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While Pitt’s offense continues to click, don’t forget how defense steps up on the money downs
Back when Pat Narduzzi was playing linebacker for Youngstown State and Rhode Island, he knew a third-down stop meant success. Series over, offense trudging to the bench, punt or field-goal try upcoming. That was in the 1980s and even into the next century, to be honest, which might as well...
Browns search for answers and mull changes as season sinks lower after pitiful performanceVideo
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson paused several times while searching for answers that were as elusive as a third-down completion. After the latest embarrassment, a 34-13 loss Sunday at Washington, Cleveland’s beleaguered and battered quarterback, who has yet to throw for 200 yards in a game this season while being sacked...
Penn State notebook: No. 4 Nittany Lions prepare for long travel week to face USC
After Penn State defeated UCLA at home Saturday, coach James Franklin pointed out that for the fourth straight season, the Nittany Lions have managed to start the season 5-0. Penn State (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten), now ranked No. 4, is the only program in the nation to have done so....
SportsNet Pittsburgh unveils Penguins broadcast schedule, programming highlights
SportsNet Pittsburgh released a multitude of broadcasting and programming notes Monday ahead of the Penguins’ season-opening contest Wednesday vs. the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena. That game will be broadcast nationally by TNT, but SportsNet Pittsburgh will provide one hour’s worth of pre- and postgame content. Josh Getzoff...
Tale of 2 defenses emerges for Steelers after 2nd consecutive loss takes sting off hot start
In the first three weeks of the season, opponents averaged 8.7 points and 229 yards. In the past two games, opponents have averaged 23.5 points and 401 yards. During a three-game winning streak, third-down stops and negligible rushing yards were the norm. During a two-game losing skid, drives regularly have...
Penguins set opening night roster with 17 returning players
The Pittsburgh Penguins finalized their 2024-25 opening-night roster Monday, comprising 13 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders. Of the 22 players, 17 skated with the Penguins last year. Franchise pillars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin lead the club’s corps of forwards, joined by returning players Noel Acciari, Michael Bunting, Drew...
Hempfield grad Arin DeLattre plays key role in abrupt turnaround for Thiel women’s volleyball team
From a personal standpoint, Hempfield grad Arin DeLattre was pretty pleased with her freshman volleyball season at Thiel. The middle blocker played in all 25 matches, averaged 1.61 kills, 0.78 blocks and 0.88 digs per set. From a team standpoint, however, the season couldn’t have been more trying. Four matches...
Springdale grad Logan Dexter switches positions but maintains solid play for Edinboro football team
Logan Dexter didn’t waste any time making an impression on Edinboro football coach Jake Nulph. Nulph remembers it well: The first rep Dexter, a defensive back, took in practice as a freshman, he had an interception. Nulph knew he had a potential play-maker on his hands. But with the Springdale...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Seton Hill’s Rick Hall earns 800th victory
Longtime Seton Hill women’s volleyball coach Rick Hall reached a career milestone as his team swept a PSAC West match against Slippery Rock. The win was the 800th for Hall, who is on his 40th season with the program. Hall, a Griffins hall of famer, is now 800-434. The Latrobe...
Penguins assign promising defenseman Harrison Brunicke back to junior club
Harrison Brunicke, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 18-year-old defenseman who turned heads throughout the preseason and made a case to crack the club’s opening day NHL roster, was reassigned to his junior team. The Penguins announced Monday that Brunicke was sent back to the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL)....
5 things we learned vs. Cowboys: Blown 4th-quarter lead flipped script on SteelersVideo
Five things we learned from Cowboys 20, Steelers 17: 1. Flip the script For better or worse, there is some intentionality to the construction and mindset of the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are built with a formula in mind of keeping games close and then winning them late. And for whatever...
Duquesne men’s basketball picked 8th, women 6th in Atlantic 10 preseason poll
It took just two seasons for Duquesne forward David Dixon to feel the rush of winning consistently in college basketball games. Far from satisfied, even after being part of consecutive 20-win seasons at Duquesne for the first time since 1971 and ’72, Dixon dreams of yet another run at success....
Patriots captain Jabrill Peppers arrested on assault, strangulation, drug charges
BRAINTREE, Mass. — Patriots captain Jabrill Peppers was arrested over the weekend on assault, strangulation and other charges following a disturbance at a home, police said Monday. Peppers, 29, was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Quincy District Court on the charges, which also include assault and battery with a...
