Steelers expected to sign veteran WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling after workout
After working out one of Aaron Rodgers’ former wide receivers Monday, the Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly are signing him to a contract. Marquez Valdes-Scantling had a tryout at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, and it went well enough that the Steelers plan to add him to the roster, according to ESPN. With...
Greensburg Central Catholic grad Rice picked to lead Carlow’s inaugural baseball team
Carlow will have baseball for the first time, with a side of Rice. The university announced it has hired James Rice to lead the program. It will be the first head-coaching job for the Greensburg Central Catholic graduate, who brings five years of coaching experience to the Celtics. Rice, who...
Fan suffers life-threatening injuries in fall from upper-level stands at PPG Paints Arena
A man suffered life-threatening injuries after falling from the upper level of PPG Paints Arena during the Pittsburgh Penguins game Monday, police said. The man, who wasn’t identified, fell about 7:15 p.m., moments after Anthony Mantha scored the Penguins’ second goal during the first period. TribLive night news editor Dave...
Ravens coach Harbaugh confident QB Jackson will play Thursday
After Lamar Jackson missed his third straight game over the weekend, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh said the team is planning for their star quarterback to return Thursday against the Miami Dolphins. “I feel very confident,” Harbaugh told reporters Monday. “I feel very confident about it. We expect him to...
Dodgers’ Mookie Betts wins Roberto Clemente Award for humanitarian work
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts has won the Roberto Clemente Award for his humanitarian work. Betts received the award before Game 3 of the World Series on Monday, joined by Commissioner Rob Manfred and Clemente’s sons, Luis and Roberto Jr. “Life is about more than kind...
32 things we learned in NFL Week 8: Armed with best record, are Colts the best team?
The 32 things we learned from Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season: 0. Congratulations to the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0-16), 2008 Detroit Lions (0-16) and 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-14), who can all crack open a case of Natural Light and celebrate after the New York Jets became the...
Steelers looking for solutions at safety after latest injury to starter DeShon Elliott
Chuck Clark was haunted by the 24-yard touchdown he gave up to Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft in the fourth quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 35-25 loss Sunday night. The score with 10 minutes, 57 seconds left put the Packers up by 10 points as they rallied from...
Which Penn State quarterbacks will play vs. No. 1 Ohio State?
Penn State football may have to rely on its final scholarship quarterback option at No. 1 Ohio State. While redshirt freshman Ethan Grunkeyemer is scheduled to make his second college start Saturday in Ohio Stadium, his backup could be a true freshman with no game experience and even limited practice...
Jeff Capel, Panthers stay hot on recruiting trail, land 3rd 4-star 2026 commit
Jeff Capel and Pitt’s men’s basketball continue to stay hot on the recruiting trail, as they added another four-star recruit in the Class of 2026 on Monday afternoon. Forward Anthony Felesi, a 6-foot-5 prospect out of Utah Prep (Hurricane, Utah), confirmed his verbal commitment on X and joins fellow four-stars...
Oklahoma, Vanderbilt headline college football winners and losers from Week 9
No. 8 Mississippi’s 34-26 win against No. 11 Oklahoma is essentially a College Football Playoff clincher for the Rebels, who avoided a second loss in as many weeks and close with South Carolina, The Citadel, Florida and Mississippi State. While they’ll be expected to run the table in November, the...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Saint Vincent’s Daniel Maddock makes fast impact
Saint Vincent men’s soccer is on the upswing and a lot of the team’s success has to do with the play of freshman forward Daniel Maddock. Looking polished and prepared for NCAA Division III soccer, Maddock has surged to the team’s points lead. He has nine goals and five assists...
LB Payton Wilson takes on new role as interim Steelers special teams captain
Just 23 games into his NFL career, Payton Wilson has already been assigned a formal leadership role with the Pittsburgh Steelers. An inside linebacker by trade, Wilson has taken on the role of special teams captain for the remainder of the season following the season-ending knee injury suffered by erstwhile...
