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Steelers start fast, hold off Titans rally to remain unbeaten
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For going on the road and beating the only other undefeated team in the AFC, the Pittsburgh Steelers had few positive emotions to display Sunday after a 27-24 victory against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium. The mood was more of exhaustion than elation after the Steelers...
AP Top 25: Penn State drops to No. 18 after loss to Indiana
Indiana jumped into The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after pulling off the weekend’s most dramatic upset, and Ohio State moved up to No. 3 following a dominant season debut. Clemson remained a rock-solid No. 1 and Alabama was No. 2. The Tigers received 52 first-place votes and the...
ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ returning to Happy Valley for Penn State-Ohio State game
One of the most anticipated games of the Big Ten schedule will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and ESPN’s “College GameDay” will be there to preview it. For the ninth time and fourth consecutive year, “College GameDay” will be in Happy Valley. Penn State will host Ohio State in...
Penalties, turnovers hurt Penn State in loss at Indiana
Penn State coach James Franklin didn’t dig deep to figure out what went wrong for his team in its season-opening 36-35 overtime loss Saturday at Indiana. “Give Indiana credit,” Franklin said during a video conference Saturday. “They played well. And we didn’t. Not a good combination.” Specifically, Franklin cited penalties...
AP source: NFL fines Titans $350,000 for covid-19 outbreak
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL has fined the Tennessee Titans $350,000 for violating protocols leading to the league’s first covid-19 outbreak during the season, a person familiar with the discipline told The Associated Press. The Titans had 24 people, including 13 players, test positive for covid-19 between Sept. 24 and...
Focus on natural food sources for success hunting fall turkeys
When hunting turkeys, success is always predicated by the bird’s interest in one of two things: sex or food. During spring gobbler season, concentrate on the desire of toms to mate, but when hunting turkeys in the fall, think food. Like most creatures out there, turkeys spend their fall days...
Pitt notebook: Pat Narduzzi takes no risks, pays the price
Pat Narduzzi thought the second quarter was too early to take risks, but if he knew then what long-suffering Pitt fans and a national television audience now know as fact, he might have been more inclined to gamble. He didn’t know he had nothing to lose. He didn’t know Notre...
Steelers back at full health on offense for game against Titans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Pittsburgh Steelers offense will be at full strength Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. The same can’t be said for a banged-up defense. Guard David DeCastro and wide receiver Diontae Johnson will return to the starting lineup after sitting out the Week 6 game against the Cleveland...
Rays shock Dodgers in 9th, tie Series 2-2
ARLINGTON, Texas — Brett Phillips squatted on the field crying, Randy Arozarena sprawled in the dirt pounding his hands on home plate. Tears of joy, smacks of celebration — and a crucial, crazy win for the scrappy Tampa Bay Rays. In one of the wildest World Series finishes ever, the...
The Pirates and the psychology of losing on fans
The Pittsburgh Pirates were the first Major League Baseball team eliminated from postseason contention this year. For fans of the team, this wasn’t surprising. For years, the Pirates have been stuck in the cycle of lose-rebuild-lose. But that cycle, and a record filled with few wins, has made it frustrating...
Pirates baseball: Lacking dollars and sense
For years, the Pittsburgh Pirates organization has had a reputation for being cheap: unable or unwilling to spend to make its on-field product better. But as the Tampa Bay Rays, another team accused of skimping on player salaries in the past, competes in the World Series against the Los Angeles...
Another horrendous Pirates baseball season wears on Pittsburgh’s psyche
In 1979, Jimmy Carter was president of the United States. A meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant outside Harrisburg held the nation’s attention. And 63 Americans were taken hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Iran. It also was the year the Pittsburgh Pirates won their last world...
Fumble return dooms West Virginia in loss to Texas Tech
LUBBOCK, Texas — Cornerback Zech McPhearson returned a fumble 56 yards for a touchdown with 8 minutes, 44 seconds left to lift Texas Tech to a 34-27 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. West Virginia’s Sam James caught a short pass from Jarret Doege but fumbled on a hit...
