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With JuJu Smith-Schuster back for Steelers, WR Cody White heads to inactive list

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — JuJu Smith-Schuster’s return to the active roster for the Pittsburgh Steelers has resulted in wide receiver Cody White being designated as one of the team’s five inactive players Sunday night. Other players who won’t suit up for the wild-card game against the Kansas City Chiefs are...
There was nothing silly about Louis Domingue’s Penguins debut

There’s a silly way to describe Louis Domingue. Literally. To use the parlance of his vocation, he’s known as a “silly sider.” By no means is it a derisive term. Nor is it a sentiment of respect. It merely is a way of pointing out that he catches the puck...
Fresh off retirement, Weddle likely to get plenty of action in Rams’ thin secondaryVideo

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams must play without both of their starting safeties in their opening playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night. Leading tackler Jordan Fuller is out for the season with a right ankle injury, and Taylor Rapp is in the NFL’s concussion protocol....
Tom Brady throws 2 TDs as champion Buccaneers dominate EaglesVideo

TAMPA, Fla. — As the game clock expired, Tom Brady raised his arms in triumph along the sideline, whirled and tossed a football into the stands. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their jubilant 44-year-old quarterback took the first step on what they hope will be a journey back to the...
Penn State men rally but can’t overcome No. 16 Ohio StateVideo

COLUMBUS, Ohio — E.J. Liddell scored 19 points, and No. 16 Ohio State defeated Penn State, 61-56, on Sunday. Ohio State (11-4, 5-2 Big Ten) won despite shooting just 38.6% overall and going the final 5 minutes, 7 seconds without a basket. “I didn’t think that Penn State would go...
Staying grounded until earning role, Ahkello Witherspoon now blossoming with Steelers

In an era of athletes quitting teams and forcing trades, it would not have been unexpected to hear Ahkello Witherspoon was irked about what happened over his first 12 weeks with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But leave it to the veteran cornerback to apply some much-needed, heartening perspective. “Man, I had...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin chose Pressley Harvin over Corliss Waitman because of holding skills

Rare does a punters’ debate stoke the fires of a team’s football fans, but in Pittsburgh some were irked by a recent choice. The Pittsburgh Steelers elected to go back to Pressley Havin III to handle the punting duties during Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs....
Born into athletics, Jamarius Burton steps up when Pitt needs him the most

Jamarius Burton’s mom, Kimberly, and two aunts played college basketball. Sisters Kimera and Destani went to college on full athletic scholarships. Uncle Todd Peat had a six-year career in the NFL. Cousin Austin Peat played on Stanford’s offensive line and was drafted 13th overall by the New Orleans Saints in...
Penn-Trafford grad Mackenzie Powell makes impact in 2 sports at Westminster

Penn-Trafford graduate Mackenzie Powell didn’t want to choose between basketball and soccer when she was looking at colleges. So she found a school where she could play both, and Powell is making an impact as a two-sport athlete during her freshman year at Division III Westminster. “I love it,” she...
Plum grad Shannon Small fine-tuning her game for Duquesne women’s bowling team

At this stage in her life as a bowler, Shannon Small isn’t likely to make a quantum leap in her game. For someone who averaged 223 during her senior year at Plum, the ceiling isn’t far away. Now, it’s more about fine-tuning and adapting to the rigors of competing at...
Pirates lose another coach, as Glenn Sherlock leaves to join Mets as bench coach

Glenn Sherlock is leaving the Pittsburgh Pirates to become the New York Mets bench coach under manager Buck Showalter, rejoining the club where he spent three seasons. MLB Network first reported that Sherlock was joining the Mets. Sherlock was the most veteran member of Pirates manager Derek Shelton’s staff, with...
Steelers face long odds, but unlikely champions have been crowned before

The Pittsburgh Steelers enter tonight’s AFC wild-card game against the Kansas City Chiefs facing the longest odds, not only of any team in the NFL playoffs this season, but of any team ever at this point of the postseason. They are 13½-point underdogs against the two-time defending AFC champion Chiefs...
Australian court upholds decision to deport Novak Djokovic

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia on Sunday after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against covid-19. A masked Djokovic was photographed in a Melbourne airport lounge with two government officials in black uniforms before...
Penguins outlast Sharks in overtime

The Penguins wanted to see staunch improvements in their defensive play on Saturday. And sure enough, they did. Battling the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., they saw a drop in the total amount of shots allowed from their previous game. Two nights after yielding...
Allen throws 5 TD passes as Bills throttle Patriots in AFC wild-card gameVideo

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills erased any doubt about who now rules the AFC East. Allen set a team playoff record with five touchdown passes, including two to Dawson Knox, and Devin Singletary ran for two scores in the first half of a 47-17 throttling...
Robert Morris men finally get first Horizon League win of seasonVideo

The only remaining men’s basketball team without a Horizon League victory this season, Robert Morris rode Khaliel Spear’s double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds to a 72-62 victory over Northern Kentucky on Saturday night at UPMC Events Center. It was just the fourth league victory for Robert Morris (3-14,...

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