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Former Bonnie Lee reflects on Schmidt hiring
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
May 22, 2020
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series with former St. Bonaventure basketball standout Michael Lee. Today: Lee’s recollection of the h...
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Notes: Three degrees of St. Bonaventure athletics
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
May 14, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — Bob Lanier, presumably, just missed the cut when the NBA announced its “50 Greatest Players” back in 1996. Nearly 24 years later, th...
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Picking the four best Bona players — by decade
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
May 09, 2020
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a seven-part weekly series in which the Times Herald will unveil its “Mount Rushmore” of St. Bonaventure men’s ba...
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Giving Lofton a proper sophomore send-off
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
May 05, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — Kyle Lofton was robbed. Not by the Atlantic 10 and its coaches; the St. Bonaventure point guard took his rightful place on the All-C...
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Happy to be back home at Bona
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Apr 30, 2020
A potential breakout year for an Olean High graduate college baseball player was put on the shelf, along with every other spring sports athlete in the...
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Transfer rule could do more harm than good
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 28, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — It’s an inherently challenging practice as it stands. The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, in today’s collegiate climate, has ...
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Bona-fide toughness: Creal’s path leads to Bonnies
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 25, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — It was the fourth word that came up in Mark Schmidt’s description of this latest addition. It was the eighth word to tumble from Pat...
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Shaw eager to make D-I jump with Bonnies
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 22, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — His nickname is neither a nod to his basketball talent nor an homage to Julius Erving. Rather, it was born from the coincidence of s...
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Bona adds proven player with Kent State transfer
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 21, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — More than perhaps most others, Mark Schmidt was keenly aware of the talent level of Anthony Roberts. The St. Bonaventure men’s baske...
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Pick your Bona starting five from these legends
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 10, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — The original story, one of my first on the beat, ran way back in August of 2008, and a revised version appeared seven years later. M...
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How about some Bona trivia to help pass the time?
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J.P. BUTLER and JOHN BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 27, 2020
Five years ago, it was a fun way to finish off a work night. My friend and former co-worker, the assistant city manager at the time, happened to work ...
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Planutis set to leave Bona basketball program
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 21, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — With the university having transitioned to online classes for the remainder of the semester, St. Bonaventure’s basketball players we...
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Bonnies meet SLU with seeding on the line
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 08, 2020
Amadi Ikpeze answered quickly and with conviction. Mere minutes after his St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team had downed Saint Joseph’s on Wednesday...
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Listless start leads to Bona loss at La Salle
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 01, 2020
It was reminiscent of the last time the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, with so much on the line, lost in this building. Just like in 2016, whe...
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