Raiders legend George Atkinson, known for fierce hits, dies at 78
George Atkinson, a hard-hitting former Raiders safety who struck fear in the opposition, has died. He was 78. The Raiders said Atkinson’s family informed the team of his death Monday. The team said he died in Georgia without revealing a cause of death. The Raiders called Atkinson the anchor of...
305-pound Steelers OL Spencer Anderson revels in reception, possible upcoming start at guardVideo
After dutifully running his inward-facing palms up and down over his chest toward the referee to signal he was reporting as an eligible receiver, the last thing that Spencer Anderson thought Sunday night was that he would end up as, well, an eligible receiver. “When I came in, I figured...
Adrian Peterson arrested on DWI, weapons charges in Texas
Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson is in police custody in Fort Bend County, Texas, according to official jail records. Peterson, 40, was arrested the Sunday morning in Sugar Land, Texas, on charges of DWI and unlawful carrying of a weapon, according to Fort Bend County records. The Palestine, Texas,...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi unloads on NCAA pro sports betting rule change: ‘One of the stupidest decisions I’ve ever seen’
The NCAA approved a rule change last week that will allow student-athletes and athletic department officials to gamble on professional sports starting Nov. 1 in a departure from decades of precedent. One day after the NCAA’s announcement, news of a massive NBA gambling scandal broke, featuring fixed poker games tied...
5 things we learned: Yards, points being accumulated against Steelers at alarming rate
Five things we learned from Packers 35, Steelers 25: 1. History lesson When coach Mike Tomlin said in the preseason that his defense had a chance to be historic, he didn’t know how insightful his words would be. Just not the way Tomlin intended, of course. The Steelers’ defense has...
Explosive gains, red zone efficiency becoming hallmarks of Mason Heintschel-led Pitt offense
Helping the offense to 53 points, putting up Pitt’s first 400-yard passing performance in four years and setting a program record for single-game yards through the air by a freshman are achievements Mason Heintschel deserves to celebrate. However, the Panthers’ freshman quarterback wasn’t in the mood to pat himself on...
Veteran defenseman Matt Dumba brings physicality to Penguins’ lineupVideo
Matt Dumba likely will experience a first in his still brief tenure as a defenseman with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Consecutive games. Dumba is expected to be in the lineup for Monday’s home contest against the St. Louis Blues. The right-hander will likely open the game on the left side of...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry scheduled to start against Blues
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is scheduled to start his team’s game against the St. Louis Blues at PPG Paints Arena on Monday. Coach Dan Muse announced Jarry’s status following an optional morning skate in Cranberry. In four games this season, Jarry has a 3-1-0 record, a 2.52 goals against...
Mark Madden: Aging stars, lack of splash plays expose Steelers’ ‘historic’ defense
The Steelers’ defensive weaknesses are easily defined. That “historic” defense can’t do anything. The NFL’s highest-paid defense can’t tackle or cover. Can’t stop the run or pass. All of its big names are past their primes and fading. The Steelers don’t know how to fix that defense. Don’t know what...
Purdue’s Matt Painter regrets not talking about an NCAA title last year. This season, it’s different
Most college basketball coaches choose to focus only on the present, whether that’s the next practice or game. If you ask them in October about playing for a national championship come April, they will steer the conversation right back to the here and now. Matt Painter believes one of his...
Steelers vs. Packers: What they’re saying in Green Bay after win
Jordan Love is the star of the show in Green Bay after his Packers rallied for a second-half victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press Gazette called the performance the “best game of (Love’s) young career” in his write-up of the game. “Love...
Madden Monday: ‘Unfixable’ Steelers defense the result of ‘a team with no cutting edge in its decision-making’
After another poor defensive performance against the Green Bay Packers during a 35-25 loss Sunday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense is now giving up 386 yards per game. That ranks 30th in the NFL. In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLive says there...
First Call: Rumored asking price for potential WR trade target; Steelers face huge RB challenge next week
Monday’s “First Call” has some details about a rumored trade target for the Pittsburgh Steelers. We recap the AFC North’s scattered day. The Steelers have a massive test coming up next week. There are more details about the dismissal of an assistant coach the Penguins interviewed during the offseason. And...