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Bills still have AFC East at stake
Buffalo Bills, Football, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 08, 2022
This weekend, 14 of the NFL’s 32 teams will be going through the motions as they plan how things will be better in 2022. Of the other 18 franchises, 1...
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Bills defense peaking in the postseason
Buffalo Bills, Football, Sports
JOHN WAWROW Associated Press 
Jan 21, 2021
ORCHARD PARK — Leslie Frazier’s faith in his Bills defense never wavered even at the lowest point of Buffalo’s season. It was mid-November and the Bil...
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Playoff picture clears up – and muddles, too
BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer 
Dec 28, 2020
If they’re singing anything in Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Seattle, it could be “I Can See Clearly Now.” All three took some big steps Sunday. As for ...
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Great weekend for sports fans In Southern Tier
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 13, 2020
Some observations from a packed sports weekend in the Southern Tier: home games for the St. Bonaventure men’s and women’s basketball teams and four NF...
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Bills’ bye week helped team to get healthy
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Football, ...
Oct 15, 2019
Clearly, it’s already been a bizarre season in the American Football Conference. Of the 11 AFC teams that haven’t their bye week, only four own record...
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It’s Bona-Saint Louis in Battle for the Bye
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Mar 09, 2019
ST. BONAVENTURE — Courtney Stockard characterized it as a playoff game. LaDarien Griffin likened it to a number of things — Game 7, the start of the p...
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Pollock: Bills bye week makes for fun open Sunday
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Football, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 18, 2018
OK, so this is my favorite Sunday of the National Football League season. For the 46 years I’ve covered the Bills, whenever they play I’m writing whet...
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Oilers on cusp of first place
Baseball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
Jul 19, 2018
WEBSTER — On this field June 29, the Olean Oilers reached their low-water mark. A 12-4 loss to the Rochester Ridgemen put Olean at 9-12 halfway throug...
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Bonnies survive feisty Dukes
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Feb 22, 2018
ST. BONAVENTURE — The crowd’s reaction was equal parts elation and relief. In a game it was favored to win by 12 points, the St. Bonaventure men’s bas...
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What did Bills learn from the bye-week break?
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 17, 2017
ORCHARD PARK — Well, the Bills bye week is history … exactly what got accomplished? Oh, we know the mantra … self-scouting, finite film assessment and...
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Winter sports seasons head into playoffs
Columnists, Local Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 20, 2017
It doesn’t seem possible, but the winter high school sports regular season is at an end. The Archbishop Walsh boys team will play its Monsignor Martin...
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Good time for a bye week for the Bills
Buffalo Bills, Columnists
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 09, 2016
Rex Ryan maintains the Bills bye week came at a great time. Indeed, even he took a break after Monday night’s heartbreaking 31-25 loss at Seattle. Ind...
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