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Hamlin’s injury forces a tough NFL decision
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 07, 2023
ORCHARD PARK — The Bills have never … ever had a season finale quite like this one. When Buffalo hosts New England tomorrow afternoon at Highmark Stad...
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ESPN coverage showed lack of news acumen
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 04, 2023
Back in the early 1990s when the Bills made it to four straight Super Bowls, an absurd scenario was replicated each year and it became a standing joke...
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Hamlin’s injury produced very hollow feeling
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 03, 2023
It seemed sheer genius on the part of the National Football League. The final Monday Night Game of the season loomed as the best of them all. Buffalo ...
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Bills’ season goal gets test from Bengals
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 31, 2022
It’s become a cliche that late regular-season NFL meetings between contenders are “playoff games.” Sometimes it’s true … sometimes not. But come Monda...
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Bills answer two criticisms against Bears
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 27, 2022
Well, for at least one game, the Bills answered two of their season-long criticisms in emphatic fashion. In their 35-13 victory over the Bears on Satu...
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Bills’ schedule puts pressure on preparation
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 23, 2022
One of the penalties of joining the National Football League’s elite teams is that their schedules take on a dramatically altered look. And the Bills ...
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On this night, Bonnies missed student section
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 17, 2022
ST. BONAVENTURE — It was a bad night for the students to be on break. The Reilly Center’s reputation as a pit in college basketball isn’t about a buil...
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Leach had big impact on local football coaches
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JEFF UVEINO Special to the Times Herald 
Dec 15, 2022
Wherever Mike Leach went, offensive football changed. Leach made a career out of revolutionizing college offenses. As he’d jump states, however, his i...
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Pollock: Close wins by the Bills still good enough
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 12, 2022
ORCHARD PARK — It’s become fashionable to critique Bills wins. After all, Buffalo’s 20-12 victory over the Jets on Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadiu...
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Miller’s injury wrecked Bills’ happy Sunday
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 10, 2022
It couldn’t have been a better Sunday for the Bills coaches and players. On Thursday night, they had done their part, beating the Patriots, 24-10, to ...
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This Bills win occurred at the right time
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 02, 2022
What a difference one game makes. When the Bills lost to the Jets at the Meadowlands early last month, they went from first place in AFC to third in t...
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Bills, Bonnies gave us thirty exciting hours
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 29, 2022
What a 30 hours it was for Buffalo Bills and St. Bonaventure basketball fans from last Thursday afternoon until early Friday evening. First the Bills,...
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Some takes on Buffalo’s win over the Lions
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 26, 2022
So what do we make of the Bills’ last-second 28-25 victory over the Lions on Thanksgiving afternoon at Detroit’s Ford Field. To be sure, it was critic...
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For the Bills, it wasn’t ‘how,’ but ‘how many’
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 25, 2022
The cliche goes “It’s now how, it’s how many.” For the Bills, that “how many” was eight, the number of wins they hoped to have after yesterday’s game ...
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For the first half, SIU gave Bona all it expected
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 23, 2022
ST. BONAVENTURE — In many ways, the St. Bonaventure and Southern Indiana University men’s basketball squads aren’t that dissimilar. The Bonnies, who e...
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For one game, the Bills solved rushing issues
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 22, 2022
Back to the earliest days of football, coaches have preached the mantra that the key to winning games is two simple accomplishments: run and stop the ...
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Bills got needed victory at just the right time
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 21, 2022
It wasn’t the most handsome of victories, but as far as the Bills were concerned, it was downright beautiful. After one of the most trying weeks in fr...
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