Sports category, Page 1007

BALTIMORE — All of the pieces are in place for the Pittsburgh Steelers to play a meaningful game on the final weekend of the regular season. After getting the requisite help outside M&T Bank Stadium, the Steelers kept their once infinitesimal playoff hopes chugging into Week 18 with their third...

BOSTON — It was a fairly ordinary practice for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday. The formal portion of it lasted for about 45 minutes. They worked on puck retrievals and their transitions from the defensive zone. There were rushes for the line combinations and the defensive pairings and drills for...

BALTIMORE — Was Sunday night the beginning of a changing of the guard at a high-profile position on the Pittsburgh Steelers defense? For the first snap of the Steelers’ first defensive series against the Baltimore Ravens, Devin Bush was not at inside linebacker. Neither was Myles Jack. Rookie Mark Robinson...

BOSTON — The Pittsburgh Penguins defense looked askew to close out 2022. And it likely will appear the same as they ring in 2023. Their blue line listed a bit to the port side during a 4-2 home loss to the New Jersey Devils on Friday as they were forced...

BALTIMORE — When the Pittsburgh Steelers traded for Malik Reed just before the season began, Reed immediately became their top backup at outside linebacker. Now, Reed isn’t even activated for games. For the second time in a four-game span, Reed is a healthy scratch. Reed was one of six inactives...

BOSTON — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang remains sidelined on a “day-to-day” basis due to an undisclosed injury. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Letang’s status following his team practice session at Fenway Park on Sunday in advance of Monday’s Winter Classic game against the Boston Bruins. The right-handed Letang, who was...

Hours before their Sunday night kickoff in Baltimore, the Pittsburgh Steelers got some good news when the Patriots defeated the Dolphins, 23-21. The good news continued when the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New York Jets, 23-6. The Steelers (7-8) now have a 5% chance of reaching the playoffs as a...

PASADENA, Calif. — Under drizzling rain, Penn State’s players filed off buses toward a tent steps from the Rose Bowl. For the veterans, this was just another press junket, something they have done countless times. But for the freshmen, this was the first time they were speaking to media members...

After the best semifinal day in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff, the title game will match the defending national champion against the closest thing the sport has had in years to a Cinderella team. It will be No. 1 Georgia (14-0) looking for its second straight championship...

ATLANTA —Kirby Smart will ask his Georgia players to execute better when the Bulldogs play for second straight national championship next week, but the coach knows he can’t ask his players to be more resilient. Georgia remains undefeated because the Bulldogs never gave up while rallying from two-touchdown deficits in...

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Markquis Nowell had a game-high 23 points and 10 assists, Keyontae Johnson scored 18, and Abayomi Iyiola added a career-best 14 points as Kansas State rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat No. 24 West Virginia, 82-76, in overtime in the Big 12 opener for both teams...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — TCU’s wild ride has one more stop. The Horned Frogs are headed to Sofi Stadium in Inglewood, California, about 10 miles from Hollywood, just about the perfect place to end a storybook season for the most improbable College Football Playoff team. Max Duggan accounted for four touchdowns,...

Tristan Enaruna scored 18 points as Cleveland State beat Robert Morris, 63-54, on Saturday. Enaruna added five rebounds and three steals for the Vikings (8-7, 3-1 Horizon League). Deshon Parker scored 14 points, going 6 of 10 and 2 of 3 from the free throw line. Drew Lowder recorded 11...

LOS ANGELES — After Penn State found out it was heading to the Rose Bowl, Sean Clifford posted a photo of himself in front of the stadium when he was 11 years old and said, “dreams come true.” Utah’s Cameron Rising nearly made his dream of leading his team to...