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Justin Fields, Bears cruise past Patriots
Justin Fields threw for 179 yards and a touchdown and ran for 82 yards and another score, and the Bears defense forced returning Patriots starter Mac Jones back to the bench Monday night to give Chicago a 33-14 victory over New England. In a matchup of quarterbacks from the 2020...
Penguins overwhelmed by Oilers thanks to woeful second period
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is steadily stoic when it comes to discussing matchups. He treats the first game of the schedule with the same weight as the 82nd, at least publicly. But Game 6 of the Penguins’ 2023-23 campaign did command a bit more gravity in Sullivan’s estimation. That’s...
Pitt notebook: Bub Means’ injury creates depth problem at wide receiver
Pitt faced a depth problem at wide receiver Saturday night before the Louisville game when Bub Means was injured during pregame warmups. “We thought they were going to be able to rub it down and put a little spit on it and he’d be ready to go,” coach Pat Narduzzi...
Love ’em or hate ’em, Series-bound Astros keep on winningVideo
They’re off to the World Series for a fourth time in six seasons, a remarkable feat of staying power for a franchise in any era of baseball history, let alone one that includes a 12-team playoff gauntlet filled with potential pitfalls. Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. put it succiently Sunday...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi defends Kedon Slovis, warns of ‘psychological effects’ of making a change
The cries for Pitt to replace quarterback Kedon Slovis get louder after a loss. So you can imagine the angst and downright ridicule that has erupted on social media since Saturday night. Pitt’s 24-10 loss to Louisville — a team that previously had lost to three other ACC teams while...
Murrysville’s Palmer Jackson set to make PGA Tour debut
A wonder-struck Palmer Jackson grew up watching the PGA Tour. He followed the storylines, emulated swings and mannerisms and slid to the end of his seat as Sunday finishes met their climax. Now, people will tune in to watch him play inside the ropes. Jackson, the former state champion out...
Jim Harbaugh: James Franklin ‘ringleader’ in Michigan tunnel flap with Penn StateVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh called Penn State coach James Franklin “the ringleader” of a halftime discord between the teams in the Michigan Stadium tunnel less than a week after Franklin described the tunnel as a “problem.” At least two videos surfaced from the Michigan-Penn State halftime...
5 things we learned: Steelers’ Kenny Pickett ranks worst among NFL QBs in multiple stat categories
Five things we learned from Dolphins 16, Steelers 10: 1. Picking on Pickett Now that Kenny Pickett is three starts (and 12½ quarters) into his NFL career, he’s had enough pass attempts to qualify for the league’s leaderboard for its rate statistics (the NFL minimum is 14 pass attempts per...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent closes in on winning football season
Saint Vincent was looking for a bust-out victory to move a game above .500 in conference play and continue its quest for a winning football season. The Bearcats made it happen. They erupted for a season-high 52 points and 439 yards in a 52-35 victory over Allegheny in a Presidents’...
U.S. heads to World Cup with players struggling for game time
NEW YORK — The United States team’s top player has been buried on his club’s bench, starting only two matches this season. Two goalkeepers took demotions to England’s second division and the third hasn’t gotten a single Premier League minute. The Americans return to the World Cup following their failure...
Hot Harper carries Phillies into 1st World Series since 2009
PHILADELPHIA — The billionaire owner of the Philadelphia Phillies pounded his fists on Bryce Harper’s chest and joked the Phillies slugger was almost underpaid at $330 million over the life of his contract. It was absurd to put a price tag on the moment for John Middleton as he pulled...
Norwin grad Caleb Yuricha’s goal-scoring ability helps make UPG men’s soccer a contenderVideo
Caleb Yuricha isn’t going to lie. He loves scoring goals. And why not? He has proven to be good at it in club soccer and at Norwin. Now, he is showing his goal-scoring prowess at the college level. Through Pitt-Greensburg’s 3-0 win over Pitt-Bradford on Saturday — it raised the...
Plum grad Gina Proviano excited for future of LIU women’s soccer teamVideo
Plum grad Gina Proviano was eager to try something new when she chose to play soccer at Long Island University. The program was new. Three years ago, LIU’s two campuses, Post and Brooklyn, merged their athletic departments to form one Division I program. There was also New York City. The...
