Sports category, Page 1331

Mac Jones threw two touchdown passes, New England’s defense forced four turnovers and the Patriots earned their sixth straight win, 36-13, over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. The victory snapped New England’s two-game skid against the Titans. The Patriots hadn’t beaten Tennessee since former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel took over...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have an agreement in place to add Radley Haddad, who spent five years with the New York Yankees as a coaching assistant and bullpen catcher, to their major league coaching staff in a new role. Haddad, 31, will be named the Pirates’ game planning and strategy coach,...

Dave Clawson rattled off the names of some of the greatest players in Pitt football history as if he grew up rooting for them. Which he did. “I grew up being a huge Pitt Panther fan,” Wake Forest’s coach said. “I would listen to games on the radio. That was...

CINCINNATI — Proud of his status as the defense’s captain and well aware of the tradition of stellar defenses for the only pro franchise he’s played for, Cameron Heyward spoke solemnly throughout a 5-minute postgame news conference Sunday. His team had just allowed 41 points for the second consecutive game....

Fenway Sports Group has signed a purchase agreement to assume a controlling stake in the Penguins, according to Sportico, an outlet that covers sports business. This is the latest step in a multi-faceted transaction. Current co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle are expected to remain a part of the franchise...

CINCINNATI — It took until late in his fourth NFL season for Mike Hilton to experience a loss in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ series with the Cincinnati Bengals. Even though Hilton has switched sides in the AFC North rivalry, he has continued to make sure he stays on the winning end....

During his Tuesday news conference, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stopped short of calling Sunday’s game in Cincinnati a “must win.” Barely. Good thing. Because if he really felt the Steelers absolutely had to have that game, they failed miserably. The Bengals thrashed the Steelers, 41-10, Sunday afternoon, dropping them to...

CINCINNATI – Three years ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers roster officially was changed in regards to the position for Cameron Heyward. Previously listed as a defensive end, Heyward from 2018 on has been designated as a “DT” for defensive tackle. Heyward, though, took yet another step inward Sunday. Heyward started against...

CINCINNATI — The deficit was four touchdowns at halftime, and by the fourth quarter it had grown to 38 points. Right up to the end, though, some of the Pittsburgh Steelers most important players were still in Sunday’s game. After a humiliating 41-10 loss, coach Mike Tomlin had a very...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Daequan Hardy still was enmeshed in the rhythm of the regular season Saturday evening, even after the final whistle had blown on his redshirt sophomore year. The Penn State cornerback kept referring to “next week.” The Nittany Lions have an opportunity next week, Hardy said. He...

Penguins coach Mike Sullivan has a phrase he’s fond of when discussing the composition of his team. “It’s hard to win (the) Stanley Cup with just 12 forwards and six defensemen and two goalies. It takes a whole lot more than that.” So far this season through 21 games, in...

Duquesne’s growing pains continued Sunday in the team’s first basketball game since returning last week from a 1-2 showing at the Paradise Jam tournament. What’s encouraging, at least, for the fresh-faced Dukes is the final result. Mercer transfer Leon Ayers III tied his season-high with 23 points and freshman Primo...

CINCINNATI — To paraphrase a line from the late Chuck Noll, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ problems are great, and they are many. Looking like a shell of the team that a few weeks ago was riding a four-game winning streak, the Steelers were blown out Sunday by the Cincinnati Bengals, 41-10,...

The Penguins have placed forward Bryan Rust on injured reserve retroactive to Friday. Rust suffered an undisclosed injury during warmups on Friday prior to a 1-0 road win against the New York Islanders and has missed the past two games. This is Rust’s second stint on injured reserve this season....

With the WPIAL football playoffs and the Highway to Heinz in the rearview mirror, the focus now turns to the PIAA postseason and the Road to Hershey. The state playoffs have reached the final four as six WPIAL champions are one win away this weekend from heading to Hershey in...

Michigan jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday and Oklahoma State joined the top five for the first time since 2015. Georgia was a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank for the eighth consecutive week. For the fourth...

CINCINNATI — Attrition has hit the defensive line hard, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are electing to sit one of their lineman on the 53-man roster anyway. Third-year defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs was among three healthy scratches for Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Coach Mike Tomlin said that decision was...

Fox Chapel graduate Annika Urban closed out another sensational cross country season with a 12th-place finish in the NCAA Division III meet Nov. 20 in Louisville, Ky. A week earlier, the Emory University sophomore placed first at the South Regional Championships, was named the South/Southeast Regional Female Athlete of the...

During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Anthony Alford to pitcher Miguel Yajure. Player: Jack Suwinski Position: Outfielder Throws: Left Bats: Left Age: 23 Height: 6-foot-2 Weight: 215 pounds 2021 MLB statistics: Did not play in...

To Pat Narduzzi, who won’t be satisfied unless and until he’s holding that ACC Championship trophy around midnight Dec. 4, what happened Saturday night in the Carrier Dome was more worthy of a pat on the back than excessive praise. Winning 10 games by defeating Syracuse, 31-14, was nice. “Monumental,”...

The Pitt men’s soccer team is back in the NCAA quarterfinals after blanking Hofstra, 4-0, in a Sweet Sixteen game Saturday evening at snowy Ambrose Urbanic Field in Oakland. The fifth-seeded Panthers (13-5-1) got two goals from junior Raphael Crivello and additional goals from sophomores Filip Mirkovic and Bertin Jacquesson....