Sports category, Page 20

Let’s be honest: If Bill Belichick still had his fastball he’d be in the NFL. North Carolina’s stunning incompetence through the first five games of Belichick’s debut is proof positive that college football may be too much for him, just as success in the NFL escaped his grasp after losing...

In terms of “Monday Night Football” appearances, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Kansas City Chiefs have been at opposite ends of the spectrum of late. Jacksonville has played a Monday night game in each of the last two seasons. Before that, there was a 12-year gap between appearances, dating back to...

Los Angeles Chargers receiver Keenan Allen became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions during Sunday’s game against the Washington Commanders. Allen’s second catch of the game — a 4-yarder from Justin Herbert in the second quarter — was No. 1,000 and it came in his...

CINCINNATI — David Montgomery tossed a touchdown pass and ran for another in his return to his hometown as the Detroit Lions hung on to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 37-24, on Sunday before a disgruntled home crowd. The Lions (4-1) were rolling to their fourth straight blowout win before the...

The Toronto Blue Jays administered a historic two-game beatdown against the New York Yankees, unleashing a special rookie and a relentless offensive attack before getting out of Canada with a 2-0 lead in the American League Division Series. Behind a suffocating no-hit effort from Trey Yesavage, who was making just...

Trackhouse Racing experienced the full gamut of emotions in the season’s final road-course race Sunday. Shane van Gisbergen dominated again on the NASCAR Cup Series’ twisty layouts by winning the Bank of America Roval 400 Round of 12 elimination race, but teammate Ross Chastain was trimmed from title contention at...

CHARLOTTE N.C. — Bryce Young threw a go-ahead, 4-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell Evans with 1:59 remaining, Rico Dowdle ran for 206 yards and a score, and the Carolina Panthers overcame a 17-point first-half deficit to beat the Miami Dolphins 27-24 on Sunday. Young completed 19 of 30 passes for...

There are a number of things Jon Merli wants to accomplish in his final season of collegiate soccer, so he isn’t about to let a nagging ankle injury slow him down. Merli, a Freeport grad and senior defender on the Pitt-Johnstown men’s team, has been dealing with an ankle issue...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tommy “Two Gloves” is a winner again. Unlike his stints on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour, Tommy Gainey is proving to be a quicker study on the PGA Tour Champions. Gainey, who turned 50 years old on Aug. 13, won the Constellation Furyk & Friends...

Of the NHL’s four divisions, the Atlantic has stood above all recently, and that is not going to change this year if the threepeat-minded Florida Panthers have their say. No matter how many games — 314 including playoffs — the two-time defending champion Panthers have logged making three straight Stanley...

C.J. Stroud passed for 244 yards and four touchdowns, and the Houston Texans rode a dominating defensive performance to a 44-10 road victory over the injury-plagued Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. The Texans (2-3) were 0-8 in Baltimore before dismantling the Ravens (1-4). Stroud was exceedingly efficient, completing 23 of 27...

Mikko Rantanen was a staple for Colorado, helping the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup as part of his dominant decade in Denver. Then, all of a sudden last winter he was gone, traded to Carolina and by spring back in the division with bitter rival Dallas. “Someone was like, ‘Yeah,...

The winds are beginning to change in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division, though not before the old guard gets at least one more shot. Washington easily won the division last season and has much of the same lineup back, potentially with career goal scoring leader Alex Ovechkin playing his final season...

PASADENA, Calif. — You could argue Penn State’s hopes of making the College Football Playoff were on life support before its match with winless UCLA kicked off in the Rose Bowl on Saturday afternoon. James Franklin’s Nittany Lions were 3-1 after losing in double overtime to Oregon at home, and...

LONDON — Vikings receiver Jordan Addison caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Carson Wentz with 25 seconds left to give Minnesota a 21-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday. The 10-play, 80-yard drive gave the Vikings (3-2) a much-needed win on their historic international road...

The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned five players to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) after they cleared waivers on Sunday. That group includes forwards Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Boko Imama and Sam Poulin, as well as defensemen Alex Alexeyev and Ryan Graves. The most notable member of the group is Graves, who...

Miami moved back to No. 2 in the Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, Texas Tech has its highest ranking since 2008 and Penn State and Texas fell all the way out of the Top 25 for the first time since 2022 after the two top-10 teams lost to...

Tristan Jarry is a fan of the man in black. No, not Johnny Cash. Another outlaw. Ron Hextall. The former Pittsburgh Penguins general manager was a fiery goaltender during his playing career and occasionally donned black gear in the cage. Jarry and Hextall struck up a kinship based on their...

A look at all 49 players the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed to an NHL contract ahead of the 2025-26 season. Forwards Noel Acciari — A veteran bottom-six penalty killer, Acciari entered training camp with a core muscle injury. Justin Brazeau — A large human (6-foot-6, 232 pounds) with some scoring...

The 2025-26 NHL season is about to commence, and TribLive writers Seth Rorabaugh and Justin Guerriero, assistant sports editor Jonathan Bombulie and columnist Tim Benz have thoughts on how the season will shake out. Here’s a look: Award winners Hart Memorial Trophy (MVP) Seth Rorabaugh: Connor McDavid, Oilers Justin Guerriero:...

Only two quarterbacks entered NFL’s Week 5 with more touchdown passes than Aaron Rodgers, who is on pace for more than 3,300 passing yards this season. How is that possible, what with Rodgers’ passes on average this season ranking by far as the shortest intended and completed passes in the...