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CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns accomplished most of what they wanted against the Cincinnati Bengals. And yet, it still didn’t add up to a win. The offense was methodical and controlled the clock, and the defense limited Joe Burrow to the third-fewest yards of his career. However, a pair of...

Zac Taylor and the Cincinnati Bengals not only got a much-needed victory in an opener, they got it by winning ugly and a couple of breaks going their way. Cincinnati’s 17-16 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday was a far cry from last season when the Bengals lost four...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia running back Jahiem White and wide receiver Jaden Bray will miss the rest of the season with injuries, coach Rich Rodriguez said Monday. Rodriguez announced on his weekly radio show that White will undergo surgery later this week, and Bray will require surgery at some...

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian rebuffed a question about Arch Manning’s physical well-being after videos posted on social media on the weekend sparked speculation the quarterback might have throwing issues. On the television broadcast during the No. 7 Longhorns’ 38-7 win over San Jose State on Saturday, Manning appeared to grimace...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens went back to the site of their most recent playoff agony and, again, showed why their seasons keep ending that way. Lamar Jackson flirted with a perfect passer rating, and Derrick Henry ran for 169 yards and two touchdowns but the Ravens are...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — John Harbaugh made it clear whose side he’s on following Lamar Jackson’s run-in with a fan in Baltimore’s season opener at Buffalo. After Jackson threw a touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins in the third quarter of Baltimore’s 41-40 loss to the Bills on Sunday night, several...

Bubba Chandler’s disastrous starting debut Sunday was deflating, given that the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie right-hander was billed as baseball’s best pitching prospect. He gave up four runs before he recorded his first out and lasted only 22⁄3 innings in the 10-2 loss. Moving forward, Pirates manager Don Kelly said Chandler...

Kevin May has been around wins at Seton Hill before having served as the football team’s defensive coordinator for six years. Now the new head coach has a win all to himself. So does Saint Vincent’s Casey Goff, another rookie head coach who is off and running. May guided the...

Penn State’s offensive line is still rounding into form with the No. 2 Nittany Lions preparing for a visit from Villanova, an FCS program, Saturday afternoon. James Franklin said Monday he saw significant improvement from a veteran group led by five players who had prominent roles last season — tackles...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Some fans might have raised eyebrows at how much running back Kenneth Gainwell played in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season opener Sunday. Even Gainwell himself admitted that when he joined the Steelers via a one-year, $1.79 million contract in March that he did not even envision playing...

Julian Flenory circled off the cage away from Jeremy Riley, trying to blink out the pain. Only moments into a heavyweight professional MMA fight Saturday at Sunny Days Arena, Riley had stung Flenory with a combination that made the Highlands graduate want to collect his thoughts. Instead of wading forward,...

Five things we learned from Steelers 34, Jets 32: 1. Dreaming big For the first time since the 2015 season, the Steelers put up 34 points in a second opener. For the first time since 2020 when Ben Roethlisberger was in his penultimate season, a quarterback had four touchdown passes...

Rich Rodriguez’s second stint as coach at West Virginia got off to a less-than-stellar start in Week 1, when the Mountaineers stumbled out of the gate against Robert Morris of the Football Championship Subdivision. The Mountaineers led the Colonials at home only 10-3 at halftime before recovering to post a...

Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi noted Monday at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex that this weekend features the final installment of the Backyard Brawl until 2029. While he can only give his opinion as a coach, for his part, Narduzzi wants to see the Backyard Brawl return to being an annual affair....

That Bubba Chandler’s starting debut Sunday was disastrous was deflating, given that he was billed as baseball’s best pitching prospect. That the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie right-hander was disgusted with his performance, however, was a sign of his competitive fire. Chandler came out firing four-seam fastballs at the Milwaukee Brewers, only...

I’ve been a Pittsburgh Penguins supporter since the franchise’s first season, 1967-68. I went to my first game when I was 7. The Penguins were bad for a long time. Won four playoff rounds total before 1991. (Then won four playoff rounds that year.) I needed a mistress team. Somebody else...

Monday’s “First Call” features Justin Fields’ postgame comments about the Steelers’ defense. We check in on how Russell Wilson did for New York’s other team. Odds are out for the Backyard Brawl, but not yet for Penn State’s next game. And the Pirates head to the Beltway for a week....

With a new quarterback and new head coach, the New York Jets suffered devastating disappointment at the hands of a former quarterback. Aaron Rodgers shook off gang green as he suited up for the black-and-gold and the Pittsburgh Steelers clinched a season-opening win against the Jets at MetLife Stadium by...

Pennsylvania hunting license sales peaked in the early 1980s. Since then, there have been ebbs and flows, but overall the state has seen a slow, fairly steady decline in the number of licenses issued, according to data from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Two members of the Youngwood Sportsmen’s Association are...

For Mark Madden of TribLive and 105.9 The X, the analysis of the Steelers’ 34-32 win over the New York Jets is pretty simple. Aaron Rodgers and the passing game: Thumbs up. Everything else: Thumbs down. “It comes down to the Steelers can’t play defense, and Aaron Rodgers is really...