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Minor league report: Ville Koivunen’s hat trick leads Penguins past Marlies
Buoyed by a hat trick and an assist by forward Ville Koivunen, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Toronto Marlies, 6-3, at the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto on Wednesday. Defenseman Filip Kral scored two goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (19-8-3-0) while forward Vasily Ponomarev recorded three assists. Goaltender Filip Larsson improved his record...
Unlikely 3-point shooter lifts Duquesne past Saint Joseph’s in overtime
The 6-foot-9 David Dixon, known more as a shot-blocker than a 3-point shooter, wants everyone to know he can hit that shot when it matters. The Duquesne junior forward connected from long range in overtime Wednesday night against Saint Joseph’s when it mattered most. He wasn’t bad on defense, either....
Chargers QB Justin Herbert looks to add playoff victory to list of accomplishmentsVideo
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Justin Herbert has accomplished several personal milestones during his first five years in the league. However, it hasn’t resulted in playoff success for the Los Angeles Chargers. Herbert can change that Saturday when the Chargers travel to Houston for an AFC wild-card round game. It will...
Rookie class led by Bucky Irving, Jalen McMillan lift Buccaneers
TAMPA, Fla. — Baker Mayfield had the best statistical year of his career, Mike Evans topped 1,000 yards receiving for a record-tying 11th consecutive season and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are NFC South champions for a franchise-best fourth straight time. It would be safe to say, though, the Bucs (10-7)...
Robert Morris drops 80-69 Horizon League decision to Cleveland State
Over the previous five games, Robert Morris offered coach Andy Toole hope. The Colonials had won four of those games and looked like they were ready to stand up to a team such as Cleveland State and take whatever punches its players might throw. He was wrong. Cleveland State (11-6,...
Ending 8-year playoff drought sweet for Broncos’ Courtland Sutton, Garett BollesVideo
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Ending the Denver Broncos’ long playoff drought was especially poignant for left tackle Garett Bolles and wide receiver Courtland Sutton. “GB and I are the two longest-tenured guys on the team, so we’ve been through the ugly,” Sutton said. “For us to be able to see this...
Briefly a Buckeye, QB Quinn Ewers returned to roots to lead Texas’ resurgenceVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — Long before Quinn Ewers was a key part of Texas’ resurgence as a college football power, he bolted north for Ohio State, lured by money and a chance to play in a program already competing for national championships. After landing on campus in the middle of training...
Josh Allen proves critics wrong as he leads Bills into playoffs for 6th straight yearVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Josh Allen has a long list of doubters dating to his humble beginnings at central California’s Reedley community college. It’s not often that the Buffalo Bills quarterback gets an opportunity to amusingly confront one of them during a celebrity golf tournament, like he did with Pro...
Tim Cowlishaw: First 12-team College Football Playoff reminds fans to be careful what they wish for
DALLAS — From the “Be Careful What You Wish For” Department, we bring you this week in college football. Congratulations to all those who argued so strongly and loudly for so many years to bring a tournament to the postseason. The first final four of the expanded (and soon to...
Commanders who went through ‘darkness’ savor playoffs
ASHBURN, Va. — Tress Way does not like using the word “darkness” to describe the losing he has endured over the past decade as Washington’s longest-tenured player because of the fun he has had along the way. The two-time Pro Bowl punter even got to take part in a couple...
‘We’re going to follow his lead’: Steelers leaning on QB Russell Wilson’s playoff experience
The Pittsburgh Steelers are putting their playoff hopes in the hands of a 36-year-old quarterback who has won and lost a Super Bowl, something he has in common with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. Russell Wilson reflects on his 9-7 postseason record with positivity, as the nine-time Pro Bowl pick chooses...
Sony Open starts race for fewer PGA Tour players to keep jobs
HONOLULU — The royal palms on a Waialae course that runs along the Pacific Ocean give a peaceful ambiance to the Sony Open, the ideal place for the full PGA Tour membership to start the year. But a new season has brought a small degree of stress in paradise. The...
Former star Pa. running back turns down Bill Belichick, transfers to SEC school
Former Pottsgrove running back Rahsul Faison had options to where he would play his senior season, including for Bill Belichick at North Carolina. Ultimately, Faison announced this week he would be suiting up for South Carolina. Faison spent his first three years at Pottsgrove before becoming a two-star recruit by...
