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Grading the Bills roster unit-by-unit
Buffalo Bills, Football
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Sep 05, 2016
ORCHARD PARK — If you don’t believe the amount of turnover there is on National Football League teams, consider these numbers. Last season the Bills h...
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Lawson and Felton notable Bills roster cuts
Buffalo Bills, Football
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Sep 03, 2016
When National Football League cutdown day comes, the saying goes, “There’s always a couple that will be a surprise.” And so it was on Friday, 28 hours...
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CV/Falconer edges Salamanca, 3-0
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Sep 03, 2016
SALAMANCA — It wasn’t pretty, but it easily could have been Salamanca’s first win on the gridiron since Week 5 of 2014. The Warriors played Cassadaga ...
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Maple Grove dominates Portville, 52-15
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
JIM MELARO, Olean Times Herald 
Sep 03, 2016
PORTVILLE — Ever the coach and always the teacher, Portville Central School football mentor Gary Swetland wasn’t about to let his team give up on itse...
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Lions close preseason with win over Bills
Buffalo Bills, Football
Sep 02, 2016
DETROIT (AP) — Dwayne Washington took a handoff to the left and with a burst of speed, the rookie running back got to the outside and up the sideline ...
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Courage to overcome
College Sports, Football, Local Sports
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Sep 02, 2016
OLEAN — The ball wasn’t supposed to be kicked deep. That’s the first thing Julio Fuentes can recall from the day — Sept. 9, 2006 — that changed his li...
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Ryan vows to put struggles behind
Buffalo Bills, Football
JOHN WAWROW Associated Press 
Sep 01, 2016
JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK — Rex Ryan hasn’t jumped out of any airplanes this offseason. And the Buffalo Bills coach hasn’t munched on ...
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Injuries have slowed Ryan’s roster moves
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Football
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Aug 29, 2016
Normally, at this point, the Bills roster would already be down to the NFL limit of 75 players, well before today’s mandated 4 p.m. deadline. But with...
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Ready to run again
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
SHAWN CAMPBELL Olean Times Herald 
Aug 26, 2016
DUKE CENTER, Pa. — It was beginning to look like a big run for Seth Drummond — nothing new for the Otto-Eldred football team’s star back. A sprint to ...
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Owls’ first AML game against Hubbers
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Aug 26, 2016
It hasn’t happened in over 40 years. Back in 1974, the Bradford High football team handled Cameron County — then Emporium — 42-6 mid-season en route t...
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St. Marys finding success in the KSAC
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Aug 25, 2016
By CHUCK POLLOCK Olean Times Herald St. Marys recent high school football success has been a bit under the radar. One reason is that, eight years ago,...
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Ridgway: good numbers, but a bit of a rebuild
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Aug 25, 2016
By CHUCK POLLOCK Olean Times Herald Mark Heindl’s appreciation of Ridgway’s football merger with Johnsonburg has never waned. Ever since the two stori...
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