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Bills get their edge rusher in Rousseau
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
May 01, 2021
From his end-of-season press conference, when he lamented the Bills’ inability to generate persistent pressure on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes i...
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Picking 30th, Bills’ first-rounder a mystery
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 29, 2021
There’s one major negative to being a successful team in the National Football League. Teams that do best get pushed far down in the drafting order. S...
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Steelers have plenty to shop for with 24th overall pick
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WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer 
Apr 24, 2021
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger's running mates are vanishing. At least on the football field. Tight end Vance McDonald retired in January. Longt...
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Vaccinations required for Buffalo fans?
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 16, 2021
This could get ugly. When Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced Tuesday that Bills and Sabres fans could attend Highmark Stadium and KeyBank ...
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Matsuyama won a Masters that was his to lose
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 12, 2021
To be sure, after 7 o’clock Saturday night, the refrain was persistent: “It’s Matsuyama’s Masters to lose.” There was Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama with a ...
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Buffalo TV sports loses icon in Azar
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Mar 27, 2021
The news left me sad, but brought back a flood of memories. Between periods of Thursday night’s telecast of the Sabres-Penguins game, it was announced...
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Buffalo active early in NFL free agency
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Mar 20, 2021
Well, four days into NFL free agency, the Bills have been more active than might have been expected for a team up against the salary cap. They re-sign...
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If only Sabres could follow the Bills’ path
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Mar 05, 2021
We’ve heard this song again and again … nine times to be exact. And, by the end of the first week of May, the count will be 10 … as in a decade of sea...
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Local Bills fans react to historic season
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PATRICK KOTNIK pkotnik@bradfordera.com 
Jan 26, 2021
For the first time since 1994, Buffalo Bills fans didn’t watch Sunday’s AFC Championship Game as outsiders. Instead of looking forward to hockey seaso...
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Johnson takes his place in Bills’ lore
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 18, 2021
In one glorious moment, Bills nickelback Taron Johnson wrote his name in franchise history for all time. With the Ravens seemingly ready to tie Saturd...
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Farabee has 4-point game, Flyers beat Penguins 6-3
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DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer 
Jan 14, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nolan Patrick missed last season with debilitating migraines and Oskar Lindblom had his shortened in his fight with a rare bone ca...
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Lots at stake for Reich’s ‘homecoming’
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CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jan 08, 2021
He’s one of the most iconic players in Buffalo Bills history. And, come Saturday, he’ll return to Orchard Park … as the “enemy.” Oh, Frank Reich’s pla...
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Local football fans amping up for NFL postseason
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JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Jan 08, 2021
It’s a postseason 30 years in the making for the Twin Tiers. For the first time since the 1989-1990 NFL postseason, the area’s three most popular prof...
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