Ravens injury report for playoff vs. Steelers: Zay Flowers remains out, Justice Hill practices fully
It is becoming increasingly unlikely the Baltimore Ravens will have their No. 1 wide receiver available for Saturday’s playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Zay Flowers again sat out practice Wednesday, according to the injury report. Flowers, who had a team-most 1,059 receiving yards this season, suffered a knee injury...
Steelers injury report: status quo on Mason McCormick, Donte Jackson; MyCole Pruitt out
No news seemingly was good news Wednesday in regards to the statuses of two Pittsburgh Steelers starters for Saturday’s playoff opener. Veteran starting outside cornerback Donte Jackson again was listed as fully practicing and rookie starting right guard as a partial participant for Wednesday’s session, which was held at Acrisure...
NHL will have outdoor games in Miami and Tampa next season
MIAMI — Hockey. Outdoors. In Florida. Next season, the NHL is making it happen — twice. The NHL announced Wednesday that the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers will play host to the New York Rangers at loanDepot Park in Miami — home of baseball’s Marlins — on Jan. 2, 2026,...
NHL postpones L.A. Kings’ home game against Calgary due to wildfires, while NFL monitors situation
LOS ANGELES — The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires still burning across the greater Los Angeles area. The Kings and Flames were scheduled to play Wednesday night at the Kings’ downtown arena. The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers...
Trip to CFP title game on the line when Notre Dame, Penn State meet in Orange Bowl
DANIA BEACH, Fla. — It’s been a long time since Notre Dame or Penn State reached college football’s mountaintop as national champion. It was 1988 for the Fighting Irish, 1986 for the Nittany Lions. There’s been good seasons and bad seasons in the three-plus decades that have followed, coaching changes...
With playoffs approaching, Arthur Smith focused on beating Ravens, not another head coaching job
Arthur Smith’s chance to interview for another NFL head coaching opportunity can wait until next week when he’s permitted to discuss job openings. The New York Jets and Chicago Bears requested permission to interview the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator. Per NFL rules, any interview cannot happen until following the wild-card...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin resumes practicing, albeit in a limited capacity
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin participated in his team’s practice session Wednesday in Cranberry. One day earlier, he was scratched because of an undisclosed injury for a 4-3 home shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Typically deployed as the team’s second-line center and with the second power-play unit, Malkin...
Pitt extends volleyball coach Dan Fisher’s contract through 2030
In his first high-profile transactional move since he was hired in October, Pitt athletic director Allen Greene on Wednesday extended women’s volleyball coach Dan Fisher’s contract through the 2030 season. Fisher, who was named American Volleyball Coaches Association National Coach of the Year after leading Pitt to its fourth consecutive...
Penn State coach James Franklin calls for college football to have uniformity
DANIA BEACH, Fla. — The Big Ten plays nine conference games in football. So does the Big 12. The SEC and the ACC are among those playing eight-game league schedules. The Mountain West played a seven-game league slate. Notre Dame doesn’t have a league. Enough, Penn State coach James Franklin...
Like the Steelers, Ravens own similar recent history of playoff underachievement
The Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t the only team with a recent history of underwhelming postseason success. In fact, they might not even be the team enduring the most pressure and scrutiny that takes to field Saturday night at M&T Bank Stadium. Whereas the Steelers will be out to end an eight-year...
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi adds 11 transfers, 14 freshmen to spring roster
The spring semester started Monday at Pitt, and coach Pat Narduzzi welcomed 11 transfers and 14 early-enrolling freshmen to the football program. The transfers include four from power conferences, with Narduzzi hopeful to get immediate help on both sides of the ball. Sophomore defensive end Jaeden Moore (6-foot-4, 245 pounds)...
A plot twist from what college football has become: A player who stayedVideo
DANIA BEACH, Fla. — When Penn State moved a different linebacker into what had been Tyler Elsdon’s starting spot, Elsdon made a choice that doesn’t really fit into the storyline college football has been selling these days. He stayed right where he was. In an era in which NIL money,...
