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Steelers vs. Chiefs Week 16 film study: 1st-half struggles again too much to overcome
NFL football analyst Matt Williamson will break down each of the Steelers games this season in the Trib’s Steelers Film Study. Here’s what he saw in the Steelers’ Week 16 loss to the Chiefs. Maybe the NFL’s hottest team, the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon....
Kraken lose fan favorite Brandon Tanev to major knee injury
SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken will be without forward Brandon Tanev for the rest of the season after he suffered a torn ACL in his knee, the team said Monday. Tanev was injured Dec. 18 against Edmonton and had sought a second opinion on the extent of the injury. The...
Kevin Stefanski, Browns second-guessed, stung by close losses
CLEVELAND — Despite two agonizing losses in six days, a litany of covid-19 cases and a banged-up starting quarterback who crumbles when the moment calls for strength, the Cleveland Browns still have a chance to make the playoffs. It’s a long shot. But there’s a path, a prayer. In this...
This date in sports history: Dec. 28
1944 — Maurice Richard has five goals and three assists to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 9-1 rout of the Detroit Red Wings. 1947 — The Chicago Cardinals behind Elmer Angsman’s two 70-yard scores and Charlie Trippi’s 44-yard TD run and 75-yard punt return beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21...
First Call: Browns clear players from covid list; Steelers star upset over Pro Bowl snub; bad news for 2 ex-Penguins
Tuesday’s “First Call” provides a health update on the Cleveland Browns before they visit the Steelers on Monday night. We also hear from a Steelers player who is mad that he was left off of the Pro Bowl roster. And we’ve got some bad news for a pair of former...
Tim Benz: Bengals have seized control of AFC North — and humiliated Steelers, Ravens in the process
On one sideline of Paul Brown Stadium stands the hometown Cincinnati Bengals. Seconds away from sweeping their AFC North rivals. With 41 points on their side of the scoreboard. Not to mention a roster with the AFC’s leader in passer rating and Pro Bowlers at running back, wide receiver and...
Defense, Jaylen Waddle lift Dolphins to 7th straight win
NEW ORLEANS — A Dolphins defense that intercepted Saints rookie Ian Book twice and sacked him eight times was probably enough to push Miami’s winning streak to seven games. Miami also got a big lift from rookie sensation Jaylen Waddle to outclass New Orleans on both sides of the ball....
When Pat Narduzzi called, Randy Bates saw nothing ‘vanilla’ about Pitt’s attacking defense
ATLANTA — At the end of the 2017 season, Randy Bates had a secure job coaching linebackers at Northwestern. He’d been there 12 years, hired in 2006 by coach Pat Fitzgerald, who has been a fixture at Northwestern for all but the first year of this century. The 2017 Northwestern...
Minor league report: Sam Poulin scores Penguins’ lone goal in loss to BearsVideo
Forward Sam Poulin scored the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ lone goal in a 4-1 home loss to the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Goaltender Louis Domingue made 30 saves on 34 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (9-11-1-2), which has lost three consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins’ next game...
Penguins forge on through a changing landscape for covid-19
Mike Sullivan lost what could have been a dream job on Wednesday. But he hasn’t lost perspective. With covid-19 impacting seemingly every granular detail of the NHL’s business, the league opted to pull out of participating in the upcoming Olympics last week and as a result, Sullivan won’t be able...
Penn State DB Brisker, WR Dotson won’t play in Outback Bowl to focus on NFL DraftVideo
Penn State standout receiver Jahan Dotson and safety Jaquan Brisker won’t play for the Nittany Lions against No. 22 Arkansas in the Outback Bowl on Saturday. Brisker announced Monday that he has opted out of the bowl game to prepare for the 2022 NFL Draft. “I’ve been waiting for this...
Steelers not panicking about playoff hopes
For the second time in less than a month, the Pittsburgh Steelers returned home from a shellacking that was one of the biggest-margin defeats of the Mike Tomlin era. “That,” receiver Diontae Johnson said Monday of the prior day’s 36-10 loss in Kansas City, “was embarrassing.” So was the 31-point...
