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Poole’s next mission: 300 miles in three days for CF
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
May 29, 2021
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on Salamanca native Bradley Poole, who intends to run 300 miles in three days to raise both mon...
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Robertson: An opposition in all things
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WADE ROBERTSON Era Outdoors Columnist 
May 27, 2021
Opposition in all things is necessary for growth. As the prophet Lehi taught his son, “For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things...
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Thoughts from McDermott on Bills’ OTAs
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 26, 2021
Bills coach Sean McDermott probably knew it was coming. After all, much of the NFL’s last few months has been focused on Covid-19, which disrupted all...
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Ryan Frey had a message for her late mother
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 24, 2021
This column was supposed to be on the PGA Championship. After all, 50-year-old Phil Mickelson was bidding to become the oldest winner of a major in th...
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Bartlett Randall named WNY PGA Player of the Decade
Columns, Golf, Local Sports, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
May 21, 2021
OLEAN, N.Y. — Dwayne Randall figured there was a strong chance he’d be No. 1. After all, the current head golf professional at Bartlett Country Club h...
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Robertson: Barred owls
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WADE ROBERTSON Era Outdoors Columnist 
May 20, 2021
The eastern sky began to lighten, the stars to fade, dawn was quickly chasing the night away. It was time to sound like an owl, a barred owl to be exa...
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Sager: Some things I thought I needed
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ROGER SAGER Era Outdoors Columnist 
May 20, 2021
I’ve always thought that fishing has to be the biggest “gadget sport” I ever knew of. The proof of this is easily seen in the size of tackle boxes fil...
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On a truly unique week for Big 30 sports teams
Columns, High School, Local Sports, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
May 18, 2021
We knew a week like this was coming. The path to this point had been established nearly four months earlier, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally greenlit t...
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Sabres ongoing dysfunction got worse this week
Columns, Local Sports, Pro, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 14, 2021
Will a time come when the Sabres’ organization takes the “Kick Me” sign off its backside? Still waiting. This beleaguered franchise which, this past s...
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Beane’s skill really could be in free agency
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 08, 2021
Last Monday morning I was a guest on an Albany sports talk radio show to discuss the Bills’ draft. The host, who has interviewed me for years, opened ...
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Catt. Co. hoops officials in need of new members
Basketball, Columns, Local Sports, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
May 07, 2021
Dave Kahm was merely looking for a rec league to join. The Olean native, in 1995, had just returned home from his time in the Air Force and was hoping...
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Diverse Board to advise Oilers on 2022 return
Baseball, Columns, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 06, 2021
(Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series on the new management group of the Olean Oilers for their return to the New York Collegiate Ba...
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Robertson: First day
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Era Outdoors Columnist 
May 06, 2021
After having spent a week hunting spring gobblers in Ohio with my buddy Jim Acker, I was apprehensive about our Pennsylvania season. When you never he...
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Oilers to return in ’22 with new management
Baseball, Columns, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 05, 2021
( Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on the new management group of the Olean Oilers and their return to the New York Collegiate Ba...
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What did we learn from Bills’ draft?
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 04, 2021
So what do we conclude from the Bills’ 2021 draft and subsequent free agent signings? For one, general manager Brandon Beane was telling the truth whe...
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