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Bonnies back to preparing for (coming?) season
Basketball, Bradford, Local Sports, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Aug 22, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Make no mistake, Mark Schmidt would rather have been in his normal routine. He’d have preferred to be out unturning stones in ...
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Fleming looks at what lies ahead for Bona women
Basketball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
JEFF MADIGAN Special to The Era 
Aug 12, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Though uncertain if there will be a season or when it will begin, St. Bonaventure’s women’s basketball players returned to cam...
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Football without fans a different, but okay experience
Columns, Football, High School, ...
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Aug 10, 2020
BROCKWAY — Friday night’s Varischetti All-Star Game was certainly a different experience than any other game I’ve covered or attended. There were no l...
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Schmidt remains unsure of fate for 2020-21 season
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Aug 04, 2020
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series centering on last Friday’s conference call with St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Sc...
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Soccer Showcase gets played after waiting 11 weeks
High School, Local Sports, Soccer, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Aug 03, 2020
OLEAN, N.Y. — The games weren’t played until a full 11 weeks after the original date, they ended up being contested across the border from the schedul...
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Bona slowly, safely making  return to hoops
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Aug 01, 2020
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series centering on Friday’s conference call with St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt....
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Pennsylvania boys seeking 1st Corporate Cup win
High School, Local Sports, Soccer, ...
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Jul 31, 2020
KERSEY — The objective is simple: end the streak. Since the NY/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase began in 2017, no Pennsylvania boys team has come away...
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Cancel culture the new American pastime
Opinion, Сolumns
JD MULLANE, Bucks County Courier Times 
Jul 28, 2020
As a v irus-shortened MLB season commence s and the national anthem threatens Gabe Kapler’s aging knees, a cultural current has replaced America’s pas...
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Different look for Buffalo’s training camp
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jul 28, 2020
The Roycroft Inn, East Aurora (3 years), Sheraton, Blasdell (5), Niagara University, Lewiston (13), Fredonia State (19), St. John Fisher College, Pitt...
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NFL’s season looking more-and-more iffy
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jul 22, 2020
Are you worried about the upcoming National Football League season? Me too. Oh, the NFL’s administration — I’m looking at you, Commissioner Roger Good...
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Soccer Showcase overcame odds to get playing date
High School, Local Sports, Soccer, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Jul 10, 2020
It was a triumph of persistence. With the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic and two other regional all-star football games already canceled nearly two...
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Sabres GM Adams had bright moments as player
Local Sports, Pro, Sports
BILL HOPPE Special to The Era 
Jul 06, 2020
One by one, after listening to George Gwozdecky’s gut-wrenching address, the stunned players embraced their former coach inside Miami University’s dre...
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Big 30 Charities Classic canceled
Big 30, Football, High School, ...
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Jun 29, 2020
For the first time since its inception in 1974, the annual Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic between senior football players from New York and Pennsyl...
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Adams finishes second in G League MVP voting
Basketball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Jun 26, 2020
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — His name is starting to appear as regularly in this space now as it did when he was still at St. Bonaventure. That’s because J...
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