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NFL playoff field: powerhouses, pretenders and a 7-9 team
From the rested in Kansas City and Pittsburgh to the relieved in Cleveland, Chicago and Los Angeles, the field for the Super Bowl chase is set. There are some powerhouses and some pretenders — and a team with a losing record. The reigning Super Bowl champion Chiefs (14-2) and Green...
Washington beats the Eagles 20-14, captures NFC East title
PHILADELPHIA — Just call the Washington Football Team division champs. Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes and Washington beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-14 Sunday night to capture the lowly NFC East. “This one’s special just because of how hard it was,” said Washington coach Ron Rivera, who overcame a form...
Penguins Prospect Watch: Niclas Almari returns to lineupVideo
While the NHL and most leagues in North America have been on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, several leagues in Europe and a handful in North America have already opened play for the 2020-21 season. Twenty of the Penguins’ prospects or minor leaguers have played this season, primarily in...
First Call: Cleveland appears to jab JuJu; Steeler-Browns, Super Bowl odds revealed
Our first “First Call” of 2021 picks up on a familiar Steelers theme: opposing teams mocking JuJu Smith-Schuster. The Browns appeared to do that after their win over the Steelers Sunday. Meanwhile, T.J. Watt draws high praise from another NFL legend. The gambling line for Sunday’s Browns-Steelers rematch is out....
Mark Madden on Mason Rudolph: ‘I bet he starts at quarterback for a year or two’
Our first “Madden Monday” podcast of 2021 looks at the Steelers of 2022. Could they really open up that season with Mason Rudolph at quarterback? In the wake of Sunday’s performance against the Cleveland Browns, Mark Madden seems to think so. Madden isn’t saying that’s what he’d do. But he’s...
Tim Benz: Both sides of run game make Steelers ‘Airing of Grievances’ after Cleveland loss
Sunday’s 24-22 Steelers loss to Cleveland really didn’t matter. The two teams are just going to play again this weekend in the playoffs anyway. And the Festivus season has come and gone. But we continue with our weekly “Airing of Grievances” and “Feats of Strength” into 2021. As, of course,...
Browns, Bucs among newcomers as NFL playoff schedule comes into focusVideo
Welcome to the postseason, Cleveland. Cleveland? The Browns ended their string of non-playoff seasons Sunday with a tighter-than-expected 24-22 victory over the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, who sat many of their starters. Cleveland returned to the NFL in 1999, made the playoffs in 2002, and then, zilch. Until now. “It’s a...
Steelers to open postseason vs. Browns on Sunday night
During a bizarre season in which they repeatedly worked on short weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers will wait longer than anyone to open their postseason. The Steelers’ rematch with the Cleveland Browns will be seven days after the regular season-closing meeting between the longtime rivals, and it will kick off in...
After 2 postponements, Pitt will travel to Syracuse on Wednesday under new ACC schedule
Off since Dec. 22, Pitt will return to action Wednesday with a game against Syracuse at the Carrier Dome under a reconfigured ACC men’s basketball schedule. Tipoff will be at 4:30 p.m. and the game will be televised by the ACC Network. Syracuse was originally scheduled to play Florida State...
Steelers’ Mason Rudolph takes big step forward in start vs. Browns
If Mason Rudolph ever achieves his goal of becoming a full-time starting quarterback in the NFL, he certainly will face games with more on the line than he did Sunday in Cleveland. But it’s what Rudolph did during the high-stakes moments in a low-stakes game that are so encouraging for...
Duquesne rallies, but ends up shouldering tough loss to George Washington
For an instant, Duquesne appeared to have a difficult victory nailed down Sunday against George Washington. But that instant lasted no more than a second or two, and the Dukes were forced to shoulder a 75-73 defeat in the second of two games in two days at the Charles E....
Alex Highsmith gets 1 of 4 sacks for Steelers in season finale against Browns
CLEVELAND — The pressure Alex Highsmith has applied to opposing quarterbacks since replacing Bud Dupree last month paid dividends Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie third-round pick. Although the Steelers lost their regular-season finale, 24-22, to the Cleveland Browns, Highsmith set a career high with nine tackles, and he had...
