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With Devin Bush down, Robert Spillane is next man up for Steelers
Robert Spillane knows he can’t replicate Devin Bush on the football field. He doesn’t have 4.43 speed or a Big Ten pedigree. He doesn’t share the sideline-to-sideline playmaking ability that made Bush the most athletic Steelers inside linebacker since Ryan Shazier. “Devin is a great player,” Spillane said Monday. “He...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Steelers win over Browns, look ahead to Titans matchupVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for this week’s edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday at Heinz Field. The Browns came into the game with a 4-1 record and hoped to shake off the Steelers dominance...
Fox Sports’ Joe Buck calling 7 games in 7 days, including World Series, NFL
Joe Buck usually has a busy October covering both football and baseball games for Fox Sports. But this week will be even more hectic than usual, as the play-by-play broadcaster will be covering a different game each day this week. Buck’s week started Sunday calling the Green Bay Packers at...
Game time set for Penn State-Ohio State on Oct. 31
An expected top-10 clash between Penn State and Ohio State has now been assigned a start time. The Lions and Buckeyes will meet in primetime on Oct. 31 at Beaver Stadium. ABC will televise the Big Ten East showdown starting at 7:30 p.m, according to the conference. The game will...
Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan confirms he tore his ACL
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee left tackle Taylor Lewan says an MRI on Monday confirms he tore his ACL in the Titans’ overtime win over Houston. Lewan announced the news on social media. “Don’t feel sorry for me, I’m going to handle this rehab like a Pro and come back better...
Nittany Lions hoping Brandon Smith can minimize loss of Micah Parsons
The meeting between two freshmen in their first college football games was brief and harsh. Kiahn Martinez, a 5-foot-7 running back for Idaho, hauled in a pass in the flat, turned up field and, well, that’s when he met the future of Penn State’s linebacking corps. Brandon Smith was a...
Stuffing the run highlights 5 things learned in Steelers’ win over Browns
Five things we learned about Steelers 38, Browns 7: 1. Challenge accepted The Browns didn’t have Nick Chubb, who was on injured reserve, but they still brought Kareem Hunt and a running game that rated as the best in the NFL to Heinz Field. It was the biggest test for...
Mark Madden: Steelers ‘D’ dominant against Browns, but replacing Devin Bush will be a challenge
The Pittsburgh Steelers still haven’t beaten a good team. Cleveland certainly isn’t a good team. The Browns are 0-2 against Baltimore and the Steelers, losing those games by a combined 76-13. Quarterback Baker Mayfield (aka Johnny Manziel Jr.) is a bust and certainly won’t get better via the teaching tool...
Hockey broadcaster Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick retiresVideo
The first time Mike Emrick covered an NHL game, he did so as a freelancer. The operative portion of that term being “free.” Working full-time as a speech professor at Geneva College in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Emrick offered to cover Penguins games for the Beaver County Times....
Bellinger HR sends Dodgers to 3rd World Series in 4 years
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated as Cody Bellinger’s drive soared deep into the Texas night. Bellinger flung his bat off to the side and strutted up the first-base line. All the way to the World Series. Bellinger hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning, and...
Madden Monday: Should Steelers make a trade to replace Devin Bush? Should they use JuJu Smith-Schuster to do it?
Mark Madden is back from Las Vegas for our Madden Monday podcast. It wasn’t the typical Vegas vacation for Double-M. But at least he had a better time there than the Cleveland Browns had at Heinz Field. Oof! The Steelers thumped the Browns 38-7. Mark and I seem to be...
First Call: OBJ has temper tantrum after loss to Steelers; Titans problems beyond Derrick Henry
It doesn’t appear that the Browns took Sunday’s loss to the Steelers very well. Odell Beckham Jr. had a hissy fit on the sideline toward the end of the game. That’s how we start “First Call” Monday. We also look at how deep the Tennessee Titans are offensively as the...
Steelers turn around 3rd-down defense with emphatic performance
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense spent much of the past week working to atone for a poor showing on third downs in its most recent game. Not only did the Steelers pass the test in reversing that trend Sunday, they went for extra credit. The Steelers allowed the Cleveland Browns one...
