Sports category, Page 1816
Madden Monday: Mike Tomlin was ‘outcoached by someone who wasn’t even there’
During that agonizing 28-0 first quarter of Sunday night’s Steelers playoff loss to the Cleveland Browns, a forlorn fan sent me this tweet. Starting to feel nostalgic for all those years when we simply failed to make it to the playoffs.— Rob (@WildernessRob) January 11, 2021 Sir, I hate to...
First Call: Deshaun Watson wanted Omar Khan in Houston, Lions trying to lure Kevin Colbert
Sunday night was “last call” for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But that doesn’t mean we stop doing “First Call” at “Breakfast With Benz.” Apparently, Steelers executive Omar Khan was closer to getting that Houston Texans general manager job than we thought. The Detroit Lions are still trying to bring back current...
Tim Benz: ‘Airing of Grievances’ after Steelers suffer humiliating playoff defeat to Cleveland
It was just the latest in a long list of games that the Steelers couldn’t possibly lose, which inevitably they lost. To Washington and the Cincinnati Bengals this year. To the New York Jets last year. To the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos back in 2018. To Ryan Mallett and...
Emotional Ben Roethlisberger sat on bench long after Steelers’ loss; was it his last game?
Long after the Cleveland Browns joyously left the Heinz Field playing surface and almost all of his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates had sulked their way into the locker room, Ben Roethlisberger sat on a heated bench on the sideline. His longest-tenured teammate, Maurkice Pouncey, eventually joined him. NBC cameras caught what...
19 Steelers set for unrestricted free agency, including up to 10 starters
The 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers who take the field together for the first time figure to look plenty different than the ones that ended the 2020 season Sunday night. Nineteen players are scheduled to hit unrestricted free agency in the spring, plus tight end Vance McDonald has a team option that...
JuJu Smith-Schuster says he doesn’t regret ‘Browns is the Browns’ comment
The Browns might be the Browns, but they’re going on to the divisional round. And they aren’t forgetting what one of the Pittsburgh Steelers said about them. But even after his season ended by way of a loss to Cleveland, JuJu Smith-Schuster didn’t take back his “The Browns is the...
Turnover-prone Steelers bounced from playoffs by big-play Browns
It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Not after they won a franchise-record 11 consecutive games to start the season. Not against a team making its first playoff appearance in 18 years. Not to the Cleveland Browns, who hadn’t won any game at Heinz Field since 2003, and didn’t have...
Harris English gets 1st PGA win in 7 years at Tournament of ChampionsVideo
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Harris English went more than seven years without winning on the PGA Tour, and he didn’t mind going an extra hole to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Sunday. English missed a 10-foot eagle putt in regulation on the par-5 18th hole at Kapalua for a...
PGA Championship leaving Trump National in ’22 tournamentVideo
KAPALUA, Hawaii — The PGA of America cut ties to President Donald Trump when it voted Sunday to take the PGA Championship event away from his New Jersey golf course next year. The vote comes four days after the Trump-fueled riot at the nation’s Capitol as Congress was certifying the...
Drew Brees, Saints pull away for wild-card win over BearsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees will get to celebrate his 42nd birthday by preparing for a playoff game that will also feature the one active NFL quarterback older than him. Brees completed 28 of 39 passes for 265 yards, connecting with Michael Thomas and Latavius Murray for touchdowns, and the...
Another early playoff exit adds to Seahawks frustrationVideo
SEATTLE — For all the success through the years, there is an indisputable fact Russell Wilson, Pete Carroll and the rest of the Seattle Seahawks more veteran players can’t avoid. Since the Seahawks’ loss to New England in the Super Bowl in February 2015, their playoff performances have been complete...
Despite speculation, QB Josh Dobbs among Steelers inactives for playoff opener
The Pittsburgh Steelers played coy with it all week. But in the end, they stuck with what they’ve done all regular season long. No. 3 quarterback Josh Dobbs was among six players inactive and not in uniform for Sunday night’s wild-card playoff game against the Cleveland Browns. Dobbs had not...
