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Penn State handled adversity in win over Bowling Green, but bye week cleanup remains
Reflecting on Penn State’s 34-27 victory over Bowling Green, coach James Franklin didn’t quite say a win’s a win. However, despite the eighth-ranked Nittany Lions’ failure to pummel their Mid-American Conference foe at Beaver Stadium — instead falling behind 17-7 in the second quarter — Franklin did credit his team...
Terrell Edmunds, Steelers rekindle reciprocal ‘love’ in safety’s reunion with team
It’d been 18 months or so since Terrell Edmunds had been in UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. The more things stay the sane, the more they change? “Everybody thinks I’m going to be joking and laughing,” Edmunds said of his return to the Pittsburgh Steelers, “(but) I am still trying to...
Steelers’ Chris Boswell named AFC special teams player of the week
Accounting for all of his team’s points in a victory was enough to earn Chris Boswell an NFL weekly honor. Boswell was named AFC special teams player of the week Wednesday, three days after he went 6 for 6 on field-goal attempts for the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 18-10 season-opening...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington: ‘Fully expect’ Derek Shelton to return as manager in 2025
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington gave a vote of confidence to Derek Shelton, saying he expects him to return next season despite the likelihood of missing the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season as the field manager. “I fully expect Shelty to be the manager in 2025,” Cherington told...
College football Week 3: Colorado needs a win to quell negative vibe in wake of loss to Huskers
Did Shedeur Sanders throw his offensive line under the figurative bus in his comments after Colorado got clobbered at Nebraska? Was it poor form for Deion Sanders to post pictures of himself on social media the next day? And did “Coach Prime” really instruct the CU band to hold off...
Passing in Week 1 reached its lowest level for any week in the NFL since 2007
From rookies struggling in their first career starts to high-paid quarterbacks not living up to their contracts to rusty veterans coming off injuries, the passing in Week 1 of the NFL season looked to be from a different era. More than half the starting quarterbacks in the NFL failed to...
Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin finally cracked the door on a Steelers’ QB debate — let’s have at it
After months of staying cool while the national media was inventing a quarterback controversy that didn’t exist, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has essentially just created one for everybody with a laptop or a microphone. During his weekly Tuesday press conference, Tomlin was directly asked if Russell Wilson would...
First Call: Falcons coach gives perfect assessment of Pittsburgh’s ‘ugly game’; Broncos prep for Steelers’ pass rush
Wednesday’s “First Call” spotlights some names the Pittsburgh Steelers are checking out on the free-agent market. The Denver Broncos are already prepping for the Steelers’ pass rush. Falcons coach Raheem Morris has a fitting assessment of his team’s loss to the Steelers. And the Robert Morris women’s ice hockey team...
Washington Wild Things take Game 1 in Frontier League Championship Series
The Washington Wild Things scored in five consecutive innings, including a homer by shortstop Ethan Wilder, to defeat the Quebec Capitales, 5-2, in Game 1 of the best-of-five Frontier League Championship series Tuesday night. Game 2 is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Wednesday in Washington. Kobe Foster started and went six...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 10, 2024: Bubba Chandler strikes out 10 in 6 innings in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 70-66) routed Rochester (Nationals), 13-3. RHP Bubba Chandler (4-0, 1.59) started and struck out 10 in six innings, allowing no runs on one hit and two walks. He was perfect through five innings. Indianapolis pounded out 15 hits to support him. CF Ji Hwan Bae (.343) went 2...
Andrew McCutchen hits 3-run shot for 10th 20-homer season as Pirates top Marlins
There was no flair for the dramatic from Andrew McCutchen, except that he didn’t drop his bat until he saw the long fly ball that sailed 403 feet clear the left-center fence for a three-run home run. It was another milestone moment for McCutchen with the Pittsburgh Pirates, marking the...
Judge orders former NFL star Adrian Peterson to turn over assets to pay $12M debtVideo
HOUSTON — Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson was ordered by a Texas judge to turn over personal assets to help pay a debt that has ballooned to more than $12 million. A court-appointed receiver has been seeking to collect money from Peterson as part of a judgment from a...
Mauricio Pocchetino hired to succeed Gregg Berhalter as U.S. men’s national team coachVideo
Former Tottenham and Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino was hired Tuesday to succeed Gregg Berhalter as U.S. men’s national team coach, 21 months before the Americans host the 2026 World Cup. A 52-year-old Argentine, Pochettino became the 10th U.S. coach in 14 years and its first foreign-born leader since Jurgen Klinsmann...
