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In this game, Daboll got best of Belichick
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CHUCK POLLOCK 
Dec 28, 2021
The most second-guessed coach on virtually any football team is the offensive coordinator. How they’re viewed almost literally goes from play-call to ...
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Remembering Ron Kloss
Columns, Sports
ANTHONY SAMBROTTO 
Dec 28, 2021
There will never be another Ron Kloss. Late one afternoon in 2019, I went to visit Ron in the hospital where he had spent a few days after taking a na...
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Beasley mess makes Bills job more difficult
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CHUCK POLLOCK 
Dec 24, 2021
Come Sunday afternoon in Foxboro, for Buffalo, the meeting with New England will come as close to being a playoff game as a regular-season matchup can...
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Tingley revered for unwavering commitment to Coudy hoops
Basketball, Columns, High School, ...
JEFF UVEINO juveino@bradfordera.com 
Dec 23, 2021
COUDERSPORT — Bob Tingley’s impact on Coudersport basketball spanned far beyond the three years he spent as head coach of the Lady Falcons. Upon his r...
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Bills got win but it wasn’t a ‘statement’
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CHUCK POLLOCK 
Dec 20, 2021
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — What it certainly was … was a win. What it wasn’t was a statement victory. And that’s what the Bills were hoping for on a chilly ...
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Bona can get back on track with win over VT
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
JP BUTLER Special to the Era 
Dec 15, 2021
It wasn’t the outcome that fans had envisioned. This, its clash with UConn last Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., was going to be the...
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Suddenly, Bills’ season facing a crossroads
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CHUCK POLLOCK 
Dec 11, 2021
It’s a bad week to be facing a potential season-saving game. And there’s also a bit of irony. Last year, after signing what many feel is the greatest ...
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Finding Big Foot: 3-year quest finally bags buck
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Dec 09, 2021
Big bucks are exceedingly skilled at evading hunters. When they’re three and half years of age, they become almost totally nocturnal and expert at sta...
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Bonnies’ bench helped produce victory over UB
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 06, 2021
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The festive atmosphere ended with less than a minute to play Wednesday night against Coppin State. Point guard Kyle Lofton, th...
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Belichick has the Pats back after stumble
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CHUCK POLLOCK 
Dec 04, 2021
For much of two decades, it was the Dolphins who were the Bills unquestioned AFC East rival with coach Don Shula as the primary villain. In 17 seasons...
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Robertson: Fishing the mighty Niagara River
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Dec 02, 2021
Writing weekly articles for two newspapers is a seemingly never- ending chore. You finish up one week’s editorials and immediately begin working on th...
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White’s injury complicates finish for Bills
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CHUCK POLLOCK 
Nov 27, 2021
So how do we assess the Bills as they head into the final six games of the regular season? Well, that view changed dramatically Friday morning when co...
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Robertson: Mom’s buck
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WADE ROBERTSON 
Nov 24, 2021
It’s a long drive to Missouri — 15 hours if the traffic cooperates — but I-70 near Indianapolis has been a real bottleneck the last two years with lon...
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Reich returns with views on Buffalo’s Allen
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CHUCK POLLOCK 
Nov 20, 2021
Here’s my guarantee for Sunday afternoon when the Bills host Indianapolis at Highmark Stadium. Frank Reich WON’T be booed. You see the Colts’ fourth-y...
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Robertson: The shortest hunt, part 2
Columns, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Nov 18, 2021
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series about the author’s eventful archery hunting trip.) The buck came into sight, I grunted loudly,...
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