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Crist’s ‘fatal’ disease complicated by CTE
Columns, Football, Local Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jul 12, 2021
The unexpected call came in the middle of June. It was from long-time friend Patti Crist, wife of Chuck, the former four-sport MVP at Salamanca High S...
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Local teams savoring return to summer league basketball
Basketball, Columns, High School, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Jul 08, 2021
SALAMANCA, N.Y. — He missed the enduring charm of competing in the former IAABO Tournament at St. Bonaventure. He was pained by having to pull the plu...
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Robertson: Plan a vacation
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jul 08, 2021
When Covid-19 hit, you could practically hear the screech of brakes as our country came to a rapid stop. As in any pandemic, the best way to slow the ...
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Fishing line matters
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jul 01, 2021
Anyone who has fished for any length of time has had a bad day using old fishing line. Remembering that experience is like a painful blister; the frus...
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Suddenly, ‘spin rate’ becomes baseball issue
Baseball, Columns, Pro
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jul 01, 2021
Earlier this season, in this space, my frustration with the incursion of analytics into baseball telecasts boiled over. However, I’ve actually gotten ...
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Despite Covid-19, Reuther excited for Tokyo games
Columns, Local Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jun 28, 2021
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on Allegany native Martha Ruether, a vision-impaired swimmer who will compete in the 16th Para...
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Sager: Stories, landmarks and traditions
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
ROGER SAGER 
Jun 24, 2021
(Editor’s note: This is the last outdoor column written by Roger Sager beforehis death on June 14. His children, Eric Sager and Suzi Marasco, transcri...
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What a morning
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jun 24, 2021
Though May was one of the driest, if not the driest May I’ve ever seen, June has had more than enough showers and thunderstorms. The recent weather ha...
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Bills’ Beasley stirs controversy over vaccination
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jun 22, 2021
Back in April, Rachel Bush, wife of Bills safety Jordan Poyer, tweeted that the controversy over coronavirus vaccination “could tear the team apart.” ...
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McKean set to memorialize race greats Johnson, Parker
Columns, Local Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jun 18, 2021
The legacy remains, 41 years after he retired, 12 of them following his passing. It’s doubtful that any Southern Tier race driver has ever come close ...
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Hendricks’ call to Fox changed NASCAR career
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jun 09, 2021
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series on Rixford, Pa. native Scott Fox, a NASCAR award-winning engine assembler for the highly-succe...
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Rixford’s Fox making name in NASCAR ranks
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jun 08, 2021
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on Rixford, Pa. native Scott Fox, an NASCAR award-winning engine assembler for the highly-succe...
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Carter got his final tribute at St. Bonaventure cemetery
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jun 05, 2021
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on St. Bonaventure basketball great George Carter, for whom a proper burial and memorial servi...
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From the bottom of my heart, thank you
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
PATRICK KOTNIK pkotnik@bradfordera.com 
Jun 05, 2021
From the moment I accepted my job as a sports reporter at The Bradford Era last July, I knew Bradford was a special place. I was blown away by the amo...
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Robertson: An all-around fishing pole?
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Era Outdoors Columnist 
Jun 03, 2021
Today, the trend in fishing seems to be toward more and more specialized rods. Certainly, technology plays a big part in this since the lighter, stron...
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Fox honored Dunham with pre-race piece
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jun 01, 2021
The Sunday before Memorial Day is a great one for auto racing fans ... the Indianapolis 500 at 12:30 and the Coca-Cola 600 some six hours later. And S...
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