Analysis: Depleted Ravens couldn’t keep it close against BengalsVideo
The Baltimore Ravens have remained competitive all season despite injuries that have decimated the roster. Against Cincinnati, it finally looked like one team’s backups trying to stop another team’s stars. The Ravens were helpless against a Cincinnati team that wasn’t forced to punt. After losing its previous three games by...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker sidelined on a week-to-week basis with injury
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker will be sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis because of an undisclosed injury. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Zucker’s status following a practice session in Cranberry on Monday and indicated Zucker has been dealing with this “nagging” ailment for an unspecified amount of time. Before the Penguins’...
Steelers OL coach Adrian Klemm leaves team, accepts job at Oregon
Adrian Klemm has left his job as Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach, effective immediately, to accept a position on the staff at the University of Oregon. A Steelers spokesman announced the move via his verified Twitter account, adding that assistant offensive line coach Chris Morgan will assume Klemm’s duties for...
5 things: Najee Harris approaching 1,000 yards, Franco Harris rookie rushing mark
Five things we learned from Chiefs 36, Steelers 10: 1. Working OT With two games left in his rookie season, Najee Harris needs 16 yards to reach 1,000. Harris also is 72 yards from breaking Franco Harris’ franchise rookie rushing record. Franco Harris gained 1,055 yards in 1972 when the...
Opportunity knocks for replacements Tim Salem, Nick Patti in Pitt’s Peach Bowl venture
Two jokes made by Tim Salem and quarterback Nick Patti during a conference call Monday morning were thoughts that randomly jumped into their heads and will mean nothing to the outcome of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Most likely, the Pitt men who carry the most responsibility into the game were...
West Virginia facing tough run test against Minnesota in Guaranteed Rate Bowl
PHOENIX — West Virginia was already facing a difficult task against a Minnesota defense that’s one of the best in the country. The Golden Gophers shut down the pass, smother the run, rarely give an inch. The Mountaineers’ climb became much steeper when leading rusher Leddie Brown opted to skip...
South Carolina, Stanford still Nos. 1-2 in women’s AP Top 25
A relatively quiet week because of the holidays left The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll mostly unchanged. South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1, receiving all 30 first-place votes from a national media panel Monday. The Gamecocks staved off another challenge from a top opponent, rallying to beat No....
Mikaela Shiffrin is latest elite skier to test positive for covid-19
Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for covid-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away. “I wanted to let you all know that I’m doing well, but unfortunately I had a positive covid test,” the American wrote on her social media...
Baylor remains No. 1 in AP Top 25, Michigan State to No. 10
A combination of cancelations and the holidays made for a quiet week in college basketball. The latest Associated Press poll reflected the light week. Baylor remained No. 1 for the third straight week in the poll released Monday, receiving all 61 first-place votes from a national media panel. The Bears...
Penguins place 6 into covid-19 protocols
The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed six players into the NHL’s protocols for the coronavirus. Those players include forwards Teddy Blueger, Evan Rodrigues and Dominik Simon, defensemen John Marino and Mike Matheson and goaltender Tristan Jarry. Rodrigues was initially placed into protocols Sunday. The team announced the statuses of all six...
Greensburg Salem grad Madison Cassidy finds early success in pool at Saint Vincent
There are no lofty goals. Really, there never have been for Madison Cassidy when she’d be jumping into a pool of water. She just likes to swim. But Cassidy, a four-time WPIAL place-winner in the 100 breaststroke for Greensburg Salem, is absolutely loving the sport these days as a freshman...
Duquesne’s Tess Myers displaying similar skills to a former Dukes basketball player, her father
Another Myers is at it again at Duquesne. Did someone say “Sonar?” Reminiscent of another era when Burrell’s own Joey “Sonar” Myers would heat up from long range for the Dukes men’s basketball team, daughter Tess flashed a little “Sonar” of her own some 40 years later in a recent...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee opens season with victory
There were doubts about Spencer Lee returning to the wrestling mat this season at Iowa after Lee tore his ACL last year but still competed in — and won his third title at — the NCAA Championships. But Lee came back, with a usual label attached to his name —...
