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No. 19 Tennessee back in women’s AP Top 25 after year out of poll; UCLA, UConn remain 1-2
Tennessee has returned to The Associated Press Top 25 at No. 19, ending the school’s longest drought in the 48-year history of the women’s basketball poll. The Lady Vols (7-0) had not been ranked since Nov. 27, 2023, a span of 22 polls. Since the rankings began in 1976, Tennessee...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Seton Hill coach Ben Wilkins earns Division II honors
Third-year men’s basketball coach Ben Wilkins and his Seton Hill Griffins are finding ways to win again, and people are noticing. Wilkins recently was named the HoopDirt.com Division II Coach of the Week. The Griffins (9-2, 2-2 PSAC West) picked up wins over Pitt-Greensburg and Glenville State, the latter on...
Mark Madden: Steelers lack an exploitable weak spot, which goes a long way
If you hear any noise, it’s just me and refreshing sports notes boppin’. Well deserved, Cobra. • The Steelers’ biggest strength may be that nothing about them stinks too bad. The defensive line isn’t great, but it’s got Cameron Heyward. The offensive line is OK, not terrible. There’s isn’t a...
Southmoreland grad Faryn Dewitt makes history for new Waynesburg women’s wrestling program
Regardless of what else she accomplishes as a college wrestler, Faryn Dewitt already has her name etched in Waynesburg history. On Nov. 3 against Cedar Crest’s Leilani Martinez at the East Stroudsburg Women’s Open, the Southmoreland grad registered the first victory in program history. Dewitt earned a 9-6 decision in...
Highlands grad Cameron Reigard finds new home, path to college basketball success in northern IowaVideo
Cameron Reigard’s journey in college basketball began a little later than most, and it has taken him from Natrona Heights halfway across the country to a little town in Iowa. But for the chance to fulfill his dream of playing at the college level, the time and distance have been...
What are the matchups in the College Football Playoff?
After a chaotic end to the regular season in college football, the matchups are set for the first 12-team version of the College Football Playoff. The first-round games are Dec. 20-21 on campuses before the games shift to bowl games for the quarterfinals and semifinals. Here is what to know:...
Rust vs. rest: Extra time off or potentially losing edge brings another worry for CFP coaches
CLEMSON, S.C. — The expanded College Football Playoff brings something new for coaches who are used to planning for one game, maybe two: rust vs. rest. The 12-team bracket released Sunday features four teams — Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State — with first-round byes, whose games will take...
Steelers vs. Browns: What they’re saying in Cleveland after the loss
Nick Camino can’t wait for the Cleveland Browns’ season to be over. The sports anchor for WKYC-TV 3 in Cleveland lambasted his home team after the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated them 27-14 at Acrisure Stadium Sunday. “How many more weeks of the season do we have left?” Camino wrote. “We are...
First Call: Myles Garrett, Browns family member snipe back at Steelers’ crowd; Steelers underdogs vs. EaglesVideo
Monday’s “First Call” has some complaints from Cleveland after the Browns lost to the Steelers on Sunday. The Steelers are underdogs in Philadelphia this week. The Chiefs pulled another rabbit out of the hat on “Sunday Night Football.” This time, an ex-Steeler was involved. We also recap the weekend that...
5 things we learned in Steelers’ win over the Browns: NT Keeanu Benton has ‘ball skills’Video
Five things we learned from Steelers 27, Browns 14: 1. Benton’s big play It wasn’t that the Pittsburgh Steelers were so stunned to see Keeanu Benton get his first career interception against the Cleveland Browns, but more so the manner in which he did. The 6-foot-4, 309-pound nose tackle stayed...
Madden Monday: Steelers’ victory over Browns ‘was a necessary evil of a game’
The Steelers’ victory over the Cleveland Browns Sunday certainly felt good from an emotional standpoint. The Browns are a hated division rival. They won the first matchup of the year. They got pretty mouthy about it. And they haven’t swept the Steelers since 1988. So why let that happen now?...
Minor league report: Penguins blanked, Nailers’ winning streak reaches 11Video
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 26 saves on 31 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-0 loss to the Providence Bruins at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. on Sunday. The result dropped Larsson’s record to 2-3-1. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (12-6-1) was shut out for the second time this season. Highlights:...
Reports: Juan Soto agrees to record $765 million, 15-year contract with MetsVideo
DALLAS — Star outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets have agreed to a record $765 million, 15-year contract, according to multiple reports. Soto’s deal is the largest and longest in Major League Baseball history, topping Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, a deal...
Pirates great Dave Parker elected into Hall of Fame by Classic Baseball Era CommitteeVideo
For some time, Dave Parker’s Hall of Fame exclusion has been considered an injustice among baseball circles in and out of Pittsburgh. But Sunday night, the 16-person Classic Baseball Era Committee deemed Parker, 73, worthy of enshrinement in Cooperstown, N.Y. For Parker, whose eligibility to be inducted by the traditional...
‘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...
