Sports category, Page 17

No quarterback has released the ball quicker this season than Aaron Rodgers. No team has gained more yards after the catch than the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers have used the short pass efficiently enough to craft a 3-1 record coming out of their bye week. Rodgers, for one, sees no...

The Philadelphia Eagles look to rebound from their first loss since last December when they visit a New York Giants team that hasn’t won a Thursday game in a decade. The Eagles (4-1) have won their last three Thursday night contests under coach Nick Sirianni, while the Giants (1-4) are...

Defending champion Robert Morris is predicted to finish fourth in the Horizon League men’s basketball standings, according a preseason poll released Wednesday. The Colonials earned the conference’s regular-season and tournament championships last season, finishing with a 26-9 record (15-5 Horizon) and advancing to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 10...

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters one day after the team traded quarterback Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals that he was not expecting the Browns to send the 40-year-old to their division rival. “The Joe (Flacco) trade took us by surprise,” Stefanski said. “That was, uh, not...

This Penn State football team cannot afford to break apart now, of all times. That’s the message two of its leaders gave Tuesday to how these Nittany Lions can possibly fix their myriad of problems and push ahead to save their season. It’s new territory, of course. Only a handful...

The international basketball league that includes several high-profile athletes as investors does not have an official name but is set to launch next fall, Front Office Sports reported on Wednesday. Headed by former Facebook executive Grady Burnett and Skype co-founder Geoff Prentice, the league will include 5-on-5 men’s and women’s...

Pitt’s coaches had a hunch that Kavir Bains-Marquez, a first-team all-conference safety at UC Davis of the FCS, would be a useful addition from the transfer portal last winter. But a starter? There probably was less certainty on that front, given the Panthers returned Javon McIntyre and Cruce Brookins at...

The start of the 2025-26 season is pretty similar to how Bryan Rust began the 2024-25 campaign. Injured. Rust missed the first two games of last season and all he managed to do was set career highs in goals (31) and points (65). As the Pittsburgh Penguins forward recovers from...

Some strange things happened Tuesday night when the Pittsburgh Penguins opened their season at Madison Square Garden with a 3-0 win against the New York Rangers. For example, Erik Karlsson played a responsible, mistake-free game. (Except for one gratuitous turnover.) That’s been a rarity during his Penguins tenure, now entering...

Watching Arturs Silovs warm up requires a bit of commitment. When the Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender takes to the ice, he engages in a lengthy and elaborate process to get ready for a practice session or morning skate. First, he will slowly skate the length of the rink with gentle...

It’s not just teams in the AFC North that are struggling to find traction. Frankly, it’s the whole NFL. • There are no unbeaten teams left in the entire league, and it’s only Week 5. • The Eagles are 4-1 with the 30th-ranked offense in the NFL. Buffalo is 4-1...

“First Call” for Wednesday has some roster moves for the Pittsburgh Steelers. We get Joe Flacco’s reaction to his trade away from Cleveland to Cincinnati. The Baltimore Ravens are trying to press some buttons. And a pair of former Pirates pitchers are squaring off in the Major League Baseball playoffs....

During his weekly Tuesday press conference, Mike Tomlin got a few chuckles out of the Pittsburgh media when he proclaimed “I’m not a big picture guy” after being asked about the Steelers’ place within the suddenly rocky landscape of the AFC North. After just one game as the Penguins’ new...

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge hit a tying homer and drove in four runs during a clutch performance for the ages, and the New York Yankees staved off elimination by rallying from five runs down to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-6, on Tuesday night in Game 3 of their...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2025-26 season opener offered the same result as the 2024-25 opener in one respect. Mike Sullivan was not satisfied as his team was shut out. The main difference was that Sullivan’s current employer, the New York Rangers, was on the losing end as the Penguins claimed a...

The Seattle Mariners defeated the Tigers, 8-4, in Detroit on Tuesday to take a 2-1 lead in the ALDS. One more win in the best-of-five series will advance the Mariners to the ALCS for the first time since 2001. Their first crack at reaching the MLB semifinals comes Wednesday. Tuesday’s...

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was seen raising his middle finger during Dallas’ 37-22 win over the New York Jets on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. The 82-year-old will pay a hefty price for doing so. The NFL is fining Jones $250,000 for his gesture, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Jones was...

It seems like only yesterday that Jeff Capel sat alongside ultimate Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski as Duke’s associate head coach. Where did the time go? Already, as Capel enters his eighth season in Oakland, his tenure at Pitt is the second longest among current ACC men’s basketball coaches...

Jesper Boqvist batted in the go-ahead goal with 10 minutes, 20 seconds left in the third period as the host Florida Panthers defeated the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-2, on Tuesday night in the season opener for both teams. Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves to earn the win for the two-time defending...

The NCAA’s Administrative Committee has recommended a new 15-day window, from Jan. 2-16, during which college football players can enter the transfer portal, the organization announced on Tuesday, Oct. 7. The new window applies to both undergraduate and graduate transfers, though must be approved by the administrative committee, which will...

It’s been a tumultuous start to the Bill Belichick era in Chapel Hill. When the legendary NFL head coach was hired at North Carolina this past offseason, there was a lot of excitement surrounding the program with a six-time Super Bowl winner taking the reins. That excitement has quickly evaporated...

The Chicago Cubs have no margin for error heading into Wednesday’s Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers. That’s the reality because the Cubs are down 2-0 after two lopsided losses in the teams’ best-of-five series. For Chicago to save its season, it must...

In a move that will end the Odafe Oweh era in Baltimore, the Ravens are trading the former Penn State pass rusher to the Chargers for defensive back Alohi Gilman and a 2026 draft pick. Baltimore also will trade a future seventh-round pick to Jim Harbaugh’s team. Odafe has 10...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Artus Silovs Tuesday in their season-opening game, a road contest against the New York Rangers. Coach Dan Muse announced Silovs’ status to media outlets in New York following an optional morning skate at Madison Square Garden according to one of the team’s...