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Bona alumni team left out of reduced TBT tourney field
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Jun 17, 2020
It was a roster made in St. Bonaventure basketball heaven. And it was as tantalizing for the curiosities it would have quelled as it was for its talen...
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In MLB dispute, there are no winners
Baseball, Columns, Local Sports, ...
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Jun 15, 2020
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any uglier. After 10 weeks of little to no progress in a labor dispute on the resumption of play between Maj...
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Burchfield: Food plot diversity
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
Jun 11, 2020
Late spring and early summer provides the backdrop for food plot and tree maintenance. In many cases, annual wildlife food plots become the center of ...
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Coronavirus testing Bills’ camaraderie
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jun 08, 2020
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a three-part series with fourth-year Bills coach Sean McDermott from a Zoom session with the team media last week...
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Robertson: Take some time to get out and enjoy nature
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WADE ROBERTSON Era Outdoors Columnist 
Jun 06, 2020
What’s that noise I wondered? At first I thought it was an immature catbird, but there was something a little too loud, not reedy enough about the sou...
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Loss of ‘camp’ disappointing to McDermott
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jun 05, 2020
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a three-part series with fourth-year Bills coach Sean McDermott from a Zoom session with the team media earlier t...
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Burchfield: This year’s fawn crop is arriving
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
Jun 04, 2020
She stood looking alert with her fawn standing nearby. What a sight! Chances were that there was another newborn in the vicinity as well. A couple of ...
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A Bona-inspired call for change
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Jun 03, 2020
The hatred was evident in Tampa’s Hixon Hall on Dec. 18 and 19, 1967. The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, amid an unbeaten regular season behin...
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Robertson: Learning more about barred owls
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WADE ROBERTSON Era Outdoors Columnist 
May 30, 2020
The eastern sky began to lighten, the stars to fade, dawn quickly chasing the night away. It was time to hoot like an owl — a barred owl to be exact —...
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Burchfield: Outdoor skills learned at home
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
May 29, 2020
“I want to teach you boys how to use a needle and thread and how to cook. You need to develop these skills. Over time they will serve you well.” At th...
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Burchfield: Step back and allow nature to take its course
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
May 28, 2020
Over the past month or so it’s been interesting to note where wildlife observations have been taking place. And human intervention or the lack thereof...
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Robertson: COVID-19 has made for a silent spring
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WADE ROBERTSON Era Outdoors Columnist 
May 27, 2020
Well, the COVID-19 virus has really put a hurting on this country and changed how the world operates in every segment of our society. It has also thro...
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Robertson: Fall of the mighty Yankees
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
BILL ROBERTSON Special to The Era 
May 26, 2020
In 1960, when I was 10 years old and living on Bolivar Drive, the New York Yankees were the mightiest team in baseball. At 97-57, they were 40 games o...
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Sager: It’s a good time for reloading ammo
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ROGER SAGER Special to the Era 
May 22, 2020
I started reloading my own ammunition when I was about 16 years old. It’s fair to say there’s been a lot of water under the bridge since then. In spit...
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