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Bonnies finish an impressive 3-game streak
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Feb 06, 2023
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — If you can’t figure out this year’s St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, take a number. After an encouraging 5-2 non-confere...
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Robertson: Cabin fever fishing
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Feb 02, 2023
Christmas is always a special time when our family gets together to enjoy the holidays. Cramming everyone into the same house is exhilarating and stre...
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Mahomes, Hurts set for historic Super Bowl matchup
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ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
Feb 01, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Black quarterbacks have come a long way in the NFL since Fritz Pollard became the first to play in the league in 1923 and Doug Wil...
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VCU victory an all-time upset under Schmidt
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JP BUTLER Special to the Era 
Jan 31, 2023
Oh, there have been larger upsets on paper. The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team was a 14-point underdog when it won at St. John’s, 67-66, on a l...
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Evidently, Bills picked Salgado to be scapegoat
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 30, 2023
Well, now we know who to blame. It was all Jim Salgado’s fault. The Bills’ assistant coach in charge of safeties apparently caused Buffalo to be manha...
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Nick Sirianni won over fans who didn’t want him
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ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
Jan 28, 2023
Nick Sirianni is getting his flowers figuratively instead of thrown at his face. The chest-bumping, sideline-prancing, expletive-tossing head coach of...
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Six Yankees and Mets who should be in Cooperstown
Baseball, Columns, National Sports, ...
BOB KLAPISCH nj.com / TNS 
Jan 26, 2023
We can all agree the Hall of Fame, once considered Mount Olympus, has been busted down a rank in recent years. Like some exclusive nightclub that used...
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Defense still wins in the NFL playoffs
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ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
Jan 24, 2023
Defense stills wins in the playoffs. The San Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals advanced to the conference championship games with excellent defen...
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Bills choose bad time for worst game
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 23, 2023
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — That cheering you thought you heard on TV every time the Bengals scored, Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadium, was likely an echo...
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Bills are right where they wanted to be
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 21, 2023
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Well, the Bills are right where they had hoped to be … playing at home in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. They’re even ...
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Manhertz on Fleming firing, “It was time …’
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 20, 2023
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The message was delivered after a 73-39 loss at Davidson College last Saturday. Jesse Fleming’s 6-plus-season career as St. Bo...
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Robertson: Time for remembering
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jan 19, 2023
The temperature in my home had dropped below 80; the wood stove might need stoking. Glancing at the heat-operated fan and gauging the blade speed, sti...
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