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Bills’ bye week; reflections on ‘Hail Murray’
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 23, 2020
OK, full disclosure, it’s my favorite Sunday of the Bills’ season … bye week. Not that I don’t enjoy Buffalo’s game days, but the focus, for obvious r...
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Brown, Johnson feel Bona women are on right path
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JEFF MADIGAN Olean Times Herald 
Nov 21, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — By now, Olivia Brown and Asianae Johnson are used to meeting on Zoom. The popular video chatting program is how the St. Bonaventure ...
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There’s no way to criticize this win by Buffalo
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 02, 2020
It would be really easy to criticize Buffalo’s 24-21 victory over the Patriots on a miserable Sunday afternoon at Bills Stadium. But that would be a p...
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A lesson in the value of memorabilia
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 24, 2020
When I occasionally run into sports card or memorabilia collectors, they are never bashful about telling me how much their collection is worth. And I ...
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Bonnies to hold first real practice of unsure season
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Oct 16, 2020
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series centering on the Bonnies’ official start to a still-uncertain 2020-21 season. Today, coach Ma...
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There’s reason to be concerned about Bills’ loss
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 15, 2020
The mantra has already started: “It’s only one game.” That’s a perfectly understandable reaction by Bills fans following Tuesday night’s embarrassing ...
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So what went wrong for Bills in Titans’ loss?
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Oct 14, 2020
Some takes on the Bills’ nationally-televised 42-16 loss to the Titans on Tuesday night at Nissan Stadium in Nashville: — So much for conventional wis...
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Sabres could be looking to add goalie this year
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BILL HOPPE Olean Times Herald 
Oct 09, 2020
When Kevyn Adams took over the Buffalo Sabres and started gathering information on his team, he made it a priority to ask the coaches their feelings a...
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Salamanca native runs scout service for NFL hopefuls
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Oct 02, 2020
Aspiring to a career in football scouting, Damond Talbot knew he needed to find a unique angle into the industry. Where, Talbot thought, could he find...
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Counting down 10 Bona facts while waiting for hoops
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Oct 01, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — In 13 days, it will again, finally, hopefully, be about basketball. That’s when the St. Bonaventure men’s hoops team is scheduled to...
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Maybe we have to get used to ‘Good-Bad’ Josh
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Sep 28, 2020
Maybe we’ll just have to get used to the fact that Josh Allen will frequently giveth and occasionally taketh away. Buffalo’s third-year quarterback wa...
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Rams to give the Bills their first real test
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Sep 26, 2020
Now the real test starts. Yeah, in this space two weeks ago, Buffalo’s season-opener against the Jets at Bills Stadium was assessed to be a “must win....
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Bills’ schedule gets tougher; so does Allen
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Sep 22, 2020
Now comes the hard part. Even the most cynical Bills fan would have looked at this season’s schedule and concluded a 2-0 start was to be expected. Hos...
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