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The unexplainable behaviors of maneaters
Columns, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jun 15, 2023
It was 1950, Brian Nicholson had just become “Iodine” Ionides assistant game warden. Iodine, one of Africa’s most noted adventurers, soldiers and hunt...
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Even Atlantic 10 greats recall RC being most rabid
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
JP BUTLER Special to the Era 
Jun 15, 2023
In 2001, ESPN’s Jay Bilas memorably listed the Reilly Center among his “Top 5 Hostile Homes” in college basketball. Fifteen years later, the same netw...
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Jokic leads Nuggets to title, builds on legacy
Basketball, Columns, National Sports, ...
HUNTER O. LYLE hlyle@bradfordera.com 
Jun 14, 2023
On Monday night, Nikola Jokic checked two more boxes on his extraordinary NBA resume. Leading the Denver Nuggets with a game-high 42 points in Game 5,...
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Alarm bells sound around Pirates rotation
Baseball, Columns, Local Sports, ...
JOE STARKY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS 
Jun 09, 2023
One of the Pirates’ key starters feels like his body is no longer attached to his arm. I find that mildly problematic. Two other rotation pieces, plus...
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Valentine already making mark as new Bonnies aide
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
JP BUTLER Special to the Era 
Jun 08, 2023
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — He was the unknown figure who helped land some of this program’s most appealing spring recruits. Dana Valentine, before he was...
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Grandad’s Light
Columns, Content, Daily Headlines, ...
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jun 08, 2023
Daylight slowly faded from the October sky, turning Buckhorn Lake into a dull, slate gray, the solid bank of low clouds overhead pressing down upon us...
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Turkey quirks
Columns, Content, Daily Headlines, ...
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jun 01, 2023
It’s black outside, no moon with thick clouds blotting out any particle of light. We simply couldn’t move without blundering into something. So, by fl...
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This is the way Jim O’Brien got to St. Bona
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 23, 2023
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part piece about former St. Bonaventure basketball coach Jim O’Brien. It was written three years ago for a ...
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Rookie camp for Bills commences without McDermott
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 15, 2023
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — It was a different role for Brandon Beane. Oh, the Bills general manager gets all manner of media facetime in and around the NFL ...
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Despite losing skid, Pirates still hopeful
Baseball, Columns, Local Sports, ...
JASON MACKEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS 
May 10, 2023
There’s never a good time to experience a lengthy losing streak. However, one can argue the Pirates are better insulated to absorb such a blow than th...
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Putrid NL Central will keep Pirates relevant
Baseball, Columns, Local Sports, ...
PAUL ZEISE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS 
May 09, 2023
That Pirates championship parade people were planning a week ago is apparently on hold for a few days after a disaster of a seven-game stretch. The Pi...
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Rays sweep exposed holes in Pirates lineup
Baseball, Columns, Local Sports, ...
PAUL ZEISE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS 
May 06, 2023
The sky isn’t falling for the Pirates, nor are they destined to fall apart despite a three-game sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays. This isn’t t...
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Portal, NIL making hoops programs harder to build
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
JP BUTLER Special to the Era 
May 03, 2023
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series with St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt on the challenges and change in lan...
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What were Bills thinking, taking a tight end?
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 29, 2023
My bet is the mood changed in the Bills draft room in a span of less than an hour late in Thursday night’s first round. For so long it looked so favor...
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