets Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium: — Buffalo’s first of five takeaways came when nickel back Taron...
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Bills’ first return to Jacksonville since ‘17 playoff
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 04, 2021
It was the Bills’ regular-season finale of Sean McDermott’s first year as head coach, 2017, and Buffalo’s playoffs hopes were slipping away. Oh, his t...
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Looking back at McDermott’s call; red-zone struggles
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 20, 2021
For the second straight season, the Bills head into their bye week smarting from a last-second road loss. A year ago, it was the cringe-worthy 32-30 “...
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Bills-Titans meet again in primetime
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 17, 2021
These two teams know each other … well. After all, the Titans and Bills have met each of the last four seasons, the last three in Nashville. But for B...
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Bills-Titans’ last game was fiasco
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 17, 2021
The last time the Bills faced the Titans in Nashville it was, to say the least, a fiasco. And with those two teams meeting tonight in Tennessee for th...
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Sabres name Okposo, Girgensons alternate captains
Buffalo Sabres, National Sports, Pro Teams
BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Oct 13, 2021
BUFFALO – In naming wingers Zemgus Girgensons and Kyle Okposo alternate captains, coach Don Granato did more than choose the Sabres’ longest-tenured p...
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Bills looking to keep Chiefs win in perspective
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 13, 2021
As the game ended Sunday night in Kansas City, Buffalo’s impressive 38-20 victory over the Chiefs secure, Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier t...
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Bills-Chiefs: It’s still Allen vs. Mahomes
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Football, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 09, 2021
Josh Allen knew the questions would be coming. After all, come Sunday night, the Bills quarterback’s team will be at Kansas City to face the Chiefs in...
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Is Kansas City still Chief of the AFC?
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 09, 2021
Yeah, it’s only Week 5 of a 17-game NFL season, but this is a big one for the Bills. Tomorrow night (8:20, NBC-TV, 95.7 FM, 100.1 FM, 550 AM), Buffalo...
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Bills’ points, shutouts tie team records
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 03, 2021
ORCHARD PARK — Notes from the Bills’ 40-0 victory over the Houston Texans on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadium: — A power outage that knock...
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McDermott, Allen recall the playoff loss at Houston
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 02, 2021
They remember it with the horror of a botched first date with a girl it took a year to muster the courage to ask out. It was less than three years ago...
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Buffalo doesn’t plan on looking past Houston
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 02, 2021
Talk about the risk of looking past an opponent. For the Bills (2-1), who host the Texans (1-2) Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadium (1 o’clock, CBS-T...
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Second Olympic experience was unforgettable for Ruether
Columnists, National Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Sep 30, 2021
The performance wasn’t exactly what she had hoped … but the experience was priceless. Martha Ruether, the vision-impaired Allegany native who’s had a ...
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