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Pollock: Another loss shows Bona misses Adams
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 20, 2015
ST. BONAVENTURE — Give Mark Schmidt this ... he made no excuses. St. Bonaventure’s men’s basketball coach is an old-fashioned guy. When he says “Next ...
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Pollock: Bona needed to be upfront on Adams
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 16, 2015
For some reason, even in 2015 with the omnipresence of social media, those who run the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team assume they’re in control...
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Pollock: Bills take chance with Incognito
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 16, 2015
To say the least, it was a risky signing. The real question is whether it will be worth the reward. When Richie Incognito joined the Bills last week, ...
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Pollock: Rimer’s book still a piece of Bona history
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 14, 2015
Ever since J.P. Butler took over the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball beat seven years ago, I’ve invited him to speak to my sports writing class at th...
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Pollock: Big A-10 win for UMass as Bona unravels
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 13, 2015
ST. BONAVENTURE — It was going to be a third straight character-building victory for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team. After buzzer-beating w...
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Campbell: Bona women playing like we expected
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
SHAWN CAMPBELL Olean Times Herald 
Feb 12, 2015
M any of those filing out of the Reilly Center Sunday afternoon were probably thinking the same thing, or some version of it: That’s more like it. The...
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Pollock: Bonnies surprise us again with win over VCU
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 09, 2015
ST. BONAVENTURE — If anybody figures out this season’s St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, feel free to contact me. This is a team that, in Decembe...
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Bills’ trainer Carpenter, of Allegany, cited again
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 07, 2015
Bud Carpenter is anything but a publicity hound. The Buffalo Bills trainer, heading into his 31st season with the team,made that point seven years ago...
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Butler: Schedule only gets tougher for Bona
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Feb 04, 2015
It wasn’t all bad news on the sports front for St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt last weekend. Yes, his Bonnies let slip another opportunity at home ...
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Pollock: Play call will haunt Carroll and Seahawks
Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 02, 2015
Yeah, I picked the Patriots to win. As noted in Sunday’s Times Herald, I wanted them to beat the Seahawks so that we didn’t have to watch Marshawn Lyn...
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Pollock: Giannini thrilled by RC win
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 01, 2015
S T. BONAVENTURE — At first it seemed to be St. Bonaventure’s day. Its men’s basketball team delighted a season-high Reilly Center crowd of 4,769 by j...
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Pollock: Giannini thrilled by RC win
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Feb 01, 2015
ST. BONAVENTURE — At first it seemed to be St. Bonaventure’s day. Its men’s basketball team delighted a season-high Reilly Center crowd of 4,769 by ju...
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Sassone was right about his OHS hoops successor
Columnists, High School, Sports
SHAWN CAMPBELL Olean Times Herald 
Jan 29, 2015
I n the fall of 1987, Bob Sassone saw a dedicated coach who seemed ready to take the next step. Well-known for his days as a St. Bonaventure player an...
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Butler: As Ndoye and Posey go, so go the Bonnies
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jan 28, 2015
It’s obvious, and it essentially goes without saying, but perhaps it’s just as simple as this: When Youssou Ndoye — and along those same lines, Marcus...
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Pollock: ‘Deflategate’ column was off the mark
Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 26, 2015
On a day when I, for the umpteenth year, failed to watch pro sports’ double no-hitter — better known as the NHL All-Star Game and Pro Bowl — there’s a...
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Roof: Schwab has Cameron County riding high in AML
Columnists, High School, Sports
TOM ROOF Olean Times Herald 
Jan 26, 2015
It has had a rich history of producing some of the top wrestlers in District 9, but Cameron County High School has yet to win an Allegheny Mountain Le...
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Butler: Bonnies still relishing win at Duquesne
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jan 24, 2015
Nearly a full day later, it was all still reverberating among the St. Bonaventure faithful, everything that had made up this unlikeliest of basketball...
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