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Pollock: Bona can build on this loss to Flyers
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 20, 2016
ST. BONAVENTURE — Mark Schmidt will tell you there are no moral victories in Division I men’s college basketball. And I’m here to tell you that he’s w...
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Salamanca graduate working at Augusta
Columnists, Local Sports, Sports
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 20, 2016
Eric Morton says his golfing roots begin with the Penn-York Junior Golf circuit. Now he’s working at one of the world’s most iconic courses, pursuing ...
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Vecchio named Kane’s successor at Olean High
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SHAWN CAMPBELL Olean Times Herald 
Jan 16, 2016
OLEAN — Even when he interviewed for the position, Phil Vecchio made the point that being the Olean High football team’s head coach would have an elem...
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‘Underdog’ tag fits these Bonnies well
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jan 15, 2016
It’s slowly become a team motto, a rallying cry for a group of players and a program that are so used to being overlooked. After each of these most re...
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Pollock: It’s turning out to be a special year for Bona
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 14, 2016
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure’s men’s basketball team appeared to be toast. Coach Mark Schmidt’s Bonnies had long since wasted a 13-point lead cob...
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Already some odd decisions by the Bills
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 13, 2016
So what are we supposed to believe? Coach Rex Ryan and general manager Doug Whaley were given an “ultimatum” by owners Terry and Kim Pegula to make th...
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Pollock: A few NFL playoff observations
Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 12, 2016
Some observations from a record-setting weekend of “wild card” NFL playoffs. • Never, before Saturday’s and Sunday’s games, had all four visiting team...
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Defense once again steps up for Bonnies
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 08, 2016
ST. BONAVENTURE — Before Fordham started its final possession, Jim Crowley said, to none of his St. Bonaventure women’s basketball players in particul...
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Pollock: Pegula seems victimized by own employees
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 07, 2016
The Pegulas have a problem … and they don’t deserve it. To be sure, Terry and Kim have endured some predictably rough times since becoming billionaire...
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Woods, Tyson adjusting to college game
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jan 06, 2016
FAIRFAX, Va. — There was much that leaped out about the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team’s win over Davidson on Saturday. The biggest thing was p...
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Pollock: Too soon for talk of Bills changes
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 06, 2016
ORCHARD PARK — It was an absolute waste of 42 minutes. Oh, the National Football League mandates that its coaches have an end-of-season press conferen...
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Pollock: Ryan feels no extra joy beating the Jets
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 05, 2016
ORCHARD PARK — You’d have expected him to be beaming and spewing one-liners. After all, that’s the way the Bills coach is … most of the time. Oh, ther...
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Donahoe gets another chance with the Eagles
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 02, 2016
The name jumped off the page. In a wire story about the Eagles firing coach Chip Kelly, two personnel department changes were also announced. Executiv...
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Bonnies are still ‘a work in progress’
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 31, 2015
ST. BONAVENTURE — Well, the Bonnies have completed their non-conference season and the record will show that, percentage-wise, it’s been the most succ...
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Pollock: Healy gives Zeh one last memory
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 30, 2015
BUFFALO — Terry Zeh gazed at the small media contingent in the Canisius College team meeting room that doubles as an interview area and concluded, “I’...
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