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Coronavirus still has sports world in its deadly grip
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jul 14, 2020
The question has been asked by fans since mid-March: What’s going to happen with sports given the far-reaching effects of Covid-19? Scholastic, colleg...
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Bona basketball players set to return July 18-19
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jul 06, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — Jaren English had been looking forward to this day for months. “I’m excited,” the rising junior guard said in early June, when asked...
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Bradford’s Manion gets chance to play summer ball in PA
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ANTHONY SAMBROTTO, Special to the Tmes Herald 
Jun 19, 2020
DUBOIS, Pa. — Danny Manion wasn’t sure if he’d be able to play organized baseball this summer. But the Bradford native, who had his redshirt freshman ...
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You won’t see the Pegulas criticized here
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jun 18, 2020
Full disclosure, those of us in this business have our favorites, people who, for one reason or another, we choose not to criticize in print or on the...
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Faulkner gets another chance to play college golf
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ANTHONY SAMBROTTO Special to The Times Herald 
Jun 16, 2020
As with every other athlete at the time, Mitch Faulkner found himself in uncharted waters during March and most of April. Under normal circumstances, ...
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English opens up about race, social injustice, hope
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 13, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE — Between the lines of a basketball court, Jaren English is fearless. In under a year, the 6-foot-4, 205-pound guard rose from relativ...
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For Bills’ Daboll, Allen, offense will learn on fly
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jun 11, 2020
(This is the first of a two-part series with Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll from a Zoom conference call with the team media last Friday.) Br...
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Buffalo players show initiative slating workouts
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jun 06, 2020
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a three-part series with fourth-year Bills coach Sean McDermott from a Zoom session with the team media earlier ...
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Presenting the All-MLB team of NYCBL alums
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 04, 2020
The relationship between the two is apparent. The New York Collegiate Baseball League is a developmental circuit for professional baseball which uses ...
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What happens next for Bona minor leaguers?
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JEFF MADIGAN Olean Times Herald 
May 29, 2020
(Editor’s note: This is the last in a three-part series with five former St. Bonaventure baseball players, all of whom are now in the minor leagues. U...
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Coronavirus reminds us: No baseball
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
May 16, 2020
Decades ago, to the chagrin of many old-timers, professional football surpassed major league baseball as the “National Pastime.” Indeed, George Hendri...
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Athlete messages help inspire Portville phys ed classes
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
May 02, 2020
PORTVILLE — Christina Matz wanted to try something different. For as hard as she — and her students — had been working to maintain a sense of normalcy...
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Final thoughts on Bills’ draft from Beane
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
May 01, 2020
Some leftover quotes on the Bills draft from third-year Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane: What was the dynamic when you took Iowa defensive end A...
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Bradford loses a golf great in Kent Stauffer
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 30, 2020
I initially became aware of Kent Stauffer in the summer of 1973, my first year with the Times Herald. Bradford folks kept telling me about this 14-yea...
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Beane reflects on Bills’ bizarre ‘virtual’ draft
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 27, 2020
Brandon Beane knows he’ll never experience another National Football League Draft such as the one that unfolded from Thursday night until Saturday aft...
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