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Pollock: Marrone sticking with Orton against Patriots
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 26, 2014
It’s not unreasonable to conclude that Doug Marrone is being stubborn. After all, with his Bills, at 8-7, already eliminated from playoff contention f...
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Pollock: Bonnies’ loss to UMES was no fluke
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 23, 2014
ST. BONAVENTURE — It looked like just another cannon-fodder, non-conference game. An inferior opponent comes into the Reilly Center, gets handled by t...
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Here’s how Bills can make playoffs as wild-card team
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
JEFF MADIGAN Olean Times Herald 
Dec 20, 2014
Just by reading that headline, I’m sure you’ve entered one of two lines of thinking – either “this guy’s crazy” or “this guy’s an idiot.” I’ve heard t...
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Pollock: Ruff start works out for Bona women
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 18, 2014
ST. BONAVENTURE — We have seen a changing of the guard — literally — for at least one game of the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team’s season? La...
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Roof: A good time to take look at area college teams
College Sports, Columnists, Sports
TOM ROOF Olean Times Herald 
Dec 18, 2014
With most area college basketball teams taking their holiday break, now seems like a good time to take a glance at what’s happening on the courts as w...
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Pollock: Win over Packers answers four key questions
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 17, 2014
ORCHARD PARK — What a difference one big win makes. The Bills decisively impressive 21-13 victory over Green Bay on Sunday afternoon at “The Ralph” pr...
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Pollock: Thigpen and Rambo pay back the Bills
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 15, 2014
ORCHARD PARK — Just when we figure Doug Whaley’s future as Bills’ general manager is in jeopardy for the outrageous price he paid to acquire wide rece...
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Butler: Adams has arrived early for Bonnies
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Dec 12, 2014
T he reaction, immediate and far-reaching, centered more on the future than it did on what had just happened in the moment. Jaylen Adams had just drai...
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Roof: Schwab back home after two decades
Columnists, Sports
TOM ROOF Olean Times Herald 
Dec 09, 2014
Terry Schwab knew when he walked in to Clarion University’s Tippin Gymnasium last February, he made a mistake. With three mats laid out before him and...
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Butler: Too early to judge SBU men
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Dec 06, 2014
A THENS, Ohio — It was only Thanksgiving and already St. Bonaventure’s season had been pockmarked with doubts. That’s what happens when you lose to a ...
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Pollock: Bonnies left no doubt of this outcome
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 04, 2014
S T. BONAVENTURE — Who expected this? Even the most optimistic St. Bonaventure basketball fan anticipated the final installment of the Big 4 series to...
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Pollock: Bills playoff chances still a longshot
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Dec 02, 2014
O RCHARD PARK — Bills fans are nothing, if not optimistic. That’s what happens when the team you love goes 14 years without a sniff of the playoffs. T...
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Bona women better after tough start
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
SHAWN CAMPBELL Olean Times Herald 
Nov 28, 2014
Of all the words Jim Crowley uttered in the preseason, one statement was perhaps the most telling. “We’re going to find out pretty early what we’re ab...
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Pollock: Still waiting for Ndoye to show up
Columnists, Sports, St. Bonaventure
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 26, 2014
S T. BONAVENTURE — It’s St. Bonaventure basketball’s elephant in the room. What’s wrong with Youssou Ndoye? The Bonnies' 7-foot senior center, a membe...
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Pollock: Solid win for Bills, given the situation
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Nov 25, 2014
So much for all those distractions. A member of the Times Herald newsroom, who’s also a Bills fan and shall remain nameless, as a joke went into the g...
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