Penguins aim to maintain potent offensive production with Jake Guentzel sidelinedVideo
The Penguins have not allowed much room for critique from an offensive production standpoint. Having scored six goals in four of five games and with a multitude of players getting involved, potent offense lifted the Penguins to a 4-0-1 overall record heading into Monday’s contest at Edmonton. The Penguins are...
Mark Madden: Kenny Pickett will get better but progress will be slow and Steelers will lose a lot of games
Ben Roethlisberger now, at 40, would have won at Miami this past Sunday. Had Mitch Trubisky played like he did at home against Tampa Bay the prior Sunday, he would have also won at Miami. Kenny Pickett started, lost, and was a big part of losing. That’s OK. He’s a...
After vote of confidence from James Franklin, Sean Clifford comes through for Penn State
STATE COLLEGE — He’s soft-spoken and serious on Saturdays, and that mood doesn’t typically shift much even after the game ends for Parker Washington. The junior receiver has to catch the football, has to make big plays, has to have a positive effect on a Penn State offense that needs...
Steelers’ lack of splash afflicts offense, defense in loss to Dolphins
No sacks. No interceptions. For all of the good the Pittsburgh Steelers defense did over the final three quarters of a 16-10 loss Sunday night to the Miami Dolphins, it failed to make the type of splash plays that coach Mike Tomlin expects from his group. Again. Not only didn’t...
Steelers vs. Dolphins: What they’re saying in Miami after win
Kenny Pickett wilted under the prime-time Miami lights. Members of the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins team were honored during Sunday night’s game, celebrating 50 years of bragging rights. After that, the Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers couldn’t muster a point in the second half. Pickett, the rookie quarterback for the Steelers,...
Madden Monday on Steelers’ defeat in Miami: ‘I thought (Kenny) Pickett lost the game’
In the wake of Sunday’s 16-10 defeat in Miami, Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLIVE has one very clear message about the play of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett. He needs accountability. Not excuses. “I thought Pickett lost the game,” Madden said during this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast....
Airing of Grievances: After an inspiring win against Tampa Bay, Steelers return to losing ways with a thud in Miami
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 16-10 loss in Miami was a prime example of what we’ve seen from them so far this year — even their good isn’t good enough. The defense held the Dolphins to 16 points but dropped at least five interceptions and didn’t come up with any sacks. The...
First Call: ‘Barring a shift,’ Steelers not expected to trade Chase Claypool; JuJu Smith-Schuster’s big day for Chiefs
Monday’s “First Call” takes the temperature in the room when it comes to the Pittsburgh Steelers potentially trading Chase Claypool or Mason Rudolph. A pair of ex-Steelers receivers flashed against one another Sunday. We look at next week’s forecast for the AFC North. And we check out what’s to come...
Astros sweep Yankees in ALCS, advance to World Series againVideo
NEW YORK — Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman delivered big hits and the Houston Astros advanced to the World Series again, finishing a four-game sweep of New York in the AL Championship Series with a 6-5 victory Sunday night aided by another defensive gaffe from the Yankees. Taking advantage of...
Kenny Pickett throws 2 late interceptions, Steelers can’t rally in loss to Dolphins
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It was a game Mike Tomlin thought the Pittsburgh Steelers literally let slip through their fingers. On a day when Kenny Pickett, making his first prime time start, threw three interceptions, the Steelers defense had four chances to pick off passes and came away empty-handed in...
Edward Kizza caps 10-round shootout with game-winner as Riverhounds advance to conference semifinals
Edward Kizza scored in regulation, then in overtime and finally in a penalty kick shootout to give the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC a victory over Birmingham Legion FC in the first round of the USL Championship Eastern Conference playoffs Sunday night at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala. The final score was...
Larson wins NASCAR at Homestead, holding off Chastain
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Larson found his way back into NASCAR’s headlines. This time, for a much more pleasant reason. Larson held off Ross Chastain to cap a dominant showing at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday after leading 199 of the 267 laps over the 1-1⁄2 mile course. It was Larson’s...