Tim Benz: We’ve seen ‘typical Pitt’ losses in 2020. Will we see a ‘typical Pitt’ win?
We throw around the phrase “typical Pitt loss” all the time when discussing the football team. Except there are many different iterations of a “typical Pitt loss.” • There is the mind-boggling, creative way of blowing a game late. Like when kicker Alex Kessman bombed a field goal from the...
While juggling backup quarterbacks, Pitt drops the ball against Notre Dame defense
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi knew the Panthers would have trouble running the ball against Notre Dame’s stacked defensive front. What he hoped is they would pass it better against the nation’s No. 3 team. With starting quarterback Kenny Pickett sidelined for a second consecutive game, that proved to be a...
Cup chase at Texas more about a win than points nowVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Chase Elliott insists he has worried less about the points situation during this NASCAR season than ever before, and that might be the right approach for those Cup drivers still with championship hopes. Elliott will start Sunday at Texas just below the cutoff line for the...
No. 8 Penn State toppled in OT by Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Michael Penix forced overtime with a 2-point conversion run with 22 seconds left, then scored on a diving 2-point conversion to give Indiana a season-opening 36-35 upset victory over No. 8 Penn State — ending the Big Ten’s longest streak of consecutive losses to top-10 teams at...
WPIAL reveals 2020 football playoff brackets
The WPIAL promised its football teams weeks ago that if they canceled games for covid-19, those decisions wouldn’t hurt their qualifying chances come playoff time. The WPIAL kept it word. In playoff brackets released Saturday night, the WPIAL included a couple of teams that played only four regular-season games as...
WPIAL football rankings for Week 7
Class 6A 1. North Allegheny, 5-0, 1 2. Mt. Lebanon, 4-2, 2 3. Central Catholic, 4-2, 3 4. Seneca Valley, 4-2, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 3-3, 5 Out: none Class 5A 1. Pine-Richland, 6-0, 1 2. Gateway, 4-0, 2 3. Peters Township, 6-0, 3 4. Penn-Trafford, 5-1, 4 5. Upper St....
Khabib Nurmagomedov announces retirement, submits Gaethje at UFC 254
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Unbeaten lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov retired from mixed martial arts after stopping Justin Gaethje with a triangle choke early in the second round at UFC 254 on Saturday night. Nurmagomedov (29-0) made the announcement immediately after he impressively finished his first fight since the...
This date in sports history: Oct. 25Video
1947 — Before a capacity crowd of 35,000 at Columbia’s Baker Field, the Lions end Army’s 32-game unbeaten streak with a 21-20 upset. An interception on Army’s final drive seals the win, the first over an Army team that had not surrendered a point all season until this loss. 1964...
Steelers bring back former punter Jordan BerryVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ new punter is their old one. Jordan Berry, the team’s punter from 2015-19 was re-signed Saturday, less than two months after he was released when the Steelers signed Dustin Colquitt. Berry will be available when the Steelers (5-0) play the Tennessee Titans (5-0) on Sunday in a...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Antonio Brown hasn’t changed but signing makes sense for Tampa Bay
Antonio Brown didn’t con the entire NFL. But he conned a few of its top quarterbacks. Brown “befriended” Tom Brady when the two played together briefly in New England. He “befriended” Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson during informal offseason workouts. He “befriended” Russell Wilson, causing Seattle’s QB to utter nonsense like “he’s...
Notre Dame crushes Pitt, hands Panthers 4th straight loss
Already hanging onto a tattered thread of respectability before the game, Pitt unraveled completely Saturday at Heinz Field in a 45-3 loss to No. 3 Notre Dame. How do you explain the second-worst loss in Pat Narduzzi’s six seasons as Pitt’s coach? How much time do you have? It starts...
AP source: Antonio Brown agrees to 1-year deal with Bucs
TAMPA, Fla. — Suspended receiver Antonio Brown has agreed to return to the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year deal, according to a person with knowledge of the move. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Saturday because the contract had not been...