Philip Rivers throws 3 TD passes as Colts rally past BengalsVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Philip Rivers never flinched with the Indianapolis Colts facing a 21-0 first-half deficit Sunday. He went back to work and joined MVP quarterbacks Bert Jones and Peyton Manning in the Indianapolis Colts’ record book. Rivers responded by throwing three touchdown passes, including the 14-yard go-ahead scoring throw to...
Steelers’ run game evoking memories of Bill Cowher, Jerome Bettis
It was Steelers-Browns, so why not go old-school? Ben Roethlisberger evoked two names from early in his career: Bill Cowher and Jerome Bettis. It was the team on the other side that entered with the NFL’s top-ranked rushing offense Sunday. It was the Pittsburgh Steelers, though, that continued to ascend...
Joey Logano earns spot in NASCAR finale with win at KansasVideo
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Joey Logano spent the final 40-plus laps at Kansas Speedway keeping an eye on Kevin Harvick in his rear-view mirror. Now, he can look ahead to the NASCAR Cup Series finale at Phoenix. Using every bit of the track Sunday to hold off the winningest driver...
Emotions remain in check as Steelers keep Myles Garrett quiet in 38-7 win
If anyone expected Myles Garrett to try to make amends with the Pittsburgh Steelers and coach Mike Tomlin on Sunday afternoon, they were disappointed. Garrett did speak with Tomlin prior to the start of the Steelers’ 38-7 victory against the Cleveland Browns at Heinz Field, but the conversation was not...
Tim Benz: ‘Feats of Strength’ abound as Steelers blow out Browns
The Pittsburgh Steelers blew out the Cleveland Browns, 38-7, on Sunday at Heinz Field. They improved to 5-0 for the first time since 1978. Helmet-swinging villain Myles Garrett was a minimal factor. Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield got benched. The defense bounced back after some shaky moments against the Philadelphia Eagles...
WPIAL bracketology: Chris Harlan, Don Rebel predict 2020 football pairings
In the words of Upper St. Clair basketball coach Danny Holzer: “It’s never too early for bracketology.” One week remains in this very unique season and many teams won’t know for certain they’re a playoff participant until the brackets are released Saturday night on the TribLive High School Sports Network....
NLCS Game 7 1st rookie starters matchup in a winner-take-allVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — Game 7 of the National League Championship became MLB’s first winner-take-all postseason game matching rookie starters when the Los Angeles Dodgers chose Dustin May to start against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night. The Braves had previously announced that Ian Anderson, the 22-year-old right-hander who had pitched...
Ravens avoid late collapse vs. Eagles to move to 5-1 entering off weekVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Quarterback Lamar Jackson had another long rushing touchdown, defensive end Calais Campbell had three sacks, and the Ravens avoided a late collapse Sunday to knock off the Philadelphia Eagles in a sloppy 30-28 win. The Eagles scored the game’s final 14 points, but outside linebacker Matthew Judon and...
John Steigerwald: Browns’ Baker Mayfield no match for Steelers defense
Baker Mayfield had no chance. The Steelers defense obviously smelled his bruised ribs and gave him no time in the pocket and, even more importantly, gave him no chance on his rollouts, something he has had a lot of success with this season. In Browns Country, you can be sure...
Steelers’ Devin Bush suffers serious knee injury, putting his season in doubtVideo
Devin Bush had played every single defensive snap over the first five-plus games of the Pittsburgh Steelers season until a second-quarter pass defense knocked him out of Sunday’s win against the Cleveland Browns. Indications are that was his final snap of the season. Bush did not return because of an...
NFL Week 6 roundup: Derrick Henry, Titans rally past Texans in OT, remain unbeatenVideo
NASHVILLE — Derrick Henry took a direct snap and ran 5 yards for a touchdown 3:30 into overtime and the Tennessee Titans remained undefeated, rallying to beat the Houston Texans 42-36 on Sunday. The Titans (5-0) overcame two turnovers, Stephen Gostkowski having a field goal blocked and missing another and...
Rays, remarkable Arozarena headed to World SeriesVideo
By now, every baseball fan has heard of remarkable rookie Randy Arozarena. They quickly are becoming familiar with his World Series-bound Tampa Bay teammates, too. “You sit here and look at this group of guys, and I always say we don’t have a lot of household names. But at the...
