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Robertson: PA first day
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Apr 06, 2022
You don’t have to be crazy to be a fisherman, but it doesn’t hurt, especially if you’re a serious trout fisherman. With the weather finally beginning ...
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Lanier should be on NBA’s 75th anniversary team
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J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Apr 05, 2022
Let’s get the clear bias out in the open from the start. At the onset of the current season, the list of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History was ex...
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Tessena reflects on half-century with Owls
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JEFF UVEINO juveino@bradfordera.com 
Mar 31, 2022
Fifty years have passed since Tom Tessena landed the Bradford boys track and field job, partially by coincidence. Tessena remembers well the fateful a...
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Robertson: First day upon us
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Mar 29, 2022
Well, the first day of trout season is suddenly upon us. Saturday is the opener, and many of us look forward to this momentous occasion with great ant...
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Playoff run was fitting send-off for Allegrettos
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JEFF UVEINO juveino@bradfordera.com 
Mar 26, 2022
RIDGWAY — Tony Allegretto knew years ago that the 2021-22 boys basketball season would be his last as head coach at Ridgway. What he couldn’t have pre...
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Robertson: First days on the stream
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Mar 24, 2022
The first day brings an avalanche of memories cascading down upon me. So many great days on the stream, so many wonderful people and varied weather an...
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Kolodkin’s Corner: March Madness, Peacocks
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JESSE KOLODKIN 
Mar 24, 2022
The basketball world has been on fire recently. LeBron James is now second all-time in points scored. Kyle Lofton redeemed himself and sent St. Bonave...
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Uveino: HS hoops playoffs didn’t lack drama
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JEFF UVEINO juveino@bradfordera.com 
Mar 21, 2022
Some storylines write themselves. That was the case, on more than one occasion, in a winter that saw three local basketball teams make a run to the st...
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Robertson: Trout fishing
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Mar 17, 2022
The bitter cold weather is finally passing us by — at least we hope. Deer and turkeys can be seen again in the rapidly clearing fields as the snow fin...
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Pollock: Bonnies’ second chance; A-10 in March Madness
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Mar 15, 2022
Some observations after three days of watching college basketball: — The pain of St. Bonaventure’s heart-breaking loss to Saint Louis in Friday aftern...
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Bona faces Colorado in NIT
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J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Mar 14, 2022
It already wasn’t the tournament the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, or its fans, wanted to be in. Indeed, after opening the season nationally ...
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This loss will haunt Bonnie fans for awhile
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK 
Mar 12, 2022
It was all that St. Bonaventure could have asked. Trailing Saint Louis, 57-56, with 1.9 seconds left in Friday afternoon’s Atlantic 10 men’s basketbal...
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Robertson: March is for planning
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Mar 10, 2022
March is the month we desperately hope winter is over. Of course, it isn’t, and every additional snow and cold snap brings our misguided hopes for an ...
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Adaway named to 1st Team; Lofton, Holmes honored
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J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Mar 09, 2022
It’s as strong an indication as any of just where it’s stood throughout this current run of success. Since 2016, there have been seven Atlantic 10 all...
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