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‘I don’t really like those guys, and they don’t like us’ – Steelers-Browns game gets chippy
It’s one of the oldest rivalries in the NFL, and the intensity between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns seems to be percolating as hot as it has in a while. “I don’t really like those guys,” Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. said, “and they don’t like us. So at...
Steelers notes: Alex Highsmith wastes little time getting sack in return
A month out didn’t blunt the impact that Alex Highsmith could make for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Playing for the first time since suffering an ankle injury late in a Nov. 10 win at the Washington Commanders, Highsmith had a sack on the third defensive play from scrimmage of a 27-14...
Feats of Strength: Steelers use 2nd-half adjustments, crucial turnovers in revenge-game win over Cleveland
No snow. No Myles Garrett WWE-style trash-talking interviews. No George Pickens dust-ups at the end of the game. No Pickens at all, actually. He was out with a hamstring injury. In other words, Game 2 between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns couldn’t have been more different from Game 1...
Long-maligned group of Steelers complementary WRs step up with George Pickens out
For all of George Pickens’ … volatility … at times with after-whistle incidents or between-games chatter, he has been remarkably durable and reliably available over his three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. So even though Pickens suffered a hamstring injury Friday and was officially listed as questionable to play against...
Jackson scores 23, Purdue Fort Wayne beats Robert Morris 82-77Video
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Jalen Jackson scored 23 points as Purdue Fort Wayne beat Robert Morris, 82-77, on Sunday. Jackson had six rebounds and three steals for the Mastodons (6-4, 1-1 Horizon League). Corey Hadnot II scored 13 points, and Rasheed Bello finished with 12 points. Alvaro Folgueiras finished with...
Steelers take satisfaction in beating Browns to end 4-game gauntlet of AFC North opponents
From the elements to the outcome, everything was different this time for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Cleveland Browns. Only 17 days after they blew a late lead to lose in a second-half snowstorm in Cleveland, the Steelers’ defense shined in sparking a 27-14 win over their AFC North rival...
Penn State calling for a White Out in home playoff game vs. SMU
It should come as no surprise, but White Out mode has officially been activated for Penn State’s home playoff game. The Nittany Lions’ social media accounts announced Sunday that Beaver Stadium will host a White Out on Dec. 21 against SMU. The sixth-seeded Lions will host the 11th-seeded Mustangs at...
Alabama left out of playoff as committee rewards SMU’s wins over Tide’s strong scheduleVideo
The College Football Playoff committee took SMU’s wins over Alabama’s strength of schedule, picking the Mustangs for the final at-large spot Sunday after a furious public debate and days of lobbying and arguing over which teams should make the 12-team field. SMU (11-2) showed it could compete against a traditional...
NFL Week 14: Sam Darnold sets 2 new career highs with 347 yards thrown, 5 TDs as Vikings thump FalconsVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Sam Darnold threw for 347 yards and five touchdowns, both career highs, and the Minnesota Vikings pulled away from Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons 42-21 on Sunday for their sixth straight victory. Darnold added another highlight to his brilliant first season in Minnesota following the departure of...
Defense shines, Russell Wilson overcomes slow start to throw 2 TDs as Steelers beat Browns
The Pittsburgh Steelers were willing to take the tradeoffs — even if it wasn’t by choice — as Mike Tomlin made it clear that his concentration was on focusing energies on what was available instead of what wasn’t. On a day the Steelers got outside linebacker Alex Highsmith back from...
N.C. State defensive coordinator Tony Gibson named head coach at Marshall
N.C. State defensive coordinator Tony Gibson was named head coach at Marshall on Sunday, shortly after Thundering Herd coach Charles Huff’s hiring was announced at Southern Miss. Gibson, 52, will take his first head-coaching job in college and return to his home state, where he served two stints at West...
Drew Allar’s game-sealing interception among polarizing but gutsy plays during Big Ten Championship performance
INDIANAPOLIS — Penn State junior running backs Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen tore up No. 1 Oregon through virtually all of Saturday night’s Big Ten championship game. They combined for 229 yards on 24 carries, 9.54 yards a carry, against an Oregon run defense that ranked in the top 25....
