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Olean, B-R face big tests amid  winning streaks
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Oct 15, 2021
For both the Olean and Bolivar-Richburg football teams, it’s time to put winning streaks to test against top-ranked opponents. For the Huskies, winner...
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Sabres ongoing dysfunction got worse this week
Buffalo Sabres, Columnists, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
May 14, 2021
Will a time come when the Sabres’ organization takes the “Kick Me” sign off its backside? Still waiting. This beleaguered franchise which, this past s...
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Olean ends regular season on high note
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
May 01, 2021
OLEAN — The Olean High football team wanted to carry its ever-increasing momentum into the postseason. It wanted to end the regular season on a four-g...
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Playoff picture chaotic, but becoming clearer
Football, High School, Sports
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 30, 2021
It had already played a significant role over the first month of the season. Indeed, from the beginning, the COVID-19 pandemic has, perhaps unavoidabl...
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With two big road wins, Olean has chance at playoffs
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 21, 2021
Just one game in, the Olean High football team was at a crossroads. The Huskies were already looking at an abbreviated season, a five-week sprint afte...
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Section 6 teams finally get their return to football
Big 30, Columnists, Football, ...
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Apr 01, 2021
Five hundred and nine days later, the memories have become rather hazy. It was back on Nov. 9, 2019, that the Franklinville/Ellicottville football tea...
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J.J. Watt signing 2-year deal with Arizona Cardinals
Buffalo Bills, Pro Teams, Sports
BARRY WILNER and DAVID BRANDT, AP Sports Writers 
Mar 01, 2021
TEMPE, Ariz. — J.J. Watt has agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals, showing that the franchise will be aggressive once again in the...
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Bills come up short, but fans still dream on
Local News, News, Western New York
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jan 26, 2021
Randy Korkowicz’s hair is safe for another year. Korkowicz vowed 34 years ago to not get another haircut until his beloved football team, the Buffalo ...
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Local teams embarking upon unusual season
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
JOEL WHETZEL, Special to the Times Herald 
Jan 22, 2021
There will be no North Tier League this year for our area’s smaller schools. No District 9 League for Bradford. No conferences of any sort. That’s lif...
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Bills defense peaking in the postseason
Buffalo Bills, Football, Sports
JOHN WAWROW Associated Press 
Jan 21, 2021
ORCHARD PARK — Leslie Frazier’s faith in his Bills defense never wavered even at the lowest point of Buffalo’s season. It was mid-November and the Bil...
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It’s Bills vs. Ravens vs. weather
Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 16, 2021
The Bills haven’t played a game of this magnitude since Jan. 6, 1995. That’s when they faced the Steelers at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium for the...
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Bills snap six-game losing streak in playoffs
Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Jan 10, 2021
Notes from Buffalo’s 27-24 wild-card victory over the Indianapolis Colts Saturday afternoon at Bills Stadium: — The win was the Bills’ first in the po...
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