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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will miss Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers with a sore throwing shoulder, dealing another blow to the team’s playoff hopes. Purdy injured his right shoulder in last Sunday’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks. He underwent an MRI on...

Central Catholic has found a formula for sure-fire playoff success the last two weeks. Hit Bradley Gompers for a long touchdown early and spend the rest of the night feeding Elijah Faulkner to dominate on the ground. In the PIAA Class 6A quarterfinals Friday night in Altoona, Jy’Aire Walls hit...

Mike Sullivan has directed a blunt missive to his team in recent days. “We’ve got to be harder to play against,” the coach said Wednesday. That may leave some room for interpretation, but in practice Thursday, it translated into a physically demanding session. Players hit the ice — literally —...

In a series of roster moves Friday, the Pittsburgh Pirates non-tendered outfielders Bryan De La Cruz and Connor Joe and righty reliever Hunter Stratton and acquired 30-year-old righty reliever Peter Strzelecki from the Cleveland Guardians in exchange for cash considerations. De La Cruz, 28, was a major trade acquisition for...

Two new champions will be crowned in Class 3A and 2A while two teams look to repeat as champions in Class 5A and A as part of the four WPIAL football championship games to be played Saturday at Acrisure Stadium. You can listen to all four district title games starting...

Matt McMahon isn’t an NBA scout, only a guy who coaches LSU and saw his team get punched in the mouth Friday afternoon by Pitt and its guard combination of Jaland Lowe and Ishmael Leggett. Four days after recording a triple-double against VMI, Lowe did a little bit of everything...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Daniel Jones era in New York is over. The Giants quarterback was granted his release on Friday by the team just days after the franchise said it was benching him in favor of third-stringer Tommy DeVito. “Daniel came to see me this morning and asked...

The Pittsburgh Penguins may return a pair of veterans to their lineup Friday night for a showdown at PPG Paints Arena against the NHL’s best club. Defenseman Kris Letang, who has missed three games because of illness, and forward Kevin Hayes, who is on injured reserve with an undisclosed ailment,...

Usually, our Friday “Football Footnotes” post previews everything coming up on the local football scene. We’ll still do some of that on both the NFL and college levels this time. But with the Pittsburgh Steelers losing in Cleveland on Thursday night (again), this is more like a Friday “Football Fallout”...

So, do you still think the Pittsburgh Steelers are a legit Super Bowl contender? The AFC is generally weak. Even the conference’s good teams don’t look all that great. But there’s a lot to dislike about the Steelers despite their 8-3 record. Much of that was on display in Thursday...

On some teams in Pitt’s situation — a three-game losing streak, only two games to go, both away from home — there might be a tendency to treat the end of the season as an afterthought. By all accounts from remarks made by players and coaches, that’s not the case...

Pine-Richland coach Jon LeDonne wonders what the grass at Acrisure Stadium might look like when the WPIAL 5A final kicks off Saturday night. He’s not necessarily worried, just curious. The three WPIAL championship games LeDonne coached in previously were all played elsewhere on artificial turf. Peters Township’s T.J. Plack shares...

CLEVELAND — Myles Garrett finally had a signature game against his biggest rival. As in, both the team and peer at his position. Garrett had three sacks, a forced fumble and a tackle for loss on a fourth down in helping lift the Cleveland Browns to a 24-19 win against...

CLEVELAND – This was everything the Pittsburgh Steelers expected of a Thursday night game in late November against the Cleveland Browns: sub-freezing temperatures, a snow-covered field and a deflating defeat. The Browns capitalized on a confusing call when the Steelers’ decision to accept a penalty backfired, and Nick Chubb scored...

CLEVELAND — During the first half of Thursday night’s game, the Pittsburgh Steelers went “big” with a play involving backup quarterback Justin Fields. Twice. The results, however, were not good. On two short-yardage, “possession-down” occasions during the first quarter, the Steelers inserted Fields into the game in lieu of starting...

CINCINNATI — After the Cincinnati Bengals let yet another close game slip away, Joe Burrow acknowledged this is the most frustrating season of his NFL career. Someone asked why. “Self-explanatory,” Cincinnati’s star quarterback said. That it is. Burrow is playing great football. He’s making spectacular throws on the run and...