Sports category, Page 1001

For the Pittsburgh Penguins, Thursday’s 5-2 road loss to the Vegas Golden Knights was nothing out of the ordinary, especially because it was their sixth consecutive loss. What was different was how they generated their offense. Each goal came by way of their top line. In their five previous games,...

Pitt was predicted to finish next-to-last in the 15-team conference in an ACC preseason poll, so Jeff Capel never talked to the Panthers about what was on the line against Clemson. After back-to-back wins over nationally ranked North Carolina and Virginia, Capel was more concerned with Pitt making the most...

Coach Mike Tomlin said the Pittsburgh Steelers offense, and by extension rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett, grew up during that last-minute touchdown drive against the Las Vegas Raiders on Christmas Eve. If that’s the case, then Tomlin was hardly surprised when Pickett led the offense to another last-minute touchdown the following...

1. Plenty of streaks The Pittsburgh Steelers seemingly have become as well known for their run of finishing with a non-losing record (since 2004) as they have for their six Super Bowl championships, which is tied for the NFL record. The .500-or-better streak run of 18 consecutive seasons — dating...

The AFC championship game might be headed to Pittsburgh. The Steelers are just extremely unlikely to play in it. It’s been that kind of a year. Lots of contradictory occurrences and opinions. Coach Mike Tomlin is getting praise for navigating the Steelers from 2-6 to 8-8, as if he had...

The odds of the Pittsburgh Steelers making the playoffs a month ago were so infinitesimal that the sportsbooks would have laughed off such a wager. A loss to the Baltimore Ravens had dropped the Steelers’ record to 5-8 and left no margin for error. The Steelers needed to win their...

In the rich era of Pittsburgh Steelers history since the franchise won its first Super Bowl in January 1975, only two safeties had been named team MVP until Friday. Each ended up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Time will tell if Minkah Fitzpatrick might join Donnie Shell and...

More than five dozen times since training camp at Saint Vincent broke in mid-August, Pittsburgh Steelers have filed off a practice field at their UPMC Rooney Sports Complex headquarters. Friday, perhaps, was the final time the group known as the 2022 Steelers did so. Their regular-season finale set for Sunday...

U.S. Soccer is a nonstop PR nightmare. The U.S. women’s team went from being arguably America’s most beloved athletes to being disliked by half the country via over-politicizing that resulted in polarizing (but did get them paid more). Now Claudio and Danielle Reyna are treating the U.S. Soccer Federation like...

When Pittsburgh Steelers starting cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon took the field for the first meeting this season with the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 22, few could have believed that by the time the teams would play again that he would not have played in a full game since. But as Sunday’s...

Vince McMahon is rejoining the board of WWE several months after he retired from the sports entertainment company during an investigation into alleged misconduct. WWE said Friday that McMahon, the founder and majority shareholder of WWE, would return as executive chairman. It also announced a board shakeup. Shares surged more...

NFL owners approved a resolution that could lead to a neutral site for the AFC championship in response to the cancellation of Monday night’s Bills-Bengals game after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field. The league held a special meeting Friday to consider the recommendation of commissioner Roger Goodell...

With the Pittsburgh Steelers’ must-win regular-season finale two days away, inside linebacker Myles Jack and free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick officially were given questionable designations on the NFL-mandated injury report released Friday. Aside from reserve defensive back Tre Norwood — who will miss his second consecutive game because of a hamstring...

Pitt’s top wide receiver from this past season announced Friday afternoon that he was declaring for the NFL Draft. Jared Wayne could have chosen to remain with the Panthers for another season because of the bonus year of eligibility granted by the NCAA as a result of the covid-19 pandemic....

A look around the Pitt men’s basketball program — from the team’s record to fan engagement to future prospects — reveals a general positive feeling not seen in some time. After two straight wins over ranked teams, Pitt (11-4, 4-0 ACC) finds itself in the conversation to be ranked for...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan announced Friday that it has received notice from the NCAA that it is looking into potential rules infractions in the Wolverines football program. Athletic director Warde Manuel said the “draft allegations” were received Thursday. “We have cooperated and will continue to cooperate with this investigation,”...