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Defending champ Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title
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...
No. 1 Georgia rallies to beat No. 4 Ohio State in semifinal
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...
Kansas State rallies, beats No. 24 West Virginia in OT
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...
Minor league report: Penguins snap losing streakVideo
In his American Hockey League debut, goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 29 saves on 30 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 road win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Saturday. Forward Filip Hallander recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (14-9-2-3) which snapped a...
No. 3 TCU upsets No. 2 Michigan in wild CFP semifinal
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’s 18 points help Cleveland State down Robert Morris
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...
Penn State’s Sean Clifford, Utah’s Cameron Rising have similar QB styles
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...
Robert Spillane stepping up to stop the run in middle of Steelers defense
With Myles Jack bothered by a groin injury and the Pittsburgh Steelers seeking an inside linebacker to stay on the field for every defensive snap the past two weeks, they did not turn to Devin Bush, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2019 draft. Instead, they turned to another...
Bryce Young throws for 5 TDs, Alabama tops Kansas State in Sugar Bowl
NEW ORLEANS — Bryce Young passed for 321 yards and five touchdowns in a game that other top NFL prospects might have skipped, and No. 5 Alabama responded to an early two-score deficit with 35 straight points to defeat 11th-ranked Kansas State, 45-20, in the Sugar Bowl on Saturday. While...
Iowa posts 1st Music City Bowl shutout topping Kentucky
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Joe Labas threw for 139 yards and a touchdown in his first start and the Iowa Hawkeyes posted the first shutout in the Music City Bowl’s 24 years by beating Kentucky, 21-0, on Saturday. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz also capped his 24th season by matching the late...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Numbers don’t lie for Steelers QB Kenny Pickett
Kenny Pickett ranks 31st among NFL quarterbacks in yards per attempt at 6.1. Pickett ranks 31st in yards per game at 185.5. Pickett ranks 31st with a passer rating of 75.7. Pickett ranks 33rd with a touchdown percentage of 1.5. Pickett ranks 27th with an interception percentage of 2.7. Pickett...
Joe Reece’s 18 points lead Duquesne past Rhode Island
Duquesne’s Atlantic 10 home opener on New Year’s Eve brought out a second layer of hoops fans to The Bluff as the Dukes played host to their largest home crowd of the season Saturday afternoon at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. And, while there were some anxious moments, the Dukes didn’t disappoint...
NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’ rolls with new broadcast crew
LOS ANGELES — Broadcast crews sometimes face the same challenges as the NFL teams they cover. Both adjust to personnel changes, schedule adjustments and study game tapes. Although NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” featured new faces in the booth and production truck before the season started, the broadcasts continue to deliver...
Memorial gathering held to commemorate 50th anniversary of Roberto Clemente’s death
A memorial gathering was held at the Roberto Clemente statue outside PNC Park on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death. Roberto Clemente Jr., his wife, Kailee, and their children, Roberto III, and Leo, along with family, friends and fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates legend, gathered at the...
Pitt position analysis: Roster change coming, but Sun Bowl victory provides positive offseason trigger
EL PASO, Texas — In the aftermath of victory, Pat Narduzzi might have been one of the few men in Pitt’s locker room thinking these words: Winter conditioning. Yes, those sessions with Pitt strength coach Michael Stacchiotti will start before the end of January. Pitt’s last game of Narduzzi’s eighth...
Trib HSSN’s Top 22 Stories of 2022
The year 2022 brought plenty of success for Western Pennsylvania high school sports teams, whether it was on the field, court, mat, ice or pool. There were state championship triumphs, WPIAL championship upsets and numerous other tales of success. As has become a year-end tradition, Trib HSSN winds down the...
Rose Bowl teams remember lessons of 2020’s covid-19 season
LOS ANGELES — Tyler Warren started playing at Penn State in 2020. Nothing about that covid-19-hindered season made sense to him. “Really, like my first year of college football, it’s more like 2021 from a normality perspective,” the Nittany Lions’ third-year sophomore tight end said. “It was really its own...
What is different for the Penguins after one year with Fenway Sports Group?
By education, Kevin Acklin is a lawyer. He has degrees from Harvard and Georgetown to prove it. By title, he is the president of business operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins. By reality, he is a salesman for the franchise he grew up rooting for. Often Acklin can be spotted walking...
2022 Year in Review: Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement, Franco Harris’ death among top stories in Pittsburgh sports
For the Pittsburgh Steelers, the year began with a victory lap of sorts and one final playoff appearance for Ben Roethlisberger. It ended with the Steelers breaking in a new quarterback and reeling from the sudden loss of one of the franchise’s all-time great players. Before he retired, Roethlisberger guided...
Tennessee caps breakout season with Orange Bowl win over Clemson
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The only thing that stopped Tennessee fans from singing “Rocky Top” as time was expiring Friday night was the need to serenade Joe Milton with something else. “M-V-P!” they chanted, over and over. With good reason. Milton — who regained the starting job only after his...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches 5Video
Forward Valtteri Puustinen scored two goals for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 home loss to the Providence Bruins at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 23 saves on 27 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-9-2-3) which has lost five consecutive games. Forward Sam Houde scored the...
Penguins’ losing streak reaches 4 after falling to Devils
Bryan Rust knows what it takes to win. The pair of Stanley Cup rings the Pittsburgh Penguins forward possesses validates that postulate. He also knows what it takes to lose. The unappetizing three-game losing streak the Penguins carried into Friday is evidence of that. Entering Friday’s home contest against the...
Sun Bowl notebook: Could Pitt victory cause Nick Patti to change his future plans?
EL Paso, Texas — Nick Patti was thinking, perhaps, the Sun Bowl would be the last time he strapped on shoulder pads and a helmet. It had been a good ride from the time when he was one of New Jersey’s top high school quarterbacks to when he committed to...
Ohio beats Wyoming 30-27 in overtime at Arizona BowlVideo
TUCSON, Ariz. — CJ Harris hit Tyler Foster on a 10-yard touchdown pass in overtime, lifting Ohio to a 30-27 win over Wyoming in the Arizona Bowl on Friday. The Cowboys (7-6) labored offensively after the teams combined for three touchdowns in the first quarter. Andrew Peasley sparked Wyoming’s offense,...
Buchner accounts for 5 TDs, Notre Dame wins Gator Bowl 45-38Video
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tyler Buchner accounted for five touchdowns to help offset two interceptions returned for TDs, and No. 19 Notre Dame beat 20th-ranked South Carolina, 45-38, in a wild TaxSlayer Bowl on Friday. The highest-scoring game in Gator Bowl history was filled with big plays and memorable moments. But...
