football

NY coaches begin to envision March football
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Sep 12, 2020
(Editor’s note: this is the second in a two-part story on the postponement of New York high school football.) Many coaches, such as Bolivar-Richburg’s...
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Football, high-risk sports pushed back to March
Football, High School
JUSTIN RITZEL The Citizen, Auburn (TNS) 
Sep 10, 2020
Friday night lights will have to wait. The New York State Public High School Athletic Association announced Wednesday that it was delaying high school...
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Practice squad’s new rules make Bills’ cuts easier
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Sep 05, 2020
There was a time when cutdown day was the most feared moment in a National Football League player’s career. Before 2004, if a player didn’t make a tea...
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Questions linger in PA’s decision to allow spectators
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PATRICK KOTNIK Special to the Times Herald 
Sep 05, 2020
The stands won’t be empty at some Pennsylvania high school sporting events this fall. If you haven’t seen or heard, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration upd...
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PA to allow spectators at high school sporting events
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PATRICK KOTNIK Special to the Times Herald 
Sep 03, 2020
Spectators will now be allowed at Pennsylvania sporting events, including Pre-K-12 sports, this fall, but those fans will count toward the state gathe...
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Glad to be back on the gridiron
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Sep 02, 2020
DUKE CENTER, Pa. — Beyond the lines, of course, the scene is noticeably different. Local high school football players, doing their best to follow the ...
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NFL fails test deciding upon fans in stands
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CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Aug 27, 2020
Eight weeks ago, I wrote a column about the National Football League’s admittedly bizarre, upcoming 2020 season. Part of it centered on the differing ...
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The good and bad of the local ‘bubble’
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JOEL WHETZEL, Special to the Times Herald 
Aug 26, 2020
Monday’s announcement of a potential “bubble” for our local four-county area (Elk, McKean, Potter and Cameron) and its high schools teams was perhaps ...
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