Lamar Jackson ends playoff drought by leading Ravens past TitansVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lamar Jackson finally has his first postseason victory — and on the road, no less. Combine that with Baltimore smothering 2,000-yard rusher Derrick Henry, and the Ravens look playoff tough. Jackson ran for 136 yards, including a 48-yard touchdown, and threw for 179 more as the Ravens...
Source: Duquesne’s Sincere Carry plans to transfer
After missing what would have been his 64th start in less than three seasons Saturday, Duquesne junior point guard Sincere Carry is planning to transfer, a source told the Tribune-Review. Carry has been one of the team’s most important players for the past two seasons, plus the first five games...
Pitt’s men’s basketball game at Georgia Tech on Wednesday postponed
Pitt’s men’s basketball season has been interrupted again after the ACC postponed the Panthers’ game Wednesday at Georgia Tech. The postponement is because of a positive covid-19 test and subsequent contact tracing within the Yellow Jackets program. The postponement is Pitt’s fourth this season, one more conference game than the...
No. 1 Alabama looking for 6th title under Nick Saban vs. Ohio State
MIAMI — Trying to figure out which of Nick Saban’s Alabama teams is best is akin to picking Michelangelo’s greatest work of art or Ernest Hemingway’s best novel. They are all excellent in their own way. The first to win a national championship came in 2009 and remains the only...
As usual, Bryan Rust ready for new role with Penguins
As malleable as anyone who has ever dressed for the Penguins, Bryan Rust is dealing with a somewhat new experience during training camp. He knows his role to open the season. After a breakout 2019-20 campaign when he led the team with a career-best 27 goals in 55 games, he...
NHL embarks on season that will be like ’56 playoff games’
The NHL has started seasons of fewer than 82 games in January and played into the summer to award the Stanley Cup. Just not like this. When the puck drops on the regular season in five rinks Jan. 13, it will be the start of a 56-game sprint to the...
Norwin notebook: Jayla Wehner running the point at Marian
Former Norwin standout Jayla Wehner was in a giving mood during the holiday season. The freshman point guard for the women’s basketball team at Marian (Ind.), an NAIA school in Indianapolis, put together a career day as she led the offense in a home victory earlier this month. The floor...
Penguins proceed with scrimmage while dealing with coronavirus concerns
The Penguins scrimmaged at PPG Paints Arena as planned Sunday evening, a day after they canceled practice due to coronavirus-related concerns. Saturday’s practice was abruptly canceled in the morning “out of an abundance of caution due to potential exposure of covid-19,” according to a statement from the team. “The decision...
Brady outduels Heinicke, leads Buccaneers past Washington
LANDOVER, Md. — New team, same swashbuckling playoff success for Tom Brady. Brady threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past Washington 31-23 in their NFC wild-card game Saturday night for their first playoff victory since the 2002 season. Brady was critical of his...
Empty or mostly-empty NFL stadiums don’t mean a lack of playoff intensity on the field
The 2020 NFL season’s playoffs are underway, and like just about everything else attached to 2020, it is a unique postseason unlike any before it. And what, arguably, is the most jarring aspect of NFL games played during a pandemic is an abundance of empty seats where there typically would...
Minor league report: Nailers drop second straight to Stingrays
The Wheeling Nailers lost their second road game in as many nights to the South Carolina Stingrays, falling 6-3 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, S.C., on Saturday. Goaltender Shane Starrett made 25 saves on 30 shots for Wheeling (2-5-3) while forwards Matt Alfaro, Cody Sylvester and Patrick...
Rams get better of division-rival Seahawks in 1st roundVideo
SEATTLE — A lot of Cam Akers churning yards on the ground and mostly a great defense has the Los Angeles Rams moving on in the NFC playoffs at the expense of the division-foe Seattle Seahawks. Akers rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown, Darious Williams returned Russell Wilson’s interception...
Goaltender Casey DeSmith grateful to be back with Penguins
In a strictly pecuniary sense, last season was outstanding for Casey DeSmith. He made a seven-figure salary for the first time in his life, having signed a three-year contract with a salary cap hit of $1.25 million in January of 2019. At the same time, for all the blessings that...