Jets QB Aaron Rodgers dealing with a low ankle sprain, but Robert Saleh says he should be fine to play
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a sprained lower left ankle but should be able to play against Buffalo next Monday night, coach Robert Saleh said. Saleh confirmed the injury Monday morning after Rodgers said following the Jets’ 23-27 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London on Sunday that...
Mark Madden: Justin Fields, Steelers’ offense are just not good enough
The Steelers are going nowhere. Their offense isn’t good. Their quarterback isn’t good. Their defense is very good but can’t always overcome the offense’s shortcomings. Sunday night’s 20-17 home loss to Dallas proved all of the above. The Steelers won the turnover battle, 3-0. (The fumble the Steelers lost trying...
Madden Monday: Steelers OC Arthur Smith ‘hasn’t made the offense better. It’s just a different kind of bad’
For as critical as I was of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive performance against the Dallas Cowboys during Sunday night’s 20-17 loss, Mark Madden of TribLive and 105.9 The X is every bit as critical of quarterback Justin Fields and the offense. “The offense isn’t good enough, and the quarterback is...
Steelers vs. Cowboys: What they’re saying in Dallas after win
What’s heartbreak in Pittsburgh is a thriller in Dallas after Sunday night’s Steelers game against the Cowboys. After allowing a fourth-down touchdown pass with 20 seconds left in the game early Monday morning, the Black and Gold lost to the Cowboys, 20-17, at Acrisure Stadium. The loss came on a...
First Call: Raiders unsure of QB before hosting Steelers; Browns sticking with Deshaun WatsonVideo
Monday’s “First Call” looks at the quarterback situation in Las Vegas as the Pittsburgh Steelers prepare for a trip out there to play the Raiders next weekend. We also have locker-room reaction from both the Bengals’ and Browns’ coaches after painful losses Sunday. There are some NHL roster moves of...
Airing of Grievances: Another rotten offensive start and leaks on defense result in Steelers’ loss to CowboysVideo
While meeting with the media last week, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith borrowed Napoleon Bonaparte’s “Take Vienna” quote to illustrate the concept of coaching conviction and carrying out marching orders. Based on how Smith’s offense performed in the first half of Sunday night’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys (3-2),...
Through 5 games George Pickens still without TD after meager 26-yard production vs. DallasVideo
Aside from a nifty, clutch 21-yard catch and run that set up a go-ahead score during the fourth quarter, the moment George Pickens arguably made his impact most felt during Sunday night’s game came immediately after it officially ended. Pickens snagged the facemask of Dallas Cowboys cornerback Jourdan Lewis as...
Steelers notes: Nick Herbig, DeMarvin Leal injured; T.J. Watt surpasses 100 sacksVideo
With the game on the line in the closing minutes and the opponent in obvious passing situations, the Pittsburgh Steelers were down to their fifth-string edge pass rusher — and had no one in reserve. After going into Sunday night’s game against the Dallas Cowboys without a starting outside linebacker...
Steelers allow touchdown in final seconds, fall to Cowboys
An all-too-familiar bad start for the Pittsburgh Steelers offense was accompanied by an equally poor finish by the defense, and it added up to a deflating loss to the Dallas Cowboys early Monday morning at Acrisure Stadium. The Steelers, held to a field goal in the first half for the...
Dodger Stadium fans toss balls and trash on field, interrupt Padres’ NLDS win
LOS ANGELES — Fans threw baseballs in the direction of San Diego left fielder Jurickson Profar and then tossed trash that caused a lengthy delay before the Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 10-2, on Sunday night to even their NL Division Series at a game apiece. Yu Darvish limited...
Joe Burrow has a big day, but Bengals fall to 1-4
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow had a career day, and the Cincinnati Bengals led by 10 points three times in the second half. That still wasn’t enough. The defense couldn’t stop Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens’ offense in a stunning 41-38 overtime loss. “We’re 1-4, so obviously something has to...
Texans’ Dylan Horton returns after late-stage cancer diagnosis
HOUSTON — Houston’s Dylan Horton took a few seconds to soak everything in after running out of the tunnel Sunday before his first game since recovering from late-stage cancer. “I was kind of taking in the moment, understanding that there’s been a long journey to get here, but it’s also...