Pitt accepts invitation to play Toledo in GameAbove Sports Bowl in Detroit
No matter how poorly Pitt played in its final five games of the regular season, that 7-0 record at the outset matters, too. The Panthers were rewarded Sunday for their 7-5 record when they were invited — and accepted the bid — to the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field,...
Steelers welcome 2024 class into Hall of Honor
It has been a decade since Dick LeBeau last drew up a game plan for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but when he looks at the current defense, he sees at least a pair of names familiar from his tenure as its coordinator. “Cam,” LeBeau said proudly Sunday at Acrisure Stadium, “is...
Penn State gets home game, SMU edges Alabama for last spot in College Football Playoff, while Oregon seeded 1st
The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team on the sideline in favor of an SMU squad —...
AP Top 25: Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame, Texas, Penn State top poll going into playoff; Tide ranked ahead of SMU
Georgia moved up to No. 2 behind Oregon in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, Texas and Penn State remained in the top five after losing conference championship games and Arizona State appeared in the top 10 for the first time in a decade. Unbeaten Oregon, with its win...
Steelers to play without wide receiver George Pickens (hamstring) against the Browns
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have one of their top pass rushers back but will be without their top wide receiver Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, as Alex Highsmith returns but George Pickens was ruled out. Pickens (hamstring) appeared on the NFL-mandated injury report Friday but was placed on the Steelers’...
Penguins’ Tristan Jarry, showing increased signs of stability, collects 4th straight win
In terms of the result, Tristan Jarry is riding a wave of a sort unseen for more than a calendar year. The Pittsburgh Penguins goalie picked up his fourth straight win Saturday, helping his club to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry, who...
Jeff Capel’s timely timeout helps Pitt rally to victory, come home with 8-2 record
The second half was only 101 seconds old, and Pitt already had started whittling down Virginia Tech’s eight-point halftime lead to six. But this game — this moment — was not about Pitt shaving a couple points off its deficit. Jeff Capel wanted physicality. He wanted rebounding, defense and pressuring...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Wolf Pack; Nailers’ winning streak hits 10Video
A hat trick and an assist by forward Vasily Ponomarev led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 6-2 win against the Hartford Wolf Pack at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. on Saturday. Forward Valtteri Puustinen had two goals and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (12-5-1-0) while defenseman Filip Kral contributed three...
No. 1 Oregon outlasts No. 3 Penn State for Big Ten title and 1st-round bye in playoffs
INDIANAPOLIS — Dillon Gabriel threw four touchdown passes and No. 1 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State, 45-37, on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship, giving the Ducks a first-round bye and almost certainly the top seed in the College Football Playoff. The Ducks (13-0, No. 1 CFP) are...
No. 18 Clemson kicks last second FG to beat No. 6 SMU for ACC title, berth in the CFP
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cade Klubnik threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns, Nolan Hauser kicked a 56-yard field goal as time expired and No. 18 Clemson knocked off No. 6 SMU, 34-31, on Saturday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff...
Penguins bounce back to blow past Maple Leafs
Mike Sullivan was not happy with his team on Friday. So, on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ coach made several changes to his lineup. Defenseman Ryan Graves and forward Jesse Puljujarvi, each healthy scratches going back to November, were on the ice while defenseman Ryan Shea (healthy) and forward Philip Tomasino...
Pitt women’s volleyball sweeps Oklahoma, advances to 5th straight round of 16
The Pitt women’s volleyball team can count on the totality of its talent to pull it out of tight situations. The Panthers needed their ability to solve puzzles to sink eighth-seeded Oklahoma during the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night at Petersen Events Center in front of...
Reports: Willy Adames agrees to $182 million, 7-year deal with GiantsVideo
Willy Adames has agreed to a $182 million, seven-year contract with San Francisco, providing the Giants with a power-hitting shortstop in the prime of his career, according to multiple reports. It’s a big splash by the Giants’ new-look front office, which is now led by former All-Star catcher Buster Posey,...
