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Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58. His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta...
5 things we learned: New coordinator, same slow starts on offense for Steelers
Five things we learned from Colts 27, Steelers 24: 1. Slow pokes: One of the valid criticisms of Matt Canada’s offenses was the Steelers’ inability to get off to a fast start. In 2023, even with Canada being ousted as offensive coordinator at midseason, the Steelers averaged just 8.7 points...
Steelers starting guard James Daniels out for the season with torn Achilles, per report
Pittsburgh Steelers veteran offensive lineman James Daniels is out for the season after suffering a torn Achilles during Sunday’s loss at the Indianapolis Colts, per an ESPN report. A starter at right guard since joining the Steelers via free agency in March 2022, Daniels left Sunday’s game after a play...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: 4 athletes to join Seton Hill Athletics Hall of Fame
The 2024 Seton Hill Athletics Hall of Fame Class is small, but it packs quite a punch with only four people. This year’s inductees are Brett Craig (Class of 2019, lacrosse), Perry Dellavalle (‘18, baseball), Emily LoPresti (‘19, soccer) and Emma Simmers (‘19, lacrosse). The talented foursome will be honored...
Derrick Henry runs for 199 yards, Lamar Jackson has 3 TDs as Ravens rout previously unbeaten Bills
BALTIMORE — Derrick Henry was off and running from the first time he touched the ball. There was no way the Buffalo Bills were stopping the Baltimore Ravens after that. Henry busted out the longest run in the team’s 29 years in Baltimore on the way to a 199-yard game,...
Steelers vs. Colts: What they’re saying in Indianapolis after win
Two costly fumbles, a botched snap and a red zone recovery from the Indianapolis Colts had Pittsburgh Steelers fans letting out a collective groan as the team’s short-lived undefeated season came to an end Sunday afternoon. The Steelers hold a 3-1 record at the finish of Week 4, and the...
First Call: Colts LB calls Najee Harris ‘soft’ after pregame gesture; Broderick Jones bristles at online criticism
Monday’s “First Call” features fallout from Anthony Richardson’s injury against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Indianapolis Colts linebacker Zaire Franklin calls out Najee Harris. Broderick Jones isn’t taking criticism of his play kindly. Meanwhile, there is plenty of officiating criticism to go around. And Dionate Johnson is getting going in Charlotte. Aching...
Madden Monday: Mike Tomlin and the Steelers’ defense are the ‘biggest reasons the team lost’ in Indianapolis
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost 27-24 as road favorites in Indianapolis on Sunday to fall to 3-1. In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden of TribLive and 105.9 The X said the reasons why the upset happened are quite simple. He begins with the head coach. “(Mike) Tomlin today and...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Unsatisfying season has Pirates looking for ways to get better faster
Even before the Pittsburgh Pirates played their finale Sunday, Ben Cherington was asked to point out the highlights and lowlights of a season that fell far short of expectations. Given that they already had clinched their sixth consecutive losing season, the Pirates general manager was reluctant to put too positive...
Travis Kelce becomes Chiefs’ career receptions leader
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Travis Kelce not only showed that rumors of his demise were a little exaggerated Sunday, he became the Kansas City Chiefs’ career receptions leader. Kelce had seven receptions for 89 yards as the Chiefs rallied for a 17-10 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. With his second...
‘I didn’t deserve it’: Pirates infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa passes on chance for performance bonus
After enduring backlash for releasing Rowdy Tellez earlier this week when he was four plate appearances from qualifying for a $200,000 performance bonus, the Pittsburgh Pirates found themselves in another payroll predicament before Sunday’s season finale at the New York Yankees. This time, it was the player who opted out...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin records hat trick in preseason victory
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin recorded a hat trick in his preseason debut and led his team to a 5-2 victory against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday at the Sudbury (Ont.) Community Arena. According to the team’s radio broadcast, Penguins forward Blake Lizotte suffered an undisclosed injury early in the...
New Penguins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk makes a case to be Kris Letang’s partner
This isn’t new for Matt Grzelcyk. He’s done this before. And for many years with great success. For much of the first eight years of his NHL career as a member of the Boston Bruins, the left-handed defenseman had the task of skating on a pairing with an offensively talented...