Analysis: Solheim Cup and other golf ties count as loss for Americans without trophy to take homeVideo
U.S. captain Stacy Lewis at least got one thing right when her Solheim Cup team left Spain a year ago — without the crystal trophy — following a draw with Europe. “We only have to wait another year to get this thing back,” she said. This will be the second...
Pitt playmakers Desmond Reid, Konata Mumpfield understand benefits of treating their body right
The play started with the Cincinnati defensive back trying to hold hands with Konata Mumpfield. Or, at least, that’s the way it seemed to Mumpfield, the Pitt wide receiver who was just trying to get open for a big catch. It ended less glamorously for Mumpfield, who was blocking far...
Saint Vincent mourns the passing of longtime athletic director Rev. Myron Kirsch, O.S.B.
When Rev. Myron Kirsch, O.S.B., was a student at Saint Vincent, he was an outstanding baseball player in the Latrobe area. And before he became the school’s athletic director in 1983, he served as an assistant baseball coach from 1980-83. Kirsch oversaw numerous projects and changes at the school during...
Deion Sanders denies asking Colorado band not to play in favor of son’s musicVideo
BOULDER, Colo. — Instead of chatting about how the world saw Colorado get ” our butts kicked” by Nebraska, Deion Sanders opened his weekly news conference talking about the school’s fight song. It’s just the latest sign of how no topic is too remote in a program run by Sanders....
Mike Tomlin: Rookie Troy Fautanu ‘deserving’ of chance to compete for starting right tackle job
Among the injuries that weren’t identified in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 18-10 win at Atlanta in the season opener was one to left tackle Dan Moore Jr. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Moore experienced swelling in one of his ankles Monday, and it may limit the fourth-year...
Dolphins coaches, players react to ’emotional’ footage of Tyreek Hill traffic stopVideo
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tyreek Hill’s teammates and coaches used words like “triggering” and a “shame” to describe body camera footage showing a police officer yanking the Miami Dolphins receiver out of his sports car and forcing him face-first onto the ground during a traffic stop. The incident outside the...
L.C. Greenwood, 5 other former Steelers players among 183 under consideration for Hall of Fame
Steel Curtain member L.C. Greenwood is among six Pittsburgh Steelers players nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s seniors class for 2025. Greenwood is joined by safety Mike Wagner, running back Byron “Whizzer” White, linebacker Andy Russell, defensive lineman Eugene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb and kicker Norm Johnson. They are...
Plenty of former NFL coordinators have found a home as assistants in Big TenVideo
It turns out the revolving door sending college coaches to the NFL also works in the other direction. While the Big Ten lost its most prominent head coach when Jim Harbaugh took over the Los Angeles Chargers after leading Michigan to a national title, it gained four guys with Super...
NFL investigating lawsuit filed against Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, accused of sexual assaultVideo
CLEVELAND — The NFL said Tuesday it is investigating the latest civil lawsuit filed against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson to determine if he violated the league’s personal conduct policy. On Monday, a woman in Texas accused Watson of sexual assault in 2020 while he played for Houston. “We are...
West Virginia’s secondary vs. Pitt’s passing attack to be key matchup in Backyard Brawl
West Virginia’s offense has reason to feel confident heading into Saturday’s Backyard Brawl vs. Pitt at Acrisure Stadium. While a valid argument could be made that the Mountaineers simply beat up on an FCS opponent last weekend, West Virginia fired on all cylinders through the air and on the ground...
Aliquippa requests court-appointed mediator to settle football lawsuit vs. PIAA
The PIAA has until Friday to decide whether it wants to resolve its legal battle with Aliquippa School District through mediation. Aliquippa attorney Tina Miller on Tuesday asked a Beaver County judge to appoint a mediator to settle its lawsuit. However, PIAA attorney Rochelle Koerbel said the state association was...
CBS NFL rules analyst Gene Steratore comments on questionable officiating in Steelers-Falcons game
During his weekly interview on WDVE radio, CBS NFL rules analyst Gene Steratore (Uniontown, Pa./Washington, Pa.) addressed some of the many controversial calls that occurred during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 18-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. • In the second quarter, George Pickens was called for an offensive pass...
