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Close wins by the Bills still good enough
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 12, 2022
ORCHARD PARK — It’s become fashionable to critique Bills wins. After all, Buffalo’s 20-12 victory over the Jets on Sunday afternoon at Highmark Stadiu...
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Miller’s injury wrecked Bills’ happy Sunday
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 10, 2022
It couldn’t have been a better Sunday for the Bills coaches and players. On Thursday night, they had done their part, beating the Patriots, 24-10, to ...
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Buffalo in critical AFC East battle Sunday
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 10, 2022
ORCHARD PARK — The Bills’ mantra this week goes, “everything we want to accomplish is right there in front of us.” And, they’re right. Last week, a co...
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It was the best season in recent Big 30 memory
Columns, High School, Local Sports
JP BUTLER Special to the Era 
Dec 09, 2022
The writing was on the wall … but positively so. Pardon the cliche, but in this case, it’s almost certainly true. A year ago, the area’s sports teams ...
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Robertson: Handloading — choosing a bullet
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Dec 08, 2022
I circled the low point in the brush, keeping the open swales to my right and turning, working my way onto the point and the open timber. Almost immed...
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Robertson: Twice blessed with bucks
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WADE ROBERTSON 
Dec 01, 2022
If you’ve been around this old ball of mud for any length of time, you begin to pick up on things that are true, but unexplainable. As Hamlet remarked...
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Bills, Bonnies gave us thirty exciting hours
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Nov 29, 2022
What a 30 hours it was for Buffalo Bills and St. Bonaventure basketball fans from last Thursday afternoon until early Friday evening. First the Bills,...
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Some takes on Buffalo’s win over the Lions
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Nov 26, 2022
So what do we make of the Bills’ last-second 28-25 victory over the Lions on Thanksgiving afternoon at Detroit’s Ford Field. To be sure, it was critic...
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Robertson: Thanksgiving
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WADE ROBERTSON 
Nov 25, 2022
I’m a fortunate individual, born into a good family with decent moral values and an appreciation of the family unit as not only a sacred trust, but as...
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Yankees’ best  winter options are their own FAs, prospects
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JAMES O?CONNELL New York Daily News (TNS) 
Nov 23, 2022
Yankees fans are angry. Hal Steinbrenner admitted that himself. However, for those looking for drastic changes to be made to this current lineup, ther...
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Bona meets So. Indiana tonight in Reilly Center
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JP BUTLER Special to the Era 
Nov 22, 2022
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — It was exactly the kind of game the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team needed. Individually, a handful of players seemed to...
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Bills got needed victory at just the right time
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Nov 21, 2022
It wasn’t the most handsome of victories, but as far as the Bills were concerned, it was downright beautiful. After one of the most trying weeks in fr...
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Robertson: The .22 Magnum
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WADE ROBERTSON 
Nov 17, 2022
A cold November sun crawled lethargically above the leafless, ridge top. Oak and maple trunks presented stark; black silhouettes sharply etched agains...
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