Sports category, Page 43

The excuses, okey-dokeys and empty platitudes are piling up in the wake of the Steelers’ odious 31-17 home loss to Seattle. “It’s only two games! Be patient!” We’ve been patient for eight years, each without a playoff win. “Broderick Jones needs time to adjust to left tackle.” That time should...

A position-by-position look at the Pittsburgh Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the left-side defensemen. In his season-ending remarks in April, Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas was blunt in assessing the left side of his team’s blue line. “The left side of our defense, it’s been a...

The biggest reason for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss on Sunday afternoon was Kaleb Johnson’s flubbed kick return in the fourth quarter. Down 17-14, the rookie running back allowed a kickoff to drop in the landing zone and skip by him into the end zone. He failed to cover it there,...

The Seattle Seahawks and their fans returned to the West Coast pleased after spoiling the Pittsburgh Steelers’ home opener Sunday. The Seahawks took over in the second half of the game and defeated the Steelers 31-17 at Acrisure Stadium. Reporter Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times wrote “there were a...

Monday’s “First Call” recaps polar opposite outings from both of the Steelers’ former quarterbacks who are now in New York. We get a look at how Pittsburgh’s next opponent did Sunday. And old friend Mitch Trubisky had some game action for the Buffalo Bills. We’ll tell you how he did....

NAPA, Calif. — Scottie Scheffler wanted to stay sharp ahead of the Ryder Cup, and the world’s No. 1 player looked every bit of that Sunday, closing with a 5-under-par 67 to win the Procore Championship for his sixth PGA Tour victory of the year. Scheffler made up a two-shot...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — After all of the wild, back-and-forth blows Saturday night at Notre Dame Stadium — from the first-quarter Irish blocked-punt-return touchdown to their botched extra point minutes earlier — it came down to this. Texas A&M had fourth-and-goal from the 11-yard line with 19 seconds to play....

CINCINNATI — Travis Hunter played offense and defense for the Jacksonville Jaguars as planned Sunday, with an injury to cornerback Jarrian Jones increasing the rookie’s workload. After seeing little action on defense in his debut, Hunter’s second outing will be remembered for a mistake on that side of the ball....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley had touchdown runs, and Andrew Mukuba came up with a big fourth-quarter interception of Patrick Mahomes, helping the Eagles to a 20-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in a rematch of a Super Bowl that Philadelphia won in...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 82-61) set a Victory Field record with 50 home wins after a 4-0 victory over Iowa (Cubs). DH Jack Suwinski (.283) hit a two-run homer. LF Sammy Siani (.247) was 2 for 4 with a run scored. 1B Jase Bowen (.260) was 1 for 3 with a double...

Two games into the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rushing attack hasn’t shown significant improvements over last season. In fact, so far, it’s been worse. Among the many disappointing aspects of Sunday’s 31-17 home-opening defeat to the Seattle Seahawks was that the running game managed 3.4 yards per carry and 72...

Star wide receiver DK Metcalf introduced himself Sunday to the home fans with his first career touchdown catch as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Metcalf’s 2-yard TD reception from Aaron Rodgers gave the Steelers their first lead against the Seattle Seahawks. It turned out to be their only lead...

Over the course of Sunday’s home-opening defeat to the Seattle Seahawks, four Pittsburgh Steelers defensive players left the game at some point because of injury. This after two starters went down during the previous week’s season opener to a degree that neither was available for the 31-17 loss to Seattle....

Sunday’s festivities for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ home opener against the Seattle Seahawks began with 1980s metal star Bruce Dickinson singing the national anthem. After that, though, as Dickinson once sang with his band Iron Maiden, the Steelers endured “Hell on Earth.” The Steelers gave up a touchdown on the opening...

CINCINNATI — Jake Browning passed for 241 yards in relief of the injured Joe Burrow and scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard sneak with 18 seconds remaining as the Cincinnati Bengals rallied for a 31-27 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. Burrow suffered a left toe injury in...

A rookie running back misunderstanding the rules for returning a kickoff? History repeated itself Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Some 35 years after a mental gaffe by Barry Foster cost the Steelers an opponent touchdown, during Sunday’s 2025 regular-season home opener it was Kaleb Johnson who similarly erred to give...

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens finished this game better than they started it. That was their most encouraging sign on a day they were expected to win comfortably and did. Lamar Jackson threw four touchdown passes, and Baltimore’s defense harassed Joe Flacco throughout his return to Charm City as the...

Giving up 30 points for the second game in a row wasn’t how the Pittsburgh Steelers, armed with the NFL’s highest-paid defense, were expected to start the season. For all the money being paid to the collection of All-Pros, Pro Bowlers and former first-round draft picks, the Steelers aren’t getting...

LOS ANGELES — UCLA fired football coach DeShaun Foster on Sunday after the school’s first 0-3 start since 2019. Athletic director Martin Jarmond announced the move two days after the Bruins lost to New Mexico, 35-10, on Friday, their second straight loss to a Mountain West opponent. Foster was 5-10...

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech fired football coach Brent Pry on Sunday after the program stumbled to its first 0-3 start since 1987. The school announced the move a day after the Hokies fell behind 31-0 on the way to a 45-26 home loss to Old Dominion. In a statement,...

NEW YORK — Texas A&M made a big jump into the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after its dramatic win at Notre Dame, and the Irish became the first team since 1988 to stay in the Top 25 with an 0-2 record. Ohio State, Penn...

When the Pittsburgh Pirates poured on three runs in the first inning against the Washington Nationals, it was the continuation of a post-trade deadline trend. Since Aug. 1, the Pirates lead the major leagues with the most runs scored in the first inning (40). Problem is, they did nothing to...

Pro Bowl cornerback Devon Witherspoon was not in uniform for the Seattle Seahawks for Sunday’s game at the Pittsburgh Steelers because of a knee injury. Witherspoon joined rookie safety Nick Emmanwori (ankle) as starters from Seattle’s secondary who were unavailable for the Steelers home opener at Acrisure Stadium. It had...