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Deer season ends — the count begins
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Jan 11, 2018
For some, hunting for whitetails began in archery season in September, and for others the season will close out in mid-January at the end of the speci...
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Sabres look to make something out of nothing
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ANTHONY SAMBROTTO Era Sports Writer erasambrotto@gmail.com 
Jan 10, 2018
The Buffalo Sabres would just love for this season to end. It started horribly, with the team losing five straight and seven of eight games to begin t...
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More changes in the offing for Buffalo’s roster
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 09, 2018
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — So where do the Bills go from here? In a 9-7 season, they overcame some indicting statistical rankings and ended their 17-year pl...
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Offensive struggles catch up to Bills
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 08, 2018
JACKSONVILLE — The game wasn’t pretty … but it was there for the taking. Unfortunately for the Bills, they failed to swipe it. On Sunday afternoon at ...
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Wonderful winter
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ROCKY HOLLAND Special to the Era 
Jan 08, 2018
Winter, the season some of us hate, while others seem to love. Just think about it. You can’t ski, sled ride, ice skate, snowmobile, ice fish, or any ...
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Buffalo making playoffs doesn’t mean turnaround
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 06, 2018
JACKSONVILLE — Bills fans, please don’t take this the wrong way. But the reality is, Buffalo’s presence in the NFL playoffs for the first time since t...
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Where does Taylor stand among Bills QBs?
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NICK RICHARDSON Era Sports Writer n.richardson@bradfordera.com 
Jan 06, 2018
A main storyline of this Buffalo Bills playoff season is the question of whether Tyrod Taylor — … Sorry, I needed to take a moment to consider what I ...
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Late season grouse
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WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Jan 06, 2018
My brother, Gary Robertson, and I were excited. Uncle Chuck was in from New York City and since he’d grown up in Bradford, living in the Big Apple wit...
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Remembering Bills’ 25 playoff games since ‘74
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 05, 2018
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Tuesday marked the beginning of my 46th year at the Times Herald … every one of them covering the Bills. My first season was 1973...
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Deep freeze temperatures provide opportunities
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Jan 04, 2018
Alberta Clipper, Arctic Vortex, or Arctic Clipper: regardless of what you call them, weather conditions identified as those delivering brutally cold w...
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Bonnies look to make it nine in a row vs. Flyers
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J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Jan 03, 2018
By J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era DAYTON, Ohio -- One month after this stretch began in earnest, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team is in raref...
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Story of the Year: The end of the AML
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NICK RICHARDSON Era Sports Writer n.richardson@bradfordera.com 
Jan 01, 2018
It was a topic of conversation throughout District 9. Whether it was between school administrators and district officials or simply friends shooting t...
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New Year’s resolutions
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WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Dec 30, 2017
Wow, New Years is here. It’s 2018 and how 2017 snuck by so quickly still has me scratching my noggin. How is it that the brain slows down as time acce...
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Olean tops Bradford, will face Franklinville for crown
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SHAWN CAMPBELL Special to The Era 
Dec 30, 2017
ALLEGANY, N.Y. — The Big 30’s No. 1 large school and top-ranked small school will play for a championship in the Joe DeCerbo Memorial Basketball Tourn...
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Sunday will be tense afternoon for Bills fans
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CHUCK POLLOCK Olean Times Herald 
Dec 30, 2017
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Bills season comes down to tomorrow afternoon’s game at Miami Gardens against the Dolphins … sort of. Buffalo, at 8-7, must w...
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Nick’s NFL picks: Week 17
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NICK RICHARDSON Era Sports Writer n.richardson@bradfordera.com 
Dec 29, 2017
As we enter the final week of the regular season, we have a pretty good idea of who’s going to be playing into January and possibly February. There ar...
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