Mark Madden: Steelers should have advantage over Browns in rematch
Nothing compares to this time of year’s crisp, cold air … except refreshing Steelers notes! Yo, Baker Mayfield … the big kids show up at the playground next week, and it’s not your playground. • There is plenty of time to preview the playoff rematch between the Steelers and Cleveland,...
Could Steelers be unveiling a Josh Dobbs package in playoffs?
Was Mike Tomlin just playing coy in a show of gamesmanship? Or was Sunday’s game a trial run in deploying Josh Dobbs into a small portion of the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive gameplan as they embark on the playoffs? “It is a possibility,” Tomlin said when asked that after the Steelers’...
Steelers escape finale with no significant injuries, per Mike TomlinVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost Sunday’s game, but they were winners in what was arguably the most important regard: with the playoffs a week away, no players emerged from this regular-season finale with injuries, per coach Mike Tomlin. “Bumps and bruises associated with play, nothing of any significance to speak of...
Mason Rudolph, Myles Garrett chat cordially after Steelers-Browns game
Mason Rudolph, Myles Garrett and several other members of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns spent much of this past week telling everybody they had moved past the ugly helmet-swinging incident and even uglier accusations of a racial slur that marred the teams’ most recent meeting in Cleveland and its...
NFL Week 17 roundup: Giants outlast Cowboys, stay in running for NFC EastVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants won. Now they wait. Rookie Xavier McKinney intercepted Dallas’ Andy Dalton in the end zone with 1:15 remaining, giving the Giants a 23-19 victory over the Cowboys on Sunday and a chance at an unprecedented, six-win playoff berth. New York’s postseason chances...
Ravens rush for 404 yards, steamroll Bengals to get into playoffsVideo
CINCINNATI — As one of the NFL’s worst covid-19 outbreaks sidelined star players, and injuries hit others, the Baltimore Ravens didn’t look like a playoff team in late November. But as quarterback Lamar Jackson came roaring back, so did Baltimore. After a Dec. 2 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers with...
Steelers lose regular-season finale to Browns; playoff rematch awaits
CLEVELAND — With the backups taking center stage, the Pittsburgh Steelers nearly completed a comeback from a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter Sunday before losing to the Cleveland Browns, 24-22, at FirstEnergy Stadium. The varsity will see if it can fare any better next weekend in a rematch at...
Report: Carson Wentz will seek trade from EaglesVideo
Here we go again. Another week, another report about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz being disgruntled and wanting out. Only this time, according to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, Wentz will seek a trade regardless of whether the Eagles stick with Jalen Hurts as their starter. This is because his relationship with...
Penguins A to Z: Sam Miletic’s steadiness gives him a shot at the NHLVideo
As the NHL prepares for a new season scheduled to start in mid-January, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 48 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Sam Miletic Position: Left winger...
Penguins sign defenseman John Marino to 6-year contract extension
Jim Rutherford has high hopes for John Marino. At one point during the 2019-20 season, the Penguins general manager even suggested the then-rookie defenseman could be a keystone on the franchise’s blue line for upwards of 10 or 15 years. For the time being, six years will suffice. On Sunday,...
Texas A&M runs past North Carolina in Orange Bowl
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher pulled a hamstring as he tried to avoid the players who wanted to give him a celebratory Gatorade bath. Luckily, Fisher didn’t have to run in the Orange Bowl. Devon Achane did more than enough of that for the Aggies. Achane...
This date in sports history: Jan. 3Video
1920 — Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells pitcher-outfielder Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 plus a $350,000 loan. 1931 — Nels Stewart of the Montreal Maroons scores two goals four seconds apart in the third period of a 5-3 victory over the Boston Bruins. 1946...
Minor league report: Nailers fall in overtime to FuelVideo
Despite a hat trick by forward Felix Robert, the Wheeling Nailers lost on the road in overtime, 5-4, to the Indy Fuel at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Saturday. Robert’s hat trick was the Nailers’ first of the season. Forward Michael Joly added a goal and two assists for...