Raiders hold off Browns rally to win behind defense
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Raiders used a strong defense as well as a balanced running game to hold off a late rally and beat the Cleveland Browns, 20-16, on Sunday. Cleveland drove to the Raiders 9-yard line, but Deshaun Watson was sacked by Charles Snowden with 41 seconds...
Old nemesis Joe Flacco comes off bench for Colts, beats Steelers 1 more time
INDIANAPOLIS – Joe Flacco first faced the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 29, 2008. Sixteen years to the day later, Flacco once again found himself lined up behind center while facing the Black and Gold. “It’s crazy, man, how many times I’ve played against them at this point,” Flacco said after...
Yankees rally for 2 runs in bottom of 8th inning to beat Pirates in season finale
That Oneil Cruz went down swinging for a strikeout for the final out in the ninth inning was a fitting end to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ season. It proved to be a big whiff. Alex Verdugo hit a two-run single with the bases loaded to break a tie in the bottom...
Ben Roethlisberger takes in Steelers-Colts game as guest of Plum’s Pat McAfee in field-level box
INDIANAPOLIS — One of the more famous plays of Ben Roethlisberger’s career came in Indianapolis. Nineteen years later, Roethlisberger was back on field level for a Colts home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Roethlisberger took in Sunday’s game from a field-level box beyond an end zone at Lucas Oil Stadium....
Top-ranked Pitt women’s volleyball, men’s soccer record road victories
Pitt’s two top-ranked teams in the national polls continued to dominate away from home when women’s volleyball defeated No. 13 Georgia Tech on Sunday after men’s soccer shut out No. 17 Virginia Tech. Pitt volleyball (12-0, 2-0 ACC) won 25-11, 25-17, 25-8 to raise its streak of undefeated sets to...
Steelers offensive line loses guard James Daniels to injury; RB Cordarrelle Patterson also exits early
INDIANAPOLIS — The planned rotation at left guard never came to fruition Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. An injury to right guard James Daniels scuttled any plans for Spencer Anderson to alternate with rookie Mason McCormick, who was making his first NFL start, at left guard. Daniels exited with an...
No. 7 Nittany Lions getting overpowering efforts from RBs Kaytron Allen, Nick SingletonVideo
STATE COLLEGE — Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen are both men of few words, but when the two Nittany Lion running backs do speak up, they’re direct, forceful and to the point. Kind of like their similar running styles that have left opposing defenses sore, winded and without a way...
‘I thought we were playing football’: Steelers’ Minkah Fitzpatrick livid about personal foul flag
INDIANAPOLIS — Minkah Fitzpatrick was visibly irate with officials on the field in the moments after he was flagged for unnecessary roughness late in the third quarter Sunday. In the locker room after the 27-24 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Fitzpatrick was still hot. “I don’t even know how we...
Airing of Grievances: Steelers undone in Indianapolis by self-inflicted wounds and questionable coaching
I got a message from a reader on social media Wednesday looking ahead to the Pittsburgh Steelers game in Indianapolis as a “TTTG.” Typical Tomlin Trap Game. TTTG. Typical Tomlin Trap Game. This is the type of game Tomlin seems to find a way to lose. They’re superior to the...
NFL Week 4: Falcons rally with late field goal to beat SaintsVideo
Younghoe Koo kicked a 58-yard field goal with two seconds remaining and the Atlanta Falcons rallied for a 26-24 victory over the New Orleans Saints without scoring an offensive touchdown Sunday. Koo kicked four field goals in all, also connecting from 53, 44 and 42 yards to give the Falcons...
Joe Burrow throws for 2 TDs, Bengals hold on to beat Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joe Burrow threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns, Chase Brown ran for 80 yards and two scores and the Cincinnati Bengals held on to beat the Carolina Panthers, 34-24, on Sunday for their first win of the season. Ja’Marr Chase had three catches for 85 yards,...
Steelers fail to overcome big early deficit against Colts
INDIANAPOLIS — When the Pittsburgh Steelers last visited Lucas Oil Stadium 10 months ago, they frittered away an early two-score advantage and gave up 30 unanswered points in a deflating loss. Presented with a chance to turn the tables Sunday on the Indianapolis Colts, the Steelers pieced together a furious...
