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Weitzel still hungry for NCAA title
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SAM WILSON 
Jul 10, 2015
At a certain point, you can become dissatisfied with merely making it to the big stage. Thus is the status of the University of Florida baseball staff...
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Tyson looks ahead after rough start
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jul 09, 2015
ST. BONAVENTURE — On this day, Jordan Tyson was with former Bonnie Tyler Relph, working on his face-up game and ball-handling. He wore purple shorts a...
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Pollock: A Fourth of July lesson in cynicism
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jul 06, 2015
YORK BEACH, Maine — It’s not without irony that I ended up in a business which is so cynical. Some would say skeptical, but those of us in the journal...
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A familiar name at Ellicottville rodeo
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jul 04, 2015
ELLICOTTVILLE — Of the nearly 500 competitors set to appear at the Ellicottville Championship Rodeo this weekend, one likely topped them all in name r...
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Pollock: Pegula has kept Buffalo fans excited
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jul 04, 2015
What a wild nine months it’s been for Terry Pegula.The former Allegany businessman who used to profess his loyalty to the Sabres after matches at the ...
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Pollock: Bradner still has its flaws
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jul 01, 2015
OLEAN — There’s no denying the visual improvement that has transformed Bradner Stadium since the $1.5 million makeover engineered by the Olean Local D...
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Sortore: A wet and hectic day at Watkins Glen
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JEFF SORTORE, Olean Times Herald 
Jun 29, 2015
WATKINS GLEN — Driving on a congested interstate at 70 mph for six hours can be somewhat draining. And wrestling a race car at average speeds as high ...
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Pollock: What’s up with Fox’s soccer commentators?
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jun 28, 2015
S o, out of curiosity, I watched the U.S. Women’s Soccer team’s World Cup quarterfinal game against China on Friday night. And while not normally a fa...
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MacFarlane  sees bright future at SBU
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 26, 2015
ST. BONAVENTURE — Bob MacFarlane knew that major changes needed to be made. The St. Bonaventure cross country program he inherited — beginning with th...
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Butler: Ndoye humbled by NBA chance
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 25, 2015
Youssou Ndoye took the latest of a myriad of calls from his agent, packed his bags and readied himself for another week of life on the road, of life a...
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Butler: Updates on B-R’s Ingalls, Lions’ Pearson
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 24, 2015
Updates on former Bolivar-Richburg softball star Jordan Ingalls and current Wellsville senior Jordan Pearson: • Ingalls, one of the most accomplished ...
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Wright: another 72-hole challenge
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JIM MELARO, Olean Times Herald 
Jun 22, 2015
He’s 62 years old now, but the memory of that summer day in 1965 is as vivid as if it took place just last week. Doug Wright sat down at the Times Her...
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Kaputo set to continue career with Bonnies
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 22, 2015
Nelson Kaputo is ready to be a Division I basketball player. The 6-foot-1 point guard, a Canadian high school star, could have waited another year bef...
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Basketball was the true love of Iacovino’s life
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JIM MELARO, Olean Times Herald 
Jun 22, 2015
OLEAN — There came a time in his life when Tony Iacovino did what every young man born in the first half of the 20th century did: He enlisted in the A...
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Olean adding four more to Wall of Fame
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JIM MELARO, Olean Times Herald 
Jun 18, 2015
The four honorees receiving recognition on Saturday afternoon span almost six decades of Olean High School athletic history. Going back to 1953 when R...
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Butler: Bona coaches like NCAA game changes
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 17, 2015
Mark Schmidt is in favor of a more wide-open, scoring-friendly brand of collegiate basketball. Jim Crowley is all for recent efforts to increase the p...
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Bills setting record for ticket sales
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jun 17, 2015
ORCHARD PARK — Let’s make one point very clear, this wouldn’t have happened if Doug Marrone was still coach. The “this” is the Bills setting a franchi...
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